Eat Sleep Dreamers do you want to sound British? I mean like properly British. Like really
British. Because if so, this word is the most British slang word that I can think of and
if you learn it and you know it, you are basically British. I mean, that's what I'm saying. I'm
saying if you use this word, you will become completely British. If that sounds good to
you, stay tuned.
Welcome to Eat Sleep Dream English, if you haven't met me before I'm Tom and I teach
fresh modern British English so that you can take your English to the next level and achieve
your life goals. Today we're looking at one of the most British slang words that I can
think of. I mean one of my big things is that i love to teach fresh modern British English,
stuff that you might not find in your English language course book. And this word is definitely
one of those words. The word is 'innit'. Right, what does innit mean? Well, this is a remarkable
word guys. This is a word that does so much and yet it's so easy to use. You are going
to like this, you are really going to like this.
Primarily we use innit in question tags. For example 'you like chocolate, don't you.' The
don't you is the tag and that's the bit we replace with innit. So I would say 'You like
chocolate, innit?' Now we use question tags for two reasons. One is to ask a genuine question
and that's when the intonation will go up at the end. If the intonation goes down at
the end then we know the answer to the question but we are just looking for confirmation from
the other person. So if I put innit back in to that sentence 'you like chocolate, innit?'
That is going down, I'm checking. I know the answer, I know that you like chocolate I'm
just looking for confirmation from you that I'm right that you like chocolate. Alright,
let's put it into another sentence 'You passed your driving test, innit?' Alright so you
passed your driving test. Now in a normal question tag that would be didn't you. 'You
passed your driving test, didn't you?' But with innit we don't need didn't you, we throw
that away, we'll just put innit. So you passed your driving test, innit?' So again we are
just looking for confirmation that they have passed their driving test. Alright another
example. 'You're doctor, innit?' Alright, you are a doctor innit. Ok, so what would
that normally be in a regular question tag? That would be 'You are a doctor, aren't you?'
Now we don't need aren't you that's grammar, that's difficult. Let's throw it away 'You
are a doctor, innit?' So again we are using innit to replace the usual question tag with
innit. Now what you will notice there is that you don't have to think about the grammar
so instead of thinking about what the auxiliary is. So you are a doctor, the auxiliary is
are so now I'm going to have to switch that for the question tag, I'm going to have to
switch that to a negative. So you are a doctor, aren't you? ok so are and aren't are opposing
auxiliaries, so one positive and one negative. You don't need to worry about that, you can
just say innit. So you are a doctor, innit? So much easier. You like chocolate, innit?
So not you like chocolate, don't you? It's you like chocolate, innit? How much easier
is that? That's crazy, that's crazy how easy that is. Now there are a few important things
to to know about this word. The first thing is, this is the most British slang word that
I can think of or certainly one of the most British slang words out there. So you need
to think about is this word one that you should be using. So if you are in your IELTS exam,
definitely don't use this word. If you are in a business presentation, definitely don't
use this word. If you are an international student and you are studying abroad in Britain
at university and you have lots of young British friends then yeah, why not? Why not use this
word. That will make you sound very very British. So yeah why not? It can also be used to show
an agreement with someone. So if someone says 'This song is brilliant.' You could say 'innit'.
And that means yes it is or I agree. Someone might say 'That exam was really hard.' You
can say 'innit'. So again you are agreeing, you are saying yes that exam was quite hard.
It's important to say this right now that I wanted to teach you this word for couple
of different reasons. One that I think it's part of modern English so it's really important
for you to know especially if you coming to London or to Britain and you are travelling
around or you are studying here. This is a word you are going to hear. It's also a word
that's an important part of British culture because it's used in so many TV programmes
and references in the media. It's one that is used through out British society and so
again I think if you are interested in British culture then this is a word that you are going
to see and that you are going to want to understand. It's also one that you are not going to find
in your English course book so that's pretty good. And finally it's one that replaces a
lot of difficult grammar. Grammar that people find challenging and so if it can help you
in your spoken English, well that's pretty cool. So four good reasons to learn this word.
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