STOP saying “I DON’T LIKE IT”! 13 English alternatives

hello my dear friends and welcome to my channel today I'm going to teach you different ways you can say I don't like it because saying I don't like it is a little offensive sometimes and Western culture and English language it's all about being polite it's all about being a little evasive about your true feelings because you don't want to hurt people like if somebody gives you a cake and you don't like it you don't just say I don't like it you're trying to be more polite in this situation and this video is brought to you by Lakota so I'm gonna talk about their newsprint in this video and before we start please smash the like button below this video so the algorithm knows that this video is worth recommending to other English language students and if you annoy us subscribe this channel there's a red button below hit subscribe let's start with being polite aspect of this video so what does that mean when you don't like something you don't just say I don't like it you start with something encouraging when I was doing my filmmaking course in Los Angeles I was learning to be a director of a movie and whenever I didn't like the acting off some actors that were in my movie I would tell them hey stop I don't like it let's do it again my teacher would always approach me and tell me Marina you cannot do this in America maybe this is the Russian way to do it and yes this is the Russian way to do it of Russians are very straightforward she told me that in America what we do we say excuse me I really like your acting you've done an amazing job there's just one thing I wanted to change a little bit in the next shoot that we do maybe you could do this this and that so instead of just telling your person how bad they are you actually tell them how great they are and then you tell them about things that can be worked on and this is the way to do that in the Western culture and actually like it it makes me feel more at ease instead of just receiving critics now that we're finished with the cultural aspect we can go straight into the English language part and with the English language part you know we've done a lot of classes on this channel where i help you replace different phrases like i don't like it as one of those phrases it's nice as one of those phrases i try to teach you synonyms so you can diversify your speech so in terms of item like it you can say ideas like it which is a little more advanced and it's a little more formal so if you're in a formal meeting and somebody gives you a proposal of course you start with oh the proposal is great i like this and this aspect of it but i dislike that you're doing this this and that that's the way to tell it just like that expression immensely you can also say I'm not interested you can say your proposal is great but I'm not really interested in jumping on it in the next few weeks cuz I'm on my maternity leave instead of saying I don't like it you say I'm not really interested I'm not interested if you're unhappy with somebody's actions you can tell them I don't really appreciate you being rude with me in public for example I don't appreciate it same way it's a synonym to I don't like it I don't appreciate it ok now let's jump on to the informal section I'm sure you've heard this hundreds of times I'm not into it and I'm not into you I'm not into playing sports I'm not into speaking other languages just English to be into something is to like something and we're trying to diversify your speech and learn new phrases so another way to say I don't like it is to say I'm not into it I'm not into labels and I've heard this phrase many times when there is a movie scene where a guy asks a girl to go out the girl says I'm not really into you I'm sorry I don't want to date you that means that I don't really like you I'm sorry I don't want to date you I'm not into you I'm not fond of it another great phrase I'll tell you my story where I can use this phrase when I was 17 years old I went into a theme park in st. Petersburg and it was an amazing roller coaster and I was super excited to be on it but then there was this safety thing that was on top of me and you go up and down and it's supposed to protect you and it slipped up when we were on the roller coaster and I was so so scared so what I could do I could actually drag it back to me so at least I could feel safe but I was so so scared I was only 17 years old and I've heard of people getting injured on such rollercoasters so since then I'm not really fond of him and whenever I go to a theme park with my friends I just don't take any rollercoasters I just watch them may be makin vlog take some pictures for Instagram but I'm no longer fund of roller coasters cuz that I think I've got this trauma now and I just don't want to risk my life I'm not really fond of roller coasters I'm not too fond of that name I'm not crazy about it is another phrase and I would use it when I go out for lunch and somebody would tell me like hey do you want to grab so she and I like yeah we're good I'm not crazy about it which means I'm okay it's not like a strong phrase I'm okay with good grab sushi but I'm not really crazy about it maybe we could do pasta because I'm crazy about Italian food that's an example I'm not crazy about it's not for me another phrase for example somebody tells you hey have you seen the latest Netflix TV show about a guy who murders people all the time and you're like it's not for me I don't like that genre I like comedies I like love movies I like sci-fi but I don't like watching other people kill other people so it's not for me it's not for me I'm not much of a any insert a word person I'll give you an example my husband loves to go to movie theaters and I just think that I can watch everything at home once it's out and I just don't see the point of going to movie theaters especially if the movies a little weird we went to see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and I wish I actually read a story before I watched it I wish I could watch it at home so I could pause and read Wikipedia but we went to a movie theater and I just had to wash it and I didn't really get it the time I wash it so I'm not much of a movie theater person I'm more of a person who stays at home and watches TV shows on Netflix I know much of a museum guy and before we move on to the next phrases I would love to tell you about a product by lingo de that is : gota sprint this sprint allows you to learn four languages English German Spanish and French or business English and it doesn't matter what level of the language you have right now they have different groups so you can be beginner intermediate advanced what is this sprint so during the sprint you take classes of your chosen language every day and if you take them every day for three months you get 100% refund and this is their way to help you and motivate you learn language consistently because this is something that really works in any activity that you do you can do super sprint 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is really direct and this really straightforward and this isn't a phrase that you would use in a business meeting or in a formal interaction this is something that you would use with really close friends like somebody is trying to kiss you on the cheek and you can't I I can't stand it I don't like people kissing me all the time I can't stand people kissing me all the time so the phrases I can't stand it again it's really strong I wouldn't use it in a business environment I wouldn't use it in a class I would only use it with your close friends I can't stand it anymore another strong phrase it drives me crazy and when you say to the intonation that I've used right now people are gonna understand that you hate something it's even stronger than I don't like it it's actually hating the weather in the winter drives me crazy I hate snow I hate let us always start I feel depressed when tert rides me crazy it just drives me crazy the next race is a little British it's not my cup of tea I'm losing my British accent I used to mimic it so close to reality but now just gone I'm going to the UK in the summer so hopefully I'll get it back yeah it's not my cup of tea it's a way to say that again you don't like it it's just an expression that a lot of people use in Great Britain but I've also heard it in America yeah it's not my cup of tea but you know and the last but not the least is very American it's not my thing it's not my thing you know you can use it for almost anything if somebody is asking you what kind of sport do you do you say it's not my thing I don't do sports at all I just sit at home and watch TV that was it for me for today guys thank you so much for watching this video up to the very end don't forget to hit the like button and don't forget to subscribe this channel to not miss my next videos about English language and life in the United States of America this is marina talking to you from San Francisco California see you very soon on this channel bye bye

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Length: 11min 58sec (718 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 25 2020