Ali Williams well best teacher ever
thank you very much I so many people to
thank my parents I really appreciate
everything you’ve done for me who else I
don’t have more time I’m being told I
have to hurry up I’m okay I’m fine today
we’re doing we’re doing vocabulary on
in this lesson we’re only doing useful
vocabulary words we actually say there
are old-fashioned ways of thanking
someone for example much obliged or
thank you kindly but these days you
won’t hear those so I won’t teach those
ok from formal to informal ways of
thanking someone let’s start with formal
or someone does something really big for
you really special you’ll want to say
these things
thanks ever so much pronunciation thanks
ever so much thanks ever so much
I’ll use this expression for people who
I don’t really know or if someone does
something for me which is so nice so
special or helps me with a big problem
thanks ever so much for your help for
example I can’t thank you enough
pronounciation link you and enough with
a were sound what will intrude sounding
like I can’t thank you enough you enough
you enough of course it sounds more
natural to make that tea in can’t a
glottal tea so all together it sounds
like I can’t thank you enough I can’t
number three I appreciate it or modify
it with I really appreciate it
this sounds very formal and it’s great
to use again with someone who you don’t
know or if someone does something very
special for you and you want to give
them a big thank you my natural
pronunciation is is London standard
London and I would glottal eyes that
final T so it sounds like this I really
appreciate it
Thanks I didn’t say appreciate it I glut
alized the final T appreciates it
so for that natural sounding London
accent this is an option
Wow I’m really grateful sometimes I hear
this when someone receives a present I
personally don’t like to say this
because being grateful is not something
you say about yourself it’s something
you show through your actions personally
I don’t like it again to sound natural
that T in grateful should be glut alized
it sounds quite strange if you say I’m
really grateful no and finally to give
that big thanks to someone to say wow
this was very special you can say thanks
that means a lot to me or this means a
lot to me so those are for formal
situations or very big thank-yous what
about other situations let’s have a look
if someone gives you a present a common
response to this could be wow thanks
I mean you shouldn’t have this must be
very expensive this expression is quite
specific to when you receive a present
and you want to say you’ve spent too
much money or you did something and this
is very nice you did too much then you
the standard way of ending an email with
a thank-you is many thanks your name but
this is quite impersonal so for your
friends for your family
no that sounds strange but for a company
or to someone who you don’t really know
then it’s good okay how about the quick
informal ones those little interactions
in your day where you want to give a
quick thanks Cheers
yes for drinks when we clean we say
Cheers
but that’s not the only use of Cheers
in fact it’s the most common way to say
thank you in England pronunciation it’s
flat one syllable
and finally thank you or thanks thanks
is more common and there’s nothing wrong
with just saying these they’re still
fine everyone uses them all the time but
you can modify them get a bit creative
for example when I leave a shop all the
time I will say thanks a lot
and this is great this is fine for a
quick fast interaction where you need to
say thank you in a polite way but quick
let’s modify it a bit more you want to
give an extra big thank you change a lot
for so much thanks so much thanks so
much again it’s quick but it’s still a
big thank you and commonly you will hear
our brilliant Thanks all right brilliant
Thanks but of course we don’t pronounce
it like that
all right brilliant Thanks
now you and me we are British let’s
modify it a little more with a
compliment very commonly you will hear
oh you bought me an Xbox are you legend
thank you you legend very common it’s
usually shortened to you ledge cheers
mate
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now how do you respond to these in a
formal way you have these options of
course in school you’re always taught
you’re welcome
or if you wanted to be super formal you
could add you’re quite welcome thanks
ever so much
you’re quite welcome another very formal
one is don’t mention it it’s a very
formal way to say you’re welcome other
options are my pleasure or not at all
notice the catenation in not at all it
sounds more like nah-ha tall not at all
not at all thanks not at all and the
informal ways of responding to informal
thank-yous of course you have no problem
my personal favorite is no worries no
worries Australians they are so so cool
I have heard Australians say no was
which is a modification of no worries I
love this I would say this if I had an
Australian accent because Australians
are so cool I’m not Australian
they are cool so I say no worries
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