hello everybody so in today's video
you're going to be seeing common
alternatives to four words or phrases
that you will probably heard many times
in your english learning journey
hello thank you i don't know and goodbye
and these alternatives are going to be
coming from real people
so helping me today is
phil and rick
lizzy
and tessa mckesh
helen
harriet
dane
and jimmy
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so let's begin by seeing how our guests
would say hello in the real world
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right
let's begin with
how would you say
hello
i would say
hey
hi
hi hi
so i would say hi dane
hiya
hiya there we go
all right
you're right how's it going
so these phrases here can be used as
direct alternatives to the phrase hello
however the phrase you'll write or its
full form are you or right can be used
both to say hello and to also ask how
somebody is
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and next
is
how do you say
i don't know
um
don't know
don't i
i don't know
just like i don't know hello
what else did i say not a clue
i haven't a clue
i haven't got a clue
i haven't the foggiest
i have no idea
there you go yeah
i have no idea
so yes the full form of this phrase is
technically i don't know however in
natural speech the i is quite often not
said and the remaining don't and no
merge together to be pronounced as
dunno
and with these phrases just be aware
that in natural speech they can have a
few different forms just because some
words can be left out
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the next one is
how do you say
thank you
thanks very much
thanks
cheers
you say cheers do we say cheers cheers
oh cheers um cheers mate
cheers
tar very much
nice one nice one um
so the most important thing to know
about these phrases is that cheers tar
and nice one are common in british
english however are pretty uncommon in
american english
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and finally
how would you say
goodbye
see you later
bye
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bye bye
i couldn't think of it
see you soon
the only thing i really want to add here
are my two own personal favorite ways of
saying goodbye in british english
the first phrase i want to highlight is
the phrase
catch you later
which is generally quite a modern phrase
and popular amongst the younger
generations here in britain
and the second phrase i want to
highlight is the phrase
cheerio
which again is a slightly older phrase
and probably more popular amongst older
generations
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so
there you go you've just expanded your
knowledge of everyday english phrases
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to comment below with any alternatives
we may have missed
believe me there are lots more out there
thanks for watching and i'll see you
next time for more language fun
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