Try it out! Go from Standard to Casual English (15 Common Sentences)

Hey. Oh, you're going for lunch?

Oh, where are you going?

Ooh, that sounds good.

You know what? I'm starving.

Can I tag along? Yeah.

Don't worry. I'll cover it.

No, no, no. Just pick me up and yeah, thanks.

Okay. Yeah. About 20 minutes.

Yeah. Okay. See you soon. Bye.

Yes. All right.

Hey everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking and welcome to this lesson on going from standard

English to casual English. So, in this video, I will provide you with some casual English sentences

that you can use with friends, with English-speaking colleagues, whether you're in

school, or at work, or out somewhere. Most English speakers use either standard or casual

English. Most people don't really use like formal English when you're out at the mall or something

like that, for example. So, today, I want to give you some standard phrases, but also some

casual phrases to help you speak more in English and to understand more in English.

So, let's begin. We have 15 phrases, 15 sentences in total, and we'll start with, "Look at this."

So, of course, you can say, "Hey, look at this video." For example, if I have a video on my phone,

the casual way to say, "Look at this," is, "Hey, check this out." Okay? So, if you check something

out, you direct your attention towards it. You look at it, or you can check out a movie. You

can check out a song. You can check out a book. So, anything that you can direct your attention

towards, you can look at or listen to even, you can say, "Hey, check this out." Okay.

Next, "I don't understand." A more casual way to say, "I don't understand," is,

"I don't get it." So, repeat after me, "I don't get it."

Perfect. So, it means, "I haven't caught it." Like, "I don't have it." Basically,

I don't understand the meaning. Next, a way to say, "I understand," you have, "I get it."

So, you have, "I don't get it," for, "I don't understand." And you have, "I get it," for,

"I understand." Or, "I got it." Now, this is actually the short spoken form for, "I have got

it," or, "I've got it," which is another way to say, like, "I have it." Most people, they either

say, "I get it," or, "I got it." So, repeat after me, "I get it."

"I got it."

Good. Next up, we have, "I'm really hungry." You heard me at the beginning of this video.

I said, "I'm starving." Now, starvation is a serious world problem. If you are starving,

you literally need food or you might die or go to the hospital. But we exaggerate in casual

situations. So, if you want to sound more casual, a little more relaxed, a little more emphatic,

I guess, you can say, "I'm starving. I'm really, really hungry." So, repeat after me, "I'm starving."

Did you copy my intonation as well? Also important. Try it one more time, "I'm starving."

Good. Next, "You're welcome." So, if someone says, "Oh, thank you for your help." For example,

instead of saying, "You're welcome," which is very standard, you can use one of these

more casual options, "Anytime," or, "No worries." "No worries" is another way to say,

"Don't worry about it." So, I didn't write that here, but that'll be a bonus casual sentence for you.

So, if someone says, "Thank you," you can say, repeat after me, "Anytime."

"No worries."

"Don't worry about it."

Okay. Not bad. Not bad. How do you feel so far? We have, "Check this out." "I don't get it."

"I'm starving." "Anytime." Feeling good. Feeling good. Let's continue with, "You can do it."

If you want to encourage someone, of course, you can say, "Hey, you can do it." It's possible.

Anything is possible. You can also say, "You got this." Now, again, this is the short form for,

"You have got this." This means like, yeah, you can handle this. This is not going to be

unmanageable or impossible for you. "You can do it," or, "You got this." Now, again, you can say,

"You've got this," or, "You have got this." Really, "You have got this" sounds a little too

formal for me when you're splitting it up and saying the individual words in a casual situation.

Most people in like a relaxed atmosphere will just say, "You got this." So, repeat after me

and try to say it fast as well. "You got this."

Nice one. Let's continue, "I'll pay for it." So, later, I'm meeting my friend,

we're going to a restaurant. He didn't mention which restaurant actually, but okay, well,

we'll see. Anyway, I said that I would pay for it. So, if you want to say that you will pay

for something, typically it's food or maybe tickets to a movie or something like that,

you can say, "It's on me." You can also say, "I'll cover it."

So, repeat after me, "It's on me."

"I'll cover it." Now, the "it" in "I'll cover it" refers to, "I will cover the cost," or,

"I will cover the ticket," or, "I will cover the bill," means like, "You don't have to worry

about it. I will do it. I will get it." "It's on me" means, "You don't have to worry about the

bill. You don't have to worry about paying. I will pay. It's on me. Don't worry about it."

Okay, "Can I come?" So, the standard way, for example, if your friends are going somewhere

and, "Oh, that sounds like fun." Originally, you were not part of the plan and you decided to ask

if you can come too, you can also say, "Can I tag along?" Now, "to tag along" means to, like,

follow beside someone, okay? But, of course, this is not literally going beside the person,

although you are going to be beside them or behind them in the car. But, yeah, "to tag along"

means to follow along with someone else. And it's like, again, someone is going somewhere,

they say, "Oh, we're going to the mall. Oh, I need to buy new shoes. I could go to the mall.

Can I tag along?" So, you want to follow with that person, go with them where they are going.

So, repeat after me, "Can I tag along?"

I know, I said it a little fast on purpose. Let's say it a little slower, "Can I tag along?"

Excellent. So, so far, we have done one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

We have seven more to go. Let's go. They're over there.

Hey, so these are the other seven. Now, before we get to these, I just want to encourage you

to check out this video on www.engvid.com where you can do a quiz on all of these casual sentences

to test your understanding and to develop your confidence. And also, make sure to like this video

on YouTube and share it with your friends. Subscribe to my channel and check out everything

else I have here because there's a lot. And I hope if you're finding this useful,

you will find a lot of other things that are useful on my channel just for you.

Now, let's continue. Standard, let's meet tomorrow. So, if you want to ask someone to

meet with you, either for a coffee or for a work meeting, you can say, "Let's get together."

So, let's connect. Let's get together tomorrow, for example. So, repeat after me,

"Let's get together tomorrow." Good. You can also use this to talk about the past, like, "Oh,

I got together with Lisa last weekend," or, "Oh, we got together last month," or something like,

"We met, we connected, we contacted each other and had coffee," or, "We went to the library

together because we both like books," or something. Okay, "I went to bed at 1 a.m." So,

if you go to bed at a late hour, you can use the phrasal verb "stay up." So, instead of saying,

"I went to bed at 1 a.m." you can say, "I stayed up until 1 a.m." So, think of "stay up."

When you are staying up, you're not lying down in bed. You are up, awake, active.

So, "I stayed up until 1 a.m." Repeat after me, "I stayed up until 1 a.m."

Good. "How late do you usually stay up?" That's, you can answer that in your mind. Next, "How are

you?" Now, there are many, many, many ways to say, "How are you?" I have videos on that also

on www.engvid.com. One of those ways is, "How's it going?" So, "How is it going?" is the full

question here. But the contracted form, when said quickly, "Repeat after me, 'How's it going?'"

Good. You can also say, "How you doing?"

Did you repeat? I hope so. I left the space there just for you.

This is the grammatically incorrect form of, "How are you doing?" You can, of course, ask,

"How are you doing?" Most people in casual, relaxed situations just drop the "R" in "How are

you?" and they say, "Hey, how you doing?" Okay. And instead of, "How are you?" you can also say,

"Yeah." Very American, Canadian, "How are you?" So, "Repeat after me," instead of "You," "Yeah,"

like "Y-A," "How are you?" Good. I hope you're doing well. Next, "Try it." So, if you want to

encourage someone to sample something, try something, whether it's, you know, a new app

that you want to show them on your phone or you are, you know, shopping for a bicycle

at the store and you want to sample the bike, you want to try the bike before you buy it,

you can tell someone to, "Try it out." So, "Try it out" is just the phrasal verb form of, "Try it."

So, you can try things out or just try them. So, "Repeat after me, 'Try it out.'"

Good. All right. Next, "I will contact you," or "I will message you," "I will email you,"

"I will text you." A more casual way to say, "I will contact you," "I will message you,"

is, "I'll get in touch with you." So, "Get in touch," "I will contact you,"

"Connect with you." So, "Repeat after me, 'I'll get in touch with you.'"

Good. And if you want to tell someone that you will continue, you know, keeping your contact

with them, you can say, "I will keep in touch," "I will stay in touch," as well.

Next, "He's angry." So, a casual way to say, "angry," this is kind of slang, actually.

Instead of "angry," you can say, "He's pissed off." So, you have maybe, probably heard this

in television shows or in movies. So, it's "pissed off." If someone is "pissed off,"

they are incredibly upset, incredibly angry. So, you can say, "Why are you so pissed off?"

Again, it's a little stronger, definitely stronger than "angry," more casual,

kind of slang. So, "Repeat after me, 'He's pissed off.'"

Don't go into his office right now. He's pissed off. It's a bad time. It's a bad

time to talk to him. He's not happy. Finally, "I'm tired." Right? Your energy is low.

You're ready to go to bed. You want to go home. You can say, "I'm tired," or a more casual way,

"I'm beat." So, "Repeat after me." We'll do this one first. "I'm beat."

Not, "I am beaten." Say, "I'm beat." So, just your beat, it means all the energy has been

hit out of you by life or your circumstances or whatever you did that day. You can also say,

"I'm spent." Did you repeat? If you didn't, repeat now. "I'm spent."

So, here, the adjective "spent" means I have no more energy. So, you can spend money or,

you know, spend things. If you use all of your energy, you spend your energy, you can say,

"I have no more. I am spent. I have spent all of my energy." Just if that explanation was too

complex, just remember, "I'm spent." And people will know exactly what you mean because they will

understand you're speaking in a casual way, in a casual situation. So, one more time,

"Repeat after me." "I'm beat."

"I'm spent."

Good. Okay, that's it. So, I hope you have learned a lot of valuable sentences,

a lot of language that you can actually use in your daily life. In this video,

we have practiced 15 different casual sentences. So, it's a lot. So, go back, review this video,

check out the quiz on www.engvid.com, as I said, and check out my YouTube channel where you can

like, share, and subscribe to my channel. All that stuff really helps me, keeps me going,

keeps me making more videos for you guys for many more years to come. So, I'll see you guys

in the next one. Take care, and you got this.