{ Different ways to say someone is pregnant }
Hello and welcome everybody, I am Niharika
and in today's lesson we are gonna look at some phrases
to talk about when someone is pregnant, probably
it's your wife, your friend, your neighbor or probably it's your girl friend
who's pregnant
so what are the phrases that you can use to
announce this big news. Well! that's what we are gonna
today. So the first one is very simple and very formal
when you say- "Oh my wife is expecting" or "She's expecting"
so 'expecting' is a very formal way
of saying when someone is pregnant. okay
so if it's your friend who's pregnant you can say-
"Benny is expecting her first child"
or her second child. okay, so if she's pregnant for the second time then
you can say "She's expecting her
second child" okay, the second one that we have is
'Carrying a child' now this phrase is also pretty formal
okay used by almost everyone so
if your wife is pregnant you can say "She's carrying my child"
okay so the 'a' can be also used with a name, like....
if your neighbor is pregnant then you can say- "Oh she's carrying John's child"
or if it's your wife you can say "She's carrying my child"
or if you don't know who her husband is OR you don't know who the father
is then you can just say that "She's carrying a child"
okay... then the third one
Well! This is a slang, it's an American slang
and it's pronounced as - 'PREGGERS'
or another word is 'PREGO'. 'She is Prego'
Or 'My neighbor is Prego' or 'She's Preggers'
okay so these are two slang words that you can use for someone who's
pregnant, pretty simple, right? Now let's have look at the
fourth one- Now the phrases from here
from here to the end all of these phrases are slang terms
they are pretty interesting
so let's learn about it. 'Up the duff'
'Up the duff' is for someone who is
who is pregnant but it's an unplanned pregnancy
so probably a couple whose not planning to have a baby
okay it's an unplanned pregnancy but the woman got pregnant
So, this is the right phrase to use
'Hey you know what - Ben got Jenny up the duff'
so which means maybe it was an unplanned pregnancy
and you wanna talk about it that she's pregnant now, you gonna say-
'Ben got Jenny up the duff' okay, the next one....
'In the pudding club' Now 'In the pudding Club'
also means that a woman is pregnant okay
so if my cousin like she called me last night
so that's what brings me to do this lesson today because she called me
to give the big news and that's what she said - " Hey! Niharika, you know what-
Well! you need to welcome me to the
putting club" so which means that she's pregnant
big news, right? So, to announce the
big news this is also a great phrase to use
that now 'I am in the pudding club'
which means I am pregnant okay
The next one - 'Up the spout' Now, 'Up the spout'
again it means a woman is pregnant but this phrase belongs to Scotland
it's commonly used in Scotland but of course
since you're learning English you can also use this phrase
if someone is pregnant, you can say - "Well! my wife is
up the spout again" which means she's pregnant again
or my neighbor, or my friend, or my girlfriend
is 'Up the spout'
Now let's have a look at another one- 'Have a bun in the oven'
well that's pretty hilarious, probably your womb
is the oven and the baby is the bun
So, 'Have a bun in the oven' So, that again
to be pregnant, It's quite a funny
idiom are a funny slang phrase, right? so use it
people would find it funny if you think a woman looks a little
hefty or a little fat, maybe you can pop up the question "Hey! do you have a
bun in the oven"
so which means are you pregnant okay so that's how
you can use this phrase. The next one
"Knocked up" Oh my god my friend
got his girl knocked up. Now this is not a very nice way of saying
'knocked up' okay, so don't use it, it's not considered to be polite
so please remember
it's not a very polite term, but
you can use it okay, remember the movie 'Knocked up'
well the guy didn't use protection
and the girl got pregnant
sad right? so she got knocked up
which means she is pregnant right?
so do not use it if you're using it for your friends or your family
okay not a very nice polite term. Just use it if you're sitting among your
friends and discussing it with your friends okay the next one
"Eating for two" Well a very traditional
all traditional advice given by people especially your
grand moms they'll be like - 'Honey you're pregnant, you need to eat for
two , So, eating for two means
the woman is pregnant.
for example - you are with your family
okay
and you want to give this big news and you say
Oh you know one my daughter-in-law is now eating for two
So immediately people will know that
your daughter-in-law is pregnant okay
so that's how you can use this phrase
and now let's have a look at the last one - "In the family way"
well again, this is a very very old idiom
okay and and it's been used for several years but these days it's just dying out
so please do use it okay," In the family way" it's a very formal way of saying that
my friend or we
are in the family way, which means that you as a couple
are expecting your child okay
so that's how you can use this phrase
So, this brings me to the end of this lesson. These phrases are really simple
and funny too, So go ahead, use it
if your friend or your family member or your girlfriend
is pregnant. I'll be back with a new lesson
till then you take care and have a great day