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Put Playback speed to 1.25.
Thanks me later
Oh it seems so normal in 1.25 speed
@@sab-ali You would be surprised but 1.5 also looks very natural
1.25 ok wit me
1.5 much better :D
ISOMTV My system has two times but I would settle for 4X.
Very odd video and wrong, too. I am an American and I teach ESL.
You have to start somewhere.
Actual greeting American to American..A)' Yo. B) Doin well. sup? A) Yeah, great.' That is the same thing. Folks learning English as a second language must first learn.." How are you? I'm fine, thank you, and you?' in order to move on later to 'Yo..sup?
For everybody here, forget what this woman is saying...books or no books, natural or not natural and loose..
You have to start somewhere. Begin with what you can do and then progress later. And, unusual questions? Ask whatever you like and I will politely decline to answer if it is too personal. Different cultural attitudes are cool. Sure, Americans to Americans don't say these things in these ways. So?
Do what you can do. Don't let teachers mess you up. Relax.
Sup? = what's up? = what's happening? = how are you?
mike ryan well, even though I just agree with you partly, I like your comment a lot.
First of all English is the language of English people
You're so damn right, sir
You seem to be a very nice person)
How old are you? Are you married? Ahahahaha
This is completely about US culture, not English. I am a teacher and "I'm fine thanks and you?" is quite normal. You should actually retitle this video to "Americans. How we speak"
Trevor Gordon , spot on.
She said i am fine thank you and you. That sounds different from what you said. Definitely more awkward
I am not sure she speaks for all Americans, here.
Thanks for your comment, Trevor! As I mentioned in the video, I am from the United States and I am sharing about American culture from my own point of view.
She says during the whole video american english or american speaker so i don´t see your point
I am am American native English speaker and I DO say, "How do you do?" Mostly when meeting people for the first time. I was taught this is polite and I've never had a negative reaction to this.
I think this video ia ba it's good to watch the comments aection prior to watchig the video it's saved my time especially when the video is long
Actually, I'm fine thank you and you' is common in British English, and you is a return question that is taught to avoid repetition
Better English would be: "I'm fine, thank you. How are you?" I don't think that's what she was getting at though.
@gerard dearie
It's universally better grammar, regardless of whether it's accepted practice in British conversation.
"I'm fine thanks." Is normal to me. Asking how much rent you pay is not a big deal. Are you single is absolutely normal if you're interested in someone. I'm in LA.
Are you single? 😂😂😂
@@analuci4carvalho Should I say: "What's your marital status"?
LA people are the best, friendly, open mind
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@@hawkcn "open minded" = latin influence
I’m a native English speaker and I don’t appreciate people saying “I’m awesome, how you doin?”.
If you say, "Howa YOOO doin?" that reveals to everyone that you are Joey from Friends.
In Britain -the home of the Native English, speaker-" how do you do."and " I am fine thank you, and you?". are absolutely used in everyday Native English during polite conversation with new people !!! Comments of concern about appearance are common, although "fat" no, that results in a black eye. The personal questions observation is most definitely accurate, this is the bane of every new conversation with none Europeans, in fact when we politely refuse to answer it is normally met with determined confrontation from the enquirer. That is a disgraceful display of poor social etiquette.
You mean "American Culture" Not "Native English". 😊
Yes, she clarified that at the beginning of the video. Native american speakers.
@@sunnyrange Yes, noticed. I was recommending a Title matches what she said. Have a wonderful weekend 🌹😊
If they are Americans then what are we?... Africans? Slaves? Dolphins?. I don't think so
@@beeman596 WE ARE HUMAN, dear!
They are White, Black, Rich, Poor, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Agnostics, American, British, European, Arab, But we are just human.. Cheer up 🌹🌹😊
@@tiana2105 you are a totally sweet heart. I am sure you understood what I was trying to say haha. Cheers, darling
haha, "how are you " " I'm fine, thank you, and you?" are existing in the first lesson textbook in Chinese school.
In Egypt too :D
In belgium too. We speak more English from England that America🤔 It's maybe the reason ..🤔 I don't know
in turkey too:))
The same with us in Russia:))
It's the same here in Guatemala..
“I’m fine thank you, how are you “
I say this all the time in Sydney dealing with people & topics I couldn’t care less about.
You are approachable & genuine. On the outside. Internally you don’t care what is said!
"I'm fine, thanks, how are you?" is something I say almost every time I meet a friend/acquaintance. I'm British by the way.
In England, "How do you do" is a standard greeting amongst certain types of people: businessmen/women and at formal gatherings. It is not a question, an answer isn't expected, so it isn't something you're 'asking' but merely a greeting.The correct response to "how do you do," is "how do you do".
I agree about the personal questions; you just don't ask them. If I'm trying to work out whether a man is single I look at his left hand to see if he's wearing a ring.
But many of the things she's saying don't apply to British English. The language originated here!
You talk too much, get to the phrases ... blah!!!
lol
I hate being rude, but yeah, this is actually nerve wrecking. Gaby, get to it directly next time. I actually couldn‘t watch the whole video 😏
Great thing in CZcams is changing playback speed. 1.5x works.
Thanks for that! A little goes a long way. There’s no drug commercials she has to cover for, so I don’t understand why she’s droning on endlessly.
motogriso1 I started out at 1.5 speed, and then I bailed on the video like other people did.
Hey Gaby, no viewers no monetization.
How about changing the title to "Things AMERICANS don't say"? This video is completely not about English LANGUAGE, but about American culture. Yes, you do explain that in the very beginning, but the title in itself is misleading. Some might consider that a clickbait. I might also be oversensitive, but I got the feeling of "that's how English is supposed to be spoken, you non-Americans!".
This video is a shit simply. Americans are too arrogant to think this way . Their brains wires are wrong
She's talking about native speakers, and since she's an American native speaker, she's speaking about America, since that's where she's from. Americans aren't the only native speakers, obviously.
This comment is so on point!
Yea, school has determined English formal.
My thoughts exactly.
Also, I don't know what publishers they use in Japan but I suppose Oxford and Cambridge coursebooks are among them and they are mostly on British English, so that can be a source of some remarks from the video.
5:31 I was taught English in Sweden and Austria.
From Sweden, I definitely recall the teacher saying "how do you do?" as being a common greeting.
NB, in many countries of Europe, including Sweden, the goal standard of English is not US but GB, specifically Southern English or BBC English.
It must once have been used in US as well, as you can deduce from its relic "howdy?"
I'm a Korea guy. "im fine thank you and you" was dealt with in many text books. it's like a mathematics 1+2=3
hi. how are you.
i'm fine thank you and you?
남라파엘 that’s right. It was on my 6th grade’s English text book. I remember I spent the while time of walking from my school to home to practice/ repeat “ Hello, how are you? I’m fine, thank you. And you? Where are you from? I’m from England...”😂
That's right. I'm from Vietnam. Haha
It’s the same in Taiwan.
English textbooks are just quite sht
Watch more CZcams and you can speak like a normal person and not like Google Translate
About personal questions. In Eastern Europe culture people don't understand American small talk. If you are asking some small talk question be ready to receive full response in 2-3 sentences. So if you are starting small talk they can feel that situation is switching from strangers talk to friendly talk and then it's normally to ask more personal questions.
You can definitely say 'How do you do?' These are all culturally decided and has nothing to do with frequency use in native speakers.
Hello
I'm Japanese English learner.
I'm with you Japanese people always say "I'm fine" when they are greeting.
That's because we started to learn English since Junior hight school that is 12years old and English teacher teach us how to response in English when someone ask "How are you?"
Teachers force us to say "I'm fine " haha
To be honest I don't like English education in Japan because it's not working in daily conversation.
In Brazil as well!
Many people just use what was taught in school and many "teachers" just don't know even how to pronounce correctly a word. How to learn like that?
As a English learner, this video is helpful for me and many comments against this video are also helpful.
Because I think watching this video and reading many comments improve my English.
Thank you guys!
I'm not going to watch the whole video, but I can say this much. I disagree with your first segment. I have absolutely ZERO problem with "practicing" English with anyone who does not natively speak English. As far as the second segment, "I am fine, thank you, and you?" There is NOTHING "stilted" about this. This is grammatically correct and proper. I USE THIS EVERY DAY WHERE I WORK!
Please stop trying to impress people with your idea of right and incorrect. You are giving your opinion as factual on a subject that isn't total.
Invixious Nefarious
Actually, she’s right. I’m speak English, and no one says that here, except those that are in the process of learning English themselves.
The way to say it is:
“How are you?”
“I’m fine, thank-you. How are you?”
Everyone says that here in Canada.
She was talking about that in America it is common to say “I’m fine, thank you, and you?” I use it every day and that’s the only natural thing to say while being polite. So this Gabby lady needs to get things right. Also how are you supposed to get better at English if you don’t have someone to practice with?? Hello? A tutor will only teach the grammatical version and not the “native” way which was the whole point she was trying to say. She was contradicting herself. I didn’t even watch the whole video. Lol
The phrases which are used in conversation depend not only upon which English speaking country you're in, but also upon what social circle you're moving amongst.
I am afraid I must agree with her on this point. It sounds very, very formal to me. In fact, the first time I think I heard an actual person say "I'm fine, thank you, and you?" was when teaching ESL abroad in foreign countries where it is taught that way. In my dialect of English (American midwest) the most common response to "How are you? " is some variation of "I'm good, how are you?" or "Oh I'm alright, how about yourself?" or something like that. "I'm fine" in and of itself is rare, and almost means I am not doing that great, like "Oh, I'm fine...but" or perhaps a bit distant, as in "Yes, I am doing fine, I do not want to go into any more details". Somehow "I'm good" sounds more friendly and like I would like to continue talking to you. Again this is my dialect of English. It is impossible to generalize all dialects of English. :)
The only time I hear “I’m fine” is when it’s used passive aggressively.
My partner: What’s wrong? You seem upset.
Me (actually upset): I’m fine.
I started teaching German recently, as a volunteer. We learned numbers during one of the first lessons of the first semester. At the beginning of the second semester, we all introduced ourselves and said our ages because it's a good way to practice (remember) numbers. Another thing is that people who learn English have a limited vocabulary and they tend to repeat the same words, expressions and phrases.
Also, I agree with some of the comments that the phrases you mention in the video are related to the culture, not to the language itself. We learn British English in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using British books and "How do you do?" is one of the first sentences we learn.
I am Greek and my teacher is English who lives in Greece. She told me about the phrase "How do you do" it's not similar to "How are you" but it's similar "I'm glad to meet you.
When I started learning English in high school in Italy (essentially British English) I was taught, when meeting a person, to say: "how do you do?" and to respond "fine, thank you and you". Now I finally learned better expressions as: "what's up, I'm great". Also, I am a reserved and shy person therefore I do not tend to ask personal questions even if some of the examples you mentioned are perfectly fine for the Italian culture. Good for me, I naturally avoid embarrassing situations.
'How do you do,' is only ever said when two people are introduced for the first time. It is not a question; the other person likewise responds with, 'How do you do....nice to meet you.' It is a formality. However, depending on who it is you are being introduced to, you can simply say, 'hi, hello,' whatever.
Bruce Gordon, or be funny and reply: " How do I do what?"
I've never heard anyone say how do you do as a greeting. It's a very outdated, old term.
@@dementos7806 It is not outdated. It is used in formal situations.
It is also wrong to think that to say the greeting 'good day' is outdated.
Some sentences are ok in British English because it sounds polite and politeness is a must in England. After living 6 years in London i have to say that i prefer British English especially for the schwa sound; i can't stand that rolled "r" american do when they speak english it sound like they have something in their mouth. Say that i will also say that i lived in Spain for many years and the expression "mi gordida" es cute and tender.
Carol P As a new immigrant in America who then moved to Switzerland and hears more British English now I'd have to say there's not really one American accent per se. The r sound is more pronounced in some states than others. NY is completely different for example. I'd say less r. And Boston. So ...
Carol P and I agree with her about gordita, im pretty sure it might be frowned upload in most countries.
@@joyal77 Even here in Latin America gordita is kind of an insult. Unless you used to be extremely skinny and now you look more curvy. Meaning you gained weigh in the right places ( boobs and ass).
What a dopey and completely predictable slam on approximately 400 million english speakers, we don,t live in the U.K. or anywhere in asia, or the middle east, and you,re learning our language and cultures ,we,re interested in yous , but we are,nt the students, you ignorant fops.
Thank you very much, Gaby! I believe this video is especially useful for advanced English learners - people who are far and beyond the initial stage of studying and who are already polishing their English skills. And please don't take the critical comments here to your heart - in general, people just share their own experiences and observations. Again, thank you for your time and efforts!
MY DEAR: David teaches English as a foreign language in high school. wonderfull, excellent for nonnative speakers. The best regard for you.
？？？why？？？Im in the UK and people say ‘fine thank you and you？’. I know they also say 'good' 'not bad' 'that's ok', but that does not mean they don't say that.
Absobloodylootly mate.
She is a weirdo lass indeed.
@@Dezy010 can Allah create a rock that he won't be able to lift up?
You reply is weird ?
@@Dezy010 you keep calling everyone and everything weird. If so, maybe you're the one who's a weirdo? If you're Muslim, you must answer my question about your God.
Lol 😂 I'm fine, what's wrong with you 😂 😂
Aleksandr Krupin yo thought the same 😂😂
"..whats wrong with you" it seems like someone pissed off 😅
I've been a native English speaker all my life, in fact, 65 years and teaching English Foreign Language most of those years and always used the response "And You?" And having just read the reply from Trevor, I completely conquer.
Tldw: 1) Can I practice my English with you? 2) I'm fine, thank you. And You? 3) How do you do? 4) Negative observations about people in general such as "you are looking fat" 5) Are you married? How old are you? 6) How much do you pay for rent?
I mean we say "I'm fine, thanks. And you?" That isn't too far off and is definitely more common in formal settings like at the grocery store. I also think "How do you do?" is just antiquated in the US and may just come off as more of a joking/cute way to ask how are you. I wouldn't tell people not to use it, it's endearing! I also disagree with the marriage, age, and rent questions. I think this video comes across as trying to completely strip learners of things that don't really matter that much. Americans don't get that offended by these questions and are probably some of the most willing people when it comes to small talk and giving people a chance to "practice their english." The only thing I would agree with is we do not really talk negatively about how people look (to their face, that is.)
I taught English in China for a few years and I got asked similar questions. I would add two very frequently asked questions in China by the students; Have you eaten?( This is kind of a greeting in China that they translate in English and it's not an invitation to a dinner or something. ), and an other one is ; Do you have a girlfriend?( A girl can ask you this in the very first meeting). Interesting culture!
Hi Gabby your channel is very important to me thanks a lot
I like your accent
Have a great day or night my dear teacher 😉👍
*dear* *WHAT*?
we cannot to say dear for Americans peoples friend!
careful they'll go process you!
freaks
Thank You so much for sharing, I live in Indonesia, and phrases “I’m fine. Thank You, and you?” Are on every our textbook, and in those textbooks mentioned that “How do you do?” Is used for greeting with someone new.
Thank you for your video. I speak English since I was a child. I learnt British English and then I had to switch to American style for work purposes. It was quite a journey. Thank you, your video is very helpful.
First, i need to say.. if you travel to other coutries.. you need to adapt to their culture, we dont. But, If i travel to your country.. i need to adapt your culture.
Most north americans who come here.. .think that we need to know how to speak english or everything about their culture. But we dont have to. They have to learn to adapt to our culture and learn our language to survive in our country if they want to stay.
It goes without saying!!! Exactly!!!
This is a lesson intended for English learners who would like to understand North American culture. I 100% agree that you should adapt wherever you go. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!" Thanks for your comment!
A meaningless set of words. Your criticism is like farting in water
I’d say “I’m fine, thank you” is still used a lot when talking to strangers. It’s like saying “I’m not rude I’m just not into having a conversation with you now” . Apparently when you’re interested in getting to know someone you’d say something more creative and passionate
Thanks a lot for your video. This is actually one of the bother thing that I have to face everyday, we don’t really want to share personal information with some strange people, however, it’ve been a part of culture, I could even not get use to it, but still have to accept it.
I totally agree with you thank you for sharing and doing this video please keep it up!
Why do you say "there is exceptions?". Is that right? I was always taught that it's "there are exceptions".
Ooh! I noticed that, too! And it reeeeaally bothered me, and you? ha3
That's just being a bit lazy and colloquial. If you really want to be correct you should say "are", but a lot of people just go for "is" because it's easier to contract with "there", I guess. You'll hear sentences like "there's a lot of people", "there's some people" a lot.
You's a nitpicking Russian communist pig! It's a contracted form! Don't teach native speakers to speak English, you easylay! Go speak your ugly language!
Anastasia, fantastic comment. And, yes, you are 100% correct. Enjoy your day.
You know, she refers to herself as an English teacher, doesn’t she? If she were just another native English speaker who’s claiming how awkward non-native English speakers’ English is, then I suppose it’d be all right to say “there’s exceptions”. But, however, anyhow, how modest she is, she calls herself an English teacher who’s been teaching for some time. In that case, uh-uh.
Talking about grammatical errors, there shouldn’t be any exceptions to English teachers. Especially when you are trying to point out non-native English speakers’ mistakes.
I know that it’s just a slip of the tongue, but still.
She IS embarrassing herself all right.
She is the type of one of those native English speakers who go “Oh, we DO say ‘I appreciate you’”. Realize you’re just making them confused.
Hello there, and thanks for this nice video. This is more like a culture lesson than a language lesson, which is I think a lot more important to talk about in an English lecture. The name of the channel is chosen wisely. The topic is nice and must keep going because there are I think hundreds or maybe thousands of phrases or sentences that natives never say. "The bedside table is next to the bed." sentences do not even sound English.
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Hi Gabby. It is very interesting the ideas you bring here. I went to Boston area (Billerica and other towns) in the 80's several times, and stayed there several weeks each time. Then it was very common for people to use "how do you do?" and also "how are you doing?" instead of "how are you?". In fact I never heard the first two expressions while studying English (my native language is Spanish), it was only when I went to New England that I learned about them. I wonder if people over there still use them.
thanks Gabby,,
i have learned " im fine and how do you do " from school in text books they are british sayings.
May I ask a question to people from the American continent? How do you feel about the United States calling their country America? Isn't it annoying? I would not like at all that one European country could call themselves Europe. I'm Spanish and European too. Every country in this world has a proper name except the United States of America. Mexico is also a country with different states united and it is in America. Should they call themselves United States of America?
De verdad que me gustaría mucho saber qué opináis el resto de americanos. Animaos a responder. También los brasileiros. No hablo vuestro idioma pero lo entiendo.
Soy mexicana, estamos acostumbrados a escucharlos decir que son americanos y que ellos son América, es algo que dejamos pasar o los dejamos ser, pero si es algo tedioso o algo así como: cuando haces los ojos hacia arriba
@@Steph.Morales Gracias por tu respuesta, Stephanie. Eres muy amable al contestar. Me interesa mucho.
Great question, Harrocal. I am from the U.S.A. and it is odd and confusing and actually incorrect. It has probably gone on so long that nothing can be done about it now, I don't know.
Side note..I need to study history some more, but, sometimes I don't trust the books. Many books say that Columbus discovered the U.S.A.
But, also, look at spelling..if a person believes that Amerigo Vespucci discovered it first in Florida, notice that spelling evolves over time and 'America' is just 2 letters away from his name, AND, 'Mexico' is just 3 letters way from his name. Hmmmm?
Have a nice day, Harrocal.
Yeah it's annoying, I'm from Peru (South America) and currently living in the USA, when I just got to USA somebody asked me: Is this your first time in America? I responded: Do you mean the USA? and my husband who is from north america said to this person that They (Peruvians) also consider themselves from America. The guy just nodded and stopped asking more questions.
@@mikeryan2319 But, my friend, of course the continent of America is named after Amerigo Vespucio, (also called Americus Vespuccius in Latin or Americo Vespucio in Spanish. He was Italian, from Florence) We all know that. He travelled there along with the first Spanish explorers Juan Ponce de León and the Pinzón Brothers. That happened in the 15th century, far before your country existed as such. Florida is a Spanish name that means "covered with flowers" and was chosen by Diego Ponce de León because they arrived there in the day when when the religious day of "pascua florida" was being celebrated. Florida was given by Spain to United Kingdom of Great Britain and in exchange France gave Louisiana to Spain. You must remember that Spaniards were the first Europeans to arrive in the Continent of America. First place was El Salvador in Central America. But the New World, the new continent was called America. Not only the territory where the Unites States is now. Mexico is in America, and so is Canada and Honduras, and Peru and Argentina and all the other countries. Cristóbal Colón discovered the Continent not the USA. USA would not exist until several centuries later. Have a nice day, Mike. And go ahead and take a look through history of how it all started.
What I heard the most in the US for "How are you?" was a "How are you?" back without any "Fine, thanks" in between haha That was soooo weird for me.
Is that Radcliff on your dp?
Very nice video!! Here in Brazil is the other way around! Here is quite common to ask how old people are when you start a conversation. In self presentation is very usual as well. I work with recruitment and is also really common to ask all kind of personal information. It is true that this practice opens to all kind of discrimination - specially if we are talking about employers without ethic (and we have these ones), but even employers with good intentions can end up ask you things like if you are married or if you have kids. To hear how this is awkward to other cultures always opens my mind! Thank you!
Thank you. You are very kind for sharing this. May be useful with people who takes frases from books y just say them withouth connecting with the communication situation, or with the person they have in front of them, in order to 'practice' it, as you say. I am from Argentina, and I've been teaching spanish to an american native. He was very open toward argentine culture, so there was no problem about talking about anything. I think that it depends on everyone, but I agree about that it's not so correct to ask for very personal things the first time you meet someone. There are a lot of other things to talk about! Please feel free to correct my english. Thanks!
Good video! That was quite interesting and useful! Thanks Gabby.
You have never heard an American say "How do you do?" I assume you have never been to Texas.
That would be "Howdy."
True
Thanks a Lot Gabby! These informations are essencial to my english learninig
As a Canadian I totally would say I am fine thank you and you?
This is very American.
"May I practice my English with you?"
A good pickup line. Thanks, I'll use it.
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I'm a native speaker and don't mind at all if people ask me if I'm married or single. And yeah it usually is people from other countries who ask straight out, but I figure it's just making conversation.
As for rent, it seems a pretty natural question to me. Like if you wanna get an idea of the average housing price. Americans have too much hangups imo lol.
Exactly, aside from those when I was in college it's also quite common for people to be asked "Are you alright? You look tired."
@@andromedaperseus954, sure when you're only 19 years old without a line on your face it's acceptable to say that, but not when you're 30 and your face is sagging all the time anyway.
Why would a native English speaker watch these kinds of videos? Just thinking out loud. I wouldn´t watch a video teaching my native language.
Thanx you're a useful and helpful video provided to us. But I watch such type of video in regular interval, however, I could not progress my English fluency. Pase suggests me to improve my English fluency.
I'm a Taiwanese. Teachers in Taiwan always teach elementary students to respond "I'm fine,thank u,and you."
By the way I'm just started learning English . I love your video so much! Very helpful for me :) Thank u !
姵伶 侯 I’m not Taiwanese, but Mexican... and we have the same situation here😅.
Useful video that I need. The best
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In America my greetings with coworkers usually goes like: "Hey how's it going?" "Good, you?" "Livin' the dream."
Meeting someone new it's usually along the lines of: "Hi, I'm Ken. Nice to meet you." "Tom, nice to meet you."
I'm from New York though, not the UK.
Hi gabby.. Thanks for this video. i can clearly listen what you said even some word is not understood ( limit of my vocabulary).why do it so difficult to understand when i watch movie without subtitle ! any ideas to learn?
Hello, Gabby! Thank you for your great work. It is a pleasure to watch your videos. I am from Brazil and I learn too much with you!
" How are you?
I'm fine and you?"
This phrase in Jordan very common in most our English textbooks .
Maybe, because we use a British words and phrases in our English textbooks !
Waeed Abbadi I think you will find that little conversation in any textbook for English learners, but no one really uses it. Just like in any language, I assume, English-speaking people tend to shorten and simplify, to the point where the full, correct sentence sounds overly formal.
@@EIizabethGrace yeah, U are alright 👍
gerard dearie I did say “tend to”, not “absolutely do, or they’re traitors of their homeland”. That verb alone is pretty much there to point out that I’m not talking about everyone or every situation.
Non-native English speakers dont need to be sound-like American. As long as you can speak English properly, you will not have any problem to speaking with native and non native.. Non-native English speakers sounds clearer than native English speakers..
No they don't. A lot of them are hard to understand.
I agree! If you speak with natives speakers froms different parts of the same country you'll fell they sound completely different. If you take a North American and a Australian and a Irish they sound so different that sometimes it looks like different idioms.
How can we say that an Indian who has a very notable accent is not clear? He is clear for the ones who is USED to how he sounds like. And that is it. The "problem" is with the receptor not with the messenger
@Camila C Erm no if you are foreign to a country, you can't say that the native person is wrong that's like an English person telling an Italian how to make and spell lasagna or that Tikka masala IS traditional Indian Cuisine. Aside from it being incredibly rude it is also retarded. When you were a child in school you didn't learn by correcting your teacher when you had only just arrived on the planet the other day. If I came to your country and you told me the way I was speak your language was wrong, It then means that I need to learn more, and make some native (to your country) speaking friends so that I can become COMPETENT as well as fluent in the language that I've chosen to LEARN. I've noticed recently that there are a lot of people from different countries that for some reason do not like to be told that they are wrong, which in my opinion is probably what is holding them back in their learning proper English. How can you learn if you don't want to be corrected?! Surely that will hold you back if you think you know it all! And I'm sorry, but it is also why a lot of people look at foreigners as being stupid. Stop it! You would never do this as a child in school so do it as an adult. On top of this your grammar is terrible and the word is feel and not fell, as fell is past tense fall but I guess you're right because you know everything about a language that you're CLEARLY LEARNING.
Who I mean is, a Non-native English speakers which accent and pronunciation are sounds clearer that you don't need to listen carefully unlike to native English speaker that you need to when they are speaking. Native English speaker accent is good but the way they speak is terrible..
@@janedough7765 always learning, such as yourself who also wrote some words wrongly. But anyway you misunderstood the point. Accent is NOT the same as speak incorrectly. Is one thing to say or write a word incorrectly as I just did. In this case you totally have the right to correct me. And I'm supposed to take this lesson and don't repeat this mistake.
But other thing is to correct an Indian to speak as Natives does because his accent is difficult TO YOU.
Again this is a problem with the receptor not with the messenger.
I can't imagine a school teacher correcting a student accent just because she's not understanding him. That is the difference between EDUCATE someone and TO SHAPE someone into your culture.
We want/need to learn a language, we certainly don't want to be Americans. Specially because you weren't the ones who originally start speaking English. Definitely would not be the accent to label as "the correct one"
Cheers!
Thank you so much about these notes, I liked the video and it was so useful, thanks 😊
Great advices, thanks a lot for the video!
"Spanish" is not a culture. It's language spoken in many countries that have within themselves DIFFERENT cultures. It is definitely not common that an acquaintance would tell you straight away that you're fat in Spain.
The response, I am fine, thank you and you? is very commonplace in most all English textbooks in Brazil! It really pisses me off that publishing houses allow such materials that do not reflect real-life contents to be out there on the market. Don't they have anyone to revise these issues?
The ultimate result is a bunch of foreigners that spend their hard-earned money end up speaking this weird variety of English that doesn't correspond to reality. Congrats on the videos!
I tend to believe it might not be that "weird" in a British environment (textbooks are British anyway). Especially in formal interactions like job interviews, meetings, communication with government bodies or conversations with any day to day people you don't know. Languages alter over time, and people forget the fundamentals and start to find it "weird". I see it in my native language and feel like I like that grammatically correct, clear form when I hear from non-natives. It may sound formal, slightly unnatural or old-fashioned, but literary and elegant and not necessarily "weird".
In ukranian books too!
lily same with Russian books 🙄
Thanks Fabio for your comment! Yes, I think "I am fine, thank you. And you?" is a common textbook phrase in many countries... "Textbook English" is like it's own language sometimes!
Nothing wrong with saying that in Britian
Thanks so much about your tips
We can learn together and practice Huyen ?
Hi, I'm from Ukraine.. And I think your video just excellent and perfectly for me (and actually many other people I guess). Long ago i saw your video in my recommends on CZcams and then i didn't understand anything you tell unfortunately🙁. But i promise myself i will practise much and then i'll learn English finally💪 And now watched this little movie i understood everything you said😃 And even i laughed with your joke(my personal win) Thank you for you do, you are naturally wonderful person ❤❤❤
You should change the title for "6 things American native speakers never say". Misleading, not everyone wants to learn "american english" 😅
You mean not everyone wants to behave accroding to American Etiquette.
Nah a lot of things she pointed out are quite common even among Americans
Noémie A it’s the most useful and common English. If you’re going to learn English you might as well learn the vernacular from the majority of English speakers.
Me too with you
You must say countries names cause honestly not everyone who speaks Spanish has the same culture! Where is your Cultural awareness ? I'm from Costa Rica I do speak Spanish and trust me we don't do that, remember that latin America is not a country sweetie, it's part of America continent, every country has its different culture so you must replant your video cause this is soooooo offensive cause you're laying everyone in just one box, bag or culture! Totally disagree with you.
You are right !!! BTW I'm also from Costa Rica.
I totally agree with you! I live there for many years and it is totally the opposite of what she is saying. Even people with university degrees thought that Spain was near Mexico or Costa Rica. High School diplomas are given away. You have to take general education courses in college or university because of what you haven´t learnt in college.
She is very subjective, and as they say the American attitude of being number one. Please, she should travel more and speak other languages, get to know different cultures. Another example of a bad teacher. Saludos desde España.
I couldn't agree more! People tend to think that Latin are all the same!!! We are different countries, different cultures!
Also let's not forget about countries that have more than one cultures, such as the United Kingdom with the English, the Welsh, the Scots and the Irish in Northern Ireland, or cultures that span multiple countries like the Irish in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. :-) ¡Recuerdos de Gran Bretaña!
@@szabados1980 I totally agree with you. I live in Southern Spain and we are different depending of where you live. You only have to look how the Catalan culture is different. Same thing with Canada and many other countries. I don´t think that the girl in the video lacks knowledge. I guess anyone can be an English teacher as she claims, another youtuber! I have know people from The Netherlands that without never leaving their country, they speak better English that lots of the American that I have met we I lived there. I will repeat myself. She is very subjective and you can easily observe the typical American that think they are Number ONE, the cannot see farther than that. It is a very individualistic society from my point of view. I constantly had to argued with some people when talking about Universal Health and society should be more equally divided. I was told to be a Socialist. For the them, a Socialist is something bad, like back in the Cold War. Anyways, Recuerdo desde España. Un fuerte saludo y que todo te vaya bien.
i love your charisma im a native spanish speaker and i loved your video
Hi Gabby, I'm an American living in India for many years. You're absolutely right about Indian people asking personal questions. All those that you mentioned and more. At first it was shocking but now we're used to it . It's just the way it is here.
people ask you weird questions , not because they want to ask so . They just try to speak English that they know and what they can say
Jesse, exactly. You are right.
I Respond to "How are you?" Fine, thanks. And you? All the time. It's polite. Bank tellers and store cashiers ask how I am all the time. It is rude not to enquire how they are back.
Me too :-)
I love your chanel and your advices... I'm Italian and I wanna learn the American English especially the accent. And yeah in my school they teach me "How are you? I'm fine thank u"
Great video! I know a lot of non-native English speakers who would benefit from a video like this, particularly numbers 4, 5, and 6. (Yes, some of these things may be specific to American English, but 4, 5, and 6 are not.)
Love this video and when you say you are an American what part of America are you from Gabby? America is a very big continent or do you mean you are from United States of America?
Una pérdida de tiempo
Neta.
thanks Gabby,,
i have learned " im fine and how do you do " from school in text books
Thank you, Gabby! That's helpful!
Thanks for the video, but the background music is too annoying.
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Her way of speaking is more annoying 😂
Before this explanation I don't want to try to talk to people from the U.S. Apparently they get offended by almost everything. I don't know if is because they became lazy to interactions with foreing people by the fact it is supoused everyone speaks their language in the entire world. They came to my country and they didn't do the effort to say at least one word in my language. If someone outside the U.S. ask you if you are married he or she is not trying to date with you, he or she is just trying to make conversation by showing normal interest in you and your life. Making someone unconfortable by whatever random reason also makes me unconfortable, that's something I don't want to do, so I think is better to avoid talking to people from the U.S. Wasted time trying to learn a language, next language to learn is portuguese or even better chinese.
José Roberto Salas Jarquín amén jajaja! Pero sigue aprendiendo Inglés, te abre muchas puertas! Saludos :)
I live in Canada, i work with people in the US and travel quite a bit there and I can tell you that they're not as intolerant as people seem to think. In my experience, most people are very friendly and are interested in learning things about you and where you're from. I very frequently will say "I'm fine thanks, and you?", i might reply with many other informal or informal responses, depending on the situation and who i'm speaking with and I doubt that anyone would ever think twice about what wording i had used. Language is a tool for communication, the main thing that matters to me is that a person is making the effort to communicate and exactly how they might do that is not so important. To me, i think it's better that one learns to speak more formal English first and once comfortable with that, they can learn to start using less formal, slang language. If you want to communicate for business purposes, nobody will ever criticize you for being too formal (at least not anyone that i know). English is a great language with many idiosyncrasies (but hey, at least we have a word for "toes" :-P ) it really is the universal language for the world.... you'll find many english speakers from all around the world who are happy to "practice" english with you so don't worry too much about that :-)
Spot on good comment. Bravo ! 👍👍👍🏆👏👏👏
Português ! ! ❤
Learn Portuguese 👍🏽
You taught something very practical , thank you
Thank you for this video, this helpful for me, I'm student English, and I can understand all without read the subtitles 😃
Thank you 😁
In Argentina is common the phrase "Hello ill be the future father or yours childs, do you wanna get married with me?".. *very common*
The answer in Brazil is... How much money do you make? If you're Rich I marry you, now.. Hahahaha
@@m_thebox in Beasil the most coommon is "Boa Tarde" "eu adorei essa caipirinha" "curtir vearao" .. vc sabe que eu moro perto do Brasil.. eu bo todas as ferias para praia de Bombas y Bombinhas.. e conhezida como praia dos argentinos
what a threat hahahaha
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Gee! just right to the point! In Spain these things go far more slowly.
I'm fine thanks, you?
This is one of the most used phrases in England.
I struggled to understand some things but if I caught what you were saying thank you helped me a lot
Wonderful video! Thank you Gabby!
Having lived in the UK for 5 years now and having met Americans, Australians etcetera... I can say that this video is not really about the language but is about the culture, Anglosaxon people in general compared with latin-Mediterranean are extremely touchy, any comment about hair, weight or whatever they would just cry and feel bullied 😑 "Ask somebody if they are married or how old they are is not normal" for a typical Anglosaxon person it is normal instead doing questions that make them figure it out what's your status, but they are so stupid that don't understand you know the game they are playing and if they would just explicitly ask as we do everything would be faster and more straightforward without having to wear pointless masks.
Larissa Ferreira Cuz it’s a fun game to play! Good observation thou🧐🤓
@@rienzis.1655 no is not fun.
I suggest to you, as you are in the UK, ( so even the Ozzie's and the Americans will be partially UK culturally adapted)
we don't say those things on first meeting. It's all about emotional reserve and emotional distance, ...and frankly disinterest in personal trivia...
on first meeting nobody is interested in your opinions about them. You really have misunderstood the British/ Anglo mind.
I personally, whenever in the company of Spanish people in Spain get bored stupid with the shallow trivial egotistical nature of the conversations... dull as ditchwater.
when I first arrived in Spain I was amazed at the general level of egotism and worldly ignorance, and illiteracy. What's more after talking about themselves too much Spanish people generally talk about Food.... boring boring boring, trying to find any Spaniard who has read a book recently is like searching for a needle in a haystack... empty dullards
Larissa Ferreira - blimey, who's shat on your shoes?
"ta' gordita" or "you´re a little fat" is really really common in Latin America but when you meet someone at least for a second time. I am Colombian and I can tell you, it is common. However, it is not negative, most of the times what we mean by that is that you look healty, but sometimes it does mean you're in fact a little fattier, though not like an insult, you just look different than the first time we met and that's an introduction to a conversation. You could follow the convo by saying "oh yes, I have been eating well", "la buena vida (the good life)" or something like that. This all sounds awkward in English but sounds natural in Colombian Spanish. You might just take it with humour, because that's the mood we're in when we say that.
Igual aquí en México..y te lo dice mucho tu familia...tus tías..tus abuelitas..tu mama´..ja jaja
@@elvisbz jajaja sii "ta cachetoncito"
Si pero que me lo diga mi familia o amigos cercanos. Si me lo dice alguien que veo por segunda vez lo mando a chingar a su madre.
@@celN94 tal vez es mas personal o es diferente en MX que en COL. A mi me lo han dicho personas que apenas me acuerdo que existian y nunca me ha molestado.
@@wilbertodonado520 Puede ser, tambien esta el hecho que soy mujer y ya sabes que las mujeres somos más vanidosas que los hombre 😆
I like this program make me know a lot of American culture.thank you Gabby. I
Awesome video! Here in Brazil, the second phrase is one of the best-known phrases in English.
"How do you do?" I used this phrase a lot! My colleagues never knew how to respond (LOL). Our course taught American English! Learning other language is something fascinating!
I agree that negative observations about appearance, personal questions are unpolited things to say! I don't know about other countries, but in Brazil people say things like that, and they know are unpolited things to say.
But for me, the main point is to be careful when exposing foreigners to our local culture without seeming rude.
I'm so excited to share this video with you! I hope you like it and I hope it's helpful for you. I'll check your comments after Thanksgiving and respond tomorrow! I'm spending some time with family & friends today. I love you guys! Happy Thanksgiving xoxo
Can you please tell us, what is the correct or right
(sorry i can't speak English very well) 😂
Is question like "I would love to know how do you manage this living style with this job wow, I would love to get some tips from you", offending?
Thank you for your videos!
*b.T.W* , are you married or single? 😉😂😂😂😂
Gabby🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!
I wish you great love, peace!
Today, more than anything else, thanksgiving is about family, friends and acknowledgment.
Enjoy it and u for amazing and helpful vídeo ☺
Thanks a lot Gabby for you helpful videos. I learn a lot by watching. You are a very good teacher. Im very thankful for your teaching. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Native speakers 💕
I got your message. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us. Claudinei, Curitiba - Brazil.
Thanks Gabby for taking your time to make these videos
I guess that is a common misconception that Americans are pretty open people. Due to that, some Asians will be direct however in their own culture they will keep distance. However, above all know that what you say, wouldn't be better to become open sometimes? I wonder, couldn't we be more accessible and sincere to others, despite our cultural background?
A really helpful video ♥️
Thank you! I'm happy it was helpful.
Yes..i m agree with u
I'msane says Hello,how are you
Hi
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Super useful ! Thank you for that ! 🤗
Great advice it. Thanks a lot fot delivering it.