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I'm great, how are you Lindsay?
Good, Aubrey do you consider yourself a dynamic person?
I think so, I'd like to hope that I've done, you know, I really try to stay positive.
And I do have a lot of energy.
So it's funny cause I don't know that I've heard a lot of people call me dynamic.
But yeah, I think so.
people have the yeah sure absolutely thing to call yourself yeah like I don't feel humble if I call myself dynamics right it's a little bit weird right yeah I think of a dynamic person is someone who obviously is full of life but also is not always the same you know and yeah I think that's you I mean people adjust to different situations they have different kinds of taste they don't always want to go back to the same restaurant right it's like they want to try things that are new.
But I think someone has a different definition of it.
Yeah, interesting. That is a really good point, and I think of it differently when we call someone dynamic.
Like, some people might see that just to spend and other people are like, yeah, that means, you know, spontaneous and always doing new things.
So we got a really good question about this word, and we actually use it many different ways in English.
Okay, cool. Well, this question comes from Julia, or Yulia, depending on the pronunciation.
So shall I go ahead and read the question Aubrey?
All right. All right, my name is Julia.
I have a question about the word dynamic.
Could you share some examples of using this in daily conversation?
Also I just want to thank you for all the hard work.
Thanks in advance. Have a great day.
Take care Julia. Oh beautiful, wonderful.
It is beautiful. Thank you so much for this amazing feedback and for this fantastic question.
I'm excited to dive into it.
We especially use this a lot at work, a lot in business English.
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So hit follow right here on the podcast. Yes, and I love that you said it's a quick win.
You know, it's so important these days to get a win under our belts early in the day, right, as we're going to work maybe.
And if we listen to the show, whether it's business English or All Airs English or another show we love, we can feel that positive vibe and feel like we're, I don't know, we're going into the day with a winning mindset.
it. I love that. Yes, start your day off right.
It's easier to be a more dynamic person when you start your day off right.
So I like I said at the top of the show, I think this is one of the words.
I mean, there are definitions and there are dictionary definitions we'll show you, but I think this word is sometimes it's just like the word charismatic.
Like, what does that mean?
People have different definitions for these words, right?
So, so just know that before we go into it, it's kind of not a hard and fast definition in a way in my mind.
Yeah, you're going to hear native speakers use it maybe differently from each other, so it might be a little hard to know exactly what someone means.
And you might hear it and they might not mean exactly what you assume they mean.
It's tricky. It's kind of interesting.
That makes it interesting, right?
Well, we'll start off by looking at it as an adjective, kind of defining a person and their character, right?
Exactly. There are three different, you know, dictionary definitions.
The first one is this adjective describing a person, which is positive in attitude, full of energy and new ideas.
And I think that new ideas bit is what we focus on more in English if we call someone dynamic or a restaurant dynamic, right?
If we're calling – yeah, I don't know, I feel like not just people but anything can be called dynamic if it feels new and changing and exciting.
Yeah. Always changing over – always kind of pushing the edge, creating new things, pushing the limits, challenging things.
I think here, you're right, we do lean towards to the newness or the innovativeness for dynamic more than just positive attitude and full of energy.
I think you could argue that you could be positive and full of energy and not necessarily dynamic.
You could be a little one note, right?
One note. Yes, and I do, I feel like I hear this less often to describe people.
If someone is positive and full of energy, that's probably what you're going to say.
They're positive and energetic and fun to be around.
We might call them a go -getter, right?
This is kind of a slang phrase for someone who works hard and is game for anything as a loyal member of your team maybe.
But you might not call them dynamic.
You might say, they're a real go -getter.
Yeah, interesting. So here are some sample sentences.
He seems very dynamic and motivated.
Yes. Yeah. Right. Or I like to surround myself with dynamic people.
So like, yeah, these make sense.
We just don't use it that often to describe people.
Would you agree, Lindsay?
Yeah, I think so. I think that's true.
I but there's a lot of other ways that we should look at, so we have that in our toolbox.
So, what else? So a process or a system would be the second way we use dynamic as an adjective.
Yes, still an adjective, and this I feel like I hear more often, rather than about a person to describe a company, a system, a process, right.
It means characterized by constant change, activity or progress.
This I do hear a lot.
Yeah, so for example, this project has been extremely dynamic but we've done, well rolling with the punches so dynamic meaning it's been changing it's always been changing.
Exactly and and usually a pretty positive connotation that would likely mean good change progress lots of good activity right if things have gone terribly I probably wouldn't call a project dynamic because really means good positive progress.
Yes, what's another example?
Yeah, you might say her favorite thing about her job is how dynamic it is so this would be like constantly changing, very interesting.
It's not boring, right?
It's always new tasks, always very fun and switching it up a lot.
Yes, for sure. And then we talk about it as a noun, which is a force that stimulates change or progress within a system or process.
Well, that sounds like a definition.
Yes, exactly, this is a definition.
We do use this a lot.
For example, what is the dynamic at your company?
This is a great question to ask in an interview when you want details about a company that's considering hiring you, you need to know what the dynamic is at that company and that means what are the processes like, what are the systems like, do people get along, are we supportive, all of that is part of the dynamic of a company.
It's a good question though, I don't know if I would ask it in an interview because it feels a little direct and a little vague, like how could I answer that as an interviewer, right?
It's good. And it could also be the possibility that they misinterpret or they read into it that maybe you're making some kind of statement that the dynamic isn't good or maybe not what they would want.
So, yeah, there are better questions to ask but I could imagine, you would need to be prepared to answer this as an interviewee if they ask you, what type of dynamic do you like at a company?
What was the dynamic like at your previous company and how did you contribute to something like that?
Yeah, I think that's more likely to hear that.
Yeah, for sure. I mean, if you want to know, I could substitute in the word vibe for dynamic, but not in a business interview obviously.
If you want to know what is the dynamic at your company, one of the questions you can ask which came up in Professional English Level One, which is live now, by the way, guys, is asking, you know, is this a new position because that would give you, would tell you a lot.
I think you asked, I think in your interview with Alex, that question came up Aubrey, because this would tell you, what does a company do?
Why are new positions created?
For what reason? That tells you a lot about what's going on in the inner workings of the company.
Yes, and a question like that is going to be impressive to a person interviewing you, because they can see that you have done your homework, you're thinking, you're intelligent, right?
There's a lot that's said about you as well in the questions that you ask.
That's a really good one there, yeah.
But I love that you mentioned vibe, vibe because that is our more informal way of saying the dynamic right now we'll often say what's the vibe what's the vibe I'm getting this right and you know the more formal way of saying that is what is the dynamic.
Yeah I would certainly avoid it in an interview for sure but I love I like that word I've been using that word more and more what's the vibe but what I just don't know what else to say.
exactly in conversations right but if you're trying to up level your your language so important to know that the actual word as dynamic.
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Okay, Aubrey, role play time.
So here we are discussing potential candidates that we have interviewed. Alright, interviewing time, okay, here we go.
So all of the candidates seem dynamic and well qualified.
It will be difficult to know which of them to hire.
I agree, it's a good problem to have. This upcoming project will be dynamic and complicated.
So we need someone who is up to the challenge.
I think we could have a good dynamic like with the final candidate, I'm leaning towards him.
Nice. So we have all three meanings here.
Yeah, so the first one you used, an adjective describing a person.
These people, right?
All of them seem dynamic and well qualified, right?
Like they're positive, they're interesting.
We feel like they would be innovative, coming up with new ideas.
They're dynamic. Love it.
And then you said, I agree, it's a good problem to have. This upcoming project will be dynamic and complicated.
So we need someone who's up to the challenge.
That means it's going to be constantly changing, requirements might change, conditions might change, right?
Yes, exactly, and then lastly, you used it as a noun.
I think we could have a good dynamic with the final candidate.
So, more informal, you might say like, I think we'd have a good vibe with this candidate.
Good vibe, yeah. The dynamic would be good.
A good vibe, a good back and forth, a good, a rapport could be another way to say that.
Yeah, love it. Absolutely.
And I wanna highlight this fun phrase that I said there, it's a good problem to have. We say this a lot when we're sharing something that's sort of complicating things, creating a problem, but it's a good problem.
Like this, all of the candidates seem amazing.
This would be a good response.
Yeah, it's a good problem to have. Yes, I love that, I love that.
Excellent. Aubree, where should we leave our listeners today?
Yeah, words like this in English are very tricky when they're used as both an adjective and a noun.
As an adjective, it means sort of two different things, depending on if you're describing a person or a company or a system, right?
But for all of these instances, this is a great way, a great word to use at work to up -level your English.
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Alright. Awesome. Yeah.
See you next time. Alright.
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