Hello hello, welcome to go natural English
I am your American English teacher Gabby Wallace
So let's jump right into a common mistake
This is a mistake that a lot of my English Learner students make you tend to use
Nice to meet you too much. You see this common phrase is actually only
only ever used in one very
specific
situation the very first time that you meet someone
You say nice to meet you or you could say good to meet you
Pleasure to meet you. There are a few variations
now there is nothing wrong with saying nice to meet you if and only
if it is the very first time that you are meeting someone in
Person you could also say nice to meet you if you're on the phone or if you're having an online video call
but the first time that you meet in person
You can also say nice to meet you in person. So I've noticed that many English learners
overuse this
Sentence and you don't want to overuse it because it's very unnatural and it can cause some confusion
It can make you a bit difficult to understand. So let's take a look at some of the most common ways that
English learners misuse this phrase and what you can say instead to correct your English
To speak more naturally more like a native speaker
Hey nice to meet you teacher, but you're in my class
Every day, what do you mean nice to meet me? I think we've met a few times already
Instead of saying nice to meet you to someone who you've already
Met for the first time. You should say it's nice to see you
You could say it's nice to see you again, or it's great to see you or it's wonderful to see you again
Hey nice to see you again teacher. Oh, hello
It's so nice to see you again, too
If you want to talk about the past do not say I met my mother
Yesterday, how was your weekend? Oh, it was great. I met my mother, okay
What I didn't know you were adopted you met your birth
mother for the first time that's
amazing
Say I saw my mother yesterday and another
Verb or phrasal verb that native speakers love to use is to meet up
With so the past tense would be I met up with my mother yesterday
Now you can use to meet a person
When you have a place or a time if you add a place or a time?
Now it makes sense. For example. I met my mother at the airport
That's okay and clear. I met my mother at
Noon for lunch at the airport
as long as you have a place and
Or a time, it's clear. It's natural and correct. How was your weekend?
It was good. I met my mother at the airport
She's here visiting me. Oh, that's so nice. I hope you had a great time
instead of saying you
Met in the past tense with someone who you already know in this example
You probably already know your mother. You should say I met up with
My mother or the person or I got together
With my mother. How about for this upcoming weekend? Do you have any plans?
well before we talk about weekend plans teacher I
Wanted to know if I could
Ask you for some extra help. Can we meet?
Can we meet
Another time we are meeting right now. What do you mean? I need a little extra help
Could we meet after class? Yeah sure. We can meet after class. Thanks for asking for extra help. My pleasure
You can also use this to make plans for the future. So instead of saying
Meet me tomorrow or let's meet tomorrow
It is more natural to say let's meet up tomorrow or meet up with me tomorrow
So you can use this phrasal verb a lot
But the plain verb to meet is only used for the first time you need someone
you could also say I went out with the person but be careful because
To go out with or in the past tense. I went out with is another way to say
Dating so if you're not romantically involved with the person if it's pretty clear that you wouldn't be
Romantically involved with the person it's fine. There will be no confusion
But if there's any chance that you could be actually dating this person
You might not want to use the phrasal verb to go out with because it could cause confusion
if you're talking about plans for the upcoming weekend or anytime in the near future or if you're
Inviting someone to do something together
Don't use let's meet we need to use the phrasal verb
Let's meet up or again a place at a time. For example
let's meet at the
cafe
Let's meet up
This weekend. It's better to use the phrasal verb. Let's meet up
It sounds more natural and more native like other options
not involving the verb meet which are even more natural is
Let's hang out this weekend, which is very casual
so this is only two used with friends and not really with a professor or a boss or a
Professional situation, let's go out this weekend now again, be careful with this verb to go out
Because it also is related to dating. It sounds like you are asking someone on a date
Do you want to go out with me means in a romantic way?
So I would avoid using this phrasal verb if you don't have romantic intentions
Alternatively you could say let's do something this weekend or let's make plans this weekend
let's make plans is a pretty good one and it sounds professional even more professional and better for a work situation is
Let's schedule something
For a time, for example, let's schedule something for next week
Let's schedule a meeting for next week or let's schedule coffee for next week
You could also say let's get together for coffee next week one other quick note here. You could also say let's see each other
Next week. However this also
Has a romantic
Connotation to see someone or to be seeing someone also means dating
So just be careful with these two options to be seeing someone or to go out with someone really
mean to be dating someone so instead of those two I would use let's make plans or
Get together or better yet to meet up
that little preposition makes a big difference in clarifying and
To make it clear that you're not talking about meeting someone for the first time
If it was your first time here, it was so nice to meet you and I'd love to meet up with you again
But I need you to do something for me
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I'll see you right over here so that we can talk about the very end or in difference between to know and to know of
I'll see you over there. Bye for now