I'm convinced that the big investors and analysts are trying to scare us to keep us poor and ignorant to the market.. because its steady doing good after all the jobless and market crash talks
I am a native English speaker and I live in USA. We all answer “I’m fine” when someone asks how are you, and depending on the person they will in return ask how you are. Saying “I’m fine” usually indicates that you feel neutral, not too happy not too sad, or aren’t feeling that great and just don’t want to worry the person.
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As an American and a business English trainer, I also answer with "fine" and I recommend that response to my clients as well. It's neutral and easier for beginning non-natives to remember.
Yes ! I heard native speaker's mostly says just I'm fine but we have many options to say I'm fine it's become so boring we should say differently we have many option's.
I can't speak for the people this guy knows but I was born and raised in England. I've spent an awful lot of time in English speaking countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the USA, and still travel widely within the UK. It is EXTREMELY COMMON for native English speakers to answer "I'm fine" to the first question!
The idea is to use more colorful language, which is something I always try to encourage my students to do. “I’m fine” is totally correct, but it can be boring sometimes. Great video for ESL/EFL learners. I have never ever heard of hunky dory. I do not recommend anyone use that.
My English teacher told me that if we want to sound like a native we should start learning the "usage" which is the way normal people talked among themselves. She said they know we are not native speakers even with the correct pronunciation and accent if our usage was different. If it sound very British or formal of course everybody will understand us but will sound foreign. It is like any other language. If a latin person goes to Spain she must learn some words and phrases that we never use in our country.
Ofir Rifo Yes but this man is 100% wrong that “ I’m fine” is not common ( 0 percent using it ?) I use it ALL THE TIME AND SO DO MANY MANY OTHERS! I don’t KNOW where he got the whack idea that it is rarely used.
I'm a native speaker in Chicago in the US. Hearing "Fine" or "I'm Fine" as answers to "How are you?" or "How are you doing" sounds perfectly normal to me. "Fine, thanks" is another answer I've heard a lot. "Fine" is just fine.
I'm not an English native speaker, however I appreciate and value so much what you explained and taught which enrich our ways of expression. Some acquaintances used to text me 'I hope everything is fine to you' due that I might confuse about what to answer/tell them . Thank you.
It is whar we say. We use I'm fine all the time. It's just polite. Há nada errado com essa frase. É como em português, todo mundo fala estou bem, mesmo que não esteja. Esses videos wue falam não fala assim são errados e deveríam dizer que tem outras respostas ínves de dizer Não fala isso, isso e aquilo.
Hi from France ! Sounds like non native English speakers like me trying to improve their skills here forget to just say...Thank you ! So I do it because I really appreciate the clear voice and explanations. I can write but find it hard to understand oral English. But here I MADE IT ALL OUT ! Many thanks again, I will listen to all your videos.
'I'm fine' or 'Fine, thanks, how are you' are probably the most common answers to 'how are you' in the USA and the UK. It's also not all that important as long as your response is polite, brief, and appropriate to the situation. The latter is perhaps the most important as you would only give an 'honest' answer to close friends and family. People don't really want to know how you are doing. It's a phatic or formulaic greeting that demands an equally formulaic response, like 'fine, thanks, and you' even if you are not doing well.
Agreed... Your comment brought back an old memory... one time (long ago) I was a Graduate teaching assistant at a University, and I ran into one of my undergraduate students on campus. This was an amiable student who I liked superficially, but we had not talked outside of class. He asked how I was, and I was in fact having a really bad day, and a bad week. Instead of the usual (but untrue) response, "I'm fine, what's up with you?" I simply said honestly and bluntly "I'm doing terrible." I was feeling too sad to pretend to be happy. This triggered an immediate conversation - we sat down on the lawn, he seemed to appreciate my honesty, and we talked for a good while. We became friends from that time onward, sharing much more (including many good and fun things) which we never would have shared if I had not been honest, and if he had not responded to that honesty. This was sort of in version of what you said in your comment... Most people don't really want to know how you are doing... but if a person really does want to know, they may well become a good friend.
I´ve been a native for 56 years and I always say I´m fine and so does everyone else. It´s a formality, part of a greeting that´s all. No one really wants to know how you actually are (except people close to us), we just greet each other like this.
Greeting seems simple but it is pretty darn difficult! “i'm fine, thank you“! is existing only in Britain and countries which introducing British English as a second language! I had to have long difficult time until I finally got rid of this term, as people here in the US never say it! I sounded weird whenever I had said it! Thank you soooo much for this helpful lesson
I'm Brazilian and triying my best to learn English. Here... also native teachers use to say and teach us "I'm fine" but... I liked to learn another ways to answer.
My British and American friends say 'I'm fine' or 'fine' if the question is how are you? If the question is 'How are you doing?' the response is I am doing well (British) or I am doing good for American. I know I am doing good is incorrect (grammar mistake but American doesn't care)
I'm American, a native English speaker, and I have heard the response "so so", and have used it myself. Of course, it is a little bit negative, and generally people prefer to say something more positive as a response. So although it is not as common a response as some, it is not all that uncommon either, in my opinion.
Not sure what part of the US you're from, but I'm fine is used by a lot of native English speakers in CA. You may not use it, but that doesn't make it incorrect.
Here in England it's completely OK and commonplace to say "I'm fine". I think this is more of a cultural difference between the UK and the US as Americans tend to exaggerate more when asked how they are, how an experience was, etc. by using words like "good", "great", "awesome", whereas Brits tend be a bit more low key I suppose and describe things as "fine", "alright", "OK".
Sam Roscoe He's not American, he's Canadian. Everybody thinks he's American; he actually surprised Americans here in US because most of Americans say "I'm fine"
We British are low key whereas American's are a too gushy, I'm not comfortable with over the top people,this guy above doesn't have a clue how we English greet each other.
@@amarillagriffin7427 hello excuse me I am want to learning and I am work it this but I am want to speak British people because this improve my English I am girl. I don't want to flirt . Please. If you will help me I will happy Waiting your reply
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That´s why i gave up taking a english course . I would like to learn what the natives are speaking .And when i was taking english course , i was teaching more than i was learning .
Me desculpe, mas eu morei nos Estados Unidos por 10 anos. Sim não é tão comum falar fine, porém 0% não falar está totalmente equivocado. Dizer pretty good é comum, porém gramaticalmente ERRADO. É como dizer no brasil; estou bom ou boa, quando na verdade o certo é estou bem.
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@@marciasilva6582 Eu n lembrava mais deste video . Mas foi um prof nativo q falou isso e n eu kkkk Em relaçao ao uso da palavra FINE ,em ingles se usa ,porem n com esta frequencia toda q os cursos de ingles ensinam . O q está completamente errado é entrar numa loja de informatica e querer comprar um pen drive ou notebook e usar estes termos como se estivesse no Brasil ,la é Flash drive ,Usb drive e tb n é notebook é laptop . La ninguem fala estou fazendo Home office kkkkkkk O brasileiro é q inventou isso .
@@marciasilva6582 realmente, mas notei que lá eles usam muito "fine" em outros contextos, tipo "you're fine/good" para dizer "não se preocupe" "de boa"
I wouldn't listen to this person as many native speakers in England use 'I'm fine' and it seems like alot of people in the USA as well. Using 'I'm fine thank you ' is the polite way of answering the question. This person's video is completely wrong.
I wonder if you need to visit more of Canada! Where I'm from, 'I'm fine...' is a relatively common response for native English speakers, however it does tend to have many nuances underneath the meaning. For me and for many people I know, it's more of, 'I'm not totally fine but I don't have the time or desire to get into it right now with you.' However, I also hear it often as a legitimate response to the question. Overall, I consider it a dry response regardless of the undertone which intuitively (for both me and other native English speakers I know) means that the person is not open to go into further detail whereas, 'I'm great!' is often an open invite to continue the conversation. As far as so-so goes, I wonder if it's heard more often in Eastern Canada because we're also used to hearing the French translation, 'comme ci comme ça'... although, I will admit that so-so isn't as common as it once used to be. Personally I tend to say, 'Meh, I'm okay but...' in place of so-so, but even my 23 year old daughter who is 4th generation Canadian will say, 'So-so...' when I ask how she is doing. Overall I think it's good that we have many choices to choose from. I think one of the most challenging aspects for those learning English as a second language is that we have a habit of not being literal all of the time. Perfect example is your use of 'pretty'. It shouldn't make sense in the context you're using it in but we insist on using the word as an informal adverb - how confusing!
Thanks for the great comment! Which part of Canada are you from? I'm always curious why native English speakers watch my videos. I don't think there are many of them, but you seem to be one! Haha. Why do you watch my videos?
Greets! I was born and raised in London, Ontario and I have spent a decade of my life in Edmonton, Alberta. In my experience, Ontario English speakers tend to ramble more and be rather abstract and in Alberta, many people I spoke to were more literal and direct. I guess I started watching your videos because I like learning how we are uniquely Canadian (the first video I watched was the Canadian Pronunciation one) but that was before I realized your channel was directed towards teaching (Canadian) English to prospective immigrants. Then you started going political and that's been interesting so far. I enjoy hearing other perspectives even though I'm really conflicted on the subject myself. I also like learning. Grammar is not really a strong point for me. You're easy on the ears, lol! Meaning, you're very articulate and you have a smooth, moderate rhythm and your voice pitch is a good frequency for me. You might think that's an odd observation, but I'm profoundly deaf in one ear and my other is not too far behind. So I appreciate that I can actually listen and understand every word even if I'm not directly watching you. It's refreshing to have a channel that I don't need subtitles to! I just overall enjoy your channel however I acknowledge that I've been a little critical, especially with the usage of absolutes and being over-simplified at times. I appreciate that you take your time to respond to comments and it's nice to converse with someone who is genuinely nice and who has some cool ideals for Canada.
Thanks so much for your compliments! That's cool that you've lived in multiple locations in Canada! And I'm happy you can understand me! 😃 I started my channel last July, and now I'm a few minutes away from hitting 10,000 subscribers. I'm so happy! These days I'm experimenting with different kinds of videos, haha. We'll see what happens!
Your accent is so understable. For me is really difficult listening in English, but your accent looks very easy for me, I love it. Thanks for this video, so cool. I am still learning English, sorry for my English. A hung!!
Thankyou so much sir... i really liked the expressionz which u taught in a fascinating way ... Those who r givingnegative comments they must learn that he is a teacher he z only adding to english learnerz knowledge that instead of only saying”i’m fine” they cn also use these expressions... those who r native they already know wat to say how to say etc So the learner would really find it intetesting.... i hope ... they should..
Those were the exact phrases we got brainwashed with at school here in Thailand LOL. The most common words to use when you want to begin a conversation. Later, and much later in my life, I've been told that " I'm fine" is rather irrelevant and even misconduct to use in some contexts.
@@neilaoliveira5467 I'm from Iran but I live in Netherland. I understand it:)), I think to write or speak together can help us to improve speaking. My mom and I like your National football team:))
I don't like to say .I'm fine all the time.I like to say differents way of anwers when someone.ask me how are you?.I like to say.I'm doing great.or I'm doing good.or I'm doing well.I'm pretty good.no bad.exellent.but not.always the stupid thing.I'm fine.all the time.
@@vikramjha1794 are blind o what.the teacher already explain everything.all kind of gretting.and you say.it's ok.maybe you need get some glasses.you didn't see the video?
I was asked : "How are you ?" at church in Australia by an elderly Christian lady. As usual, I replied: " I am fine, thanks." She said: " Only God is good." A few seconds later, she asked me the same question again. I gave her the same answer without thinking about what she just said. Obviously she thought that I was not a good learner and she was very disappointed. Nowadays I still give the same answer after more than 20 years after.
@@josebrenes1109 first of all thank you so much of your easy and fantastic way of explaining English I'm an English teacher I want to know how can I pass an interview many thanks to you 😍
*•••••••••••[G] 'How are you?'••••••••••••* *It is the informal version of:* *[G]'How do you do?'* *And you can greet with the same* *greet as it is with the the formal* *one* *In Canada, the response to how is* *someone, it is not an echo but as a* *greeting like:* _'Hey!'_ _'Hi!'_ _'Hello!'_ _'What's up (with you)?'_ _'How are things (going out for you)?'_ _'What's new (in your life)?'_ _'Good morning'_ _'Good afternoon'_ _'Good evening'_ _'Good night'_ *If you are asked after a traumatic* *event for your well-being:* *[Q] 'Are you (all) alright/O.K?',* *[Q] 'Is (everything) alright/O.K?',* *[Q] 'How is it hanging (in/out there)?'* *Your response is:* *[A] 'I'm [doing (quite/perfectly/* *pretty much)] well.* *[A] '(Everything/It) is fine (WITH me)'* *[A] 'I'm [feeling (quite/really/* *extremely)] (bad/{symptom}).* *[A] 'I'm JUST passing through.'* *[A] '(It) (could have) never (been)* *better.'* *[A] '(It) could NOT have been better.'* *[A] 'I have gone through worse'* *If you are asked regarding a state in* *your knowledge of a subject:* *[Q] 'How (good/bad) are you at (it)?'* *Your response is:* *[A] 'I'm NOT (pretty/quite) good (at it)* *(so far)'* *[A] 'I AM (pretty/quite) good (at it)* *(so far)'* *[A] '(I'm) NOT (pretty/quite) bad (at all* *at it)'* *[A] '(I AM (pretty/quite) bad (at all* *at it)'* *[A] '(I'm) so far, so good'* *[A] '(I'm) so-so/neither bad nor good.'* *If you are asked about your opinion:* *[Q] 'Are you (all) alright/O.K. with IT?'* *Your response is:* *[A] '(Everything/It) is fine (BY me)'* *[A] '(I) DON'T think so.'* *[A] 'I (partially/totally) agree (with...)'* *[A] 'I (agree to) disagree.'*
Thank you Luis Dario, this is so helpful, I live in Canada, I'm not a native English speaker though. The onformation you provide will be my study material for today:)
Back in the day when I attended school teachers taught us non stop that “so-so” was a very regular answer and that it sounded cool. But you sir are right! 2 years in Canada and I’ve never heard a native saying this.
If I were greeted 'How are you?' I might respond "Yeah, I'm not bad' because I heard it from native speakers in London (England, not Ontario). The response 'So-so' is probably the direct translation from Italian 'così così' (as an answer to 'Come va?' meaning 'How's it going?'). If things are not going great, the Italians I know (as well as we in Poland) hardly ever respond in the strongly positive way.
In 'Love, actually', Emma Thompson's character says 'I'm fine', so do my friends, no one seems to make a fuss about that. :) Thanks for the video, anyway.
The part you forgot... when some asks, "How are you?" "How's it going?" We don't actually want an answer, we are just being polite and offering a quick greeting. So, when a person replies they shouldn't give an in-depth answer. Because 90% of the time we don't actually care. As for so-so or I'm fine... I hear those all the time, from native speakers... And yes I was born and raised as a native American English speaker.
Thank you for this tip. I always answer "fine: thinking it was less formal than the I AM VERY WELL, THANK YOU AND YOU? that I learned many years ago. From now on I'lll never said FINE again.
It's ok but that so boring say the same thing all the time.that way the teacher gave all those frases.and don't keep saying the same stupid anwer I'm fine.say somwthing different.
I dont your name, but the way of your teaching style was simple understandable even English learners like me. Thanks for your efforts
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I noticed this when I was younger and made a conscious decision to either answer Good or Bad and be honest about it. "I'm fine" puts you in an emotional grey zone.
The right way is to say: "I thought you'd never asked." Then start talking about your day, problems, etc. That way NO ONE will ever ask you that question again. Or say: "I am FINE!" with an attitude. 😎
I don't think It has anything to do with knowing native-like phrases, it's about mentality, we are not used to say we are doing great, for us it's exageration and a blatant lie, fine is inbetween great and bad
Edgard Argueta. You can certainly say you're South American or North America or Central American but if you say simply American it means from The United States of AMERICA! It's part of the name of the country. For the sake of brevity and because the alternatives are too awkward we.have and will continue to call ourselves Americans. Get used to it.
I know some American guys they said they hardly say i am fine. And when I was abroad, i hardly heard I am fine. So I told the young students don't always say I am fine, u have many more options to replace fine. And one more, a lot Americans say soso...
Hunky dory mean its done , its fine , its ok . I use it ocasionaly in explanations , eg that way everthing will be hunky dory . David Bowie released an album late 70s titled hunky dory
I just smile and say"Good,thanks,and you?".When I was in US,I'm taught this,the first thing the cashier in a shop says to customer is this:) "How are all of you?"
We also do say 'so so'. We usually say that when things aren't brilliant but we don't want to look like we are complaining. We English are not very good at telling people how we really are.
English has 'tire' and 'tyre.' Americans settle for the one spelling for both words as 'tire.' In British English you are able to differentiate between a 'tired car' and a 'tyred car.'
I´m a native english speaker from England and we do say "I´m fine". We also say "I´m ok thanks" and sometimes we say "So so". meaning we´re ok but could be better. "How`re you doing ?" is normally answered by "Not bad", "Ok thanks" etc.
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I am a native English speaker and I live in USA. We all answer “I’m fine” when someone asks how are you, and depending on the person they will in return ask how you are. Saying “I’m fine” usually indicates that you feel neutral, not too happy not too sad, or aren’t feeling that great and just don’t want to worry the person.
It's need to said "the USA", aren't?
@@espai_esperit6004 it doesn’t even matter plus that comment is a year old
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As an American and a business English trainer, I also answer with "fine" and I recommend that response to my clients as well. It's neutral and easier for beginning non-natives to remember.
I'm from Brazil and here we learn to say "I'm fine" "so-so" but it's great to know others ways to say that.
Thanks
Os brasileiros estão em todo lado não é otávio luz??😂
I'm a native speaker from England and we say "I'm fine," regularly in answer to this question.
Yes, there are some pretty big language differences! If you walk on the pavement in Canada, you will die. 😄
In Connecticut USA they regularly answer that question just with “good” that’s it.
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Yes ! I heard native speaker's mostly says just I'm fine but we have many options to say I'm fine it's become so boring we should say differently we have many option's.
I can't speak for the people this guy knows but I was born and raised in England. I've spent an awful lot of time in English speaking countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the USA, and still travel widely within the UK. It is EXTREMELY COMMON for native English speakers to answer "I'm fine" to the first question!
How are you doing ?
I'm surviving.
Thank you for your lessons!!!❤I moved to Canada 1 year ago and i am watching your videos all the time.
The idea is to use more colorful language, which is something I always try to encourage my students to do. “I’m fine” is totally correct, but it can be boring sometimes. Great video for ESL/EFL learners.
I have never ever heard of hunky dory. I do not recommend anyone use that.
My English teacher told me that if we want to sound like a native we should start learning the "usage" which is the way normal people talked among themselves. She said they know we are not native speakers even with the correct pronunciation and accent if our usage was different. If it sound very British or formal of course everybody will understand us but will sound foreign. It is like any other language. If a latin person goes to Spain she must learn some words and phrases that we never use in our country.
Ofir Rifo
Yes but this man is 100% wrong that “ I’m fine” is not common ( 0 percent using it ?) I use it ALL THE TIME AND SO DO MANY MANY OTHERS! I don’t KNOW where he got the whack idea that it is rarely used.
People use 'hunky-dory' in England. There is nothing wrong with that.
I'm a native speaker in Chicago in the US. Hearing "Fine" or "I'm Fine" as answers to "How are you?" or "How are you doing" sounds perfectly normal to me. "Fine, thanks" is another answer I've heard a lot.
"Fine" is just fine.
Richard McCallister Fine is just fine and need not be refined.
Thanks for a tip. Greetings from the USSR.
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My greetings to you from IRAQ "Saddam Hussein"
@@mukhlispasha2185 What's Saddam Hussein got to do with it?
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He was a friend of the USSR !!
I'm not an English native speaker, however I appreciate and value so much what you explained and taught which enrich our ways of expression. Some acquaintances used to text me 'I hope everything is fine to you' due that I might confuse about what to answer/tell them . Thank you.
I'm student from Brazil and we use " I'm ok/fine/good/so-so" all the time. The English-workbooks teaching in this way. Thanks for the class.
It is whar we say. We use I'm fine all the time. It's just polite.
Há nada errado com essa frase. É como em português, todo mundo fala estou bem, mesmo que não esteja. Esses videos wue falam não fala assim são errados e deveríam dizer que tem outras respostas ínves de dizer Não fala isso, isso e aquilo.
Hi, can you help me to learn english?
Hi from France ! Sounds like non native English speakers like me trying to improve their skills here forget to just say...Thank you ! So I do it because I really appreciate the clear voice and explanations. I can write but find it hard to understand oral English. But here I MADE IT ALL OUT ! Many thanks again, I will listen to all your videos.
Thanks! 😃😃
'I'm fine' or 'Fine, thanks, how are you' are probably the most common answers to 'how are you' in the USA and the UK. It's also not all that important as long as your response is polite, brief, and appropriate to the situation. The latter is perhaps the most important as you would only give an 'honest' answer to close friends and family. People don't really want to know how you are doing. It's a phatic or formulaic greeting that demands an equally formulaic response, like 'fine, thanks, and you' even if you are not doing well.
Agreed... Your comment brought back an old memory... one time (long ago) I was a Graduate teaching assistant at a University, and I ran into one of my undergraduate students on campus. This was an amiable student who I liked superficially, but we had not talked outside of class. He asked how I was, and I was in fact having a really bad day, and a bad week. Instead of the usual (but untrue) response, "I'm fine, what's up with you?" I simply said honestly and bluntly "I'm doing terrible." I was feeling too sad to pretend to be happy. This triggered an immediate conversation - we sat down on the lawn, he seemed to appreciate my honesty, and we talked for a good while. We became friends from that time onward, sharing much more (including many good and fun things) which we never would have shared if I had not been honest, and if he had not responded to that honesty. This was sort of in version of what you said in your comment... Most people don't really want to know how you are doing... but if a person really does want to know, they may well become a good friend.
I´ve been a native for 56 years and I always say I´m fine and so does everyone else. It´s a formality, part of a greeting that´s all. No one really wants to know how you actually are (except people close to us), we just greet each other like this.
The Teacher speeks nice and clear and it is so easy to understand.
Greeting seems simple but it is pretty darn difficult!
“i'm fine, thank you“! is existing only in Britain and countries which introducing British English as a second language! I had to have long difficult time until I finally got rid of this term, as people here in the US never say it! I sounded weird whenever I had said it! Thank you soooo much for this helpful lesson
"I'm doing great, thanks." But most of the times it's not true😂
why?
D O L L Y it’s just a polite reply to stranger or not too close friend, even you are dead inside
@@emding6285 i got it, where u from
Hhh
@@dolly.7 Because life isn't a fairytale, I'm afraid.
I can¨t understand everything because I Think you speak very fast, but I learned something about your lesson, Thanks teacher!
well..u can change some speed settings in the bottom right corner of the video
, can`t u?
Fantastic!
You’re so good!
The explanation is very clear. It’s too easy to understand
I can’t believe somebody put thumbs down to videos like this, he is giving quality content for free. I love your channel man, keep the good work!
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🇬🇧 I wouldn’t give this a thumbs down but it is incorrect and misleading as we say “I’m fine” all the time in the UK.
Well, I know a lot of people from US and when I ask them how they are the answer is always "I am fine " or "I am good" all the time.
I'm from Angola and here we learn to say "I'm fine" I´m good"so-so" but it's great to know others ways to say.
Thanks teacher!
I'm Brazilian and triying my best to learn English. Here... also native teachers use to say and teach us "I'm fine" but... I liked to learn another ways to answer.
My British and American friends say 'I'm fine' or 'fine' if the question is how are you? If the question is 'How are you doing?' the response is I am doing well (British) or I am doing good for American. I know I am doing good is incorrect (grammar mistake but American doesn't care)
I'm fine. = I'm not doing very well. I'm kinda depressed.
No, I'm fine = I'm fine.
It's a typical response of many women, too.
I am doing pretty good thanks.. and you?
Paul Yao I always say I am just doing great
I'm American, a native English speaker, and I have heard the response "so so", and have used it myself. Of course, it is a little bit negative, and generally people prefer to say something more positive as a response. So although it is not as common a response as some, it is not all that uncommon either, in my opinion.
Very good! Ainda estou no início dessa longa jornada para aprender inglês.
Obrigado pelas dicas!
Not sure what part of the US you're from, but I'm fine is used by a lot of native English speakers in CA. You may not use it, but that doesn't make it incorrect.
This guy's a dumbass and shouldn't be teaching foreigners who don't know better. He's actually quite embarrassing.
@@muchgrammar5743 I hate to admit it, but he's Canadian.
Dennis Leveridge got ya.
Here in England it's completely OK and commonplace to say "I'm fine". I think this is more of a cultural difference between the UK and the US as Americans tend to exaggerate more when asked how they are, how an experience was, etc. by using words like "good", "great", "awesome", whereas Brits tend be a bit more low key I suppose and describe things as "fine", "alright", "OK".
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He's not American, he's Canadian. Everybody thinks he's American; he actually surprised Americans here in US because most of Americans say "I'm fine"
We British are low key whereas American's are a too gushy, I'm not comfortable with over the top people,this guy above doesn't have a clue how we English greet each other.
Completely agree with you
In my country we followed british english. So when someone say how are you? We replied i'm fine. That's how we taught.
@@amarillagriffin7427 hello excuse me I am want to learning and I am work it this but I am want to speak British people because this improve my English I am girl. I don't want to flirt .
Please. If you will help me I will happy
Waiting your reply
That´s why i gave up taking a english course . I would like to learn what the natives are speaking .And when i was taking english course , i was teaching more than i was learning .
an english.
Me desculpe, mas eu morei nos Estados Unidos por 10 anos. Sim não é tão comum falar fine, porém 0% não falar está totalmente equivocado. Dizer pretty good é comum, porém gramaticalmente ERRADO. É como dizer no brasil; estou bom ou boa, quando na verdade o certo é estou bem.
@@marciasilva6582 Eu n lembrava mais deste video . Mas foi um prof nativo q falou isso e n eu kkkk Em relaçao ao uso da palavra FINE ,em ingles se usa ,porem n com esta frequencia toda q os cursos de ingles ensinam . O q está completamente errado é entrar numa loja de informatica e querer comprar um pen drive ou notebook e usar estes termos como se estivesse no Brasil ,la é Flash drive ,Usb drive e tb n é notebook é laptop . La ninguem fala estou fazendo Home office kkkkkkk O brasileiro é q inventou isso .
@@marciasilva6582 realmente, mas notei que lá eles usam muito "fine" em outros contextos, tipo "you're fine/good" para dizer "não se preocupe" "de boa"
Thanks for this amazing lesson. I realized that people dont use "i'm fine" indeed and use "pretty good" instead
I'm doing pretty good, thanks!
Very useful lesson! It was nice to learn all of these sentences. I won't say "I'm fine" anymore.
You're welcome!
I wouldn't listen to this person as many native speakers in England use 'I'm fine' and it seems like alot of people in the USA as well. Using 'I'm fine thank you ' is the polite way of answering the question. This person's video is completely wrong.
I wonder if you need to visit more of Canada! Where I'm from, 'I'm fine...' is a relatively common response for native English speakers, however it does tend to have many nuances underneath the meaning. For me and for many people I know, it's more of, 'I'm not totally fine but I don't have the time or desire to get into it right now with you.' However, I also hear it often as a legitimate response to the question. Overall, I consider it a dry response regardless of the undertone which intuitively (for both me and other native English speakers I know) means that the person is not open to go into further detail whereas, 'I'm great!' is often an open invite to continue the conversation. As far as so-so goes, I wonder if it's heard more often in Eastern Canada because we're also used to hearing the French translation, 'comme ci comme ça'... although, I will admit that so-so isn't as common as it once used to be. Personally I tend to say, 'Meh, I'm okay but...' in place of so-so, but even my 23 year old daughter who is 4th generation Canadian will say, 'So-so...' when I ask how she is doing.
Overall I think it's good that we have many choices to choose from. I think one of the most challenging aspects for those learning English as a second language is that we have a habit of not being literal all of the time. Perfect example is your use of 'pretty'. It shouldn't make sense in the context you're using it in but we insist on using the word as an informal adverb - how confusing!
Thanks for the great comment! Which part of Canada are you from? I'm always curious why native English speakers watch my videos. I don't think there are many of them, but you seem to be one! Haha. Why do you watch my videos?
Greets! I was born and raised in London, Ontario and I have spent a decade of my life in Edmonton, Alberta. In my experience, Ontario English speakers tend to ramble more and be rather abstract and in Alberta, many people I spoke to were more literal and direct.
I guess I started watching your videos because I like learning how we are uniquely Canadian (the first video I watched was the Canadian Pronunciation one) but that was before I realized your channel was directed towards teaching (Canadian) English to prospective immigrants. Then you started going political and that's been interesting so far. I enjoy hearing other perspectives even though I'm really conflicted on the subject myself.
I also like learning. Grammar is not really a strong point for me. You're easy on the ears, lol! Meaning, you're very articulate and you have a smooth, moderate rhythm and your voice pitch is a good frequency for me. You might think that's an odd observation, but I'm profoundly deaf in one ear and my other is not too far behind. So I appreciate that I can actually listen and understand every word even if I'm not directly watching you. It's refreshing to have a channel that I don't need subtitles to!
I just overall enjoy your channel however I acknowledge that I've been a little critical, especially with the usage of absolutes and being over-simplified at times. I appreciate that you take your time to respond to comments and it's nice to converse with someone who is genuinely nice and who has some cool ideals for Canada.
Thanks so much for your compliments! That's cool that you've lived in multiple locations in Canada! And I'm happy you can understand me! 😃
I started my channel last July, and now I'm a few minutes away from hitting 10,000 subscribers. I'm so happy! These days I'm experimenting with different kinds of videos, haha. We'll see what happens!
Congrats on the growth of your channel!
Thank you! 😃😃
I m doing fantastic and I liked this video really this is very helpful video for me thanks for this.
Your accent is so understable. For me is really difficult listening in English, but your accent looks very easy for me, I love it. Thanks for this video, so cool. I am still learning English, sorry for my English. A hung!!
How are you? I am still alive
But are you also kicking?
I'm still breathing.hahahaha
I'm still standing hahaha
If mine is standing then..
PERFECT ANSWER hahahaha
Thankyou so much sir... i really liked the expressionz which u taught in a fascinating way ...
Those who r givingnegative comments they must learn that he is a teacher he z only adding to english learnerz knowledge that instead of only saying”i’m fine” they cn also use these expressions... those who r native they already know wat to say how to say etc
So the learner would really find it intetesting.... i hope ... they should..
- How are you?
- Like you care.
- But I do care.
- Buzz off, liar.
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Miserable
Hahaha..great 😂
I was though English with books from a British English school and they said I'm fine, thank you! Or I'm well or very well also.
Am learning ,Sir
Great teaching skill
Respect from INDIA
"How are you?"
"Eh."
I like to telling everybody don’t know. Thanks for learning with us
Thank for your help. I hope to see other video i really learn a lot
Here in Brazil, all the English schools , the English books the first lesson is "Hi, how are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you?" 😬
Those were the exact phrases we got brainwashed with at school here in Thailand LOL. The most common words to use when you want to begin a conversation. Later, and much later in my life, I've been told that " I'm fine" is rather irrelevant and even misconduct to use in some contexts.
Like in Turkey
Hi Neila. I'm learning english. I try to speak english. If you tend to speak with each other, you can send to me message.
@@negararianmehr6809 hi Negar. where are you from? So, I'm trying to learn English as well but I understand more than I speak it. hahaha
@@neilaoliveira5467 I'm from Iran but I live in Netherland. I understand it:)), I think to write or speak together can help us to improve speaking. My mom and I like your National football team:))
Wait a minute..I am a native english speaker and I ALWAYS say I,m fine. I also NEVER say "doing great"..I say i,m well thanks , how are you.
Please use an apostrophe!
@@brazenserpent7 Using the comma instead the aphostobre is definitely not a very native practice. I wonder if he or she is truly a native.
I don't like to say .I'm fine all the time.I like to say differents way of anwers when someone.ask me how are you?.I like to say.I'm doing great.or I'm doing good.or I'm doing well.I'm pretty good.no bad.exellent.but not.always the stupid thing.I'm fine.all the time.
I am doing great , you say?
Is that correct people?
@@vikramjha1794 are blind o what.the teacher already explain everything.all kind of gretting.and you say.it's ok.maybe you need get some glasses.you didn't see the video?
I'm doing gr8! Thank you. Greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾
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Hi, i'm doing great, you?
I'm a English learner, and my goal would be speaking like a native. And this channel allways gives me nice tips.
I was asked : "How are you ?" at church in Australia by an elderly Christian lady. As usual, I replied: " I am fine, thanks." She said: " Only God is good." A few seconds later, she asked me the same question again. I gave her the same answer without thinking about what she just said. Obviously she thought that I was not a good learner and she was very disappointed. Nowadays I still give the same answer after more than 20 years after.
Lol
I’m American and I say I’m fine all the time...
That's so frigging boring say the same thing all the time.
How can I pass an interview please?
@@daliaselim3588 what kind of interview.? Job interview o something?
@@josebrenes1109 first of all thank you so much of your easy and fantastic way of explaining English I'm an English teacher I want to know how can I pass an interview many thanks to you 😍
@@daliaselim3588 And he asked you what kind of interview do you wanna pass
You got me with this video, thanks. You got a new subscriber!!.
I'm practicing my English on an app for exchange languages, and you're completely right.✌
Which app?
*•••••••••••[G] 'How are you?'••••••••••••*
*It is the informal version of:*
*[G]'How do you do?'*
*And you can greet with the same*
*greet as it is with the the formal*
*one*
*In Canada, the response to how is*
*someone, it is not an echo but as a*
*greeting like:*
_'Hey!'_
_'Hi!'_
_'Hello!'_
_'What's up (with you)?'_
_'How are things (going out for you)?'_
_'What's new (in your life)?'_
_'Good morning'_
_'Good afternoon'_
_'Good evening'_
_'Good night'_
*If you are asked after a traumatic*
*event for your well-being:*
*[Q] 'Are you (all) alright/O.K?',*
*[Q] 'Is (everything) alright/O.K?',*
*[Q] 'How is it hanging (in/out there)?'*
*Your response is:*
*[A] 'I'm [doing (quite/perfectly/*
*pretty much)] well.*
*[A] '(Everything/It) is fine (WITH me)'*
*[A] 'I'm [feeling (quite/really/*
*extremely)] (bad/{symptom}).*
*[A] 'I'm JUST passing through.'*
*[A] '(It) (could have) never (been)*
*better.'*
*[A] '(It) could NOT have been better.'*
*[A] 'I have gone through worse'*
*If you are asked regarding a state in*
*your knowledge of a subject:*
*[Q] 'How (good/bad) are you at (it)?'*
*Your response is:*
*[A] 'I'm NOT (pretty/quite) good (at it)*
*(so far)'*
*[A] 'I AM (pretty/quite) good (at it)*
*(so far)'*
*[A] '(I'm) NOT (pretty/quite) bad (at all*
*at it)'*
*[A] '(I AM (pretty/quite) bad (at all*
*at it)'*
*[A] '(I'm) so far, so good'*
*[A] '(I'm) so-so/neither bad nor good.'*
*If you are asked about your opinion:*
*[Q] 'Are you (all) alright/O.K. with IT?'*
*Your response is:*
*[A] '(Everything/It) is fine (BY me)'*
*[A] '(I) DON'T think so.'*
*[A] 'I (partially/totally) agree (with...)'*
*[A] 'I (agree to) disagree.'*
Thank you Luis Dario, this is so helpful, I live in Canada, I'm not a native English speaker though.
The onformation you provide will be my study material for today:)
Thank you for your information
Thanks a lot,
I'm doing great thanks , and thanks for this lesson
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Back in the day when I attended school teachers taught us non stop that “so-so” was a very regular answer and that it sounded cool. But you sir are right! 2 years in Canada and I’ve never heard a native saying this.
I just loved this, more formal n respectful thanku :)
You have to be over 60 years old to say "hunky dory."😄
True.
Hahaha
Oh Shit, I said it to my teacher.
Lol
If I were greeted 'How are you?' I might respond "Yeah, I'm not bad' because I heard it from native speakers in London (England, not Ontario). The response 'So-so' is probably the direct translation from Italian 'così così' (as an answer to 'Come va?' meaning 'How's it going?'). If things are not going great, the Italians I know (as well as we in Poland) hardly ever respond in the strongly positive way.
Thank you, sir, it was such a big help 😊
Finalmente veo CC de su conversación, no solo de los términos nuevos y específicos que nos enseña, gracias 👌🏽👍🏼👏🏼👏🏽👏🏼👏🏽👏🏼😍‼️
In 'Love, actually', Emma Thompson's character says 'I'm fine', so do my friends, no one seems to make a fuss about that. :) Thanks for the video, anyway.
I love to found this channel👏
Hey!! very useful. It's never a bad idea to check this sort of details. Thank you very much. Greetings from Chile ;)
Thanks for the class, i understand you methodology, regards from Colombia.
You "how are You?"
Me "wasting my time"
The part you forgot... when some asks, "How are you?" "How's it going?" We don't actually want an answer, we are just being polite and offering a quick greeting. So, when a person replies they shouldn't give an in-depth answer. Because 90% of the time we don't actually care. As for so-so or I'm fine... I hear those all the time, from native speakers... And yes I was born and raised as a native American English speaker.
I love your teaching, thanks, new teacher.
i have to review the video twice just because is very complette and clear to understand we need to che it out
How it's going?
Sir....it's going pretty well.
Thnk u sir...u r a great teacher
I'm native English. Occasionally, I say, "I'm fine", if I don't want to get in to how I really feel. I have also been known to say, "So so"
Thanks a lot for this beautiful lesson. I liked it and subscribed your channel. Keep going sir. From Iraq
Thank you for this tip. I always answer "fine: thinking it was less formal than the I AM VERY WELL, THANK YOU AND YOU? that I learned many years ago. From now on I'lll never said FINE again.
It's completely ok to say Fine.
I'm doing well. Thanks for asking me.) Things could have been better, though. How's it going your side? What have you been up to?
Everything's going hunky dory over here, thanks. Just working hard on my new year's resolution. 😊
I can tell, things are looking up! No one said it was going to be easy, but good things are coming soon. 👌👌
Thanks! That almost sounds like something I'd find in a fortune cookie. 😁
Mad English TV Haha, I wonder if a fortune cookie should answer "My pleasure"?
Haha
I exclusively answer "how are you?" With fine. English is my native language, also everyone I know says fine as well
It's ok but that so boring say the same thing all the time.that way the teacher gave all those frases.and don't keep saying the same stupid anwer I'm fine.say somwthing different.
I dont your name, but the way of your teaching style was simple understandable even English learners like me. Thanks for your efforts
I noticed this when I was younger and made a conscious decision to either answer Good or Bad and be honest about it. "I'm fine" puts you in an emotional grey zone.
The right way is to say: "I thought you'd never asked." Then start talking about your day, problems, etc. That way NO ONE will ever ask you that question again. Or say: "I am FINE!" with an attitude. 😎
I'm doing great, thanks... Anyways you got a new subscriber! 😊😊👍
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Thanks! It's very useful.
Thank you Sir, appreciated it.
I've never been better.
Awesome! 😃
In Australia they say: "not too bad! How about yourself?"
The same in Canada
good teacher!one of the best to teach
Why on earth is it the first time I hear about that? Someone should have told me before! Thank you very much :)
I'm a English learner
And I say "I'm good or I'm great"
sriparna hazra thats just fine. “Pretty good” is another option. More formally “im well, yourself?”
Please teach us useful day by day phrases.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Where on earth did you imagine such exchange of pleasantries, English Teacher?
I don't think It has anything to do with knowing native-like phrases, it's about mentality, we are not used to say we are doing great, for us it's exageration and
a blatant lie, fine is inbetween great and bad
I live in America and EVERYONE says FINE when they asked how they are. I don't know where you get your information, but it's totally inaccurate
Edgard Argueta. You can certainly say you're South American or North America or Central American but if you say simply American it means from The United States of AMERICA! It's part of the name of the country. For the sake of brevity and because the alternatives are too awkward we.have and will continue to call ourselves Americans. Get used to it.
He know averyone say fine he just give new words for better communication 😏😏😏😏😏
@@fernando63078 dumb ass
I know some American guys they said they hardly say i am fine. And when I was abroad, i hardly heard I am fine. So I told the young students don't always say I am fine, u have many more options to replace fine. And one more, a lot Americans say soso...
America is a continent not a country. I think you live in USA....
How are you & I'm fine were the first English phrases I learned
Great video, very useful!
What??? "Hunky dory" rather than "Fine"? Really? Some Americans really think their local use of English is the standard one...
Hahaaa hunky dory. Midwest and older people are who I have heard this from.
No one says hunky dory unless they are playing around.
He’s Canadian 😆
Hes Canadian u goof
Hunky dory mean its done , its fine , its ok . I use it ocasionaly in explanations , eg that way everthing will be hunky dory . David Bowie released an album late 70s titled hunky dory
I just smile and say"Good,thanks,and you?".When I was in US,I'm taught this,the first thing the cashier in a shop says to customer is this:)
"How are all of you?"
That's great! What were you doing in the US?
I went in Knox(IN)and Desert Hot Sprigs(CA)
Cool!
I am doing well.Teaching my daughter and helping my nephew and neice in their home work.
I'm doing great, thanks! 🙂 Great vjd by the way.
We also do say 'so so'. We usually say that when things aren't brilliant but we don't want to look like we are complaining. We English are not very good at telling people how we really are.
Rubbish. A lot of people say I'm fine.
smudger671 that's what I mean.
smudger671 we d say fine, but we use, I m good, great, pretty good , bout yourself ? in the USA.
If someone asks me how I am, I nearly always say 'fine thankyou' .
Aaah
I say everytime_ i am fine. Thanks 🤣
English has 'tire' and 'tyre.'
Americans settle for the one spelling for both words as 'tire.'
In British English you are able to differentiate between a 'tired car' and a 'tyred car.'
Bruce Gordon ..depending on da spin.
doing well , thanks for asking.
I´m a native english speaker from England and we do say "I´m fine". We also say "I´m ok thanks" and sometimes we say "So so". meaning we´re ok but could be better. "How`re you doing ?" is normally answered by "Not bad", "Ok thanks" etc.