1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: How about this. Let's look at the word how and 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,720 see all the ways you can use how to make 3 00:00:08,759 --> 00:00:14,039 your English sound more natural. How Come? I'm glad you 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,519 asked that because you depend on me to tell you 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,640 these things and how. 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from 7 00:00:28,679 --> 00:00:32,560 New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael. 8 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: All right, thank you, John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,399 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 10 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:50,240 And this is Happy English Podcast Episode seven ninety using how. 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,359 There are a whole bunch of conversational phrases with how 12 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,479 that we use in American English these days, and that's 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,840 what we're going to talk about in today's podcast. How 14 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,000 do you like them? Apples? One of the first how 15 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,359 phrases I like to teach my new students is how come? 16 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,879 How Come? Well, it's because how come is such a 17 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:23,319 common way to ask a question by itself. How Come 18 00:01:23,599 --> 00:01:28,000 is like casual why. Like if you hear from a 19 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,280 friend of yours that they can't make it to your 20 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,760 party and you want to know the reason, you can 21 00:01:34,879 --> 00:01:41,200 ask them how come? Short and sweet how come? And 22 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,920 it's a bit softer and more friendly sounding than just 23 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:52,719 asking why, and how come makes it really easy to 24 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:57,400 form a question in English. Just add a sentence after 25 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:02,239 how come, and the whole thing becomes question. How come 26 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,560 you don't like celery? How Come Jack didn't come to 27 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:11,479 the party last night? How come eggs are so expensive 28 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:16,800 these days? Using how come to make questions like these 29 00:02:17,199 --> 00:02:22,240 will definitely make your English sound more natural. You can 30 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,240 use how about when you make a suggestion or an offer, 31 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,080 like when your friends come to your house, you can 32 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:35,759 say something like how about a cup of coffee? Or 33 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,520 if a friend of yours asks for a suggestion about 34 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,919 where to go for dinner, you can say something like, Hey, 35 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:51,159 how about that new tie restaurant on Broadway? So how 36 00:02:51,199 --> 00:02:55,000 about using how about the next time you need to 37 00:02:55,080 --> 00:03:00,280 make a suggestion or an offer. Next up is how 38 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:06,120 about you? We usually pronounce how about you as how 39 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:10,800 about you? And how about you? Is a great way 40 00:03:10,879 --> 00:03:14,759 to keep a conversation going because you can use it 41 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:20,280 to ask someone what their opinion is, like I'm not 42 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,680 a big beer drinker, I prefer wine, how about you? 43 00:03:25,879 --> 00:03:29,280 Or I haven't decided if I'm going to go to 44 00:03:29,479 --> 00:03:34,080 Jack's party on Saturday? How about you? The next one 45 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:41,599 is and how and how is a casual phrase that 46 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,719 you can use to mean very much so, or I 47 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:49,439 agree with you. You can use it in a conversation 48 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,439 like this, I think this is the best pizza in 49 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:01,560 New York City? And how I'm so sorry I haven't 50 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:04,240 been in touch in a while, did you miss me? 51 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:10,599 And how? And how is kind of like saying you 52 00:04:10,639 --> 00:04:16,160 can say that again? Or I think so too. And lastly, 53 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,680 way back in junior high school, you probably learned that 54 00:04:20,759 --> 00:04:24,480 when you first meet someone, you can say to them, 55 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,519 how do you do? Which has the same meaning as 56 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,279 nice to meet you, But to be honest, these days, 57 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,439 greeting someone for the first time with how do you do? 58 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,279 Makes it feel like we're in some kind of nineteen 59 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:48,879 forties movie? How kind of like that? 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