How do you talk about your personality? Are you an extrovert? Or are you an introvert?
May be you are an ambivert. So in this lesson today, we are gonna look at new words, new
vocabulary to talk about your personality.
Hello everyone, I am Niharika and welcome back. In today's lesson we are gonna look
at some new phrases and new words to talk about your personality. Now there are three
types of personalities. One is someone who is an extrovert, the other is someone who
is an introvert and the third one is ambivert. So now under these three categories, what
are the phrases that you can use, if you fall into any one of these categories. So let's
get started. The first one is an extrovert. So who are extroverts? What type of personality
describes an extrovert? Well an extrovert is a person who gets energy from being around
people. Someone who is extremely friendly, someone who loves to discuss their ideas and
someone who just loves spending time with others. Now if you fall into this category,
then how do you talk about yourself to others? The very first phrase that you can use is,
I am really outgoing. So often when you are having conversations with people and it's
your turn to talk about yourself, to describe what type of personality you are. Rather than
just saying that, I am an extrovert, try and use these phrases here. So here we have, I
am really outgoing. So someone who is very outgoing, it means that you are very socially
confident. So you don't get nervous when you end up meeting new people. Okay you are very
confident and you love making new friends and you love being around with new people.
Another phrase that you can use, if you fall into this category is, I am a gregarious person
or I am a gregarious guy or a girl. Now what does this really mean? Now if you call yourself
a gregarious person, it means that again you are very sociable and you love being around
people. You are not that kind of person who would just think about your ideas and just
keep it to yourself. But you will prefer to talk about it in open. You would love to discuss
it with others. So yes if you are socially confident, you are very sociable and friendly,
then this is one of the phrases that you can use.
Let’s have a look at another phrase, which is, I am a social butterfly. Now here you
are not calling yourself the beautiful butterfly but it's just a phrase for yourself, to talk
about yourself. Now when you say that, I am a social butterfly, it means that yes you
are friendly and you love being with people. When you are a social butterfly, people want
to come and talk to you. You know you seem to be very approachable. so if you go to a
party or you are in an office conference or somewhere where you are gonna meet new people,
people will actually come to you and try to talk to you or have a conversation with you
because you are a social butterfly. You just seem to be so approachable and you just seem
to be so friendly. So yes if you are very friendly and if you like being with people
then say, I am a social butterfly, alright. Let’s have a look at another phrase that
you can use which is a very simple one, that I am friendly. So when you are describing
yourself and if you fall into this category of being an extrovert, then you can just keep
it very simple by saying that I am very friendly. Okay so it means, that you can be friends
with anyone and everyone. It’s not a close circle that you prefer to be with. But yes
you have really a wide circle of friends because you love making friends. Okay so well I feel
that yes even I am an extrovert. So if I have to describe myself in front of people, I can
use one of these phrases. But what if you are an introvert? Now if you are an introvert,
then we have some phrases that you can use to describe yourself or to describe your personality.
But let's first understand that who fall into this category? What are or what type of personality,
an introvert is? Introvert or introverts are the people who are not very confident about
themselves. Now remember they are not shy, okay. Many people think that if you are shy,
then you fall into this category. But that is just a misconception. The real meaning
of being an introvert is that you are not confident enough in front of people and you
tend to just share a small group of friends rather than being friendly with everyone
and you are very emotional person as well. So if you are emotional then yes you are an
introvert as well. Now some of the phrases that you can use if you fall into this category
are I am kind of reserved. Now when you say, that I am kind of reserved. It means that
you are a very private person. It means you don't want to discuss your life with anyone
and everyone. You do have a closed knit of friend circle and that's it. You just want
to share your life with them only. You don't want to discuss your thoughts with everybody.
It is just that you want to talk about yourself with your close friends. So this says that
you are a very reserved person or a very private person. Okay another phrase that you can use
is, I like to spend time with close friends. So when you say this, another person would
get an idea that you do not like making new friends. Okay you are not very friendly. You
are not a social butterfly, definitely. So you make a point to talk about yourself or
when you show or describe your personality to someone, you say that I like to spend time
with close friends only. Okay and another phrase that you can use is, I usually listen
more than I speak up. Now usually introverts are great listeners. Now because they don't
like speaking too much, they dont like talking about anything and everything, they tend to
listen to others. So if your friend is a great listener then there is a probability, that
he is an introvert. But if you are also a great listener, then yes you fall into this
category and when you are describing yourself, you can say that I usually listen more than
I speak up. Okay so this is how you would describe your personality and let's have a
look at the third category which is an ambivert.
Ambivert, well what does this really mean? Well a person who has a balance of an extrovert
and introvert features in their personality is an ambivert. That’s quite interesting.
Now many people get confused. Am I an extrovert or am I an introvert? But hey guess what probably,
you are an ambivert. So you have the qualities of both, may be you love being with friends
but then there are times that you just want to spend time with yourself. So which means
that you also have the qualities of being an introvert. So how would you describe yourself
when you fall into this category? The first phrase that I have is, I alter my personality
based on the situation. So if someone asks you that, what type of personality are you?
Or what kind of person are you? And when you go out, how do you behave? So this is one
of the phrases that you can use, by saying that I alter my personality based on the situation.
So for example, if you end up meeting lot of friendly people, lot of extroverts, then
yes you would also show the qualities of being an extrovert. But then, if you meet a lot
of people who get very nervous or probably who do not like to talk much and who are very
calm and sober, then you would show the qualities of being an introvert.
Okay so depending on the situation, you will place yourself. Another phrase that you can
use is, when a topic of interest comes up, I'm more than happy to talk about it. Now
if you are around people and probably, you'll are having a discussion about something. And
if the topic really interests you, then yes again you will show the qualities of being
an extrovert. You will participate in that conversation. You would throw your ideas on
other people, which is great. but the moment, this topic is been stopped disc suing, okay
the moment the topic is being changed, and now the topic doesn't interest you, then you
will not talk much, but you would be a good listener. So remember introverts are great
listeners. So yes, here you also show the qualities of being an extrovert by participating
in the conversation about a topic that you like. But then again you also stop talking
and start listening to others rather than speaking up. Okay so this is one of the expressions
that you can use. And then the third expression that I have for you if you fall into this
category is spending too much time with other people can be exhausting. So yes, you like
spending time with others, you like being with people, you like being friendly. But
too much of it, can be really tiring and exhausting. So if you think that there are times when
you want to party hard and you wanna be with people but then there are times when you just
love your bed and you love yourself and you wanna spend time by yourself, then you are
an ambivert.
So these are the perfect expressions that you can use to describe your personality.
so go ahead, talk about yourself, talking about yourself makes you more confident, so
use these English expressions in your conversations and I'll be back with a new lesson soon, till
then you take care.