Learn the English Phrases I HOPE SO! and I HOPE NOT!

In this English lesson,

I wanted to help you learn the English phrase, I hope so.

The English phrase, I hope so,

is a phrase we use when we really want something to happen.

Let's say you're watching a game

and your favorite team is playing.

If someone asked you this question,

"Do you think your team will win?"

You would probably respond by saying, "I hope so."

Let's say you're taking an English test

and someone asks you this question.

"Do you think you'll pass the test?"

You would most likely respond by saying, "I hope so."

So it's another way of saying, yes,

but you're emphasizing it a little bit.

You're saying that you really, really hope

that whatever is going to happen will happen.

The second phrase I want to teach you today

is the phrase, I hope not.

And this is completely the opposite.

This is when you don't want something to happen.

Let's say you're watching a game and someone says,

"Do you think your team will lose?"

You'll say, "I hope not."

Let's say you're taking an English test.

And someone says, "Do you think you'll fail?"

You would say, "I hope not."

So when you don't want something to happen

and you want to emphasize it,

you would use the phrase, I hope not.

So to review, when you really,

really want something to happen, you say, "I hope so."

And when you really don't want something to happen,

you say, "I hope not."

Anyways, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

This comment is from DK.

Cool glasses.

And my response was, I found out later

they were my daughter's sunglasses.

I thought they were mine.

These are mine.

I felt kind of silly after the last video,

because I was wearing those sunglasses.

And I kept thinking I was wearing my nice,

cheap, Dollar Store sunglasses.

By the way, the Dollar Store is way up there,

where you can buy sunglasses for $1, or $2,

or maybe $3 at the most.

So I was wearing these really cool sunglasses

in the last video.

And I was basically, in my mind,

thinking that they were mine, but they weren't.

These are actually mine.

These are not my daughters.

What ended up happening was my daughter

borrowed my camera bag last fall.

And she left her sunglasses in a pocket in the side.

And when I found her sunglasses in my camera bag,

they kind of looked like mine.

And so, I just assumed they were, but they weren't.

So anyways, enough about my sunglasses.

I'm once again out here in town.

I don't have to show you.

I was pointing out earlier that we have a Dollar Store.

The interesting thing about Dollar Stores in Canada

is that eventually they won't be Dollar Stores.

They used to charge $1 for everything.

And then eventually, they had some things that were $2.

And now, I think they're going to charge

as high as $5 for some items.

Everything seems to be getting

more expensive here in Canada.

I'm sure it's true around the world as well.

I'm not sure where it's all going to end.

I know quite regularly,

I buy something that I don't buy regularly.

That didn't make sense.

Every once in a while,

I buy something that I don't buy regularly.

And I'm a little shocked at how much it costs.

Things are getting quite pricey.

Let me see what the time is here.

Oh, I have lots of time to talk.

The most recent thing, I think,

I might have mentioned in another video was car repairs.

I was expecting my last car repair to be about 500 or $600.

And it ended up being $800.

That was a little more expensive than what I was expecting.

So I shouldn't complain.

I have a nice job,

and that job provides me with income,

and I am able to afford things right now,

but food is more expensive.

Getting cars fixed is more expensive.

Everything seems to be more expensive,

except my cheap sunglasses.

Anyways, thanks for watching this short English lesson.

I'll see you in a couple days with another one.

Bye.