How to Share a Conversation in English Basic English Phrases
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this week my name is Alisha and this
week we are going to talk about how to
share previous conversations so this is
going to be a lesson about reporting the
things that other people have said to
you so this is something a lot of you
have asked questions about this is
something you hear a lot in TV and
movies you use it everyday when talking
to people at work at school in your
everyday life so I think this is a
really useful but it’s a really small
point that is kind of difficult to
master so today we’re going to focus on
this and I’m going to talk about some
verbs that maybe you have seen like me
talk about on the YouTube channel before
but I’m also going to introduce some
expressions that native speakers use to
report speech as well so let’s begin
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Pablo hello ok good so let’s begin with
today’s lesson as I said today’s lesson
is about how to share previous
conversations so how to report the
things that other people have said to
you to begin then I want to review a few
key verbs that we use to talk about
communication if you have watched some
of the videos on the YouTube channel you
might be aware of these verbs already so
I want to I’m gonna go down in my notes
Kyle sorry just a second ok done good ok
so I want to introduce a few verbs that
are key to to talking about
communication so the first one to review
I know many of you know these already
but just to review a couple to talk
about first OB say with the past tense I
said so please keep in mind the past
tense of say said has pronunciation said
it sounds like sed said said so some
people say Sayyed but that’s not correct
so say is actually an irregular verb so
it has an irregular past tense
conjugation so we use say for simple
reports so just there’s not really a
special feeling there it’s quite neutral
it’s quite neutral it’s kind of flat
it’s just you’re just reporting
information only that’s it
so say that’s the first key verb I want
to review another one I want to mention
I talked
about on YouTube is the verb tell tell
what past-tense told as well so we use
tell we use told for like one-way
communication so it’s not only one-way
communication but it’s like when one
person is giving information to another
person it’s very one-way so there’s not
so much feeling of conversation here
it’s just one way there so tell is the
other one the second one I want to
review today another good one for
communication is the verb speak with
past tense spoke spoke so I know we use
this verb of course to explain our
language abilities like I speak English
or I don’t speak Chinese or I spoke
Spanish yesterday for example but we use
speak as well to refer to kind of more
formal formal conversations but these
are like two-way communication
situations
so tell communication so tell is used
for like one-way communication going in
one direction really but speak is used
that’s with like two-way conversation
and then okay and I’ll introduce one
more point after that to so speak is the
next one
the final one I want to introduce in
this first group for today is the verb
talk so talk the past tense of talk is
talked talked so the pronunciation there
is not talking but talked talked as a
tea sound so this is also 2 way but it’s
casual it’s a two-way conversation I
talked to my friend I talked with my
friend then I want to mention also about
talk and about speak we use the
preposition to or we can also use with
with these both are ok so like I spoke
to my friend I spoke to my boss I talked
with my friend I talked to my boss so
you can use both to and with with these
verbs so
I want to look at a couple examples
sentences that use these then so I would
like to start with sorry I can’t see I
would like to start with say say sorry
with the verb say I think you’ll see it
up here in just a second if we can take
a look at that
yes good ask yes okay she said my cake
was delicious so here is an example of
how the verb say is used to report
something that someone else said said so
here we see in past tense in past tense
she said my cake was delicious I said I
wanted to move we are using said to
share something another person
verbalized in the past so these are
simple neutral reports she said I said
so when you want to give information
just do say say and past tense said okay
I want to go to the a couple examples of
the second verb tell then if that’s okay
so as I said tell we use primarily for
one-way communication so one person
passing information to another person
past tense is told here so let’s take a
look at some example sentences if it’s
okay yeah nice okay so here again I have
past tense because I’m reporting
something in the past this is a finished
action so here my manager told me to fix
a mistake my manager told me to fix a
mistake so here my manager the speaker’s
manager is passing information directly
to the speaker in this case so my
manager told me it was one way same
thing here his mother told him to come
home his mother told him so again
one-way communication from the mother to
him so this is what we use tell to do
let’s go on to the next set with speak
speak so as I said speak is used to talk
about your language
abilities I can speak I can’t speak but
we also use it for formal two-way
communication so like conversations you
have at work as well like we’ll see a
couple examples in just a moment
actually so these I kind of included
some business examples for this yeah
nice so we can see I spoke with your
boss about this I spoke with your boss
so I’m using past tense again I spoke
with your boss about this and we spoke
to the client yesterday so here you can
see I used with in this first one I
spoke with your boss about this and I
spoke to the client about this so we can
use both with and to with the verb speak
or in this case past tenses okay so
that’s a couple examples of how to use
speak and spoke then finally let’s end
on the verb talk as I said talk we also
use for two-way communication so a
conversation but we also use this in
more casual situation so something
that’s not so like not so formal this is
maybe better for a business situation so
talk I talked I talked so again this
pronunciation I talked talked to the
neighbors last weekend and the customers
talked with the sales staff so again I
used to and with here we can use both
too and with with these verbs to explain
the communication that’s happening here
okay so I wanted to review these verbs
quickly if you missed it don’t worry I’m
going to erase this board for that for
the next part of today’s lesson but if
you want more information about these
verbs please take a look at the YouTube
channel there are a couple of videos
there about these verbs and some
examples of when and where to use them
so please go check that out if you want
more about these points specifically
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want to go on to the second part of
today’s lesson um let me get an eraser
so if you’re just joining us today we’re
talking about how to share previous
conversations so in the beginning we
talked about these verbs but actually
today we’re going to focus on using this
one in particular using the verb say to
report information
so using said
said to do that we’re going to focus
there for today but I want to move on to
as I said some expressions that native
speakers use so I’m gonna erase this
don’t worry you can watch this back on
the YouTube channel or the Facebook page
if you missed it but I want to go on to
some things that native speakers
especially American English speakers use
so many of you ask like what what
English do I speak I speak American
English I speak West Coast American
English so I’m going to share a few
phrases a few ways that we report speech
in the US as well these are very casual
but you will hear these if you watch TV
if you watch movies anything like that
so let’s take a look all right I’m gonna
steal the mouse
sorry control desk beep Sorry Sorry
Sorry
okay I can’t find where I’m going I’m so
sorry I’m so sorry okay good that’s all
alright so let’s look at the first one
so the first expression I want to
explain is this one once all was all so
this is one I’m gonna introduce to and
then we’ll look at an example of how
these are used was all and was like was
all and was like so when we say these we
say them really really quickly so I was
all and I was like I was all and I was
like but when we say them it’s super
fast I was all I was like so the S sound
is quite prominent I was all I was like
so here I’m gonna show you in just a
second an example of how we use these so
we use these expressions the same way
that we use the verb say or the verb
said so let’s take a look in just a
second how to use these we’ll see it in
just a moment so we use these their
expressions yes they’re pairs of words
but we put them in the same place we
would for said so here we can see
examples he was all you didn’t call me
and I was like I forgot and he was like
whatever
if you don’t know whatever it means like
I don’t care it’s no big deal or I don’t
want to listen to you so this you can
see he was all this part we use it in
exactly the same way as said but we’re
using past tense he was all so this is
quite a casual expression for said so
instead of he said you didn’t call me
and I said I forgot and he said whatever
we use these very casual I was like I
was all and I was like again so we show
the speaker with he or she or I but we
can change this to was all or was like
so this is one very very common way to
report speech that you can hear a lot I
think okay so that’s one then I want to
mention as well a couple of other verbs
that you might not think about for
speech they are go and actually in past
tense went we use go and went to report
speech as well go and went so we’ll see
an example of this in just a second as
well I have two example sentences so
that you can see and in this one okay
okay so in this one we’ll look at
present tense and in past tense as well
so here you can see I have this in
present tense I’ll explain this a little
later he goes oh no I deleted the file
and I go what and then he goes oh I
found it so here I focused on the verb
go but we can use past tense as well
I went what do you mean and he went I
mean you made a mistake and I went oh so
the same thing is happening here I’m
using go and went in present tense and
in past tense to report speech so these
are quite casual using go and went we
would not use these informal sorry
informal situations to share speech to
report speech instead it’s better to use
said in that case or told depending on
the kind of communication but go and
went we used like to report these very
small little like everyday things so try
using these and remember when your
subject is like he or she or it
we need to conjugate the verb he goes
she goes and then here I go so present
tense is fine past tense
went is also okay right and again I’m
using these I’m focusing on these verbs
in these sentences but when you actually
use these in everyday life it’s good to
mix them up so I’ll show you an example
of how to do this a little bit later as
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oh okay let’s move on then so I want to
use all of these these kind of very
casual ways of reporting speech in an
example dialog so I made a very exciting
example dialog let’s take a look at how
to apply all of these in in a dialog
good okay so let’s take a look I’ve used
a bunch of different ways of reporting
speech here so let’s look first I said
he asked you can use ask when you want
to report a question you can use ask
here I have past tense he asked he asked
how have you been and I was like so
here’s my very casual I was like I was
like which means I said I said so he
asked how have you been here’s a nice
this is a nice question in general - he
asked how have you been and I was like
good how about you and he went here I’m
using past tense he went he went yeah
good
still looking for a new job so I said so
here’s one example just a very neutral
said do you have any ideas and he was
all so here I’m using all he was all not
really so you can see in this example
dialogue this is very typical of a
native speaker we
mix all of these together so I’ve used
asked was like went said and was all
here in this case to express a very
casual conversation so if you use the
same expression if you use was like and
I was like and he was like and she was
like it’s not uncommon but it sounds a
little bit better if you mix many of
these reporting expressions together so
try to do that okay then the last thing
I want to mention maybe some of you have
seen this I’ve used past tense in in
this expression in this dialogue here
but some people ask what’s the
difference between past tense and
present tense for reporting sometimes
you’ll see like even progressive tense
used as well so what’s the difference
between these two um I have a couple
sentences there if we can take a look at
that we’ll see you in just a second but
when you use essentially before we see
the sentences you’ll see that present
tense is used to to share like something
that’s happening now it makes the
listener or the reader feel like they’re
experiencing the story now so um did we
see yeah it’s that one right there
perfect okay so here I have an example
this sentence the top sentence is in
present tense the bottom sentence is in
past tense so what’s the difference here
we’re reporting the same information
what’s the difference so he says and I
go so I have present tense and in this
sentence so he said I want to see a
movie this weekend and I went
let’s go hiking instead so the
difference is very very small
essentially you’re communicating the
same information that that part doesn’t
change it’s just kind of how the
listener or how the reader experiences
your story this one present tense sounds
like maybe you can experience the story
right now it’s happening right now if
you use past tense
it sounds more just like a simple report
kind
so it’s just a statement it’s just fact
simple fact just to report only so
you’ll hear for example if you watch the
news you’ll see or you’ll hear rather
past-tense
used more in the news because it’s just
simple reporting in everyday
conversations for effect and also in
like stuff you read sometimes - you’ll
see
present tense used in those cases so you
can keep this in mind you can choose to
use present tense or past tense it’s up
to you alright good so that’s everything
I wanted to mention for today um I’ll
take a look at any questions I’m seeing
ok good so far it looks ok yeah so I go
someone wrote I go in the YouTube chat
um I go is is again it’s very casual
like so I go and then I went it sounds
quite casual and actually another fun
point sometimes we use these a little
bit in like arguments and then I was all
and then he was all and she was like so
these are quite useful in arguments as
well okay junior in this case you can
just use all in the beginning and in the
end so when I was all and he was all um
do you mean to be we typically use it
before we report the thing someone said
I was all what he was all yeah
we say it before so we use these
expressions before the things someone
has told us yeah okay thanks for the
question anything else I don’t see
anything else
good okay nice so I guess we have a
couple more minutes left so maybe let’s
finish today by reporting something
someone said to you so think of
something someone said to you recently
and try to explain them so for example
in my case ah let’s see I could say my
producer said hi to me
this morning for example so a very
simple sentence here I’m using just a
simple reporting verb my producer said
sorry this is an H hi my producer said
hi to me this morning my producer said
hi to me this morning so very very
simple report of something someone said
to me my producer said past tense said
hi to me this morning so what is
something someone said to you can you
report something to finish today hmm
what is something someone said to you
tell you about get about get for speech
mmm I can say I got to talk about your
emotional state but not so much for
reporting information yes hi producer so
my producer said hi to me this morning
yeah Daniel on YouTube says my crush
said goodbye to me last week Oh forever
your crush so if you don’t know if
you’re watching on YouTube you can see
Daniels comment he used the word crush
crush so my crush he said my crush crush
means the person that you are attracted
to someone that you were attracted to
but you’re not in a relationship with
them it’s like just the beginning stages
that’s your crush not sure says my
husband said he loved me
oh very nice good okay another person
said someone said he was thinking about
me nice okay sterling says my teacher
said I did a great job
perfect perfect Lewis says John Lennon
went war is over and I was like I wish
nice one very nice one great great
example okay
others Technol and I am reading the
comments Alicia said to use contracted
forms to sound more natural nice one
Paolo yeah okay a PE says hey what if
the conversation was between more than
two people yeah good question you can
use the same verbs you can use the same
verbs but when the conversation is
between more than two people more than
just like me and my boss then you can
use name
so who said that person a said person B
said person C was all and then person D
was like so use names to report things
in conversations with lots of people
nice question
Kajol I said hi to Alisha on Instagram
this morning oh did you hi
Kivar says my mom said she loved me more
than a rose that’s very nice okay
other things on Facebook Jonathan says
Mike said to me he had gone to the
office before I came okay
Landry says my girlfriend said I’m cute
oh that’s very nice very nice
okay um sterling says my friend and I
went to a movie she said the movie was
great yeah exactly good so I think you
guys can use said quite easily so try to
kind of level up then or think about
these other expressions like was all and
was like and go and went to express the
things other people said because I think
that’ll help you sound a little more
natural and you’ll also if you watch TV
and movies you will hear this I’m very
sure you’ll hear this so check this out
keep this in your mind to think about
okay let’s finish up today’s lesson so
that’s everything for today thank you
for your great comments thank you for
participating as always sorry my chair
is so squeaky um
let’s look at next week’s topic though
so next week we’re going to be back of
course same time same channel with a new
topic a different topic so we’re kind of
focusing on conversation building
conversation skills sorry building
conversation skills right now so for
next week you’ll see here I will talk
about how to disagree how to disagree
with someone so I want to share how to
disagree politely I hope but also like
some ways that maybe you can disagree
with people you’re close to so quick
like quick and easy ways to disagree
this will be the focus for next week’s
lesson so that will be next week April
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