This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2364, when right is especially right in English.
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Hello, Michelle. How are you?
I'm good, Aubrey. How are you?
oh my gosh we're having fun recording together i know i'm so excited to be back and i have a question for you okay let's do you use the word right a lot yes i do probably too much i've actually heard from a couple of our listeners they're like you say right a lot when sort of to confirm that i agree with what lindsey says or what someone else says i'll be like right or at the end of what I say, right?
I apologize. I apologize too.
I think I sometimes even use it as a filler.
So I'll say, right.
So, but I've, when I have listened to episodes, I have heard myself using it a lot.
So today we're going to dive into, not only do we use it as a filler like that, we use it in so many ways in English.
It comes up all the time and there's some very native natural chunks that we're going to teach you today that you should be using with the word right but be sure to hit follow guys we've had so many amazing episodes lately and we have a lot of fun one fun ones planned coming up so be sure to hit the follow button so they drop right into your queue absolutely so i'm excited about this episode because it's an excuse for aubrey and i to use the word right without any guilt.
Exactly. Right. Right.
So let's dive in this first way that we use it is to say I'll be right and then blank.
There's so many ways we say this depending on where we are.
So for example, if you're on the first floor of a building and you're on the phone telling someone that you're coming upstairs, you might say I'll be right up or downstairs going upstairs, I'll be right up.
Right. I'll be right up.
Or let's say you're I'm upstairs in my house right now.
And let's say my kids were calling me.
I could say I'll be right down.
Exactly. Right. And this is really the most common natural way that we would say that.
Or if I'm at a neighbor's house and my husband asked me to come home for something, I might say I'll be right over.
That's often like if you're in a nearby space at a nearby home or maybe like a coffee shop next to somewhere and you're going to go to this like a neighboring store, I'll be right over.
Right. It usually involves some sort of transportation, whether it's walking or driving or just.
Yeah. And we wouldn't say this room to room, right?
If I'm in one room next to another room, like at work, I don't, would you say I'll be right over?
I probably would say I'll be right there.
Right. I'll be right there.
That's a good one. Yeah.
Interesting. Little nuances between which one we choose.
Right. Or I'll be right in.
Right. So let's say you're outside of a room where somebody is, or let's say you're meeting someone for a lunch.
You could say, I'll be right in.
You're out and now you're going to go in.
Yes. You're likely to hear this when you go to the doctor and maybe the nurse takes like your vitals and they'll say the doctor will be right in.
It means they'll be like right in the room with you.
They're not in the room now.
They'll be right in.
Right. Or out. Or out.
If you're inside a room, inside a house maybe, and maybe your neighbor's out front, oh, I'll be right out.
Or like if you're in the bathroom and your kids are yelling that they want you, I'll be right out.
Oh yeah. I probably use this one a lot.
I'll be right out. Or we already talked about right there, but I'll be right here.