You’re my hero! Thanks so much! You’re awesome! Thanks! You’re the best.ĭo you say things like this in your language? I know it happens in some languages, but I’m not sure if it happens in all languages. Someone will do us a small favour and we’ll exaggerate and say they’re a hero. He just stopped me from getting wet.īut these are friendly ways to say thank you English. I mean you’re not really a star, but I was pretending you are. Now there’s another way we thank people that I think happens in some languages but not others. We can use it when someone is in trouble or in a difficult situation and we help them get out of it. What is it? It’s a recipe for baked peanut butter and popcorn. I can’t remember where I saved this document.Ĭlick ‘file’ and ‘save as’ and it’ll show you. When we do people favours, we help them out. The word ‘one’ here means a favour – so something you do to help someone. Yes, the idea here is to pay people back. There’s another thing that can happen when we thank people. So you can just say the phrase ‘You shouldn’t have’. You’ve made me a cake? You shouldn’t have. You’ve bought me a present? You shouldn’t have. Yes, it means it wasn’t necessary to do all that work, but you did and I’m grateful. The idea here is you’re saying I was too generous again. You shouldn’t have gone to all this trouble for me. Yes, like, ‘You shouldn’t have parked there. Often when we use ‘shouldn’t have’ it’s because we’re annoyed or angry. If you say someone’s generous it’ a compliment.Īnd there’s another thing we say that’s similar. Generous means you give gifts to help people, or to give them pleasure.
The idea is you didn’t have to do it, but you did it anyway, so you’re very generous. So she’s saying that it wasn’t necessary to get her presents. But did you notice what Kathy said? She said ‘You didn’t have to’. That’s how NOT to give someone a present. And presents! You didn’t have to get me presents! Oh! I love it! Oh wow! It’s perfect! Oh my! It’s beautiful. So if you receive a gift, you can say things like this. First you said ‘Oh’, so you expressed surprise and happiness. No! But you did two things there that we often do. Sometimes when parents are teaching their children to say thank you, they’ll teach them to say ta instead. We do that in British English too, but cheers can also mean ‘thanks’ for us. We say cheers when we’re drinking and making a toast in American English. In British English we also say ‘cheers’ and it means the same as ‘thanks’. Like if you give me a dollar, I’ll say ‘thanks’, but if you give me 500 dollars, I’ll say ‘thank you very much’. Now is there a difference between ‘thanks’ and ‘thank you’? Thank you for listening Thanks for watching our videos And thanks for subscribing. Just add -ing to the verb to form the gerund. But it’s less common in spoken English.Īlso did you notice this structure? Kathy said it several times. Or you might see it in writing, like in an email. We can also say ‘I’m grateful’, but grateful is a more formal word. If you appreciate someone or something, you’re grateful. Notice Kathy said ‘I really appreciate it’. Things aren’t going to change just because we have a hundred thousand subscribers. I really appreciate it.īut I made the PowerPoint slides and I got the room ready. It’s nice to work with someone who’s so helpful and supportive. Oh Kathy, how did you like the PowerPoint slides?Īnd thanks for getting the room ready.
I was very thoughtful to you in that story because I was caring for you.
We’ll use different phrases in different languages, but the ideas behind the phrases are often the same. I expect you say something similar to this in your language too.Īll over the world we thank people in similar ways. We saw a very common way to thank someone there. Why don’t you go and take a break? You deserve it. No, I’ve got to tell Kathy the room’s ready. Yeah, I made a PowerPoint presentation for Kathy. Yes, I’ve been getting the room ready for Kathy’s seminar.
We’re looking at things we say to thank people today.Īnd also how to respond to thank you, because that can be tricky too. In fact, that’s what this video is about. Well, there are a lot of ways to say thank you. Or a hundred thousand thank yous to be precise! It’s so exciting and we want to say a big thank you to you all! What a wonderful way to start the new year! We have some very exciting news! We have a hundred thousand subscribers! Click here to learn more everyday English expressionsĬlick here to learn the difference between Thanks god and Thank god.