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Today we're doing vocabulary on ways to thank someone!
Thank you
In this lesson we're only doing useful vocabulary
words we actually say
There are old-fashioned ways of thanking someone for example
"Much obliged" or
"Thank you kindly"
But these days you won't hear those, so I won't teach those
ok from formal to informal
Ways of thanking someone
Let's start with Formal, or someone does something really big for you
really special.
you'll want to say these things
"Thanks ever so much"
Pronunciation:
Repeat it with me
I'll use this expression for people who I don't really know
or if someone does something for me
which is so nice so special
or helps me with a big problem
"Thanks ever so much for your help!" for example
"I can't thank you enough"
Pronounciation: Link "You" and "Enough" with a /w/ sound
a /w/ will intrude, sounding like:
Of course it sounds more natural to make that /T/ in "can't" a glottal T
so all together it sounds like
Number three: "I appreciate it"
or modify it with "I really appreciate it"
this sounds very formal and it's great to use again with someone who you don't know
or if someone does something very special for you
and you want to give them a big "thank you!"
My natural pronunciation is London. Standard London.
and I would glottalise that final T
so it sounds like this:
I didn't say "Appreciate iT"
I glottalised the final T
"Appreciate it"
So for that natural sounding London accent
this is an option
"Wow I'm really grateful"
sometimes I hear this when someone receives a present
I personally don't like to say this because
Being grateful is not something you say about yourself
it's something you show through your actions
personally I don't like it
again to sound natural that T in "grateful" should be glottalised
it sounds quite strange if you say "I'm really graTeful"
No
and finally to give that big thanks to someone
to say "wow this was very special"
you can say
"Thanks, that means a lot to me" or "This means a lot to me"
So those are for formal situations or very big thank-yous
what about other situations?
Let's have a look!
if someone gives you a present a common response to this could be:
"Wow thanks, I mean, you shouldn't have, this must be very expensive!"
this expression is quite specific
to when you receive a present and you want to say
"You've spent too much money"
or "You did something and this is very nice
you did too much!"
then you can say "You shouldn't have!"
the standard way of ending an email with a thank-you is
"Many thanks, (your name)
but this is quite impersonal
so for your friends, for your family
no that sounds strange
but for a company
or to someone who you don't really know
then it's good
okay how about the quick informal ones?
those little interactions in your day where you want to give a quick thanks
Cheers
Yes, for drinks when we *Clink*
we say "Cheers"
but that's not the only use of "Cheers"
in fact it's the most common way to say "Thank you" in England
Pronunciation: It's flat, one syllable
and finally "thank you" or "thanks"
thanks is more common
and there's nothing wrong with just saying these
they're still fine, everyone uses them all the time
you can modify them
get a bit creative
for example when I leave a shop all the time I will say:
"Thanks a lot!"
and this is great this is fine for a quick fast interaction
where you need to say thank you in a polite way but quick
Let's modify it a bit more
you want to give an extra big thank you
Change "a lot" for "so much"
"Thanks so much"
again it's quick, but it's still a big thank you
and commonly you will hear "Alright brilliant, thanks"
But of course we don't pronounce it like that
Now you and me
We are British
Let's modify it a little more with a compliment
very commonly you will hear
"Oh you bought me an Xbox? Oh you legend, thank you!"
"You legend!" very common
it's usually shortened to:
"You lej/ledge! Cheers mate!"
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Wait, we're not finished yet
I mean, how do you respond to these thank yous?
What are you supposed to say from the other side?
Let's rewind this lesson!
How do you respond to these in a formal way?
you have these options
of course in school you're always taught:
"You're welcome"
or if you wanted to be super formal, you could add:
"You're QUITE welcome"
"Thanks ever so much!"
"You're quite welcome"
Another very formal one is:
"Don't mention it!"
It's a very formal way to say "You're welcome"
Other options are:
"Ah my pleasure!"
or
"Not at all"
Notice the catenation in "not at all"
it sounds more like:
"Thanks!" "Not at all!"
and the informal ways of responding to informal thank-yous
of course you have
"No problem"
my personal favourite is "No worries!"
"No worries!"
Australians, they are so so cool
I have heard Australians say "No wuzzers!"
Which is a modification of "No worries!"
I love this! I would say this if I had an Australian accent
because Australians are so cool!
I'm not Australian, they're cool
so I say "No worries!"
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