DO NOT SAY GOODBYE We DONT say this anymore Say instead
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and everyone and welcome back to english
with lucy today we’re going to be
discussing the word goodbye and why you
need to stop using it believe it or not
we hardly ever say goodbye it’s
something that just doesn’t roll off the
tongue and it sounds quite formal you
might see it written down or hear it in
films but on a general day-to-day basis
you won’t hear goodbye in this video I
am going to give you loads of
alternatives to goodbye I’m going to
give you casual and slang ones that you
can use with friends and family and I’m
also going to give you more formal ones
more old-fashioned ones and ones that
you can use in business situations I
will also try to differentiate between
American and British English as I know
some of you find that really interesting
and helpful so this video is perfect for
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started with the lesson I’m going to
begin with casual ways of saying goodbye
the first one I think most of you will
know it is bye-bye
on its own is really frequently used
it’s just so easy to say and it’s a word
you can say with a smile bye-bye
number two a little extension of that is
bye bye or bye bye now we use this in a
different situation to just buy on its
own and it’s important that you know
this ba-bye is a little more cute a
little more childish and infantile it’s
something you’d likely say to a child
bye-bye
however we do use it sometimes if we’re
trying to be very cute or friendly if I
see you that brings me on to my next one
which is see you later see you later
we often say SIA instead of Cu see you
later this is one that we say if we
already have plans to see someone again
in that same day if we don’t have plans
we can say number four which is see you
soon if you want to be really casual you
can use number five which is just see ya
and that is very very informal now
number six is a little bit more advanced
you will look really good if you use
this around a native speaker this one is
I’m heading off this is a good way to
start to leave an event that you don’t
want to be at anymore to head off is a
phrasal verb meaning to begin to leave
to head off saying oh I’m heading off
I’ll see you soon is a great way to
start the goodbye process which we all
know can be a little lengthy a shortened
down version of that number seven is
just I’m off
I’m off see you that’s very casual again
another one that we can use which is
very British is I’m going to make a move
or I’ve got to make a move
to make a move is to leave I need to
make a move in America they’re more
likely to say I’m going to make tracks
or I’ve got to make tracks and that
means to drive away you’re making tracks
with your car all of these phrases are
normally preceded with right you say
right as you’re getting up right I’m off
right I’m going to make tracks another
one again very British is oh I’ve got to
get going
I’ve got to get going practice that one
on your own a couple of times because
I’ve got to get going
I’ve got to get going it’s quite a
tongue twister tester oh I can’t believe
the word tongue twister was a tongue
twister for me that is hilarious oh okay
number eleven is I must be going oh
what’s the time and must be going I must
be off a very American one is I got a
take off I got a take off in British
English take off is really for clothes -
take off your clothes and to take off as
an airplane airplane takes off but in
America that means to leave as well
fourteen very very casual is have a good
one and that means have a good day but
it’s very warm and friendly have a good
one and the last one number 15 is talk
to you later
talk to you later it’s a bit of an
extension of see you later talk to you
later implies that you might send a text
or make a phone call to them later that
day right let’s talk about formal
professional and old-fashioned ways of
saying goodbye in English the first one
is very American and it’s used in
business or service situations it’s have
a great day you have a great day and I
was so surprised when I went to the USA
because everyone wanted me to have a
great day and that the first couple of
times just like oh that’s nice and then
just when I realized that everyone said
it I realized
no one really wanted me to have a great
the British version of this would be
have a lovely day and that is slightly
more sincere we don’t use it as often so
it sort of means more an alternative to
this is take care or you take care or
you take care now and that’s quite warm
and friendly if you want to say goodbye
to somebody that’s going on a journey or
is driving away you can say have a safe
journey or have a good journey that’s
British and in American English they’re
quite likely to say drive safe
or you drive safe now number five more
formal it was nice to see you or it was
nice seeing you either or nice to see or
nice seeing if you’ve just met the
person for the first time it was nice to
meet you it was lovely meeting you nice
and lovely are interchangeable of course
the next one
very very posh this is very
old-fashioned is farewell you might see
this one in books and movies set in the
past we don’t tend to use it now but I
think it’s important for you to
understand it another old fashioned one
is tirar now this is slang but it’s very
old fashioned so I put it in this list
older people might say tirar to you
which means goodbye obviously because in
this video and another one is Tata or
Tata for now
again very old-fashioned and a little
bit Porsche the last one if you want
somebody to keep in contact with you you
can say stay in touch and that’s a nice
way of ending a conversation that’s the
end of this lesson I hope you enjoyed it
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another lesson yeah a book that you have
already read in anything
of crazy frog in like five years just
wow some time ago wasn’t right
let’s get started with the lesson I’m
going to begin with casualwear phrases
so Carol I can’t even say we are
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