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this video is one that you've been
asking me for for a long time I'm Emma
from mmm English here to share some very
common very Australian expressions with
you if you are living in Australia or
planning to visit Australia in the
future and plan to chat with some locals
while you're here you're going to have
to learn some of the local slang
expressions and get used to listening to
an Australian English accent if you
don't already know I'm from Australia a
very big very beautiful island
underneath you or to the east or the
west of you how my Australian English is
an English teachers version of
Australian English so I thought it would
be useful to get some real Australian
accents on here just to show you what
it's like so I've asked a few friends to
think of some common Australian
expressions that they use all the time
and then try to explain them for you
it's gonna seem like a bit of a random
collection of expressions because I
asked them to think of ones that they
use but they are super useful and
they're used every day ready let me
first introduce you to Ben now you've
actually met Ben before in this video
here I often say what are you doing this
arvo which means well it's a compressed
way of saying what are you doing at this
afternoon thanks Ben that was a pretty
good explanation this afternoon is very
often spoken by Australians as the sava
or even Tsavo although is used in spoke
English only and that goes for most of
the expressions in this video they're
informal and they're mostly used in
spoken English an Australians like to
shorten words as much as possible elbow
elbow elbow servo Barbie Sanger kanga
blowy hoodie mozi bottle oh and it just
goes on and on that's where our though
comes from and then there's the link
between the words this and Alvo and this
happens all the time in spoken English
for all native speakers who are speaking
at a natural pace no matter where they
come from words that end in a consonant
sound are often linked to the following
word if it starts with a vowel sound I'm
a little hungry I'm uh I'm a little
hungry keep it together keep it together
keep it together
so that's why this and arvo sound like
they're smashed together this Tsavo this
Tsavo this arvo besar though besar
though we're having some mates around
for a Barbie savvy you should come you
can also hear our low on its own
I'll pick it up on Wednesday although
let's move on
she'll be right where would I use she'll
be right
any time that something looks like it's
gonna go wrong or you're in doubt or any
uncertainty yes and you just like that
it'll be fine
but instead you just got shivery what
night animate on the end right is but
the extra
Vince I just reassures everyone she'll
be right mate yeah luck just said this
expression is used all the time
when you're trying to convince yourself
or someone else that everything will be
okay it's the equivalent of saying don't
worry about it or it'll be fine
the car feels a little strange I hope we
don't have a flat tire she'll be right
there's only ten K's to go the trick
with this expression is that she as a
pronoun doesn't always refer to a woman
or a girl most of the time yes it does
but sometimes you'll hear people refer
to objects as she it's just something to
keep in mind particularly for this
expression here she is referring to the
tire or even to the situation in general
so let's hear a few common ways that
Australians talk positively about
something here's Ali I say either it'll
be ace or I've had a Ripper over time
it's a great thing if you have a Ripper
yeah a repot a river every time you've
had a great like it's it's up here yeah
and it good times probably here and a
Reaper over time and an ace time is like
maybe a little bit lower okay so all of
these expressions I used to say that
something is really great
note that ace is an adjective it could
be used to describe people things
experiences Ripper can be an adjective
to I've had a Ripper day but it can also
be used in this fixed expression as a
noun a Ripper over time how was your
trip it was ace we had a Ripper over
time we just hung out on the beach all
day
now when Ali and Jess were using their
hands to show how great these
expressions were they were explaining
the degree of greatness so according to
them a great time is here and an ace
time is here and a ripper over time is
here I guess that might be true
Australians what do you think is a
ripper better than ace I think so meet
Tom now tom is a tradesman and tradesman
work in trades they build things and
they fix things here in Australia it's
really common to hear the abbreviated
names of these jobs the shortened
version because we Australians love to
make words shorter say out of all the
tradies which is a tradesman trade is
you got your chippies which is a counter
he Sparky's which is an electrician
he brickies which are bricklayers did
you get that he's referring to people's
jobs a tradie is a tradesman a chippy is
a carpenter someone who works with wood
a Sparky is an electrician a bricky is a
bricklayer probably the other best part
of the day is uh where we knock off
finish get on the piece which is like
you go have a beer knock off and get on
the piece not distinctly Australian
expressions there but ones that you will
definitely hear when you're speaking to
Australians
unfortunately knock off is to finish
work for the day what time do you knock
off I'll knock off early so we can go to
the cinema to get or to be on the piece
means to drink alcohol and usually quite
a lot of it one glass of wine is not
getting on the piece
drinking ten beers is definitely on the
piece now this is not really a pleasant
way to describe this activity it's very
very informal and used only amongst
friends but for goodness sakes please
don't tell your boss that that's what
you're doing on a Tuesday night tell
your boss you're meeting a friend for a
drink but then when you're talking to
your friend you could say let's get on
the piece that would be letting them
know that you were interested in
drinking a lot that night where's Sam
it's Friday he'll be on the piss with
his mates please don't tell anyone you
learnt that from me
you learnt it from Tom I've got a few
mates who often check a sickie which
means when you can't be both going to
work they pretend to be sick and they
tell their boss well they tell them I'm
sick but they're really chucking a
sickie okay this is a good one every
Australian watching has definitely
chucked a sickie at least at some time
in the past and you might have done it
as well so this is when you tell your
boss that you're unwell and that you
need to take the day off work but really
you just want to do something more fun
like go to the beach or maybe the night
before you went out and you party too
hard and you can't be bothered you feel
lazy so in Australian slang you can say
that you chucked a sickie your new
friends here might try and convince you
to go camping with them one long weekend
come with us you can just chuck a sickie
on Monday the weather is so good today I
think we'll just chuck a sickie and go
to the beach also check out how Ben said
Australia not Australia anyway not in
Australia anyway not in Australia anyway
this is literally what Australia sounds
like when Australians say it
let's get back to the girls take it easy
yeah if you two came too excited
whatever else you use it like if you um
just like I'm going to take it easy too
much but then you can also tell someone
if they're like angry or like - like
erratic step they say like whoa take it
easy take it easy is not strictly
Australian you'll hear it said by lots
of different native English speakers but
it does have a few different meanings
like just suggested it can mean relaxed
to do nothing just rest or chill out
what are you doing on the weekend
nothing much just taking it easy or it
can mean calm down
so if someone is getting angry or upset
or they - energetic then you can say hey
take it easy Sam stop yelling tell me
what's wrong okay we're just gonna deal
with the shrimp thing right now
you probably think that we say Chuck
another shrimp on the barbie all the
time no in Australia this is not a
shrimp it's a prawn we never say shrimp
you'll never hear an Australian say
shrimp but barbie is slang for barbecue
and you'll hear people say that all the
time come round to our place for a
Barbie on Sunday that just means come
round to our house for dinner a dinner
that we're cooking on the barbecue so
there you have it a collection of
Australian expressions by Australians
thanks to all of my awesome Ozzie mates
who helped to make this video that's
just a little taste of the type of
English that you can expect down here in
Australia have a paw off the barbie
looking either thrown on the lobby well
I'm gonna play cricket on ball fee rips
and orders or a couple of
ring-a-ding-ding is yeah I don't have to
explain it you have to have like the
woods
come on yeah so anyway keep your try
these tight I'm a chippy you know we
tried to get to Wick's my god knock off
get on the pace take it easy take it
back or not just wind it down over there
just keep going yeah it's a speaking
slam but you know what though I reckon
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