Alright, guys! So, we just did a video about
Confidence and building confidence where I talked about going to language meetups
And I just have a thought that maybe I should teach you guys some lines that you could use to
introduce yourself or to say goodbye and
maybe also
lines that you can use to buy a beer or buy some food because if you go to a language meetup,
Quite often they're in pubs or in restaurants
Establishments where you will have the chance to buy food and they tend to be free
Because the restaurant or the pub wants as many people to come in and then obviously buy
Drinks beverages and food. Alright. So, let's just walk through the process
The first thing is that you're obviously going to look up online where this place is. So, you might just type in meetup
language, meetup English, language meetup
Foreign language meetup into Google and find a local event that you can go to
tap that into your GPS
Use public transport, drive-in walk in, get there
And then the first thing you're going to do is walk inside
There you go. How complicated is that?
There's usually someone at the door who's going to greet you
So the first thing that you can say, especially, obviously, in Australia is ''G'day, my name is'' ''G'day, my name's Pete!' 'G'day
I'm Pete' ok? So, you can say my name's Pete or you can say I'm Pete
They might say their name, they might say 'G'day, Pete! How's it going?' 'G'day, Pete! How are you?'
G'day Pete! how's it going? G'day Pete! How are you? Good. I'm good. How are you going? How's your day been?
There's another one. There's another good one for you
the first line that I usually use
After I introduce myself or say hello to someone, especially someone I don't know, although I would use it with people
I know as well is
How's your day been?
Ok? So, if I break that down: how has your day been?
How has your day been? I would never say it like that though, I would never have it completely
deconstructed
Word-for-word how has your day been?
Instead, I would say how's
how's
Your or yeh, howz yer
How's your day?
How's your day been?
Notice there that been
Sounds now like bin, right? Somewhere you put the trash in, the bin. How's your day been?
How's your day been?
and it can be that you are looking for a response
A detailed response of all my day has been really good. I did this, I went there
I saw this person
I ate this, I drank this or it can just be also a synonym for ''how are you?'' Effectively
How's your day been? How are you?
Good, my days been good and you?
So, that's a really, really good one that you can use if you want to sound a lot more natural, a lot more like a
native speaker
G'day, my name's Pete. G'day, I'm Pete. How's your day been?
How's your day been? Ok? So, say that after me. How's your day been?
Notice too, How's its a Z sound. How's your day been?
And your isn't pronounced as your, it's just a yeh. How'z yeh
How's your day been?
Yeah, good and yours? How's your day been?
You can say some of those words
You can stretch them out if you want, but the complete contraction there would be how's your day been? Almost sounds like one word?
How's your day been? Yeah, it's been good. Thanks. Alright, so you've said that
Quite often at these language meetups, they will give you stickers for the languages that you speak. So if you're from
Singapore, they will give you the Singaporean flag. You'll put it at the top and underneath you will put the languages you're learning
You know, maybe the English flag
The French flag and the Spanish flag, right? If you're learning those three languages
That's how it tends to work
if I went there
I would have the Australian flag and then I would have the Brazilian flag and the French flag to show that I am learning
Portuguese and French, right? So, that's how it tends to work
Next step is that you're probably going to want to get a drink. If you drink alcohol, if you don't drink alcohol
Quite often it's good to at least buy something at these events to support the events, to keep them going
so I would go up to the bar and
Again, you could 'G'day!', you might not introduce your name
You might just say 'G'day, how's your day been?', you can do that if you're looking to be a bit more friendly
and potentially have a conversation while the person gets you a drink
but you'll probably say g'day and then you'll say I'd like, right? I would like, I'd like
I'd like
I'd like a drink. What drink would you like?
I'd like a beer
What beer would you like? What have you got on tap?
And this is a common question that you will hear when there is beer going through the tap
That's out of a keg. What have you got on tap? What have you got
on tap and
This is because beer on tap tends to be better than beer out of a bottle
So, the person might say try Carlton Draught, that's the best beer we have on tap
So, you might say okay, sweet, good, awesome. Sweet, good
Awesome. I'll have one of those. He might ask you what size would you like a pot or a pint?
Or a schooner, these are different size glasses
So whatever size you want, you might show you the glass so that you know, I'll have a pot of Carton Draught on tap, thanks
So, the phrase is there: g'day! How's it going? or g'day, how's your day been? Yeah, it's been good
What would you like? or what can I do for you? or what can I get for you?
You might hear those phrases from the barman. What could I get for you? What would you like?
What would you like is probably the most common of them. I'd like I'd like a Carton Draught
I'd like a pot of Carton Draught. I'd like a pint or a schooner of Carton Draught
So, those are some good phrases. He'll sort it out and then he'll probably say
That'll be. That will be, okay? That'll be
$5, that'll be $6. That'll be
$15, that'll be $10. He might say instead of dollars
Bucks, meaning dollars. That'll be 10 bucks. That'll be five bucks
Okay? so you've walked up, you've said G'day, I'd like a pot of Carlton Draught
He might say no worries, go get it for you
Pours it out, puts it up and then says that'll be five bucks. That'll be ten bucks. That'll be $5
That'll be $10 and then you might say ''here you go!''
Presenting the money and that's it. That's the exchange. Here you go, ok?
So, how have you been? I'd like a pot of Carlton Draught, thanks
No worries. Here it is. That'll be five bucks
Sweet, here you go. Thank you. Ok? So, that's a good example of a natural
Interaction, that's what I would say if I was speaking with these people, ok?
After that, you're going to go and want to meet some people, you're going to go want to mingle with some people
So what are some phrases and how can you do this?
Obviously, you would look for a group that looks friendly or that has something interestingly you're interested in
So maybe if you're learning a specific language, that they speak, as a native speaker,
So, you see ok, the guy over there is from Australia
I'm learning Australian English, a good phrase that you can use to start up a conversation is
Obviously, G'day! How's it going? My name's or I'm. G' day, how's it going? My name's Pete. G'day, how's it going? I'm Pete
It's always good to do that. It's polite and
Then you might say I see that you're an Australian.
I see, like it's like I notice that you're an Australian because you've seen the thing on his
you might then say
How long have you been learning and then the language that he's learning, right? So he might be learning French
So I see you're Australian. How long have you been learning French?
How long?
Have you been learning?
French. How long have you been learning French? and
He might say ''Oh a couple of years' 'Few years'
And then another question you can ask him is what got you into French? or what got you into that, right?
And that means, if you say to someone what got you into something? It means how did you become interested in
that thing? Why did you start that thing? What got you into that thing? What got you into French?
What got you into surfing? What got you into learning English? What got you into
collecting stamps? So, any kind of hobby or activity that you are interested in, in in in, you can say what got you into
that activity, right? That's a very natural way of saying it
As opposed to something like why do you like French? or why are you learning French? Though
You can say that, you can say why are you learning French?
But that's a natural way of saying it. So, I'm just gonna turn the corner here at Torquay on the Esplanade
I think I'm going in the right direction
Alright, so, you've walked up, you'd said g'day, my name's Pete. How's it going?
I see that you're Australian or you might say I see that you're learning French
What got you into French? And there you go the conversation has started
So he might say I once learnt it at school for a year
And I've been learning it ever since what about you? I see that you're learning English. What got you interested in English?
Well, he might say how did you end up in Australia? That is another good phrase
How did you end up and then
Somewhere. How did you end up in Australia? How did you end up in France? How did you end up here?
And that is like, how did you get here? How did you
arrive at this destination?
But then you can also use it with an activity. How did you end up learning French?
How did you end up doing that how did you end up starting surfing? How did you end up doing something?
That is a very, very good phrase to use as well. That will sound
Incredibly natural when you use that with native speakers, how did you end up doing that? Well, how do you end up here?
Ok? so that's probably it, guys, for this video
Those are some really good phrases that I hope will help you sound a lot more natural when speaking English
You know, that that's the aim here. I want you to sound a lot more like a native speaker
I am sure if you understand everything I speak, everything that I say right now you
Have an incredibly high level in English because I'm not dumbing it down. I'm not speaking slowly. So,
Definitely be proud of where your you're at,
but I know that a lot of people want to sound a lot more natural and
Quite often what you've been taught isn't necessarily the most natural way of saying something. Anyway, that's enough for this video, guys,
I hope it helps a lot, go over it a few times and if you have any questions
Go down into the comments section and just ask away
Give me some examples of some other sentences that you've heard as well
And don't forget, if you're trying to improve your English, sign up to The Aussie English podcast at theaussieenglishpodcast.com,
guys, it is an English learning podcast that I run with
Multiple episodes per week. I know it's going to help you. I know you'll enjoy it and I'll chat to you soon. See you, guys!
Jeez, is there a lot of people at Torquay
I don't know if you guys can see this, probably not, there are like no parking spots
Anywhere
ah, damn it, just missed it!
So close! So close!