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1. One of the most common chunks that you'll hear in English is.....here you go.
So today you get 3 very different ways to use this in natural English to build connection.
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Hey there Aubrey, how's it going today?
I'm great! How are you Lindsay?
Good and Aubrey when is the last time you took a cab?
Now do you consider cab, a lift, or an Uber or a Taxicab?
Or do you consider… Usually, if we say cab or taxi, we mean like an actual taxi cab.
But more and more as they're replaced by Uber and Lyft.
I probably wouldn't even say cab anymore.
I'd say, when's the last time you got a ride share?
Often, we say when's the last time you got an Uber?
Yeah. And then we are referring to any cab or taxi or Lyft or anything.
What about you? How do you say it now?
Yeah. Well, I do know people that call cabs all of those things.
the yellow cabs, in New York, the lifts and the Ubers I have heard the cold that.
But I think now it's like Kleenex Kleenex is the brand name, but it's tissue.
Right? You need a tissue.
It's the Kleenex. You need to ride.
It's a Lyft. I say Lyft, Lyft.
Yeah. Yeah. But I use both apps.
So anyways, when's the last time you took a yellow contributed, would the relates.
Usually they're yellow, not always, right.
And actually yellow, cab when I was living in, New York is the last time that I took an actual cab.
But it's funny, I lived to in Uptown, so anyone who's been to New York, it's mostly like yellow Cabs downtown.
Uptown are like the black cars, we call them Jitzy Cabs, which I don't know if that's appropriate, but they're like often unmarked, but they are a cab company, did you ever take one of those black cabs?
Yeah, I had a few friends that took that but I was never cool enough to know how to order one.
I was a subway girl.
They were just like going street everywhere, the yellow cabs where downtown and then Uptown, It's like they're just like a black car and you just go get an it's kind of crazy actually thing Yeah, no, I largely I don't want I have done Mm -hmm, go ahead.
I just I have done uber and left here and where else whoever else I'm going But it's been since I lived in New York that I just like jumped in a cab Yeah I I would only take cabs in New York when I had a family in town And I just didn't want to deal with taking them on the subway I thought it was going
to be kind of a disaster or so, they would get a cab.
Most of the time I was just in the subway.
Yeah. We mostly took the subway too.
One of the few times I got a cab was when I had a newborn.
Oh, I'm sure. I'm like, I'm not taking this newborn, like right after, ya know I had a cesarean section.
Yeah. Yeah, I know.
So sometimes, didn't have the option of getting on the subway.
A hundred percent. Going back from the hospital?
Oh my gosh, no. Well, how does this tie into today's topic?
What are we talking about today?
Yeah. So, we're talking about the phrase Here you go, which we're gonna share all the times we use this and one of them is when you're in a cab often when they pull up to your way you've arrived, this is what they're gonna say like Here you go and this means we've arrived to where you need to be.
So we're going to dive into all of the ways, all the you know, the things that Here you go could mean this came up recently on an episode right?
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All right. So, all right, so coming back to here you go, right?
Here, there's a lot scenarios where we might hear this and we do have to get it right.
There are nuances, right, for connection.
Yeah. Yeah. We talked recently about - there you go.
Here you go. We use in some pretty specific scenarios.
So we're going to talk about the three main ones today.
First of all, of course, and the most common is when you're giving something to someone, like maybe a server sets down your food and says, here you go.
It's just another way of saying, you know, I'm giving you what you asked for.
Here you go. And then a more formal way of saying that would be here.
You are. I feel like if you go to a fancy your restaurant.
They would swap in.
Here you are. I'm not sure why that's more fancy but it just is for some reason.
And it's really strange I can imagine you guys listening and being confused if someone says here you are, because literally that would mean like here you are.
You exist as a person.
It really has nothing to do with giving someone something.
So, it's kind of strange.
It's very weird. So, other things you maybe you hand something to someone and you say to them, here you go.
Right, more casual on the street or something, if they need a Kleenex.
Here you go. And it's interesting that in at least the culture in the United States, it would be sort of strange to hand something to someone without saying anything.
I don't know what that's like elsewhere in the world as much.
Maybe similar, where like if you're going to hand something, we would always say something like here you are, here you go, here's this is the most common.
Here you go. Yeah, it's a good point.
I wonder if other cultures that are more comfortable with silence.
that would be okay to just a hand something to someone we're not very comfortable with silence here.
So I know. But I'm not sure if that's the reason that we say that I'm not sure, but we do have a role play Opry shall we dive into it a mini role play because often this is sort of just used as a response.
So I'll start us. Okay?
Did you happen to bring that costume that you borrowed?
Oh yes. Here you go.
All right. Exactly right.
So often it's like, someone has asked you something and you're going to give it to them and just say, here you go, yes.
And we have a bonus here.
Aubrey, you said, did you happen to bring?
You didn't say, did you bring?
What would be the difference there in meeting?
Just a little bonus for today.
We can go into those.
Yeah. Yeah, we could maybe do a whole episode about this.
But when we add happen to this way, it's softens the bluntness of a request.
It makes it okay if their answers, no.
Like if you had forgotten to bring that costume, it's very easy for me to be like, no problem.
Did you happen to. It's like, Oh, no big deal either way.
okay, yeah, it really becomes a lot more a lot less intrusive, a lot less direct, a lot friendlier, a lot lighter doesn't it right?
If I say, did you bring that costume?
It implies that I will be upset if you didn't rake, yeah, yeah.
And the other, you know, maybe like your kid would say, did you bring the costume mom, right?
But if your friend was doing you a favor, you're more likely to add, did you happen to bring that costume?
Especially if it really isn't a big deal, like they were needing to return something.
You don't need It right away.
This is perfect to add to make sure it's clear that no big deal, if not.
I love it. Okay. So when you're handing something to someone, that is one situation where we would see, here you go, but there's another one Aubrey that our listeners need to know.
Number two is when I was talking about taxi cabs, right?
It's said when arriving, and just like you said, Lindsey, we would also say, here you are.
Here you go. Here you are.
Or even here we are sometimes if someone is giving you a ride and they arrive at the destination.
Say here you go. And that means like, we're here.
You can get out .grove that.
I hear you guys who were here.
For example, here you go 33, 32 sycamore street.
Exactly. As enthusiastic as that, but you know, it was a very enthusiastic lifter They might hear this right.
And it I could see it being confusing if you're not familiar with these phrases to you know, they're not going to say we have arrived Get Out.
No, they're going to say here you go or here we are.
Yeah, I mean, I think in certain regions or cities in the US, you'd be less likely to hear something than or for example, in Columbus Circle in New York, probably the taxi cab just It just pulls over and stops.
Don't expect you to get out.
Don't expect us to work here.
Exactly. Maybe in some small town where you're the only customer of the whole day and they're very excited to talk with you, you might hear that.
So just don't expect to hear it at the time.
So they're more likely to be friendly for sure.
All right. Number three, Aubrey, what is the other thing where we hear this?
Here you go. This is this really fun chunk where we say, here you go and then usually being something.
Now, this implies you know someone well and that they're doing something typical.
Something that you would expect from them.
So for example, I might say to you, Lindsay, if you and I are playing tennis and you beat me, you do really well, I might say, here you go being the best tennis player I know again.
So this is definitely something that you're going to use for people you know well.
It wouldn't make any sense unless this is expected behavior.
Yeah, it feels very friendly like close friends saying that you know what to expect from this person.
It's also very high level.
Right? It's very natural.
It's not basic at all this you know I agree.
Yes, I and it's very like we said earlier accessible right you guys can say this right away.
It's very natural sounding and friendly.
It's a great way to connect with someone?
You know. It's a little more awkward if I say Well.
Lindsay, you're just amazing at tennis.
that compliment is sometimes a little, but this is like a playful compliment.
Right. It's definitely playful for sure.
And so this could be a great connection takeaway from today's episode, you know, as we get to the end, we'll see what the takeaway is.
But I mean, this is one of the ways to connect these cute little phrases that really are playful and are used with closer friends because you you're showing that you know what to expect from them and you've seen this from them.
And you might say it about someone else, right?
If we have a friend that does something really thoughtful, I might say to you, oh here she goes being so thoughtful, so this is a way of saying she's always thoughtful and here she's doing it again.
Exactly. Then is there another way we might see this constructed, yeah, we will also see this with there as well, just like with there you go, here you go when you're handing someone something, you'll also hear there you go being, or there she goes, there she goes being so thoughtful.
Exactly. So again, just seeing that saying that you're seeing the person do something or be some way and you expected that right?
Super high level. Love it.
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OK, Aubrey, Let's put it together in a, in a roleplay here.
So you are a Lyft driver.
Okay. Yeah. Oh, you're getting a ride.
And I'll start us out.
Here you go time of squared.
Oh, thank you. I appreciate it.
That'll be $35 here.
Go keep it. Change.
Thanks. Have a great day.
Nice. Yeah. And it's funny because now we'll see this even coming out of style because now I think generally, well, you could still use cash in cabs.
I think you can at least, but mostly it's just a credit card swipe on the back of the seat, right in front of you and caps.
Exactly right. And you can even say here you go and if, if you're handing them a card to pay, but if it is the swipe in the back, there's nothing to go, not going to be an opportunity to do this.
You're just swiping and paying.
It's crazy. How much less personal.
All of that is becoming.
It's true. Now, Aubrey, can we say here as well?
What if we want to drop the you go and just say here, what does it, what does that change It's really good question.
Here you go. Is definitely more friendly, more informal.
Here, feels a little more abrupt to me if someone just says here and hands me something I would almost be worried.
They're mad at me about.
Exactly. Yeah, exactly.
Not always always, but a lot of the time.
Yeah. It's a lot shorter, more abrupt, more direct.
Maybe they are mad at you or here, in a hurry.
Right? If you like, maybe your work and someone hands you a file and just says here, they're probably in a hurry, right?
they don't have time even to say, here you go.
Exactly. It's important, so here you go.
Here you are, and here are all options, but they do have different contexts, right, just within these three variations.
All right, anything else.
Now, here's something to think about, Linsey.
Why didn't we use, here you go being in this cab.
Here you go being. You mean when I was handing the money to you?
Well, either of us, right?
Because we don't know each other.
It's a Lyft driver, and someone giving them a ride?
You really have to know the person well to ever say, oh here, if you said here you go being such a good driver, they would've had to give me 100 rights and we're friends for that to make any sense, right?
Yeah, no that would be really weird definitely.
It implies familiarity.
familiarity, you know the person, maybe you're close to them, absolutely.
So, very different uses here.
Exactly, so yeah, we also was gonna share The the episode that this came up on was 23 -21 where it was called.
There you go. One phrase for confirming in English And so yeah, be sure to scroll up make sure you don't miss that one It's also a great episode go check that out.
And what's our takeaway for today?
Where do we want to leave our listeners?
Yeah, well native chunks like this really go a long ways to make you sound natural in English But I love what you pointed out that this is such a great connection skill, to compliment someone in such a playful way, right?
So is like, it's like, where you elbow somebody playfully, here you go being so amazing at this, then they're just gonna be like, I know right, I'm the best.
And it's great, instead of some awkward like, Oh, no, you know, I don't know, I'm gonna be awkward.
Right, right. Exactly.
And it could even be maybe the person said something awkward, right?
They said something awkward.
But in an endearing way, you can again elbow that, like, here you to go being, being silly, right?
It's a joke. You're just cheesing them.
You could pull that off.
Well, it depends on their relationship.
Yeah. Maybe that's, that's the very high level takeaway.
If you want to use that specific construction at the B2C1 level, we can do that and build connection quickly.
Yes, absolutely. I love that.
Just reserve it for people you know well, but even if you have a speaking partner and you've chatted several times, you're getting to know each other well.
You could totally say here you go using amazing vocabulary again because all you're saying is you've noticed them do it before.
They're doing it again, right?
It just has to be something you've observed in the past.
And it actually could make you closer to the person as well, right?
Totally. Yeah. Love it.
Okay, cool. So hopefully we'll see our listeners, our students in our courses start to use this in our open conversation club and our student -led conversation clubs because those are cropping up now, Aubrey, right?
Yes, they're so fun, students, opening, speaking practice all over the world.
It's so fun to be part of the AllACKersEnglish community.
And I agree, we would love to see you guys there.
All right. Sounds great.
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