17 ways to say "YOU'RE WELCOME" in English

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Oh, thanks, Steve.
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This is great.
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I needed a new marker.
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I really appreciate this.
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Thank you so much.
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You don't know how to say: "You're welcome"?
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Well, it's a good reason we're here today, then.
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Hey, everyone.
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I'm Alex.
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Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on:
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"17 Ways to Say 'You're Welcome'".
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Yes, after "Thank you", everyone knows you can say: "You're welcome", but there's more
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than one way to do this.
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I have thought of 17.
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So, let's go through them one by one.
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Of course, the first one which we have already said, which is in the title to the video, is:
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"You're welcome."
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Now, if you want to add a little more intensity to your "You're welcome", you could add an adverb.
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Now, some of the most common adverbs to this are:
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"You're very welcome.",
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"You're quite welcome.",
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"You are truly welcome."
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And again, this is if you want to add a little bit more formality, a little bit more intensity
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to your "You're welcome."
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If you want to show that you are truly, truly welcome, you want to say: "You're welcome"
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to the person a lot, you could say: "You're quite welcome."
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Okay.
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Next we have: "No problem.", "Not a problem.", "No problem-o.", "Any time."
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This is a very casual, informal way to say: "You're welcome", where you want to say:
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"That's okay, that's okay."
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So, repeat after me: "No problem.",
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"Not a problem.",
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"No problem-o.",
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"Any time."
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"Any time", of course means: "You don't have to say thank you.
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I would do this any time, any time at all."
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Now, next we have: "Don't mention it.", "Don't worry about it.", "No worries."
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Basically: "You don't have to say thank you.
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It's okay."
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So, we have: "Don't mention it", meaning, like, don't talk about it ever.
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Don't say thank you.
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You don't have to say thank you.
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It's not necessary to say thank you.
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It's very casual.
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Now, you can also say: "Don't worry about it."
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And you can say: "No worries."
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All three of these, it's a very, very similar meaning, very similar informal level
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of "You're welcome."
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And another one: "Ah, it's nothing.", "It was nothing."
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So, for example, Steve gave me this marker.
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He probably paid not a lot of money for this marker, but it's the thought that counts.
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It's the thought that counts for this one.
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But, you know, if I say: "Thanks, Steve."
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he can say: "Ah, it was nothing."
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It's a small, little thing. Okay?
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So you can say: "It's nothing."
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in the present or: "It was nothing."
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if the action happened in the past, which, you know, typically it did.
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Next, you have: "With pleasure."
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or "My pleasure."
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So this is a little bit more formal, a more formal way to say: "You're welcome."
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So, if someone says, you know:
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"Thank you for this very thoughtful birthday gift.",
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or "Thank you for helping me look for a new house.",
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or something like this, and you can say: "With pleasure.",
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or "It was my pleasure.",
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or "It's my pleasure.",
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or just "My pleasure."
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Okay?
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All right, so we have these ones here.
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We're going to move over to this side of the board, and these are a little bit more interesting,
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a little bit longer ways to say: "You're welcome", where you're not saying: "You're welcome" exactly.
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But if someone says: "Ah, thanks. Thank you."
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you can say: "Anything for you."
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That I would do anything for that person.
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Now, you know, you might say: "Anything for the team."
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if, you know, you bought pizza for your soccer team, for example.
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Or: "Anything for the company."
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Very few people probably say that, but you could say: "Anything for the company.",
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"Anything for the team.", "Anything for you.",
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"Hey, anything for Gerald", or "Anything for Martha."
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You know? If you're helping a friend.
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And similar, you can say:
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"Anything to make you (or him, or her) happy", or "smile".
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Or this is very bad if you're...
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Want to be like, you know, really stick it to someone and you can say:
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"Anything to make him suffer."
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It's not really a positive way to say: "You're welcome", but if they say:
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-"Thanks for, you know, taking care of that bad situation and thanks for making him cry."
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you can say: "Anything to make him suffer" or "her suffer".
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That's a terrible, terrible thing.
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Don't... Don't do that. Please don't do that.
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You know, say: "Hey, anything to make mom smile.",
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"Anything to make, you know, your cousin happy."
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Something like that, that's a nice way to say: "You're welcome." Use those.
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Next, so imagine that, you know, your friend has a birthday party and you helped to organize
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it, you helped to buy the balloons, or you helped to put together the tables, or you
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made the cake, and they say: "Thank you so much for helping with the party."
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You can say: "I'm happy to help."
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or: "I was happy to help.", "Don't mention it.
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I was happy to help."
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Okay, next one.
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Here we have in the States... Oh, I'm going to...
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I erased this with my jacket a little bit, so I'll add some purple to it.
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In some parts of the United States, like I've heard in Michigan or Colorado, some people
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instead of saying: "You're welcome" will just say: "Uh-huh."
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It's weird to me, but some people do say it.
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So, just repeat after me: "Uh-huh."
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It's easy. Right?
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So if someone says: "Hey, thanks for the gift.", "Hey, thanks for your help."
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you can say: "Uh-huh." if you're in Michigan or Colorado and other parts of the US.
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I would probably stick to, like: "Don't worry about it.", "No problem.",
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"Don't mention it.", "It was nothing."
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And finally...
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Again, my jacket keeps rubbing out these words.
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I'm really sorry, guys.
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So: "Don't mention it.
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You would have done the same for me."
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So, this means that: "Hey, you don't have to say thank you.
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I know that if you were in my situation you would have done the same thing for me."
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All right, so before we finish this let's just quickly repeat these phrases.
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And you can just repeat after me so that we know how to say these 17 ways to say:
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"You're welcome."
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Here we go.
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"You're welcome.",
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"You're very welcome.",
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"No problem.",
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"Not a problem.",
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"No problem-o.",
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"Any time.",
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"Don't mention it.",
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"Don't worry about it.",
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"No worries.",
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"It was nothing."
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Are you using the intonation I'm using?
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That's important, too.
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"With pleasure.",
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"It was my pleasure.",
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"Anything for you.",
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"Anything to make him smile.",
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"I was happy to help.",
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"Uh-huh.",
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"You would have done the same for me."
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Perfect.
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