May 26, 2026
I learned about "what it" from the below video on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/9t0zGOLfTuE?si=JgMYTwj3EZW9ifU7
Example from the video
1. I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerfule mage.
2. If that's what it takes to eliminate the demons
3. You seem to know what it is.
Practice
1. I don't understand what it feels like to be good at English.
2. I know what it take to play baseball.
以下の動画から"what it is"について学びました。
https://youtu.be/9t0zGOLfTuE?si=JgMYTwj3EZW9ifU7
動画より例文
1. I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerfule mage.
2. If that's what it takes to eliminate the demons
3. You seem to know what it is.
練習
1. I don't understand what it feels like to be good at English.
(英語が得意ということがどんな感じか私にはわからない。)
2. I know what it take to play baseball.
(野球に何が必要か知っている。)
I learned about "what it" from the below video on YouTube.
Examples from the video Examples from the video
Multiple examples are presented here, so "examples" should be plural.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerfule mage.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerful mage.
If that's what it takes to eliminate the demons...
If that's what it takes to eliminate the demons...
This is not a complete sentence, so you're correct in choosing not to add a period at the end. When you're quoting a sentence fragment, an ellipsis ("...") may be necessary to indicate that the rest of the sentence is omitted.
I don't understand what it feels like to be good at English.
I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball.
Feedback
Regardless of whether or not "what it" counts as a standalone grammar point, I think your practice sentences demonstrate a grasp of what it means and how to use it.
https://youtu.be/9t0zGOLfTuE?si=JgMYTwj3EZW9ifU7
https://youtu.be/9t0zGOLfTuE
I'm sad I can't post this in your native language. This post is not easy to understand, but I have critique of the video you were studying. I mean this in the kindest way possible. I think you should be careful listening to this video for learning because it has many mistakes.
(1) The audio dialogue of this video is almost completely unintelligible and doesn't match the English words that are shown on screen.
(2) The video does not practice good English, even in the first example they provide.
"I don't understand what it feels like." The direct object of the sentence is verb form of the noun "feeling" (aka an emotion). The feeling (emotion) is the thing you do or don't understand in this context. The direct object is more important for understanding the meaning of the sentence than the word combination "what it." "What it" is a decorator that is used to distinguish nature of the feeling (emotion). In this context "what it" allows the verb to describe an abstract emotion to feel like love, pain, and sadness. If you change "it" to "he," then the verb to feel describes the physical sensation of touching a person or animal, like what a dog's fur feels like.
"I don't understand what love feels like" has a closer meaning to "I don't understand what it feels like." The direct object of "to understand," which is your main verb, is the action of feeling, and the descriptor of what type of emotion you are feeling is love.
"I don't understand what he feels like." is not good grammar. A native speaker can understand you, but it is implying that you don't have the ability to understand the physical sensation when you reach out with your hand and touch whoever "he" is. Most likely what the video is trying to express is:
"I don't understand what he is feeling." By adding "is" here, the direct object is "is feeling," aka the current emotional state of the other person. "is" is a helping word for the action of "feeling" and establishes that the emotion being felt is in the current moment. The words "What he" describe who is in the current state of feeling an emotion. That is the person that "he" refers to.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerfule mage.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerful mage.
I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball.
Feedback
I hope this helps you with your learning journey. <3
Practice About "What it"
I learned about "what it" from the below videovideo below on YouTube.
I learned about "what it" from the video below on YouTube.
It's always "the <thing> <direction>". For example "the sign above", "the link below"
https://youtu.be/9t0zGOLfTuE?si=JgMYTwj3EZW9ifU7
Examples from the video Examples from the video
1.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerfule mage.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerful mage.
2.
If that's what it takes to eliminate the demons
3.
You seem to know what it is.
Practice
1.
I don't understand what it feels like to be good at English.
2.
I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball.
Feedback
Very good!
I learned about the phrase "what it" from the below video on YouTube. I learned about the phrase "what it" from the below video on YouTube.
I don't understand what it feels like to be good at English.
I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball.
Feedback
"What it" is not really a standalone phrase in English with its own special meaning. In the examples you've given, it's really a combination of two grammatical features of English, each of which, on its own, might be a little confusing or funny-sounding for a non-native speaker:
1. The usage of "what" as a stand-in for "the thing(s) that", see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_relative_clauses#Fused_relative_constructions
2. The usage of "it" as a dummy pronoun in English, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_pronoun
For example, the following sentences are examples of ONLY phenomenon #1:
- I don't know what he's reading. (He's reading a book.)
- You can do what(ever) you want, but I'm going to study for the test. (The addressee is doing something other than studying.)
- What he said really offended me. (He said an insult.)
And the following are examples of ONLY phenomenon #2. The dummy pronoun "it" is usually only used with certain verbs.
- It is raining.
- It takes lots of studying and discipline to learn a new language.
- It's really annoying that he keeps whistling like that.
If there is a dummy-it-phrase that takes another argument, for example "it takes X (to do Y)" or "it makes me (feel) X (that Y)", you might be able to construct a phrase that uses both of these 2 constructions. For instance:
"It takes hard work to learn a language." --> "I can do what it takes [hard work] to learn a language."
"It makes me sad that he's retiring." --> "What his retirement makes me feel is sadness." (But this sounds weirdly structured.)
You can also construct sentences containing "what it" where "it" is an ordinary 3rd person pronoun referring to something previously mentioned.
"I tried pressing Command-Shift-B but I don't know what it [that sequence of keystrokes] did."
"Stop using my mouthwash to make mixed drinks. That's not what it's [the mouthwash] for."
Even though it looks very unnatural in written English, you may often hear native speakers say something like "What it is/does, is X", especially in response to a question. For instance:
"So you're making money off of your coding side-project? What does it even do?"
-- "What it does, is looks for patterns in the stock market and tells me how to invest my money."
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https://youtu.be/9t0zGOLfTuE I'm sad I can't post this in your native language. This post is not easy to understand, but I have critique of the video you were studying. I mean this in the kindest way possible. I think you should be careful listening to this video for learning because it has many mistakes. (1) The audio dialogue of this video is almost completely unintelligible and doesn't match the English words that are shown on screen. (2) The video does not practice good English, even in the first example they provide. "I don't understand what it feels like." The direct object of the sentence is verb form of the noun "feeling" (aka an emotion). The feeling (emotion) is the thing you do or don't understand in this context. The direct object is more important for understanding the meaning of the sentence than the word combination "what it." "What it" is a decorator that is used to distinguish nature of the feeling (emotion). In this context "what it" allows the verb to describe an abstract emotion to feel like love, pain, and sadness. If you change "it" to "he," then the verb to feel describes the physical sensation of touching a person or animal, like what a dog's fur feels like. "I don't understand what love feels like" has a closer meaning to "I don't understand what it feels like." The direct object of "to understand," which is your main verb, is the action of feeling, and the descriptor of what type of emotion you are feeling is love. "I don't understand what he feels like." is not good grammar. A native speaker can understand you, but it is implying that you don't have the ability to understand the physical sensation when you reach out with your hand and touch whoever "he" is. Most likely what the video is trying to express is: "I don't understand what he is feeling." By adding "is" here, the direct object is "is feeling," aka the current emotional state of the other person. "is" is a helping word for the action of "feeling" and establishes that the emotion being felt is in the current moment. The words "What he" describe who is in the current state of feeling an emotion. That is the person that "he" refers to. |
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I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerfule mage.
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerful
I don't understand what it feels like to be a powerful
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If that's what it takes to eliminate the demons This sentence has been marked as perfect!
If that's This is not a complete sentence, so you're correct in choosing not to add a period at the end. When you're quoting a sentence fragment, an ellipsis ("...") may be necessary to indicate that the rest of the sentence is omitted. |
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You seem to know what it is. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I don't understand what it feels like to be good at English. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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I know what it take to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. I know what it takes to play baseball. |
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