Hey what’s happening guys? What does that mean? Let’s find out. What’s up guys,
my name is shane. And today we are looking at 5 phrases native speakers use very often.
If you want to speak English like a native speaker, it’s very important you know many
phrases you can use in many situations. Learning new phrases also makes speaking English more
fun because you have more ways to express yourself and your personality. So let’s
get started and look at the first phrase for today. The first phrase for today is how have
you been? How have you been? This is a very common phrase we say to people that we know
that we haven’t seen for a long time. Many weeks, many months. It means during the time
that we haven’t seen each other, have you been okay? What have you been doing? And when
we say it really quickly, it sounds like this. How yuh bin? How yuh bin? We don’t’ say
you, we say yuh. And we don’t say been, we say bin. How yuh bin? Now you try. How
yuh bin? And if someone says this you, a very common response is yeah I’ve been good,
what about you? Or I’ve just been busy working or I’ve just been busy studying, what about
you? The second phrases is what’s happening? What’s happening? This is a very common
phrase used between friends. It’s a little bit informal so you probably shouldn’t use
it at work. It can mean many things. What are you doing? How’s your day been? What
are you doing today? And when we say it really really quickly, it sounds like this. What’s
happenin’? what’s happenin’? We don’t say happening, we say happenin’. What’s
happenin’? Now you try. What’s happenin’? And if someone says this to you, a very common
response is not much I’m just .. and then you say what you’re doing. So for example,
not much I’m just studying or not much, I just got home from work. And the third phrase
is where have you been? This is a very common phrase we say to someone we haven’t seen
for a long time but we should have seen them. For example, maybe you work together and you
normally see each other from Monday to Friday but maybe you haven’t seen that person for
2 weeks and then they come back to work – you can say where have you been? Where have you
been? And when we say this really quickly, it sounds like this. Where yuh bin? Where
yuh bin? We don’t say you, we say yuh, we don’t say been, we say bin. Like this, where
yuh bin? Where yuh bin? Now you try. Where yuh bin? And if someone says this to you,
some common answers are: I’ve been sick, I’ve been overseas and I’ve been studying.
And the next phrase is how’s your day going? How’s your day going? This is a very common
phrase we use to start a conversation with anyone at anytime. You can use it informally
and formally. And when we say it really quickly, it sounds like this, how’s yuh day goin’?
how’s yuh day goin’? We don’t say you, we say yuh and we don’t say going, we say
goin’. How’s yuh day goin’? How’s yuh day goin’? Now you try. How’s yuh
day goin’? And if someone says this to you, some very common responses are yeah not bad,
what about you? Or yeah it’s been busy, what about you? And the last phrase for today
is have you been busy today? Have you been busy today? This is also a very common phrase
to start a conversation with anyone at anytime. It can be used formally and informally. But
when it’s said really really quickly, it sounds like this. bin busy today? bin busy
today? We don’t say have you. And been becomes bin. So it sounds like this: bin busy today?
bin busy today? Now you try. bin busy today? And if someone asks you this, a very common
response is yeah pretty busy, what about you or no not really, what about you? Okay they
are the 5 phrases for today. Make sure you practise these phrases many many times so
when you are speaking, they will just come out of your mouth automatically, you won’t
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