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  • Hi everyone, my name is Hridhaan, I welcome you today on this very interesting lesson

  • on Let's Talk. In today's lesson we are going to talk about certain ways in which you can

  • tailor the way you speak in English, you can change the way you speak in English and sound

  • more polite and diplomatic so that you can get, you can communicate the message and also

  • get your work done. So what are we waiting for, let's stop thinking and start working

  • The first sentence that we have on the board is, “that's a bad idea”. Now if you say

  • the sentence straightthat's a bad idea’, it sounds a little rude, because it is abrupt

  • and it is quite straightforward. Now in today's class we are not talking about straight forward,

  • it is a better idea we are not debating on that, we are talking about how to be polite,

  • now how can we say this sentence that's a bad idea in a polite language, well let's

  • have a look at it, instead of directly saying that's a bad idea, it is a good idea to tell

  • the person that I am not saying that it is a bad idea, I'm just saying that you can think

  • about it in a better way, so that you can come up with a better idea basically. So saying

  • directlythat's a bad ideawould not be right, and saying I think it can be said

  • in a better off way is something that you can go ahead with. And now let's have a look

  • at the second one in the list of impolite phrases, “come here”. Come here is more

  • like an imperative in English language, ‘imperativemeans it's like an order, if I say come here

  • to my friend it sounds quite rude, for example, “come here Rahul”, it's quite rude how

  • can we say this politely and most importantly how can we make a better sense out of this

  • phrase? I have added two magical words to the rephrased version of this phrase. I have

  • addedcouldand I have addedplease’. ‘Couldandplease’. Does do incredible

  • magic in the way you speak Englishcouldis basically used for requests in English

  • andpleaseis a very, very polite word in English that we should use all the time

  • whenever we want to sound sweet, polite and most importantly respectful, socome here

  • can as well change tocould you be here please?’. The next one in the list of impolite

  • phrases is, “I hate this colourhate is a very, very strong word in English language

  • and we should try to do away with this word as much as possible. There are a lot of other

  • alternatives that you can use in place of this word and we can say this like this, ‘I

  • am not sure about this colour’… now the moment you say, ‘I am not sureyou're

  • communicating to the person that simply you do not like this colour. The moment you say

  • this the person easily understands that you basically are trying to politely disagree

  • and thus, it is a better idea to not use the word ‘I hatebut use ‘I am not sure

  • in replacement of that’ I'm not sure about this colour’. You can also say ‘I dislike

  • this colourbut againdisliketurns a little negative and straight forward, so

  • it is always a good idea to say, ‘I'm not sure about this colour’. The next one is,

  • leave me alone”. ‘Leave me aloneis more like again an imperative likecome

  • herehow can we say this politely? Using this… ‘Leave me alonecan as well be

  • said in a very polite way, “I would like to be with myself”. ‘Would’, ‘could

  • these are words that people generally use and we must always use whenever we want to

  • communicate a polite message, because they all come in the family of polite words and

  • thus whenever you want to say, ‘leave me alone’, it's a better idea that you use,

  • wouldand communicate, “I would like to be with myself for some time please”.

  • So if you are let's say, not happy with something and you want to be just with yourself, it's

  • a good idea to use this phrase, the next one in the list of how to be polite is, “this

  • is bad”. Imagine, you go to a store and you're talking to the shop assistant, the

  • executive in the shop and you say, “No, this is bad, this t-shirt is not good, show

  • me a different one…” It is a very rude language. People do not realize it and that

  • is why they translate these messages when they communicate, the same messages, same

  • intonation when they speak at the workplace as well and so it is a good idea do not speak

  • like that, the better thing is, ‘this is bad’, ‘this is bad’… “this can be

  • betterorthis could have been better”, ‘could have been better…’ So instead

  • of saying directlythis is bad’, it's a good idea to saythis can be better

  • orthis could have been better’. “No”, immediately sayingno’, for example I

  • say, ‘would you like to have some water?’ and I say, ‘no.’ how can we correct and

  • rectify this phrase? By just saying, ‘thank youagain is one very interesting and sweet

  • phrase that you can add in your vocabulary to make it sound polite and very, very sweet.

  • So instead of sayingnofor example, I don't want to do this, ‘would you like

  • to have some water?’ The person says, ‘no’, instead of saying that, you can sayno,

  • thank you.” You're basically saying that, I am fine without it thank you very much.

  • The next one in the list is, “call me”, same imperative. You're just, you're speaking

  • as if you're ordering something. The moment you say, “please contact meeverything

  • changes. Now let's look atcontact meas well, if you saycontact meagain

  • very rude. The moment you say, ‘please contact methe language becomes really professional,

  • sweet and polite. So do use that. “You are not confident”, imagine you're giving feedback,

  • you're a teacher or let's say you're a parent who's giving feedback to your child, would

  • you say, “you're not confident”, the very intonation and the very sense of the word

  • notis not positive, it's negative. How can we say the sentence in a positive

  • manner but still convey the same meaning? Using this… ‘You are not confident

  • can as well be said as, “you can try to be more confident”, one more time, ‘you

  • can try to be more confident’, do you know what is the magic? The magic is do not use

  • notin your sentence ever, just say the same message in a positive way, as if

  • you're giving a constructive sort, form or feedback to the person that you're trying

  • to communicate to. So removenotand add a positive constructive feedback to your

  • message. Next one, “can I take your pen?” You're asking somebody, ‘can I take your

  • pen?’ What is wrong in that everybody asks us…? But the very connotation and meaning

  • of the wordcanis capability. Imagine if the pen is here and it is somebody else's

  • pen and I say, “can I take the penit is my capability, ability I can definitely

  • do that, I can do that, I have a hand and I can do the motion and take the pen, so what

  • is wrong in that? It is not a request, it is an ability, it is my ability and of course

  • I can do that because I've got a hand and I can move it, so instead of saying this,

  • you could say, “could I take your pen?” ‘Could I take your penand againtake

  • is a word that can as well be replaced by another word and that isborrow’. ‘Take’,

  • has the sense that you're taking it forever, but you're not doing that, ‘borrowis

  • something that you're taking for a short period of time. So you can sayborrow’. “Could

  • I borrow your pen?” The second one in the list is, “tell me when you are free”,

  • what is wrong with, tell me when you're free? It is again quite similar tocall me’,

  • tell me when you're free’, imperative, orderhow can we correct that? “Please

  • do let me know as you are available”, one more time, ‘please do let me know as you

  • are available’. Look at the way I have changed, ‘tell me’, ‘tell mehas been replaced

  • withplease do let me know’, ‘when you are freehas been changed withas

  • you get the timeoras you are available’. So please try using it in the same sense.

  • And the last one in the list is, “I want waterimagine you come to your own home

  • and you say, “I want waterand if you speak in English to your sibling or to your

  • parents, what is wrong with, ‘I want water’, it is again quite more like an order, ‘I

  • want water’, how can this be corrected? We can say, “can I have some water?” If

  • you are at your home, this is polite, but if you are at somebody else's home you can

  • say, “could I have some water?” one more time, please repeat after me, “could I have

  • some water?” and if you want to addpleaseto it, you can in a very formal setting. So

  • there are certain words again that I'd like to highlight, ‘would’, ‘could’, ‘thank

  • you’, ‘please’… these words add a lot of value when you speak in English, when

  • you try to be polite and sweet and at the same time diplomatic. So whenever you're speaking

  • in the future about any of this, about any of the ideas that we have spoken about today,

  • please use the ones in black towards your right hand side. Have a great day ahead, thank

  • you for watching my video and if you liked it, please to subscribe and do let me know

  • in the comments what lessons you would like to study next. Thank you very much and have

  • a great day ahead.

Hi everyone, my name is Hridhaan, I welcome you today on this very interesting lesson

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