STOP SAYING "Pretty" / "Handsome" / "Cute" - Improve your English Vocabulary

Today's video was made possible by Skillshare You can learn English for free for two months by using my code in the description or go to this time in the video and find out more about how you can learn for free you're so pretty - That's it? I'm just "pretty"? - Well yes... no? That's all you think of me? No I'm just saying I think you're pretty Such a boring word - Then what should I say? - I don't know. I'm not a poet Me either! I'm stupid So you like someone's face, their hair, their body, whatever and you want to tell that person well some of the words you're using might be wrong they might be old-fashioned, they might be too formal "I'm sorry my English teacher told me an old-fashioned word that people don't use anymore? Yeah right!" yeah okay different words we can use You want to say that someone is attractive, of course you can use the word "attractive", that's fine also good-looking or nice-looking, fine Those are the standard words to say: You. This. mmm ;) Also those words are more objective It's not necessarily your personal opinion it could be that you're saying "Well this is not just me! I'm sure everyone enjoys your face! You! Good face! Congratulations on your face!" For example "Dude what do you think of Megan?" "Yeah she's attractive she's good-looking" See? Zero emotion Although that might just be because I'm British and I don't have a heart The next word "Cute" Hmm how to describe this word? There are two feelings with this word. One is: "Aww look how cute those three are! I want to adopt this puppy, kitten, or baby... they're cute!" and in more American English it has this feeling: "Oh she's cute I want to date her!" So that first feeling of "Aww" when you see a puppy or a child looking innocent or doing something innocently then yes you would say that's cute for example yep that's me look I even had hair I'm about three I was adorable "Adorable" just means very very cute and if you say this to an adult it's like saying you're acting in an innocent childlike way or you look innocent in a kind of childish way so it could sound kind of creepy if you said it, you know a certain time, or in a certain way but in American English: - "Do I look cute?" - "Yeah!" - "Really cute?" - "So cute!" and that would just mean you're attractive, you're pretty similar to "cute" is "sweet" Side note: I've noticed that my Turkish students use this word wrong For example, some of my Turkish students might say "She's very sweety" now the idea is right but the word is wrong "sweety" that's a noun and that's what you'd use to call your girlfriend/boyfriend, your honey, your boo, your BAE but sweet that's the adjective and it's very similar to cute it just means you look or you act innocent or you do something very kind for someone are you so sweet you bought me Donuts that's really sweet thank you so these next few words it's more personal there's more of a feeling with them what kind of feeling I would like to marry this person one day that kind of thing so all of these adjectives are for both men and women first of course pretty ah no pretty is just for women you can't say pretty for a man wrong wrong pretty can be used to describe a man if his face has like feminine features so not a beard but you know like that guy who's that guy you know Timothy shallow shallow met chalahe me channel what's that guy's name that guy that guy has a pretty face there's no facial hair it's kind of feminine right so an appropriate adjective you could use is he's a he's a pretty man beautiful is a more extreme pretty again you can use it for men you can use it for women and it just means that you think that their face their body that everything is perfect you want to marry them and have like ten thousand of their babies next we have handsome okay no no no that one's definitely just for men my teacher told me that a dude I'm sorry but that's wrong again yes it's much more common to use for men but if you use it to describe a woman usually it's for an older woman so you're saying you look good because of your older age you look elegant well-groomed for example Helen Mirren that's a handsome woman stunning this one gives a big wow feeling it's definitely stronger for example wow you look stunning similar to stunning it's much stronger so be careful when you use it we have a word breathtaking and usually it's for landscape nature but you can use it for a person for example if they look so good that you're like it takes your breath away you look breathtaking it's really formal an appropriate way to use breathtaking would be wow in your wedding dress you look breathtaking probably just that any other situation it might sound strange okay maybe you're not thinking about love and marriage maybe you're thinking something more you want something sexy in your adjective you want to say I would like to see that person naked one day that kind of thing first gorgeous pronunciation Gor just gorgeous we also have hot sexy and a very British word fit in British English this means you're attractive you're really good-looking but it's more international meaning just means athletic the opposite of unhealthy but again in British English it means while you are fit love that one is saying you're very attractive an expression you can use is easy on the eyes when the movie Thor came out literally every woman said the same thing about Chris Hemsworth here's very easy on the eyes it just means this person is attractive I enjoy looking at them that sounds creepy but as an expression it's not creepy and you can use it for men and women you know if you want to compliment someone's body type and I strongly recommend that you be careful if you do let's have a look at a few compliments you could give for a body type again be careful who you say these to okay these adjectives are for women only for this body type we could say curvy curvaceous or voluptuous that is quite specifically for this body type also we call this body type an hourglass bigger she has an hourglass figure now for men only rugged describes a guy who think of the traditional masculine characteristics and that describes rugged like they're comfortable outside or working with their hands but and they're also attractive that's rugged another body type would be this one buff hench jacked they mean that you're big and have muscles but ripped means yes you have muscles but like zero body fat and again this is just talking about muscles so it could be for men it could be for women and finally these adjectives are much more formal kind of old-fashioned so you might hear them you probably won't say them and they're not just for looks it's more characteristics it's an impression that you have someone's entire person endearing if you meet someone who is endearing your reaction is like they make me want to love them you know when you meet a friend's grandparents and they're so sweet they're so endearing I want to love them that might be when you use that charming okay think Tom Hiddleston saying nice polite things to you there are also compliments and make you feel good and warm inside that would be charming engaging this is when someone takes your attention now usually you would use this to describe an interaction with someone for example oh I had a really engaging conversation with this guy about poetry stronger than that would be captivating a captivating person or event or thing gets your entire attention and doesn't let it go that Avengers movie was captivating enchanting think witches and wizards they put a love spell on you whoa I met her for like five minutes I think I'm in love she's so enchanting again those words are not very common to use because they're quite formal kind of old-fashioned so in everyday speech you probably won't use them if you write them on someone's Instagram photo it would sound a bit strange unless they are dressed like Harry Potter or Hermione then enchanting might make sense now once you're dating that beautiful person you're going to need to show off your other talents right well I highly recommend Michael Phillips's course on how to make coffee like a pro over on Skillshare you know I love my coffee and this course will teach you everything you need to make coffee better than your barista but more importantly like other courses on Skillshare it's all in English so as I've said before learning a new skill in English can really really help with your listing your comprehension and your production of English so this is a really great fun way of improving your English skills that's why I reached out to the sponsor of today's video skill share because I really 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Length: 13min 40sec (820 seconds)

Published: Sat May 11 2019