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Stop Saying “I’m Fine” – Speak English Like a Native!


morning class hello hello morning how
are you I’m fine thank you and you and
you
yeah yeah don’t high-five him who taught
you to say that like all of our teachers
like all of them ever like we need to
change this
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first we don’t always say how are you we
save many different things for example
we might say how’s it going or hey hey
don’t Australians will often say a mix
of this how you going this one in the UK
in the u.s. it’s not common to say but
Australian English yes and yes you can
also say oh hi how are things these ones
here repeat with me and pay close
attention to the intonation you okay
you’re all right of course we miss the
be verb here are you okay are you all
right but it’s very common just to say
you okay you’re right this confuses
Americans apparently because in British
English this one is very common it’s
very casual all right it’s just a hello
or a how are you it’s very casual it’s
normal but if you say this to an
American they will be like this am i all
right
and fine do I look sad so for Americans
that sounds more serious you’re asking
oh are you sad but for British people no
this is just normal it’s fine but
remember I said pay close attention to
the intonation you okay all right sounds
happy but all of these you would ask to
this person if that’s their expression
if it’s a normal day nothing bad
happened but what if if your friend
looks sad or if you know something bad
happened there is a different way you
can ask these questions first the
intonation the intonation with these
changes listen you will write C it does
this up/down thing you were right
see the intonation goes up and down
there are you okay it so it really
depends on your intonation how you say
them you okay
you’re alright these ones may sound very
casual normal may be happy so if your
friend that looks like this or maybe
something bad happened let’s ask a
different question what’s up or what’s
the matter these two questions show
concern for your friend you’re asking
for details you’re asking about the
problem and important to note don’t ask
what’s your problem
don’t ask that question it doesn’t sound
friendly it doesn’t sound like you care
it sounds like what’s your problem so if
you want to ask what’s your problem
don’t ask that ask what’s the matter
that is much better possible answers to
how are you don’t say I’m fine thank you
and you know no more so for British
people
it’s very common if you’re good to
normal to start your answer with yeah
for example this is the more realistic
answer we don’t say I’m fine thank you
and you we say yeah good you other ways
you can answer if you’re happy or just
normal yeah I’m great yeah I’m good I’m
pretty good yeah doing well yeah doing
good or if you don’t want an adjective
yeah can’t complain you’ll notice that I
haven’t included any extreme adjectives
because we’re British
we don’t do emotions I’m joking but in
British English we don’t typically talk
about how great we are we don’t do that
so if someone asks you how are you and
in fact you’re brilliant you’re amazing
you would still say one of these but
less commonly you might hear I’m
wonderful you probably won’t hear that
but you might Oh everything is
hunky-dory if you say everything’s
hunky-dory it means there are no
problems everything is happy and lovely
it’s really not common to hear that
actually if someone says this they’re
probably joking or being sarcastic
so just keep that in mind also I often
hear so-so
don’t say this never say this no in my
life no one has ever said this I think
so it doesn’t sound natural don’t say it
yeah I forgot oh my god I’m so stupid I
almost forgot probably the most
important one this might be the most
common one yeah I’m alright
you can also say I’m alright but
remember again that is a bit more
British you’re right
yeah I’m alright you all right yeah I’m
good so these ones again they’re more if
you feel happy you feel good you feel
normal
but what if you feel not so great you
feel a bit sad maybe well something
happened remember I said if you’re
feeling like this you probably will
start your answer with yeah for example
yeah I’m good but if you feel like this
probably you will start your ants up
with well for example and remember we
are British we don’t have emotions even
strong emotions we suppress them because
we’re British
so if you feel bad you are not really
bad you’re only a bit bad for example
well I’m a bit tired well I’m a bit
sleepy I’m a bit ill with British we
like to repress our emotions now perhaps
something bad happened perhaps you don’t
feel good at
all well I’ve been better
or I’ve seen better days
these ones they imply that perhaps
something bad happened maybe someone
died
maybe you just broke up with your
partner any combination of this this
looks like a maths problem but you can
use any combination of this one for your
answer if you feel bad for example the
short way hmm not that great or I’ll be
honest I’m not doing so well and again
you can mix them I’m not doing so great
I’m not doing that well you can choose
any mixture of these words and that
means you feel like this so in the
comments let me know how are you doing
how is everything thanks for watching
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