Learn English - Greetings in English, how to Answer the Question "How are you?"

Được xuất bản vào 11-04-2012 bởi ENGLISHCLASS101 http://www.EnglishClass101.com/video Learn common greetings with our English in Three Minutes series! In the US, manners are important, and this step-by-step video teaches you some of the basics you need to be polite while speaking English. A native English teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. This is the fastest, easiest way to pick up basic English! In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask and answer "How are you?" in English. If you learned a lot with this video, stop by our English language learning website and get other language learning content including great videos just like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more. http://www.EnglishClass101.com/video

01- Welcom to Englishclass101.com. English in three minutes. The fastest, easiest and the most fun ways to learn English.
Hi, how's going? I'm Vahi. Nice to meet you.
In this series, we are going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English.
It's really useful, and it only takes three minutes.
In this lesson, you're going to learn new, more common ways to ask and answer the question: "How are you" in English.

02- You' ve probably learned "How are you" and "I'm fine" in textbooks before but in the United States, people will usually ask this question and answer it in a different way.
First, let's first review. If someone says: " How are you" .You can say: "I'm fine"
Here are some other ways to answer: "Pretty good"  - This means about the same thing as "I'm fine"
We also have: "Not bad". You can use this if you are feeling just okay, or so-so
Let's look at our question again: How are you?
This is the most well-known way of asking how someone is.
You could use it when you want to be polite.

03- But now, let's look at some different ways to ask how someone is
These ways are more casual, and much more common.
First: Hey, how's it going?
You can answer this in many ways.
If you're feeling good, you can says: "Good" - "Pretty good" - Not bad"
Once more : "Good" - "Pretty good" - Not bad"

04- Here's a tip! Even though these answers mean the same thing as "I'm fine", you can't answer "How's it going" with, "I'm fine"
It will sound a bit strange.

05- If you're not feeling good, you can say: "Not so good" - "Not great" - "Not so well"
Be careful: If you say one of these, the other person will usually ask.
"Why, what's wrong?" to be polite.
Then, you will have to explain

06- Another casual, but very common version of "How are you?" is "What's up?"
To reply, use a cheerful voice as you say:"Not much" or nothing much
This means you're free and able to chat.
Since "what's up?" is just another way of saying "Hello", you can also reply with: "Hey" or "Hi"

07- Now it's time for Vahi's Advice
A lot of the time, when we ask questions that mean "How are you?" in English, we not actually asking about the other person's health, we're only asking to be polite.
You should think of these questions as another way of saying "Hello" a way for the conversation to get started instead of actual literal questions.
In fact, when someone asks you "what's up" you don't even have to answer. Just say "what's up?" in reply.

*08-  Do you know the difference betwween "What do you do?" and " What are you doing?"
It's a little tricky, but we'll explain it simply in the next
English in three minutes lesson. See you next time