NOTHING SUITS ME LIKE A SUIT!!

You know I'll never get tired of telling you about the benefits of V.O films and TV series. There are so many things you can learn just by watching TV in English! For example, a while ago, I was watching one of the latest episodes from one of my favourite TV series, How I met your Mother, and when they started singing in a kind of musical style I couldn't but take some notes of the different aspects of the English language that a teacher can develop in a lesson. I can't see a film without thinking of the possible uses in a language class and honestly, I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse but I can't help it.

Anyway, How I met your mother is a love story in reverse. It's the year 2030 and Ted Mosby is telling his kids how he met their mother at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. The story starts in the year 2005 and by 2009 (season 5) we still don't know who his wife will be but, in the meantime, we are witnesses of incredibly hilarious stories performed by Ted himself and their best friends: Marshall and Lily (already a couple), Robin (Ted's former girlfriend) and Barney (I just can't describe him, you have to see the series because you wouldn't believe me).

Well, for the 100th episode, the series creators decided to make a kind of musical scene. Barney, whose favourite sentences are 'Suit up' and 'Wait for it' is a recognised womaniser. However, in this episode (titled "Suits versus girls") he has to choose between a hot girl and wearing suits. If you want to know how this ended up, you have to watch the following video:

And what can you learn from this song? You have examples of the second conditional, the use of past modal verbs (could've (coulda) gone), the use of I'd rather go, colloquial expressions such as that lady cop who's kinda cute, expressions like casual Friday or it's moot, informal vocabulary such as dude, chick, bro or cuz and the pronunciation of the word "suit" /su:t/ and its two meanings as a noun and as a verb.

Now, the lyrics:

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