MustKnow Phrases For a Date in English Love Romance Phrases
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talk about some date related phrases
some questions responses and just some
general planning of phrases for today’s
live lesson so I’m going to talk about a
lot of patterns that you can use to make
invitations to make conversation when
you’re meeting someone and what to say
after you meet someone so we’ll talk
like I said about patterns to introduce
topics for conversation and we’ll do
some responses some ways that you can
answer questions or just kind of natural
ways to like accept or reject an
invitation so some of this will be a
little review for some of you but I hope
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let’s get started I want to begin with
just sharing kind of the the lesson I
guess format the lesson plan for today
I’m gonna take us through three phases
of meeting people so the first part of
today’s lesson will be over here well so
this part will be kind of like before
before a date or like before an event
before a date before a party for example
so I’ll focus here to start with
invitations and how to respond to those
invitations so let’s begin I’ll start
with this section right here invitations
so let’s take a look at the first one
first one is do you want to do you want
to I’m off to sorry I’m off
do you want to do something like do you
want to get dinner or do you want to
come to this party with me do you want
to see a movie do you want to something
so after this do you want to see a movie
you’ll hear that’s a verb see a movie do
you want to go to a soccer game do you
want to UM I don’t know like I said get
dinner or have lunch drink coffee we
start this with a verb there’s some verb
that needs to follow it we have 2 plus
AR verb so do you want to do something
when you say this phrase connect these
two want and 2 if you say do you want to
it sounds too stiff so instead use do
you wanna
do you wanna we’ve talked about this
before do you want to do this thing do
you want to do that thing and you can
make this you sound reduced as well do
you wanna do you wanna so that sounds
much more natural than do you want to
but do you want to do this do you want
to do that that’s a pretty basic one I
think to invite okay
yeah good one hi jr. do you want to hang
out sometime great do you want to play
great ah
play I’ll talk about this one later to
play this verb this is a common one that
may be learners used in like English and
we use play for children adults don’t
use play instead we use hang out like
junior used in the YouTube Jeff okay um
so let’s move on to another one I
included this one
would you like to would you like to do
something would you like to have a
coffee would you like to get together
sometime would you like to go to a movie
this is correct this is grammatically
correct it is not going to make any
communication problem but would you like
to is formal so if I’m talking to a
friend of mine a close friend and I say
would you like to like it’s not wrong it
just maybe sounds a little too polite
would you like to so you don’t have to
be this polite you can if you want but
just remember this is a more formal
expression would you like to see a movie
so maybe someone that you don’t know
super well you could use would you like
to hear okay um here’s another one um
are you free on so you’ll notice these
first two and in - would you like to and
you follow with some verb phrase here
this one are you free on something so
here we typically use a day of the week
a day of the week so are you free on
Sunday or are you free on Saturday night
are you free on Monday so you’re asking
if someone’s schedule is open so free it
means open schedule are you free on
Monday
are you free on Tuesdays open schedule
sorry my writing is bad are you free on
are you free on so this is asking before
you introduce a plan you’re asking if
someone is available are you free on so
I would say like at least in my case I
don’t like it when someone just says are
you free on this day well yes maybe but
I want to know why you’re asking so it’s
a good idea to include something like
this are you free on Tuesday do you want
to see a movie in the same like message
or in the same conversation so that’s a
nice strategy I think when making
invitations effectively okay let’s
continue to one more someone in the chat
Joseph thank you someone wrote are you
free on tomorrow we can’t use tomorrow
here if you want to use tomorrow remove
on are you free tomorrow we use on
before the day of the week are you free
on Sunday are you free on Tuesday we
cannot use it with tomorrow are you free
tomorrow is okay just remove on okay
good um good good good great okay and
send anything else in the chat I will
try to watch let’s look at this last one
do you have any plans on blah blah so
same thing day of the week I’ll just
draw an arrow on day of the week so same
kind of thing are you free on is a bit
more casual than do you have any plans
on so you can use either of these to ask
if someone is available so I tend to use
this one are you free on or I just
include it here I say like do you want
to get dinner on Saturday night I just
put it all in one
that’s another way to use okay so this
is how we invite people let’s look at
how we respond to invitations so let’s
first look at how to accept an
invitation so when you want to accept
you can use sure that’s great
sure sounds good or yeah sounds great
these are a few I think of probably the
most common ways to accept an invitation
yeah sure sounds great sounds good
awesome some kind of positive words
sounds great sounds amazing so this
sounds is quite good like oh that sounds
cool or that sounds interesting sure so
we combine the two together when we want
to accept clearly and casually if
however you’re interested but you have
plans you can’t attend you can’t come
for some reason you can use an
expression like this sounds good but so
it sounds good but I have to something
something something on that day so here
we have this same two pattern we talked
about so we need to follow this with a
verb I have to work on that day I have
to go to a conference on that day I have
to study on that day so I have to work
on that day so it sounds good but sounds
good but so this communicates I would
like to however I cannot I have this
other responsibilities okay so let’s go
to one more that is the same way to kind
of Express like I want to but a can’t
maybe you don’t want to be specific
about your plans or maybe the plans just
aren’t like perfectly finished yet you
can say something like this I wish I
could I wish I could in other words I
wish I could attend or I wish I could do
the thing you invited me to I wish I
could but I have plans so this is more
specific this previous sentence I have
to work I have to study this one however
is very open just sorry I have
I can’t attend I have okay wait then
junior high leash can I say give me a
call when you’re around instead of
available give me a call when you’re
around uh I would not use it
I don’t think give me a call I would say
give me a call if you have time that’s
what I would say give me a call if you
have time okay saint says can I use do
you have any plans in the week instead
of in the week do you have any plans
this week this week do you have any
plans this week or are you busy this
week try that instead good good good
good
or yeah someone offered as well sorry
kind of busy sorry kind of busy so this
is a little bit direct like sorry kind
of busy it’s like it’s a little too
direct and it might seem a bit rude
actually so you can use it it is correct
but it might seem a little rude okay
good let’s move on to one more if it’s
just if it’s something that you don’t
feel so interested in doing like they’ve
invited you to something that’s not
quite a match for your personality
they’re like let’s go ice skating and
maybe you hate ice skating you can say
sorry but I think I’ll pass this time I
think I’ll pass this time so first
apology sorry but I think aisle so we’re
using will here because you’re just
deciding I’ll pass pass so like I’m
going to not choose to do that thing I’m
going to choose not to do that thing
I’ll pass this time this time is
important I’ll pass this time because it
sounds like um just this case I don’t
want to participate just this time I’ll
pass this time sorry so that’s one way
to say politely I’m sorry I’m not
interested this time and one more if
you’re sick thanks but I’m not feeling
well I’m not feeling well so that’s a
more specific one if you’re not feeling
healthy you can
and we refuse something with that
expression okay
so this is our introduction point
invitations and responses to the
invitations we’ll come back to this a
little bit later
Xavier says can I use but I already got
plans I’ve already got plans I’ve I’ve
already got plans is okay mmm I wish I
could sorry I have plans already for
tomorrow that’s fine yes I’m sorry I
can’t read your name jiwoo yeah um other
ones be on Facebook sorry I just missed
your message I will scroll up B you said
sorry I have a bit busy right now that
should be sorry I am a bit busy right
now I am you’re talking about your state
I am a bit busy right now sorry Joseph
I’ll pass this time but I’ll can make it
I’ll pass this time means I’m not coming
I’m not coming this time so maybe you
can say next time I’ll try to make it
next time okay mmm all right I’ll try to
watch for other questions
ah my crush when I tried to invite her
sorry kind of busy yeah it’s rough it’s
rough when someone says they’re kind of
busy and they don’t get back right for
sure okay let’s take a break there but
let’s take a look at I kind of want to
focus because today’s lesson is about
dating and planning related words we
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this this part here I hope I can see
this one’s about like adjectives so kind
of typical adjectives we can use to
describe people if you joined last
week’s live stream maybe you remember
some of the leveled up
tibs we use on the back some expressions
that you can use so these here which is
a bit hard to see right now
these here are like some compliments
cool these here are some compliments
that you can use kind of more I suppose
typical compliments I’m going to talk
about a few others are just kind of
other patterns that you can use to
compliment people naturally because
sometimes it’s really easy to give a not
so sincere compliment so I want to talk
about that later okay good
so um with match if you’re just joining
as today’s live stream is about date
phrases date related phrases so we
talked about invitations making
invitations responding to invitations
now we’re going to talk about what to
say if you are on a date or if you’re
just at a party and you’re catching up
with your friends so this isn’t only for
dates not only for days all right
um good I will try to check your your
messages too okay so let’s move along to
the next part questions and complements
questions and compliments so first a few
questions I want to talk about a few
question patterns that can help you
start a conversation or continue a
conversation they are first what’s new
what’s new so what’s new means what’s
new in your life what’s new in your life
so that means since the last time you
saw that person what is their news what
has happened like did they get a new job
do they have like the new I don’t know
something new that’s happening in their
life a new friend a relationship is
there a problem so what’s new since the
last time you talk to that person
what’s new so that’s a nice expression
that we can use to kind of start a
conversation but try to use like a kind
of happy voice when you ask this
question I’ve heard some people ask this
question I like so what’s new like if
there’s don’t really care so it’s
important that if
you’re like meeting a person you’re
meeting a friend or you’re meeting a
date your intonation is important you
should sound probably kind of interested
when you ask this question what’s new so
be excited these two are kind of I
actually I think this one may be the
most challenging one how have you been
how have you been this is sort of a more
like leveled up version of what’s new
this is I think a better question than
what’s new how have you been how have
you been so how have you been since the
last time I saw you how have you been
since the last time I saw you so again
what’s your life been like since the
last time we met how have you been how
have you been in your pronunciation how
have you been try to make it how how
have you been so we’re connecting this
sound to how how we’ll have you been how
have you been sounds much better than
how have you been okay
someone said provide daily use of phrase
please this is a daily use meeting
people and asking how they are is it
daily used okay next one how was your
week how was your week you can ask
someone this whether you’re on a date or
just meeting friends you can ask your
colleague this question how was your
week past tense
how was your week how was your week it
was good it was bad it was busy I got
good news so this is a question about
the previous week this is a common
question this is a common question on
the weekend it’s a common question for
weekends so you can use this with lots
of people not just on dates okay I’ll
talk about responses in a second too
alright let’s go to a couple of just
basic complements and like a complement
pattern first one this one you look nice
this is very easy to remember
you look nice so it’s just a simple
compliment there’s nothing really like
special about the compliment but it’s
just kind of a nice easy-to-understand
friendly compliment and also please
remember like your body language when
you give someone a compliment like if
you say it like genuinely and you said
oh you look nice it’s much different
than kind of like keeping your hands
here and just staring at the person and
saying you look nice so keep your body
language in mind like you know make the
other person feel comfortable as you
give compliments so try to think about
your body language and like your English
language as well okay so that’s one
simple compliment so with that in mind
with the body language point in your
mind try to also think about something
like this something more specific I
really like your and here is like some
kind of like clothing or maybe it’s
jewelry oops sorry
jewelry something like that so you find
something specific on the other person
and you send send sorry I was looking at
the chat so and then you find that
specific thing and you make a comment
about that thing because it shows you
you really are paying attention maybe
that person took the time to make that
decision and you want to complement that
so for example I really like your jacket
or I really like your glasses or I
really like your necklace
or I really like your hairstyle that
looks nice so choose something that’s
specific and be sincere don’t just pick
something strange just because you want
to compliment the person be sincere with
your compliments do okay Pablo says you
looking good is it polite you are you
are looking good is quite casual
actually I think instead of good you
should use nice instead of you’re
looking good which sounds very casual
and kind of like maybe too friendly
sometimes I would say you’re looking
really nice tonight or you look nice
I would prefer like if someone gave me a
compliment I would prefer to hear you
look
nice that sounds more natural and more
polite to me careful with your spelling
not gold J’s but gorgeous gorgeous
gorgeous is the spelling so I’ve used
nice here other words you could use you
look gorgeous gorgeous you look handsome
you look beautiful and so on there are a
lot of these words um this thing that I
showed you earlier so there are some
other adjectives you can use to talk
about someone’s appearance here okay
good so how do we respond to this is the
next part so to respond to these
questions and to respond to these
compliments when someone asks you these
two I’m gonna use blue when someone asks
you this question or this question how
have you been or what’s new you can use
this pattern to respond
I’ve been something-something ing so
here is a verb so for example I’ve been
working a lot or I’ve been relaxing a
lot or I’ve been trying a lot of new
things for example so a key here is this
I’ve VIN part this matches the question
how have you been so we were using the
same thing this I have been blah blah
blah because this grammar point refers
to something that started in the past
and continues to the present so the last
time you saw that person until the
conversation now this is the grammar
point we use to explain that kind of
thing okay good
so that’s one second if you’re in a
conversation and someone asks how was
your week how was your week you can use
this one so first use an adjective busy
or good or normal something like that
then give some details this week I
something-something here I included edy
because there are lots of verbs and
but my meaning here is just a past tense
a past tense statement this week I
finished a project or this week I did a
live stream about date phrases I can
tell someone or this week I got a
haircut that’s true so it’s like you
just need to choose something that’s in
the past tense so this is one past tense
pattern so this week I worked a lot it
can be very simple very basic just share
a past tense thing okay I don’t see
other questions yet I will look okay
then to finish this section um you can
talk about your upcoming plans this is
an upcoming plan expression so upcoming
oh can you see that yeah sorry okay this
is up coming up coming you p c om ing up
coming up coming plan question you can
sort of see sorry so this next week I’m
next week I’m so when you’re having a
conversation it’s good to offer some
information this person asked you how
was your week then you can share next
week I’m working on the next part of my
project next week I’m studying for a
test next week I’m travelling to a
different country so share about your
upcoming plans so you can review the
past and talk about the future things
and share what’s coming up so this is
just kind of a nice I think way to begin
and to continue conversations alright
upcoming hi Carly upcoming upcoming
means like coming to reverse it coming
up so upcoming means things that are
going to happen in the near future
upcoming plan so plans that are going to
happen in the near future okay good
let’s finish this section there the last
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phrases and planning related phrases in
general that I showed this earlier I
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our final thing after a date or after a
party after you meet someone what do you
say so like when you maybe it’s the next
day after you saw someone you can use
one of these expressions thanks for a
fun time so I’m assuming here it was
enjoyable you had a nice time you want
to say thank you to the other person you
can say thanks for a fun time you can
change this adjective to thanks for a
nice time thanks for a great time so you
had fun that’s what you want to share
but the other person you can also say I
had a nice time I had a nice time so
these are just Pleasant kind of you know
compliments to say I enjoyed spending
time with you I had a nice time another
common one is thanks for yesterday or
Thanks for last night or thanks for our
evening like something like that so just
choose the point of time in the day that
you met the other person or that you
attended the party like thanks for the
barbecue it was so much fun so this is
another phrase you can use when you say
thank you but this one is kind of this
candy date specific I do use this with
friends like let’s you know let’s get
dinner again soon that’s fine to use
with friends you can also use this like
effectively on dates as well this is
okay for dates okay for dates yes let’s
get together again soon let’s get
together again soon let’s get together
again soon let’s get dinner again soon
let’s get a drink again soon and that
kind of thing so you can see there are a
lot of similar expressions we can use
and then if the person says yeah let’s
get let’s get together again soon you
can go right back to this first part we
talked about in the lesson just make
another invitation
and repeat so this is kind of just a
basic way to make plans and some of
these expressions are nice to use for
dates and so well so I have to finish up
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