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Hello English learners welcome back to English pod and my name is Marco

and I’m Erica

and today we have another romantic lesson, kind of romantic

a little romantic. We’ve got a boyfriend and a girlfriend in there apologizing to each other.

Okay, so it’s a very common situation and we’re gonna be talking about love. We’re also going to talk about different pet names that are commonly used in English

that are used with your boyfriend or girlfriend

okay, very good. So, let’s listen to this dialogue for the first time and see what’s happening with the couple.

Can we talk?

Sure, honey, we’re talking now, aren’t we?

You know what I mean.

Yeah. I know.

I want to know where this relationship is going.

I’m in love with you and I need to know.

You know, I think you’re awesome.

I’m awesome. Well, I guess that’s my answer, isn’t it?

Honey.

Look, if you don’t love me, it’s not a thing, alright, we’ve had our laughs, but I don’t appreciate maybe it’s just time we.

Baby, I love you so much.

You do?

I love you. And I think you’re awesome.

Oh, I love you too!

Come on. Put the gun down.

Oh baby, I’m so sorry.

Okay, so romantic and dramatic.

Yeah, I think she really needed to hear that. Right, so I think she really wanted to hear I love you.

Yeah, that’s right and there’s some interesting phrases here in this dialogue and today we’re going to focus mostly on phrases. So why don’t we start with fluency builder.

Fluency builder

Okay, on fluency builder today we are going to take a look at some of these phrases. And the first one is very important and very different.

So, obviously this dialogue is about love and we heard two different ways that this word is used. And the first one is: to love someone.

Right, so he said, I love you

Yeah, I love you

We pretty much understand what that means.

right but they also mentioned, to be in love with someone.

Okay, so he said I am in love with you

I’m in love with you

in love

okay, so what’s the difference between to love and to be in love?

To be in love with someone means that you have these strong romantic feelings toward somebody.

That’s right. So you can only be in love with your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your husband or your wife.

so you can love your parents, you can love your family but you can’t be in love with them. You can only be in love with your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife.

that’s right.

okay

so moving on to the next phrase, now the girl asked her boyfriends, can we talk

can we talk

can we talk

This is a very simple sentence.

Right, we know the meaning, right?

but why did she say, can we talk?

Okay, so you use this when you want to start a conversation about something serious.

Okay, so if you wanted to talk to me about my new shirt

I wouldn’t ask. I would say, hey Marco, can we talk? Oh, I really like your shirt. Where did you got it?

Exactly, right?

It has to be serious

It has to be serious. So, usually if somebody says, hey can we talk? It means that there’s going to be a serious topic.

Yeah, it’s going be probably bad news

maybe bad news

yeah

so, can we talk. So if your boyfriend or girlfriend tells you this, well, it’s not a good sign.

that’s right

all right and the last phrase that we have on fluency builder; you know what I mean

you know what I mean

you know what I mean

you know what I mean

alright, so again this phrase is very simple to understand, right?

that’s right

so you would know what I’m talking about

you understand me

but the interesting thing is that we can also make it a question

and it’s all about the change in tone

okay so with this in mind, let’s listen to two examples of the same phrase but with different tones. And you try to see which one is the question.

example 1

I’m tired of doing nothing all day here at home. You what I mean

example 2

Come on Charles. You know what I mean when I say that I don’t like your friends

example 3

I hate this class. It’s so boring and tedious. You know what I mean

Alright, so we heard the examples and well, maybe you guessed it right. The second example was the question.

that’s right, you know what I mean?

Right. So basically you’re asking the person if they understand your idea or they understand what you’re talking about. So maybe you can say, the professor wasn’t very clear on his instructions. So how was I supposed to do the homework? You know what I mean?

So you’re asking me to confirm that I understand you

my idea, you understand what I’m saying.

Yeah. Okay and if it was a statement, I might say, hey I don’t like going to your mom’s house.

so I would say what? What do you mean? Why?

You know what I mean

right so I perfectly understand or know the reasons why you don’t like going to my mom’s house

yeah, like I don’t have to tell you. You know what I mean.

All right, very good. So, you know what I mean. Great, so we’ve taken a look at these four phrases. They’re very simple but the way that you use them gives them different meanings.

that’s right

alright, so let’s listen to our dialogue for the second time. Let’s slow it down a little bit and then we’ll come back and look at some more phrases.

Can we talk?

Sure, honey, we’re talking now, aren’t we?

You know what I mean.

Yeah. I know.

I want to know where this relationship is going.

I’m in love with you and I need to know.

You know, I think you’re awesome.

I’m awesome. Well, I guess that’s my answer, isn’t it?

Honey.

Look, if you don’t love me, it’s not a thing, alright, we’ve had our laughs, but I don’t appreciate maybe it’s just time we.

Baby, I love you so much.

You do?

I love you. And I think you’re awesome.

Oh, I love you too!

Come on. Put the gun down.

Oh baby, I’m so sorry.

Okay so now it’s time for us to take a look at some more phrases but this time we’re gonna look at them in putting it together.

Putting it together

Okay we’re going to see how we can use these phrases in a few different situations. So the girl wanted to talk to her boyfriend because she wanted to know where this relationship is going.

Right, where is this relationship going

where is this relationship going

so she wants to know what’s going to happen or what

what’s the future

what’s the future of this relationship

yeah

are we gonna get married or we’re just

yeah

what’s happening

yeah

so when we listen to some examples with different nouns and how we can use this phrase.

example 1

I don’t know where my career going in this company. I don’t see any potential for growth.

example 2

This review is so confusing. I have no idea where the plot is going.

example 3

We have been in this meeting for over two hours and I still don’t know where it’s going.

Okay so again this phrase is just asking about the future of something.

Right, so where the future of this movie, where is this movie going

Yeah, what’s happening

Right, what’s gonna happen

Yeah

or you career etc.

yeah. Okay and so the girl you know, she was talking a little bit about her feelings and she said, maybe it’s just time we

okay, so this phrase isn’t complete yet

yeah

we need to finish it

yeah

but she is basically saying maybe we should do this. How can we finish the phrase?

All right, so she could say, maybe it’s just time we break up.

all right or I can say, maybe it’s time we have a baby

Oh, Marco

all right

or even maybe it’s time we go home.

Okay, so it’s getting late, let’s go home. Maybe it’s time we go home.

yeah

so this is how we can finish this phrase. And what about our last phrase?

so she also said, we’ve had our laughs.

Okay, so that means we’ve had our good times.

yeah

Okay

but we can change this to we’ve had our ups and downs

okay or we’ve had our moments, right? So that means we’ve had our good moments are bad moments.

that’s right. Or we’ve had our issues.

Okay, so that means we’ve had some problems, we’ve had some difficulties.

or even we’ve had our moments.

Okay, so that means we’ve had

Special times

So that means we’ve had our special times, special occasions that we will always remember

that’s right

okay

so I really use, three really useful structures that you can change the words a little bit to slightly change the meaning.

okay so it’s time for us to listen to our dialogue for the last time. Now we’re ready to understand everything and then we will come back and give me some examples of pet names in English

Can we talk?

Sure, honey, we’re talking now, aren’t we?

You know what I mean.

Yeah. I know.

I want to know where this relationship is going.

I’m in love with you and I need to know.

You know, I think you’re awesome.

I’m awesome. Well, I guess that’s my answer, isn’t it?

Honey.

Look, if you don’t love me, it’s not a thing, alright, we’ve had our laughs, but I don’t appreciate maybe it’s just time we.

Baby, I love you so much.

You do?

I love you. And I think you’re awesome.

Oh, I love you too!

Come on. Put the gun down.

Oh baby, I’m so sorry.

Well Marco, you mentioned this word, pet names. And what exactly is that?

All right, so pet names are names for your dogs or your cats, right?

Okay

they are those sweet names that you would call your boyfriend or girlfriend.

Okay, so like baby

Okay, in our dialogue we heard baby

yeah

right? So, we’re not talking about a little

a little child

a little child, no. This is usually how you would call your girlfriend or boyfriend, baby.

Or honey

Honey, right? Hey, honey you’re– honey I’m home.

yeah

right? But we also have other ones like sweetheart or

darling

darling

yeah

or what about sweetie or cutie

cutie, oh

so some of these phrases can be a little bit like cheesy maybe

yeah, little too sweet

too much like smookums

snookums

like snookums

okay or honey bunny

oh yeah, yeah

we also have sweetie pie

yeah

and some of them will make some up, right? Maybe they’ll call their boyfriend, pooh bear

oh, yeah

like Winnie, the Pooh. Pooh bear

yes. I heard dumpling. It’s a common one.

so you can make up your own—- you can make up your own pet names, right?

Yeah, so I wanna hear from our listeners. Are there any common pet names in your language.

I know that in Spanish we sometimes call the– we can sometimes call our girlfriend, Gorda, which actually means fat but not in a bad way. It’s a sweet way of calling your girlfriend

and I know in French you can say my pou, which basically means my flee.

Yeah, so some of them if you translate, you wouldn’t really use in English but let us know. Translate from your language or other ones that you’ve heard maybe in movies or talk shows and come to our website, Englishpob.com.

Yeah. Leave your questions there as well as your pet names and Marco and I are always happy to see you there.

Okay until next time, goodbye.