Being polite is super important in English and saying thank you is a huge part of that.
So I've got ten different ways for you to say thank you. And that's all coming right
up after we meet another Eat Sleep Dreamer.
You won't be surprised to hear that there are so many different ways to say thank you
in English. Some are formal, some are informal, some are used more in written English, some
more in spoken English. So let's have a look at our first phrase.
As I'm sure you know thank you is shortened down to thanks. And then we've got lots of
other variations of thanks. So for example you've got thanks a lot. You've got thanks
so much. Thanks a million and they are all nice variations of saying the same thing which
is essentially thank you. These are all informal phrases so they could be used in informal
writing like at the end of an email or in a sort of text message or a whatsapp message.
They could be used in spoken English as well so quite a wide variety of informal situations
where you can use these phrases. So thanks, thanks a lot, thanks so much and thanks a
million. Now the stress of these words can really change the meaning of them. So if you
want to emphasise just how thankful you are you can say 'thanks so much' emphasising the
'so' there. But if you emphasise the second part, so if you said 'thanks a million' then
suddenly it goes from a genuine thank you to being a sarcastic thank you. Perhaps your
house mate has just used up the last bit of milk and you are like 'oh thanks a million.'
'Thanks a million for using the last bit of milk.' Again it's a sarcastic way to express
your feeling. So which word you emphasise will create a different meaning. So 'thanks
so much' very genuine 'thanks a million' suggests that you are not happy and that it's sarcastic.
This word is easily one of my favourite words to say in my day-to-day life and that is 'cheers'.
We know that cheers has one meaning which is an expression of good wishes when you bum
your glasses together. It also means thank you in informal British English, cheers means
thank you and i say it all the time. If someone holds the door open for me, I'll say 'ah cheers'.
If someone gives me a present I'll say 'oh cheers,. That's so kind cheers.' If someone
gets me a drink in the bar I'll say 'cheers'. If someone helps me out and does something
for me, I'll say 'cheers'. I just say it all the time, it's just such an easy word to say
and it's such a nice informal way to express your thanks to someone. So cheers in British
English is an informal way to say thank you.
The third phrase 'I really appreciate...' and then it or that or the thing that they've
done. I really appreciate your hard work or I really appreciate your message. Now I've
received so many amazing messages from you guys in the comments below and often I will
show my thanks to you by saying 'hey (and then the name) I really appreciate your lovely
message' or 'I really appreciate your kind words.' and that's my way of saying thank
you to you. So it's a really nice way to express your thanks to someone and to show you appreciate
what they did or what they've done. So yeah, you could say 'I really appreciate it, I really
appreciate that, if they have done a certain thing or I really appreciate and then the
thing, your message, your gift, your kind words, your friendship, whatever the thing
might be. So guys I'm going to say now, thank you for your lovely messages that you send
me, I really appreciate them, I really appreciate them. Them, the messages. So I really appreciate
your messages.
This is a super cool phrase 'you shouldn't have'. Now this is particularly used when
we receive a present from someone and we want to show our thanks and show our gratitude
to them. Now it sounds like we are criticising them, we saying you shouldn't have, you shouldn't
have one this. That's not the meaning at all. What we are actually saying is wow how generous
of you, that's so kind of you to get me this gift, I can't believe it 'you shouldn't have,
that's so kind'. Now what's really important here, I personally, I would say you shouldn't
have and then say thank you as a part of that as well. So 'you shouldn't have, that's so
kind' or 'thanks so much, you shouldn't have.' So I would probably blend this phrase with
another thank you phrase as well. It's a really great phrase to accept a gift from somebody.
The pronunciation. You could say 'you shouldn't have' that's fine. When we are saying shouldn't
have we sometimes turn the have into a weak form. So instead of saying 'shouldn't have'
we would say 'shouldn't 'ev' It's up to you whether you do that or not but you shouldn't
have is perfectly great. So the next time somebody gives you a gift in English you can
say 'you shouldn't have, that's so kind'. Perfect way to say thank you.
It doesn't get any more British than this phrase. Nice one! Again this is a really brilliant
informal phrase to say thank you to someone. If you think about every day situations, you've
things like someone making you a cup of tea or somebody taking a photo for you. I would
probably say 'Nice one! Thanks very much' 'Nice one! Cheers mate' or something like
that. So I'd have nice one and then maybe another way to say thank you as well. So 'nice
one! Cheers mate' or 'Nice one! That's really kind of you.' So nice one is a part of saying
thank you in a very informal way. Again this is British English and informal British English
so perhaps you might not use this one, it's possible. You might not need to use it but
it's good to be aware of it, good to understand it when you do hear it. Especially if you
are watching British TV shows, British YouTubers, you are going to hear nice one sometimes.
This is a really common phrase, many thanks. It can be used in a couple of different ways.
Firstly many thanks for and then something so 'many thanks for your lovely present' or
'many thanks for helping me out today'. So it's part of a thank you so 'many thanks for
(something)' or we can end a written message, an email or yeah just a text message with
'many thanks' and then your name. That's almost like a way of saying goodbye or kind of signing
off a written piece of English. So it's not strictly a thank you but it's maybe a part
of showing gratitude and being polite, is to say many thanks and then your name. So
I'll reply to a lot of emails and finish them off with 'many thanks Tom'. So you've got
two choices there. You've got many thanks for and then the thing 'many thanks for your
time' 'many thanks for your present' and then if you want to finish an email or a message
you could say 'many thanks' as well.
This one is one of my favourite phrases. So imagine that somebody does you a favour. They
go out of their way to be really helpful towards you. Then you can say 'you're a star' or 'you're
a legend' something like that. This is a brilliant way to show your appreciation to that person.
So let's say that you are running late for work and your flatmate says 'don't worry,
I'll give you a lift' so they drive you in their car to your work. You know, that's a
big favour that they are doing you so you could say 'you're a legend, thank you so much'
or 'you're a star, thank you.' Or you could even say 'you're a lifesaver, thank you so
much.' So someone has done something really cool to help you out of a situation. So yeah
'you're a star' 'you're a legend' 'you're a lifesaver' any of those kinds of phrases.
A really wonderful informal way to say thank you and to show your appreciation towards
someone.
For those of you in Britain or for who have travelled to Britain or who are studying in
Britain you might hear the phrase 'Ta!' Personally I don't use it to say thank you. It's very
informal. You would probably mainly hear it in the north of England. Ta! is an informal
way to say thank you.
This is a super cool phrase. to give a shout out to someone. This is a public statement
of thanks to these people. Now I think this comes from radio programmes when someone would
call in and they would say 'I just want to give a shout out to my Mum, my Dad, just say
hi to them, just say thank you' and it has kind of continued from there. it's used a
lot in music, in the music industry, people will say 'I want to give a shout out to my
fans'. So it's a public way to say thank you. The other day I did a video where I gave a
shout out to a couple of teachers, friends of mine, who helped me with a video that i
was making. So I said 'I just want to give a shout out to' and then i named the names.
So it's a public way for me to say thank you to them. So to give someone a shout out or
to give a shout out to someone. It's a public way to show your appreciation.
The final one is the most formal of all of them. And it is a little bit old fashioned
'much obliged'. Personally I don't use this one particularly, I might use it in very formal
writing but i don't really do much formal writing so I don't have much need for it but
if you want to sound very formal or you are doing formal written English then much obliged
is a nice way to say thank you. So you can say 'I'm much obliged to you'. That's very
formal, quite old fashioned if I'm honest. Or you could just say at the end of a piece
of writing 'much obliged' and then your name, Tom. So it's your choice, this is the whole
point of learning English is that you should focus on the types of English that you are
going to use. So if you have no need for formal language, you are only using it in informal
situations then don't worry too much about much obliged. But if you are doing a lot of
formal writing or you are in very formal situations then yeah, then think about how you could
use much obliged in your every day English.
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