Are you trying to figure out your
relationship status in English??? but don't
know exactly how to describe it??
or are you looking for a specific type
of relationship and don't know exactly
what it's called in English??? these days
with all the different types of
relationships that exist it can be
difficult to define your relationship in
any language but especially in your
second language. so in this video you're
going to learn how to call different
types of relationships in American
English and you're also going to learn
exactly how to pronounce the phrases you
can use to describe that relationship or
to tell someone that you're looking for
that type of relationship. so before we
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about romantic and relationship
expressions in American English. okay are
you ready to get started? the first type
of relationship we're going to talk
about is called a serious relationship.
so first you will watch a scenario and
see if you can figure out what a serious
relationship is. I love you so much Katie
I love you too Jose you're my favorite
person in the whole world.
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could you figure it out? a serious
relationship is a relationship where
both people love each other a lot and
are very involved in each other's lives.
also this type of relationship often
leads to getting married so if this is
the type of relationship that you want
or if this is the type of relationship
that you are in, you can use these
phrases to describe your situation: I'm
in a serious relationship
notice that the stressed parts of that
phrase are highlighted in red, so
practice it with me with the correct
word stress. I'm in a serious
relationship I'm in a serious
relationship. great but what about if you
are looking for a serious relationship
if that's what you're looking for you
can communicate that with this phrase so
let's say it together again with the
stressed syllables that are highlighted
in red, I'm looking for a serious
relationship, I'm looking for a serious
relationship
great job, now let's look at another type
of relationship called a casual
relationship. hey Ricardo I'm bored do
you want to come over?
I'm a little busy right now but I can be
there in about an hour, okay, see you then
hey how's it going? hey pretty good how
are you? what do you want to watch? could
you figure out what a casual
relationship is? a casual relationship is
a relationship that is not that serious
you may not see the person very often
just once in a while and you're probably
not that involved in each other's lives
the word casual has a sound in the
middle of it. so practice saying the word
casual with /zh/ sound, casual casual
casual. great so if this is the type of
relationship that you're looking for you
can use the same phrase except just
replace the word serious with "casual". I'm
looking for a casual relationship. I'm
looking for a casual relationship or you
can say: I'm in a casual relationship. I'm
in a casual relationship. another phrase
that you could use to describe this type
of relationship is: we're just hanging
out, we're just hanging out. when you say
this phrase what you mean is that you
are in a casual relationship with that
person. so practice saying that phrase
with me also we're just hanging out
we're just hanging out. great job now
let's look at a third type of
relationship called a sugar daddy
relationship
get anything you want it's on me. okay
but I don't know if they have the shoes
in person I want here so can we go to
Paris tomorrow sure babe I can't wait to
get there I'm gonna get so many shoes
and purses on a bunch of new jewelry hmm
yeah I can't wait to buy all that for
you oh by the way my rent is due
tomorrow, can you pay it for me? sure
anything for you babe. a sugar daddy is a
man who buys a lot of things for his
female partner and she stays with him
because she loves to receive the money
and the gifts that he gives her the
female equivalent of this type of
relationship is called a sugar mama but
this is not as common so we've probably
all seen these types of relationships
before but usually when you use this
phrase it's a joke. so let's practice
saying it together because you may want
to either joke about this type of
relationship or you may want to describe
this type of relationship because
someone that you know is in it and keep
in mind with the word sugar. there's a
/Sh/ sound at the beginning although it's
not written with an SH, sugar sugar sugar
so you can say he's her sugar daddy. he's
her sugar daddy or she's his sugar mama
she's his sugar mama and then of course
if that's the type of relationship that
you are looking for you can say
I'm looking for a sugar daddy. I'm
looking for a sugar daddy or I'm looking
for a sugar mama I'm looking for a sugar
mama. great job
now let's talk about one final type of
relationship which is called an open
relationship. an open relationship is a
relationship where the people in it are
allowed to see other people or to date
other people so the rules of this
relationship are just set by the people
that are in the relationship if you're
looking for this type of relationship
you can use this phrase I'm looking for
an open relationship. when you say this
phrase be sure to contract I and am -
I'm. looking turns into lookin, so you
don't hear the G at the end of looking
and the words "for an" turns into for-un
I'm looking for an... I'm looking for an
open relationship, I'm looking for an
open relationship practice saying that
with me. I'm looking for an open
relationship. I'm looking for an open
relationship.
great job so now that you know what all
of these phrases mean I have a question
for you some people think having an open
relationship is great. other people would
never want to be in an open relationship
and we want to know what you think? if
you would like to be in an open
relationship comment yes but
if you think that having an open
relationship is not a good idea comment
no and if you want to describe your
opinion or give us more information
about why you think it's a good idea or
not a good idea then I'll leave some
feedback on your English in the comments
section. we can't wait to hear what you
think about this topic of open
relationships great job now you're
already on your way to speaking English
better than a native but you know what's
even more important than using these
American expressions? using correct
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