Welcome back in today's video I'm going to teach you a very useful expression that you will hear
a lot in conversation it's Do you mind? and Would you mind? in this short video I'm going to
teach you a few important things about this common expression. What does it mean? How to use it? What
is the grammar? how people answer it and toward the end of the video I'll give you several useful
examples so first let's look at the meaning of do you mind and would you mind the first thing that
you want to notice is that we're using the verb mind and mind means that you don't like something
or that you resist something or that something is a problem for you we often use these expressions
to ask if something is okay we use these in public when we're talking to people that we don't know
or we use them with people that we know like friends or family to ask if something is okay
the difference between do you mind and would you mind is that when we use the
verb would it's more polite just like in other situations we often will use the verb would or
could to be more polite so when you need to be extra polite usually you will choose would
next let me show you two important ways that we can use this expression and it changes the meaning
so you have to be careful to notice both of them the first one is that we can use do you mind or
would you mind to ask if it is okay for you to do something for example do you mind if I have a seat
what does have a seat mean have a seat means to sit down so do you mind if I sit here do you mind
if I have a seat the second way is to ask someone to do something for you so again this is different
because in the first one you're asking if it's okay if you do something in the next one you're
asking someone else to do something for you for example Do you mind checking this for me?
notice the grammar difference in the first one you're going to use do you mind or would you mind
plus if and then I and the verb Do you mind if I have a seat? or Do you mind if I sit here?
in the second one you're going to use do you mind or would you mind
plus a gerund and as you know a gerund is the verb plus ing Do you mind checking this for me?
the other thing that you want to notice is that when these are yes no questions you're going to
use a rising intonation or with the voice going up at the end Do you mind if I have a seat?
Would you mind checking this for me? the voice goes up at the end because these
are yes no questions the next important thing that you need to know about these expressions
is how do people answer them and this is tricky because as I mentioned before the verb
mind means that you don't like something or that it's a problem for you so if I ask you Do you mind
if I sit here? what I'm asking is, Is it a problem if I sit here? and the answer is going to be no
so again that's tricky Do you mind if I sit here? No, go ahead. Would you mind checking this for me?
No problem. often we will answer no no problem or no with some kind of invitation like no go ahead
or no please do another way that we sometimes answer is we'll even answer with a word like sure
or of course Do you mind if I sit here? Sure, go ahead. Would you mind checking this for me?
Of course, no problem. However we never answer these with yes because if we say yes that means
it is a problem the only time that I would use yes to answer this is if I don't want to do something
Do you mind if I sit here? Yes. that means I don't want you to sit here it's a problem and that would
be rude but it is a possible answer let's go ahead and practice with some examples and we're going
to start with the first form again that means that I'm asking if it's okay if I do something
Do you mind if I have a seat? Do you mind if I sit here? Do you mind if I borrow your pencil?
Do you mind if I have a look at your notes? We might use this in a classroom.
Would you mind if I go first? Do you mind if I stop over later? Do you mind if I visit tomorrow?
Would you mind if I do it later? Now let's practice the second form which is to ask someone
to do something for you. Do you mind checking this for me? Do you mind holding the elevator?
Do you mind signing this?
Would you mind giving me a hand?
Would you mind carrying this for me?
If I'm at the supermarket and an older person
cannot reach something and asks me for help she or he might say Would you mind grabbing that for me?
Would you mind helping me with my homework? Would you mind sharing your notes with me?
take a look at the description box below I'm going
to leave two questions there for you to practice answering with these forms
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