Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here from the Happy English podcast
and welcome to another Saturday short. Your quick tip for
speaking English naturally? Did you know that when you are
interested in doing something, you can say I'm down for that.
This one's fun, I'm down for that. It means yeah,
I'm interested or I want to do that, like when
your friend says, hey, you want to go grab Burgers tonight, Yeah,
I'm down for that, or like this, we're thinking about
going to the beach tomorrow, want to come? Oh, yeah,
I'm down for that. It's kind of like saying I'm
in or count me in. And you can also invite
someone to do something with a slightly different phrase. Are
you up for going to the pub after work? Yeah?
Are you up for it? Is how we ask, and
I'm down for that is how we answer. Are you
up for going to the pub after work? I'm down
for that. Are you up for grabbing a coffee later?
I'm down for that. The takeaway here is that we
tend to ask with are you up for that, and
we tend to reply with I'm down for that. Yeah.
Up for and down for can be used interchangeably in
casual speech, but the direction up versus down adds a
subtle difference in tone and context. So how about you.
Are you up for practicing English this weekend? If you are,
I'm down for that. These phrases are both pretty common
in everyday English conversation. So them with your own examples
to make them flow out of your mouth smoothly, and
then you're speaking like a native. Thanks for listening, and
I'll see you next week for another Saturday Short