hi there I'm drew badger the world's
world's number one english fluency
fluency guide and i'd like to welcome
welcome you to a new series here on
on youtube this is how to say it like
like a native English speaker one
one of the most important pieces of
of advice I can give you about fluency
fluency and especially about remembering
remembering new words is that if you're
you're learning things through your
your native language it's really going
going to make it more difficult for
for you to communicate automatically
automatically when you learn English
English through your native language
language like people usually do in
in a classroom you're
you're just training yourself to hesitate
hesitate and then translate in your
your head before you speak so
so what you should be doing to remember
remember vocabulary and then use it
it automatically in conversations
conversations is number one learn
learn everything in english and then
then number to connect the vocabulary
vocabulary you're learning to particular
particular situations if you think
think about how you learn your native
native language you didn't learn it
it through some other language you
you learn it by seeing how other native
native speakers of your native language
language were using the language in
in particular situations so
so what I'll be doing in this series
series is just giving you simple situations
situations or maybe even a few complex
complex ones and then showing you
you what a native English speaker
speaker would use in those situations
situations that way you'll be connecting
connecting situations with vocabulary
vocabulary instead of trying to connect
connect english words with words in
in your native language in this first
first short video will talk about
about how to say I am late like a
a native English speaker now it's
it's perfectly fine to say that I
I am late or I'm late if you want
want to be a bit more conversational
conversational when you're in a situation
situation where you are late but there
there are better ways to express this
this so you sound much more like a
a native speaker but in this video
video we'll just cover one I'm
I'm running behind I'm running behind
behind
behind if
if you think about a clock or an engine
engine anything like that that runs
runs this is what a motor does when
when it spins around so just like
like the hands of a clock are running
running are moving around you can
can talk about running late or I'm
I'm running behind running
running behind so maybe the trains
trains are running behind schedule
schedule instead of running on schedule
schedule or ahead of schedule that
that kind of thing so
so if you want to talk about being
being on time you can talk about being
being on schedule or you can talk
talk about being running behind to
to be behind schedule so if someone
someone is at a meeting and they say
say oh are you coming to the meeting
meeting you can say oh I'm sorry I'm
I'm running behind I'm
I'm running behind if you want to
to get a bit more specific you can
can see I'm running a little behind
behind and listen to how this blends
blends a little behind I'm
I'm running a little behind I'm a
a little behind or
or you can talk about being way behind
behind
behind I'm
I'm Way behind on my work so if you
you have a lot of work that needs
needs to be done and maybe your friend
friend asks you hey would you like
like to come out to a party this weekend
weekend you say no I can't come out
out i'm sorry i'm running behind on
on my work or I'm Way behind on my
my work
my work it
it just means you're not on schedule
schedule with your work now
now let's practice how this should
should be blended so you can use it
it into conversation just like a native
native speaker I'm
I'm running behind I'm running behind
behind
behind now
now you can see I'm running behind
behind and really express it but if
if you just want to say it quickly
quickly
quickly I'm
I'm running behind I'm running behind
behind I'm running a little behind
behind
behind I'm
I'm running a little behind I'm running
running a little behind I'm
I'm running way behind I'm running
running way behind I'm
I'm running way behind now it's time
time to practice so
so you can just say I'm running behind
behind or I'm running behind either
either of those is okay or you can
can say i'm running a little behind
behind or I'm running way behind so
so when I will ask you these next
next three questions just use one
one of those and practice speaking
speaking as if we're in a conversation
conversation together the
the meeting is starting in five minutes
minutes will you be there I've
I've already arrived at the restaurant
restaurant will you be here soon did
did you finish that report yet well
well I hope you have enjoyed this
this video i really look forward to
to making more of these because i
i think it would be really valuable
valuable for you so
so if you did enjoy this please let
let me know by liking this video sharing
sharing this video and do practice
practice using what you've learned
learned in the comments section below
below
below if
if I see that people are enjoying
enjoying this and it's popular I'll
I'll definitely make more have a fantastic
fantastic day and remember to learn
learn everything in English and to
to connect what you're learning with
with situations as opposed to words
words in your own language bye-bye
bye-bye
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