How to Share a Conversation in English - Basic English Phrases

yeah stops tow you picked the button sorry I couldn't see you hit the button hey everybody I've missed I missed it when our control desk hit the button sorry hi welcome back to our live stream this week my name is Alisha and this week we are going to talk about how to share previous conversations so this is going to be a lesson about reporting the things that other people have said to you so this is something a lot of you have asked questions about this is something you hear a lot in TV and movies you use it everyday when talking to people at work at school in your everyday life so I think this is a really useful but it's a really small point that is kind of difficult to master so today we're going to focus on this and I'm going to talk about some verbs that maybe you have seen like me talk about on the YouTube channel before but I'm also going to introduce some expressions that native speakers use to report speech as well so let's begin also if you're just joining please make sure to LIKE the video so other people can find it a little more easily and of course share if you like as well good I see we're up on Facebook I hope it's up on YouTube as well hi I see you there YouTube I assume is going so as we wait for everyone to join us a couple little review points I wanted to share a couple announcements oh yeah good okay hi YouTube hello I see you uh day you and Helena and Daniel and Dolce and Guto and buckler and mr. postman hello all right good so YouTube and Facebook are both maybe twitter is up to I will check but good so I want to as usual I try to have some kind of like review point or announcement so this week just a quick reminder or a quick I guess point if you missed it this week's ask Alicia or rather last week's ask Alicia is now up on YouTube but I thought this was a really good one for beginners I think yeah you'll see here this I kind of prepared this one with beginners in mind so if you're just starting out or if you're looking for kind of like ideas for goal setting for your English Studies you can check this out this is on the YouTube channel this is the most recent episode of ask Alicia so please check that out please visit the YouTube channel to check the latest video there ok good so I see lots of people in the chat on facebook to Sean and Khan John and pypy Pablo hello ok good so let's begin with today's lesson as I said today's lesson is about how to share previous conversations so how to report the things that other people have said to you to begin then I want to review a few key verbs that we use to talk about communication if you have watched some of the videos on the YouTube channel you might be aware of these verbs already so I want to I'm gonna go down in my notes Kyle sorry just a second ok done good ok so I want to introduce a few verbs that are key to to talking about communication so the first one to review I know many of you know these already but just to review a couple to talk about first OB say with the past tense I said so please keep in mind the past tense of say said has pronunciation said it sounds like sed said said so some people say Sayyed but that's not correct so say is actually an irregular verb so it has an irregular past tense conjugation so we use say for simple reports so just there's not really a special feeling there it's quite neutral it's quite neutral it's kind of flat it's just you're just reporting information only that's it so say that's the first key verb I want to review another one I want to mention I talked about on YouTube is the verb tell tell what past-tense told as well so we use tell we use told for like one-way communication so it's not only one-way communication but it's like when one person is giving information to another person it's very one-way so there's not so much feeling of conversation here it's just one way there so tell is the other one the second one I want to review today another good one for communication is the verb speak with past tense spoke spoke so I know we use this verb of course to explain our language abilities like I speak English or I don't speak Chinese or I spoke Spanish yesterday for example but we use speak as well to refer to kind of more formal formal conversations but these are like two-way communication situations so tell communication so tell is used for like one-way communication going in one direction really but speak is used that's with like two-way conversation and then okay and I'll introduce one more point after that to so speak is the next one the final one I want to introduce in this first group for today is the verb talk so talk the past tense of talk is talked talked so the pronunciation there is not talking but talked talked as a tea sound so this is also 2 way but it's casual it's a two-way conversation I talked to my friend I talked with my friend then I want to mention also about talk and about speak we use the preposition to or we can also use with with these both are ok so like I spoke to my friend I spoke to my boss I talked with my friend I talked to my boss so you can use both to and with with these verbs so I want to look at a couple examples sentences that use these then so I would like to start with sorry I can't see I would like to start with say say sorry with the verb say I think you'll see it up here in just a second if we can take a look at that yes good ask yes okay she said my cake was delicious so here is an example of how the verb say is used to report something that someone else said said so here we see in past tense in past tense she said my cake was delicious I said I wanted to move we are using said to share something another person verbalized in the past so these are simple neutral reports she said I said so when you want to give information just do say say and past tense said okay I want to go to the a couple examples of the second verb tell then if that's okay so as I said tell we use primarily for one-way communication so one person passing information to another person past tense is told here so let's take a look at some example sentences if it's okay yeah nice okay so here again I have past tense because I'm reporting something in the past this is a finished action so here my manager told me to fix a mistake my manager told me to fix a mistake so here my manager the speaker's manager is passing information directly to the speaker in this case so my manager told me it was one way same thing here his mother told him to come home his mother told him so again one-way communication from the mother to him so this is what we use tell to do let's go on to the next set with speak speak so as I said speak is used to talk about your language abilities I can speak I can't speak but we also use it for formal two-way communication so like conversations you have at work as well like we'll see a couple examples in just a moment actually so these I kind of included some business examples for this yeah nice so we can see I spoke with your boss about this I spoke with your boss so I'm using past tense again I spoke with your boss about this and we spoke to the client yesterday so here you can see I used with in this first one I spoke with your boss about this and I spoke to the client about this so we can use both with and to with the verb speak or in this case past tenses okay so that's a couple examples of how to use speak and spoke then finally let's end on the verb talk as I said talk we also use for two-way communication so a conversation but we also use this in more casual situation so something that's not so like not so formal this is maybe better for a business situation so talk I talked I talked so again this pronunciation I talked talked to the neighbors last weekend and the customers talked with the sales staff so again I used to and with here we can use both too and with with these verbs to explain the communication that's happening here okay so I wanted to review these verbs quickly if you missed it don't worry I'm going to erase this board for that for the next part of today's lesson but if you want more information about these verbs please take a look at the YouTube channel there are a couple of videos there about these verbs and some examples of when and where to use them so please go check that out if you want more about these points specifically okay but let's take a break let's take a break today as always we have free stuff for you guys this week I was thinking it would be nice maybe to look at like this family and relatives what like so every week we have free stuff this week again we have our free PDFs for you on English class 101.com this week I thought maybe the family and relatives one as well as just your friends so when you want to report something like your your mother or your father or your relative said to you you can use one of these maybe expressions or you can like you know pick up some vocabulary words to help you explain what that person said through these so I thought this would be nice family one also maybe a business one I'll show you the business one later but if you haven't downloaded these yet these have of course some vocabulary words like who the people are in this case it's your family members but then there's a bunch of expressions on the back so if you have like a couple situations that you know oh I always make a mistake here or I'm not sure how to express that you can check out these expressions it's not only vocabulary words so please take a look and then there are some holidays in this case so if you want to talk about like upcoming plans it's good too but this one is just the family one I'll show you another one a little bit later but these are free so please go grab this you can download this and a bunch of other ones too from the website on youtube the link is below the video and on Facebook the link is above the video also on Twitter so please check that out these are totally free so go get him go get him go download those alright but I want to go on to the second part of today's lesson um let me get an eraser so if you're just joining us today we're talking about how to share previous conversations so in the beginning we talked about these verbs but actually today we're going to focus on using this one in particular using the verb say to report information so using said said to do that we're going to focus there for today but I want to move on to as I said some expressions that native speakers use so I'm gonna erase this don't worry you can watch this back on the YouTube channel or the Facebook page if you missed it but I want to go on to some things that native speakers especially American English speakers use so many of you ask like what what English do I speak I speak American English I speak West Coast American English so I'm going to share a few phrases a few ways that we report speech in the US as well these are very casual but you will hear these if you watch TV if you watch movies anything like that so let's take a look all right I'm gonna steal the mouse sorry control desk beep Sorry Sorry Sorry okay I can't find where I'm going I'm so sorry I'm so sorry okay good that's all alright so let's look at the first one so the first expression I want to explain is this one once all was all so this is one I'm gonna introduce to and then we'll look at an example of how these are used was all and was like was all and was like so when we say these we say them really really quickly so I was all and I was like I was all and I was like but when we say them it's super fast I was all I was like so the S sound is quite prominent I was all I was like so here I'm gonna show you in just a second an example of how we use these so we use these expressions the same way that we use the verb say or the verb said so let's take a look in just a second how to use these we'll see it in just a moment so we use these their expressions yes they're pairs of words but we put them in the same place we would for said so here we can see examples he was all you didn't call me and I was like I forgot and he was like whatever if you don't know whatever it means like I don't care it's no big deal or I don't want to listen to you so this you can see he was all this part we use it in exactly the same way as said but we're using past tense he was all so this is quite a casual expression for said so instead of he said you didn't call me and I said I forgot and he said whatever we use these very casual I was like I was all and I was like again so we show the speaker with he or she or I but we can change this to was all or was like so this is one very very common way to report speech that you can hear a lot I think okay so that's one then I want to mention as well a couple of other verbs that you might not think about for speech they are go and actually in past tense went we use go and went to report speech as well go and went so we'll see an example of this in just a second as well I have two example sentences so that you can see and in this one okay okay so in this one we'll look at present tense and in past tense as well so here you can see I have this in present tense I'll explain this a little later he goes oh no I deleted the file and I go what and then he goes oh I found it so here I focused on the verb go but we can use past tense as well I went what do you mean and he went I mean you made a mistake and I went oh so the same thing is happening here I'm using go and went in present tense and in past tense to report speech so these are quite casual using go and went we would not use these informal sorry informal situations to share speech to report speech instead it's better to use said in that case or told depending on the kind of communication but go and went we used like to report these very small little like everyday things so try using these and remember when your subject is like he or she or it we need to conjugate the verb he goes she goes and then here I go so present tense is fine past tense went is also okay right and again I'm using these I'm focusing on these verbs in these sentences but when you actually use these in everyday life it's good to mix them up so I'll show you an example of how to do this a little bit later as well okay if you have questions to send them through I can't watch the chat super closely but oh hi Sam let's see I don't see any questions but if you have any questions please feel free to send them through okay for now though let's move along I'm gonna grab the mouse again and go down in my notes oh okay then I think I'll go on what should I do I guess we'll take another quick break because we can and we'll introduce I said I was gonna introduce a couple more of the free things that we have for you guys this week earlier I showed you this free pdf about your family your relatives some expressions you can use with them so um the PDF is crush your goals oh really Oh interesting okay we have a different one it's a new one oh I am just I have just learned there's an extra new there's an extra extra new PDF uh so let's take a look at that let's look I think it's a new it's a totally new one the team just made this well I am excited let's take a look crush your goals is the name of the PDF so I think you'll see it in just a moment yeah there it is okay crush your goal is exciting so many of you have asked about like study strategies what to do how to improve your English you can check out this PDF this is in the link below the video on YouTube above the video on Facebook if you are trying to think of a way to study like how to make your study plan check this out so um this can maybe be helpful extra helpful for like beginners as well I think so lots of you I know are just starting so check this out if you're looking for a place to begin everything and of course check the website too so check everything out in English class 101.com oh okay let's move on then so I want to use all of these these kind of very casual ways of reporting speech in an example dialog so I made a very exciting example dialog let's take a look at how to apply all of these in in a dialog good okay so let's take a look I've used a bunch of different ways of reporting speech here so let's look first I said he asked you can use ask when you want to report a question you can use ask here I have past tense he asked he asked how have you been and I was like so here's my very casual I was like I was like which means I said I said so he asked how have you been here's a nice this is a nice question in general - he asked how have you been and I was like good how about you and he went here I'm using past tense he went he went yeah good still looking for a new job so I said so here's one example just a very neutral said do you have any ideas and he was all so here I'm using all he was all not really so you can see in this example dialogue this is very typical of a native speaker we mix all of these together so I've used asked was like went said and was all here in this case to express a very casual conversation so if you use the same expression if you use was like and I was like and he was like and she was like it's not uncommon but it sounds a little bit better if you mix many of these reporting expressions together so try to do that okay then the last thing I want to mention maybe some of you have seen this I've used past tense in in this expression in this dialogue here but some people ask what's the difference between past tense and present tense for reporting sometimes you'll see like even progressive tense used as well so what's the difference between these two um I have a couple sentences there if we can take a look at that we'll see you in just a second but when you use essentially before we see the sentences you'll see that present tense is used to to share like something that's happening now it makes the listener or the reader feel like they're experiencing the story now so um did we see yeah it's that one right there perfect okay so here I have an example this sentence the top sentence is in present tense the bottom sentence is in past tense so what's the difference here we're reporting the same information what's the difference so he says and I go so I have present tense and in this sentence so he said I want to see a movie this weekend and I went let's go hiking instead so the difference is very very small essentially you're communicating the same information that that part doesn't change it's just kind of how the listener or how the reader experiences your story this one present tense sounds like maybe you can experience the story right now it's happening right now if you use past tense it sounds more just like a simple report kind so it's just a statement it's just fact simple fact just to report only so you'll hear for example if you watch the news you'll see or you'll hear rather past-tense used more in the news because it's just simple reporting in everyday conversations for effect and also in like stuff you read sometimes - you'll see present tense used in those cases so you can keep this in mind you can choose to use present tense or past tense it's up to you alright good so that's everything I wanted to mention for today um I'll take a look at any questions I'm seeing ok good so far it looks ok yeah so I go someone wrote I go in the YouTube chat um I go is is again it's very casual like so I go and then I went it sounds quite casual and actually another fun point sometimes we use these a little bit in like arguments and then I was all and then he was all and she was like so these are quite useful in arguments as well okay junior in this case you can just use all in the beginning and in the end so when I was all and he was all um do you mean to be we typically use it before we report the thing someone said I was all what he was all yeah we say it before so we use these expressions before the things someone has told us yeah okay thanks for the question anything else I don't see anything else good okay nice so I guess we have a couple more minutes left so maybe let's finish today by reporting something someone said to you so think of something someone said to you recently and try to explain them so for example in my case ah let's see I could say my producer said hi to me this morning for example so a very simple sentence here I'm using just a simple reporting verb my producer said sorry this is an H hi my producer said hi to me this morning my producer said hi to me this morning so very very simple report of something someone said to me my producer said past tense said hi to me this morning so what is something someone said to you can you report something to finish today hmm what is something someone said to you tell you about get about get for speech mmm I can say I got to talk about your emotional state but not so much for reporting information yes hi producer so my producer said hi to me this morning yeah Daniel on YouTube says my crush said goodbye to me last week Oh forever your crush so if you don't know if you're watching on YouTube you can see Daniels comment he used the word crush crush so my crush he said my crush crush means the person that you are attracted to someone that you were attracted to but you're not in a relationship with them it's like just the beginning stages that's your crush not sure says my husband said he loved me oh very nice good okay another person said someone said he was thinking about me nice okay sterling says my teacher said I did a great job perfect perfect Lewis says John Lennon went war is over and I was like I wish nice one very nice one great great example okay others Technol and I am reading the comments Alicia said to use contracted forms to sound more natural nice one Paolo yeah okay a PE says hey what if the conversation was between more than two people yeah good question you can use the same verbs you can use the same verbs but when the conversation is between more than two people more than just like me and my boss then you can use name so who said that person a said person B said person C was all and then person D was like so use names to report things in conversations with lots of people nice question Kajol I said hi to Alisha on Instagram this morning oh did you hi Kivar says my mom said she loved me more than a rose that's very nice okay other things on Facebook Jonathan says Mike said to me he had gone to the office before I came okay Landry says my girlfriend said I'm cute oh that's very nice very nice okay um sterling says my friend and I went to a movie she said the movie was great yeah exactly good so I think you guys can use said quite easily so try to kind of level up then or think about these other expressions like was all and was like and go and went to express the things other people said because I think that'll help you sound a little more natural and you'll also if you watch TV and movies you will hear this I'm very sure you'll hear this so check this out keep this in your mind to think about okay let's finish up today's lesson so that's everything for today thank you for your great comments thank you for participating as always sorry my chair is so squeaky um let's look at next week's topic though so next week we're going to be back of course same time same channel with a new topic a different topic so we're kind of focusing on conversation building conversation skills sorry building conversation skills right now so for next week you'll see here I will talk about how to disagree how to disagree with someone so I want to share how to disagree politely I hope but also like some ways that maybe you can disagree with people you're close to so quick like quick and easy ways to disagree this will be the focus for next week's lesson so that will be next week April 25th Wednesday 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time that's New York City time if you don't know your local time please google it at time and date calm you can check that out so please join us for how to disagree April 25th next Wednesday night we'll be here of course please please please don't forget to get your goal your crush your goals study strategy cheat sheet that would be good you can get that for free from English class 101.com from the link below the video on youtube and above the video on Facebook that would be good go check that out great if you are just starting for beginners really really good for beginners to help you plan your road going forward so please check that out but we'll finish here for today so I hope you can use these right away in your everyday life and we'll be back next week with some other good stuff so thank you so much for watching thank you for liking and sharing the video and for sending your great questions and your great comments enjoy the rest of your day enjoy the rest of your night and your weekend and I will see you again soon bye bye you

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Length: 32min 19sec (1939 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 18 2018