Dont Be Shy How to Start a Conversation in English
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hi everybody my name is Alisha and
welcome back to top words
today’s topic is ten lines you need for
introducing yourself so let’s go hello
it’s nice to meet you hello it’s nice to
meet you you can only use this the first
time that you meet someone if you say
this to somebody after you have met them
already you’re going to see them either
a like you’ve completely forgotten
meeting them or be like you are a very
strange person for saying it’s nice to
meet you again
so when you use this the first time you
can shake hands with someone and say
hello it’s nice to meet you my name is
the next phrase is my name is blah blah
blah in my case my name is Alicia you
can use this again when you’re
introducing yourself or if you need to
reintroduce yourself you can use this
pattern when you meet somebody at a
party for example you can say my name is
blah blah blah my name is Barbara my
name is Stevens you can shorten this you
can say my names my name is blah blah
blah I’m from after you’ve said your
name after you’ve shaken hands you can
say I’m from the US I’m from Japan I’m
from Turkey
I am from your mom’s house I’m from I’m
from a cave in southern Europe I’m from
your country or I’m from your city I’m
from the future
I live in I live in blah blah blah you
can use your city you can use your
country you can use even maybe if you
live near a certain station you can use
the name of the station where you live
so for example I live in America it’s
fine I live in Los Angeles it’s fine I
live in New York it’s fine so your
neighborhood is fine if someone says
where do you live and you say I live in
an apartment it’s like what so please
use your the region or the location
where you live not the type of place
where you live i’muh if you hear the
question what do you do it it’s asking
about your job
in angle
people don’t say what is your job that’s
not the question that we ask instead the
question is what do you do and the
correct response to that is I’m a or I’m
n bla bla bla
followed by your job title so if someone
says what do you do you can say I’m a
teacher what do you do I’m an engineer
what do you do I’m donut shop tester
I’m years old when someone asks how old
are you you can say I’m blah blah blah
years old
don’t forget the S at the end of this if
you like you can shorten this phrase to
just I’m plus your age so I’m 65 I’m 13
whatever I’m this many sometimes
children will say that how old are you
they’ll say I’m this many it’s kind of
cute first time you meet someone you
might not ask how old are you if it’s in
a friendly case like a party after
you’ve spoken to the person a little bit
it’s okay but just try to be sensitive
to the context try to be sensitive to
the people around you and if you sense
that maybe there’s a very large age gap
between you it might be better just not
to ask the question at all I enjoy many
of my students say what is your hobby
but that’s not something that native
speakers will say no native speakers say
what is your hobby instead we ask what
do you like to do or what do you do in
your free time this is a much more
natural question than what’s your hobby
the answer to this then is I enjoy or I
like plus a noun phrase so for example
what do you like to do I like listening
to music or I enjoy listening to music
what are you do in your free time I like
watching movies what are you do in your
free time I like baking cakes what do
you do in your free time I enjoy tap
dancing what do you do in your free time
I enjoy making new friends oh one of my
hobbies is one of my hobbies is blah
blah blah with this one it’s probably
better to use a short easily or easy to
understand hobby if you’re explaining a
hobby people are gonna expect that it’s
gonna be something that they know about
like photography or cooking or dancing
or swimming or whatever
so try to pick something that will allow
you to continue the conversation that’s
why movies are cooking or books or you
know sports are a good thing to share
one of my hobbies is it snowboarding
I’ve been learning English for if you
are learning English if you’re studying
English you can use this expression if
someone asks you how long have you been
studying English you can say I’ve been
studying English for amount of time or
I’ve been learning English or I’ve been
practicing English or I’ve been speaking
English for a certain amount of time
I’ve been studying English since
elementary school is also okay to use
I’ve been studying English since I was
in college just be careful for is used
for a length of time and since is used
for a specific point in time at which
you started something so if you can try
and mix it up and use a few different
expressions there so I’ve been learning
English for a long time I’m still
learning English you should do that okay
I’m learning English at English class
101.com
this probably could be used in response
to where did you learn English or where
are you studying English or how are you
studying English you can respond with
I’m learning English at English class
101.com or I’m learning English at my
school I’m learning English at my
private teachers house for example so a
little bit of grammar in this sentence
why do we use the progressive tense I’m
learning English if you say I’m learning
it sounds like you’re still continuing
your studies if you say I learned
English at English class 101.com it
sounds like you’re finished like you
you’re finished studying there’s nothing
else for you to study so you’re done so
it’s it’s much much more natural to
actually use the progressive I’m
learning or I’m studying when you’re
talking about your studies when you’re
talking about your hobbies than it is to
say I learned or I studied and and and
and so those were ten lines that you
need to introduce yourself and to help
give the other person a little bit of
information and carry the conversation
forward so please try them please go
crazy with them make them your own
thanks very much for joining us for this
episode of top words and we’ll see you
again soon
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fish glub-glub oh yes I’d like to go
spelunking in North Africa every summer
hi welcome back to weekly words my name
is Alisha and this week we’re going to
talk about ways to say hi this should be
fun let’s get started first is yo this
one is a little bit casual in case you
couldn’t tell I used for close friends
maybe family members if you have kind of
a silly relationship with them just
quick short easy to do in a sentence
yo how’s it going howdy howdy
traditionally associated with cowboy
culture I suppose he should play a banjo
maybe or you’ve just gotten off a horse
I don’t know I use howdy from time to
time howdy howdy howdy howdy didn’t
that’s my banjo yeah in the sentence you
might say howdy folks
welcome to the barbecue party
next is hay hay is good friendly phrase
you can usually use hay with a wave and
smile look happy
if you don’t people might think that
you’re down in the dumps people might
think you’re not in a very good mood in
a sentence hey I heard you got engaged
last week congratulations something like
that it’s usually kind of a cheery happy
expression alright next is what’s up
what’s up is the long form of sup this
does not literally mean what is above
you right now if you want to be funny
you can say the ceiling or the sky but
that joke gets old really fast and
chances are the person you’re talking to
has already heard it before it just
means what are you up to what is going
on with you in a sentence what’s up did
you have a good weekend typical response
- what’s up is not much find out some
more responses in English in three
minutes we didn’t Episode on this
nothing much how about you that’s pretty
good pretty good pretty good pretty good
[Laughter]
the next one is a long time no see you
can use this one you haven’t seen the
other person for a long time you’re at a
party or at an event or whatever any
time it’s been a long break you can
decide how long long is not the day
before or the week before maybe a few
weeks or a month whatever is unusual for
you and this other person when you see
them you can say hey
time no see how have you been that’s the
end so those are a few different ways to
say hi in a few different situations I
hope that you have a chance to try them
out so the next time you meet someone or
you greet someone thanks very much for
joining us this week and we’ll see you
again soon sort of things up it likes
they seem like it’s up to imagine you’re
on a plane there’s someone next to you
what do you say hi Alicia here
introducing yourself in English is easy
in this lesson you’re going to learn how
with Gustavo and Henry who meet on a
plane
Gustavo is moving to New York his family
is going to join him later in the month
Henry is in the seat when Gustavo gets
on the plane let’s watch excuse me sorry
about that
hi how do you do I’m Gustavo
nice to meet you Gustavo I’m Henry
Eddins
I’m sorry can you say that again please
a bit slowly Henry Eddins Henry Eddins
that’s it but please call me Hank Hank
nice to meet you
now the lesson focus here’s how to
introduce yourself ready
do you remember how Gustavo introduced
himself hi how do you do I’m Gustavo
when Gustavo introduced himself he
started with hi and then used a set
phrase how do you do how do you do this
is a polite expression people often use
with an introduction it sounds like a
question but it has no particular
meaning and there’s no expectation the
other person will try to answer it next
he says I’m Gustavo the first part of
this sentence is a contraction of two
words I and am the am here functions
like an equal sign in math I’m I’m the
next word in the sentence is a named
Gustavo together it’s I’m Gustavo the
structure of the pattern is hi how do
you do
I’m plus your name now you try imagine
your name is John say hi how do you do
I’m John
hi how do you do I’m John now imagine
your name is ICO say hi how do you do
I’m Aiko
hi how do you do I’m Aiko now use your
name
okay there are two additional things you
need to know first there’s a shortcut
for giving your name
just drop the I’m from the final
sentence of the self introduction for
example if Gustavo just said hi how do
you do Gustavo Henry would have
understood it was his name
this would be especially clear if
Gustavo extended his hand for a
handshake while saying this in very
casual situations you can even drop the
hi and the how do you do all that is
left would be your name the second thing
you need to know is you can use I’m with
just the first name or your first name
and the last name together
I’m Henry Eddins Eddins
is Henry’s family name using both your
first name and your last name is a
little more formal it also gives you
less privacy for example if people know
both your first and last name they can
find you on the internet more easily so
it may be more common for strangers to
say just their first name than people
meeting in a more friendly environment
next you’ll learn how to tell people to
call you by a nickname just like Henry
did in the scene but please call me Hank
but please call me Hank the first word
in the sentence is but this word is not
necessary but it makes the transition to
the rest of the sentence smoother Henry
uses this to introduce a new piece of
information and this information changes
something about what he said before but
makes this clear the next word
introduces the polite request please
PLEASE next is a request to use a
certain name call call
this is the word me me last is a common
nickname for men named Henry Hank Hank
please call me Hank the sentence
structure is please call me plus your
nickname now you try imagine your
nickname is Matt say please call me Matt
please call me Matt now imagine your
nickname is Lulu say please call me Lulu
please call me Lulu now use your own
nickname say please call me and then use
your nickname
finally when you meet someone for the
first time it’s polite to say a set
phrase at the end nice to meet you nice
to meet you usually both people will say
this or something similar to it now you
try
nice to meet you begin hi everybody
welcome back to weekly words my name is
Alisha and this week we’re going to look
at some common English idioms let’s
begin the first word or phrase rather is
about - about - means you’re going to
start something you’re going to begin
doing something for example I’m about to
start explaining this idiom to you
hey okay the next word or phrase idiom
the next idiom is by the way the word
here they’ve used is incidentally it’s a
way to transition to another topic
that’s related to what you’re talking
about for example this week I’m going to
a party by the way did you hear about
the party happening next week so there’s
someone related mm-hmm okay the next
idiom is in a way in a way this is kind
of in a way it was a good thing that the
burrito shop was closed because
otherwise I would have eaten way too
much and you can use this to show that
there may be two sides to a situation
maybe some things are negative maybe
some things are positive next is on the
other hand I hear this a lot on the
other hand is a way of just saying
however or to share two different sides
to a story for example I think my
coworker is really irritating on the
other hand at parties he’s really funny
so you can show two maybe different
sides to a point with this phrase next
is a matter of fact as a matter of fact
as an idiom this is a long way to just
say actually or really it’s a little bit
more formal sounding so you might use it
in a business meeting for example
everybody at the business meeting might
feel a little bit unsure about the
previous month sales and you can begin
your presentation by saying something
like I know everybody was a little bit
unsure about last week’s or last month’s
sales performance but as a matter of
fact things improved and that’s the end
those are some common idioms that you
might hear in English give them a try
they’re pretty useful and you might hear
a lot of them in conversation thanks
very much for joining us this week and
we’ll see you again next time for more
information
bye hi everybody my name is Alisha and I
am joined again in the studio by Michael
hello and today we’re going to be
talking about English conversation
strategies so let’s get right into it
let’s start with Michael what is your
first strategy for keeping an english
conversation going
this is very important don’t say I’m
fine thank you and you you hear this all
the time from second language English
learners or non-native speakers you
learn this it’s one of the first things
you learn in an English class it’s easy
it’s good its basic its foundation okay
that’s fine but as soon as you can
switch it up because to me when I meet a
foreigner and they come up and if they
say hey how are you say oh I’m fine you
know I’m good whatever how about you and
they say I’m fine thank you and you and
it’s just it’s almost robotic because
I’ve said it so many times and when I
hear that I think their English isn’t
that good and inside I’m just gonna be
really polite and say hello and talk
slowly and try to get out of there as
quick as I can
so really impress the foreigner in my
opinion I think the best way to do it is
say something you know you use a big
word or just like a slang word something
like that when I hear that I go wow man
I want to know what this person thinks I
want to get their point of view and I’m
really excited and then I’ve had great
conversations because of that um yeah
that’s a really really good one and
actually I think on this YouTube channel
actually from a couple years ago there’s
a video all about better answers to the
question how are you then I’m fine thank
you and you or if someone says hey how
are you I’m good you are fine you never
I’m fine thank you and you never but try
to actually use you know afraid that a
native speaker would use and then that’s
a clue to the native speaker that oh
maybe this person is ready for a
conversation beyond you know basic
English so that’s a really good point I
like that I didn’t think of things not
to do I only thought of things to do oh
okay cool um let’s see let’s go to my
first one oh so this strategy in general
is just ask the other person a question
I think and I’m guilty of this too when
I’m learning another language I tend to
only get input like somebody else is
always asking me the questions and then
I forget myself to ask the other person
a question so one question that I like
to ask or you know a variation any kind
of WH question is good like a food
question what where something like this
if you’ve been paying attention you can
use any way to transition in your
conversation this was in a previous
video
you can ask something like anyway up to
anything fun this weekend this is a
pretty casual conversational question
than she can ask just about anybody
whether you’ve just met them or whether
you’ve known them for a while but just
just get in the habit of asking other
people the question don’t wait for
someone else to ask you the question so
that that’s one’s try to do that I try
to use to keep things going yeah me too
I agree and I’m gonna say samesies
because actually two of my questions
were exactly what you said agree 100%
this is kind of cheating these should be
one but so always ask questions so you
know again you forget it’s really easy
I’m really guilty of this English non
English whatever I’m guilty of this and
the other thing is ask deep open-ended
questions so if you ask a yes-or-no
question so again like Alicia was saying
it just dead ends you can’t just say you
know do you like cheese yes or no right
so you want to say what do you think
about cheese what is your favorite kind
and kind of open it up to something else
and let it let it just kind of snowball
yeah I think I think that’s that’s
really a key like I have another
variation I wish I guess I’ll just
continue on to because it kind of
relates to what you’re talking about
like he’s saying always ask questions
always ask deep open-ended questions so
like you meant you just said don’t ask a
yes-or-no question because yes or no
ends with the yes or the no so one of
the things that I’ll do is use a pattern
similar to this like hey did you see or
hey did you hear about blah blah blah so
you can use this little blah blah blah
as your you can ask about the news you
can ask about something funny you saw on
the Internet you can ask about you know
some something that you heard from
another friend of yours whatever it’s
just a way to check in with the other
person and say oh did you also
experience this thing that I experienced
let’s talk about that so that might be
another question that you can use with
people I like that one I really like
that one because you got to stay within
people’s comfort zone so maybe you asked
and maybe they don’t want to write so a
good thing is did you hear about it
that’s up to them maybe they don’t want
to talk about it they can say oh yeah I
heard about that and you can kind of
feel the the atmosphere and and realize
maybe I shouldn’t talk about this change
the subject or they get passionate and
they start talking about it and there
you go and just let it go
absolutely one thing again I’m guilty of
is is you do got to keep keep returning
it right don’t let it don’t just say oh
yeah and what I think about that ah
bring it back ask them what about you
that’s a common thing I forget about
yeah yeah yeah okay um good I have one
more this one um use when you see fits
don’t I guess
just okay I’ll just introduce it
complement the other person or
complement the other persons this can be
a nice strategy just to show that you’re
enjoying the other person’s company it
can be as simple as oh I like your shirt
today or oh that’s a nice dress you’re
wearing today or oh did you get a new
haircut that looks good on you something
like that so this is a nice a nice way
to make the other person maybe you want
to spend more time with you I think yeah
I agree 100% two things one I think it’s
a good conversation starter sometimes if
you got to be careful with the stranger
it can be creepy it can be a little
uncomfortable what you’re complimenting
right but if it’s something like if they
have a t-shirt and it’s a band that you
both like that’s a great conversation
starter and you feel wow we’re connected
you know number two the second thing I
was thinking about is that keep it
honest I love I love a sincere
compliment it really means a lot more
and it really does butter them up kind
of get them open to having more
conversations deeper that kind of thing
but one of the things people do which
which I don’t like is let’s say they say
hey nice shirt and then the person out
of habit will say oh you two I like your
shirt too just my opinion I don’t think
this feels really natural doesn’t really
feel sincere so I would I would save it
make a mental note and go hmmm I need to
return the favor I need to give them a
compliment but wait until you notice
something you really do like and say hey
actually I love blah blah blah yeah I
think that’s a great point like when you
you can sense whether someone is being
sincere or not what is your next
strategy for continuing an English
conversation well don’t be afraid to
open up I like this one I think this is
good a lot of people will be kind of shy
they won’t open up too much again within
within your comfort zone but I like this
one because people will return the favor
because if you’re just having small talk
and you say you know the weather is nice
today blah blah blah you can only go so
far so don’t
be afraid to say something personal
again trust your judgment there’ll be a
creeper don’t go we don’t want to hear
certain things about your life don’t
don’t be a creep don’t be a creep don’t
be weird don’t be strange and like what
you’re saying about opening up open up
is just a phrase that means share
something about yourself so it can be as
simple as what you did last weekend or
what you’re going to do this weekend or
a project that you have coming up it
doesn’t mean that you have to spill all
of your life secrets to the other person
but just showing that you’re willing to
share something more personal about
yourself can help ingratiate yourself or
it can help you know make the other
person help the other person understand
you a little bit better that’s a good
tip I like that tip that’s hard to do
though it’s hard it’s a little bit scary
I think to share parts of yourself but
it’s been it’s good way to meet people
and make friends all right I think
that’s all is that all that you have
yeah that’s all I got
okay all right well those are some
interesting strategies to keep an
english conversation going so give them
a try if you’re ever at a loss for words
and don’t know what to say you can try
one of these strategies and hopefully it
will help you out please let us know if
you have any other strategies or
anything else that you would like to use
or you try to use when you are having
trouble keeping a conversation going
leave us a comment and let us know what
it is we will see you again next time do
you have anything else you’d like to add
that’s about it all right so thanks very
much for joining us and take it bye bye
hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and today we’re
gonna be talking about ten compliments
that you always want to hear let’s go I
love your cooking this is my personal
favorite compliment oh my god I love
cooking like I’m always posting like
pictures of things that I cooked on
Twitter I’m just like crazy about food
so this would be a compliment that I
would love to get like the ultimate
compliment for me that would be will you
make my birthday cake that would be such
a compliment like it’s a question but
it’s in there’s so much behind that will
you make my birthday cake you would give
that to me so maybe after you can use
this after a meal for example I love
your cooking and the other person will
be like
next is great job great job this is a
compliment that you can use anytime you
can use it to your with your friend with
your not with your boss your boss might
use it with you an employee a co-worker
or colleague pet even whatever it’s it’s
just a very small scale very easy to use
compliment it means you think whatever
has just happened is good I use great
job all the time I use great job and I
use good job sometimes when I make a
mistake or something funny happens and
I’m alone at my house and I want to make
fun of myself I’ll be like yeah great
job Alicia but if I’m if I’m trying to
be positive about a failure or laugh at
myself a bit but in general it’s just a
good easy compliment to give someone
great job you have a way with words you
have a way with words this can be
speaking this can be writing it means
you think that the other person is a
good communicator or maybe even more so
than just a good communicator you think
that the way they speak or the way that
they write is particularly good so that
could mean funny it could mean romantic
it could mean dramatic something about
the way they speak or the way that they
write you really enjoy that you can say
you have a way with words it’s quite a
nice compliment I think it’s kind of
like a you know it’s smart it’s a bit of
a smart thing you have a way with words
or you can say you’re good with words
you’re really good with words
yeah all right next one you look
gorgeous
you look gorgeous very nice compliment
to give just be very careful with the
way that you say this for an everyday
compliment I tend not to say
you look nice or you look gorgeous today
or something like that because the
underlying comment there is on the other
days that person doesn’t look nice like
so if I want to compliment someone’s
appearance I try to pick a specific
thing I’m like oh I’ve never seen you
wear that sweater before it looks nice
on you something like that like
yesterday my friend had a new dress on
and like is that a new dress and because
I thought she looked nice but I didn’t I
didn’t want to make it sound
like I don’t think she looks nice
everyday so I said is that a new dress
and she goes yeah and I said I think
that color is really really nice on you
it looks really good and she was so
happy about that
so yes there there are these compliments
like you look nice you look great you
look gorgeous and so on but I personally
kind of prefer to level them up a little
bit and just say pick a specific thing
like did you get a new haircut did you
dye your hair or you did you get
something
did something happen like what whatever
it is try to pick up on a specific thing
because then that shows you’re paying
attention to the other person and you
think that whatever they have chosen to
do whatever like clothing or whatever
haircut whatever it is you think that
they have good sense there too or good
style so it’s kind of like a double it’s
a very subtle double compliment yeah the
next word is you have good tastes you
have good taste this can be for food
fashion style for decorating sense music
in movies whatever if you think that
that person’s artistic selection is in
whatever capacity if you think that that
person makes good choices with their
their appearance or their hobbies or
whatever you can say you have good taste
this is a fairly sophisticated
compliment I think we use you have good
taste for something like it’s it sounds
a bit more sophisticated maybe if you
both choose the same bottle of wine
perhaps like it has kind of a more
formal adult dish sophisticated feeling
about it this compliment so yeah maybe
maybe wine is a good example of that
yeah oh nice bottle choice like I really
like that you have good taste
you can follow this by the way you have
good taste in blah blah blah you have
good taste in movies you have good taste
in music if you want to be specific
about something that you think that
person is really good at choosing you
have good taste in now okay okay um next
one is you have a great sense of humor
you have a great sense of humor this is
the this is the underlying compliment in
the phrase you’re so funny
this is the underlying compliment you
have a great sense of humor means the
other person thinks you are funny
you are good at telling jokes or you
make them laugh this is actually one of
my favorite compliments to get you have
a great sense of humor yeah because I
think that like you know people like to
laugh so it’s an it’s an if someone
makes you laugh you can say this you
have a great sense of humor or you’re
very funny yeah it’s a good one it’s a
really good one
so you could say after a joke for
example or after maybe you’ve you’re you
finished laughing it’s something the
other person has said you can say ah you
have a great sense of humor good next
one is your resume is impressive this is
a weird compliment to say to your
friends unless you’re like reviewing
your friends resume it’s a bit weird
this is something that perhaps someone
interviewing another person for a job
would say the candidate comes in for the
interview the interviewer says well your
resume is very impressive I’d like to
ask you a few questions about it so this
is good to hear in a work situation yeah
you really probably won’t need to use
this with your friends if you do it’s
kind of weird oh wow this next one is
quite a compliment
nobody’s ever says this yeah
to be fair if somebody said this next
one to me I would feel a little bit of
like pressure the compliment here is you
make me want to be a better person this
is something that I think you see in
movies from time to time first yeah I’ve
had I had one person say like like oh
that something you did inspired me and
that was like really like wow that was
really exciting like somebody was
inspired by something like wow that’s
great I want to be like you that’s a
really cool compliment but if someone
says you want to make me be a better
person it’s like oh wow like that means
I’m really important to that person
which is really flattering but at the
same time if someone said that I would
also be like if it’s like my friend I’d
be like but I want you to be you
like I think you’re a cool person
already yeah it’s like oh you make me
want to be a better person like in that
person the viewpoint you’re like somehow
above them and that’s uncomfortable yeah
just I would rather say
you inspire me I think that that or like
this thing that you did really inspired
me like if somebody said like I saw that
picture that you posted on Twitter of
that pizza today Alicia and it really
inspired me and I made my own pizza
I’d be like yay Oh next one is nice
actually I say this to my friends quite
a bit you are an awesome friend this is
really really good to use after your
friend has helped you with something
maybe you’re moving to a new apartment
or new house or maybe you’ve had some
trouble and your friend gave you some
good advice or your friend just listens
to you when you really needed to talk to
someone after that experience you could
say thanks so much you were an awesome
friend or maybe your friend did
something really really cool and you
just want to like tell them like I think
you’re really awesome just say you are
an awesome friend they’ll be happy to
hear that or just you can abbreviate it
to you are awesome not just you’re an
awesome friend just you are awesome
you’re a cool person you are awesome
you’re fantastic you are an awesome
foreign you’re an awesome friend
compliments that I want to hear quite
honestly I feel that the any physical
appearance compliment is sort of boring
to me honestly when people yeah really
I’m just like okay great
I didn’t do anything to be have this
body or face or whatever it’s just it’s
like okay that doesn’t mean anything
like what are we gonna do with that it’s
like if you’re one if you want to
compliment somebody I feel like you
should compliment them on their skills
something that they have done or
something that they have created or
something about their personality that
is valuable to you I think that that’s a
much better compliment so for me I like
this is delicious because I love cooking
so when somebody tells me this is so
good like when they say it in just that
right way and you can tell that it’s
real you can tell that it’s true I’m
just like yes when people go oh my god
this is so good like I’ve cooked
something really really well they say oh
my god amazing or I want to eat your
food that sort of thing when people say
that I’m just like yes like that makes
me so so happy because it’s something
like that’s one of my favorite things to
do it’s a skill and it’s something like
I’ve worked hard to try to do well
so when someone compliments me on that I
get really excited alright so um those
are compliments you always want to hear
what compliments do you want to hear I
don’t know we’ve talked about we’ve
talked about personality complements and
we’ve talked about skill compliments but
if there if you have a favorite
compliment leave it in the comment box
we can start a compliment
mayhem among the commenters anyway
positive feelings after this video
everybody’s cheery I think thanks very
much for watching this episode of top
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hi everybody welcome back to top words
my name is Alisha and today we’re gonna
be talking about ten different phrases
that you can use to respond to the
question how are you so let’s go I’m
great
the first phrase is I’m great if someone
says how are you you could say I’m great
try to say I’m great with a kind of an
upbeat voice so something you like how
are you I’m great I’m feeling bad I’m
feeling bad if you say I’m feeling bad
the other person is probably if they’re
a friend of yours or a co-worker going
to ask you why what happened so if you
want to use I’m feeling bad make sure
you have an explanation ready
anyway somebody says how are you and you
go I’m feeling bad maybe I went out for
drinks last night with my coworkers oops
I’m okay I’m okay I feel like this is
one of those intonation practice ones
I’m okay with that
ah I’m okay it’s like sort of upward
intonation you’re like cool but if
someone says how are you you’re like I’m
okay they’re like oh no what happened so
you can use your intonation with I’m
okay to make it a good thing or not a
good thing but either way it’s not like
a very sick super serious response thank
you for asking
yeah I imagine this would be in a more
formal situation like if my friend said
to me how are you and I was like thank
you for asking they’d be like what I
would say I’m fine or I’m doing well I’m
doing great
plus thank you for asking so today how
are you I’m doing very well thank you
mmm oh that’s how I would use it and you
the next one is and
you liked the least natural response -
how are you is I’m fine thank you and
you like just get out of put just take
it out of your head nobody says that I
always say how about you that’s a much
more natural thing how are you how are
you how are you can be a response again
after you have given your answer to the
question how are you I’m great how are
you how are you I’m good how are you I’m
great how are you I’m okay how are you
how have you been recently how have you
been recently this is only useful if you
haven’t seen the other person for a
while I’m not bad I’m not bad I’m not
bad how are you I’m not bad no I’m not
bad hmm
things could be worse I would probably
do this I’m sleepy the next expression
is I’m sleepy Hey it’s like so specific
if someone said how are you I would
probably say I’m okay but I’m a little
sleepy I don’t know that I would just
say I’m sleepy
unless it’s a really good friend of mine
it’s a person close to you you can say
I’m so tired I’m I would say I’m super
tired or I’m really tired and I feel
like that’s a little bit more natural
than just I’m sleepy I’m good one that I
use a lot if someone says how are you I
say I’m good that’s just probably my
go-to response yeah I’m good I’m good
maybe I’ll repeat it while smiling I’m
good I’m good yeah thanks for asking
that is the end those are ten phrases
that you can use to respond to the
question how are you if there’s one
takeaway from this and from other things
that we’ve done over the last few years
in this channel just get rid of that I’m
fine thank you and you and pick one of
these that we’ve talked about today of
course if there’s another expression
that you use for a response to how are
you I’d be very interested to learn
about that but in general you’re pretty
safe if you
so thanks very much for watching this
episode of top words and we will see you
again soon bye
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