How to Say You're Annoyed in English | British vs. American English

- I don't know why, but everyone and everything

just seem very annoying.

Like English is annoying.

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Sorry about that.

But how can we specifically explain

how annoying something is, in English?

Today, I'm going to teach you

exactly how you can tell someone,

"You're annoying, exactly this much."

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- How do you say that in English?

- I wish my English was better

than I could explain how annoying he is.

- Just try.

- He's a pain in my butthole.

- Well, not exactly.

Uh-oh, he's coming.

- Can I help you?

- I just want to say, I think you are as pretty as I am!

- Huh?

- Oh my God, we should go out sometime.

Ah, you can post a selfie of us if you like.

- Jesus!

- I can't be bothered to talk to him!

- Fair.

- He pisses me off!

You're pain in the ass!

- Nice!

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- You know, sometimes you just want a break

from something, like this is too much.

You, you work all day.

You work so hard.

I can see you trying.

You're doing your best.

And then this thing, it's relentless.

There's so much of it, like...

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I'm really sorry about that.

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So when you don't want any more of something,

you can use the expression, I've had enough.

"Ugh, I've had enough of ads," for example.

You could also say,

"Ugh, I've had it up to here with the ads."

Usually when you say this, I've had it up to here,

you do this with your hand to show the level of annoyance.

Do you do this in your language?

I've had it up to here.

No idea how this started,

but it's not as common as this.

But it exists, so you can use it.

A more modern version of this would be, "I'm so done."

This time, you want to emphasize this word.

"I'm so done."

This means you don't want any more of that thing.

"I'm so done with the ads."

A very common mistake.

I always hear my students say, "I am annoying."

And sometimes that's true,

but usually it's just a mistake.

For example, in the morning you make a cup of coffee,

but then, "Ah."

You spill it on yourself.

Well, if you want to talk about your feeling,

you use the ED ending.

I'm so annoyed.

That's my feeling.

I feel annoyed, because this situation is annoying.

Use ING.

My feeling, "I'm annoyed!"

ED ending.

The person, the situation.

"You're annoying."

ING ending.

Pronunciation, ah , that's schwa, nnoyed.

Annoyed.

The stress is on nnoyed.

Annoyed.

"I'm annoyed!

Why?

"You're annoying!"

Okay, specifically the levels of being annoyed.

Let's imagine that you want to go and talk to someone,

but you want to check that you are not being annoying.

We usually use the word bother.

"Sorry, am I bothering you?"

Use the word bother.

It means to annoy.

The meaning is the same,

but that is the way we ask this question in this situation.

"Sorry, am I bothering you?

I just have a quick question," for example.

Or you could say, "I don't wanna be a bother, but..."

And then ask your question.

When you say bother, it can be a verb.

"Am I bothering you?"

And it can be a noun.

"I don't want to be a bother."

A bother is someone who is annoying.

Okay, verb, noun.

Uh-huh, how about an adjective?

"Hi, am I bothersome?"

No, don't ask this.

I usually see students translate

the word from their language into English

and they use bothersome.

Bothersome is very formal.

We don't really use it in casual conversation.

No, in casual conversation, don't use bothersome.

Just say, "Sorry, am I being annoying?"

Okay, when someone or something is annoying

and makes you feel like, "Ugh!"

You could say, "Ugh, this teacher really gets on my nerves!"

Pronunciation, this word, nerves.

Yes, it has that er, the annoying sound,

but we are gonna practice it together.

Nerves.

Nerves.

Did you say it perfectly?

Of course, you did.

You're a legend.

Also, we have another option.

It's a strongest slang version and it's way more British.

"It really gets on my tits!"

We British people love to use body parts in expressions

because it's childish and it sounds funny,

and it doesn't matter if you actually have boobs or not.

That's irrelevant.

It's just an expression.

It gets on my tits.

I use this all the time.

So yeah, as British, I don't think Americans use it though.

But let me just clarify.

I'll ask my friend Monica, Amy Winehouse,

to see what the situation is.

Monica, can you just clarify,

do Americans use, it gets on my tits?

- [Amy] So what we would say is, it gets on my nerves.

For example, "It gets on my nerves

when you leave the juice out

and don't put it back in the fridge."

- Nice.

Cheers, mate.

You could also describe a situation or someone

as being a pain in the ass or a pain in the ass.

It depends if you prefer the American spelling

or the British spelling.

It's your choice completely.

Pronunciation, you're gonna stress here and here.

A pain in the ass.

"You're a pain in the ass!"

See the word stress, pain in the ass.

Say it with me.

You're a pain in the ass.

Nice.

Again, you can change that word to a different body part,

like a common one that is okay for kids to use

is pain in the neck.

"You are a pain in the neck."

Another fun one.

A pain in the butt.

That's really good too.

Basically, just change this to any fun sounding body part.

"You're such a pain in the knee."

Okay, maybe not any body part.

The fun sounding ones.

Usually just genitals.

So your kid could use this and it's totally fine.

However, your kid will probably prefer to use this one

because it's funny and cute.

And again, yet to be more British,

you could change this to,

"Mate, you are such a pain in the tits today."

We don't change everything to tits.

There is a pattern though.

Practice the pronunciation.

Remember the word stress is here and here.

You're a pain in the ass.

You say it.

Nice, legend.

Also, let me know in the comments,

who of your friends is a pain in the butt?

Who gets on your nerves and why?

What did they do?

Also, if you are new to my channel, welcome.

I hope you enjoy your studies here.

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share it with your friends,

and all that stuff that YouTubers should say

that I don't say enough.

Okay, stronger.

Something so annoying, it makes you angry like this much.

You have a date with this guy in 20 minutes,

but then you get a message saying,

"I know we plan to meet in 20 minutes,

but I'm sorry, I have to cancel our date."

You want to express that now you are angry

because of this person or this thing, this situation.

What can you say?

"I'm so pissed off."

To pissed someone off means to make them angry,

but we're using this in the passive voice here.

"I'm pissed off."

Maybe by him, by this situation.

"This situation really pissed me off."

And also, yes, pissed off as an exclamation.

It's a very rude way to say, "Hey you, I don't like you.

Please leave.

Pissed off!"

But like this, it means I'm angry.

"He pissed me off."

Pronunciation, again, it's easier to stress here and here.

Do you notice a pattern?

We stress the annoying sounding words.

"He pissed me off!

He's a pain in the ass!

He gets on my nerves!"

Let's keep going.

When you don't want to do something,

maybe because it's annoying or maybe it just makes you tired

and you don't have the energy

or the desire to do this thing, use this expression.

For example, he is annoying.

It takes energy to talk to him.

You want to say, "Ugh, no, just no."

Say this, "I can't be bothered to talk to him."

If you say I can't be bothered,

you are basically saying this situation will bother me.

It will annoy me.

So no, I'm not gonna do it.

I can't be bothered.

This is very, very British, this expression.

Pronunciation, this has two syllables.

Bothered.

Bothered.

Stress here, bothered.

I can't be bothered.

Say it with me.

I can't be bothered.

Nailed it.

Also, I've noticed in my classes,

when students use a piece of vocabulary in an unnatural way,

it's because they've learned it from a dictionary,

from translate, whatever, and then they just use it.

So try to make sure when you hear a new word

or you see a new word,

make sure you've heard it in similar situations

and that level of formality in conversation.

Then you'll know if it sounds natural to use or not.

Okay, practice time.

Let me know in the comments, who pisses you off?

Who can't you be bothered to talk to today?

Who did something that got on your nerves?

Tell me.

Let me know your frustrations in the comments,

and I'll see you in the next class.

Bye.

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