20 Two-Word Expressions to Agree & Disagree in English
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0:00 Today's video is about getting into conversations with people and either agreeing with them or showing them that you appreciate what they're saying, but not necessarily
0:10 agreeing or disagreeing, and then disagreeing. Now, you'll notice that all of the samples I have up here are only two-word responses,
0:21 because again, a lot of native speaking is about being short and to the point. We don't want to extend our conversation more than we have to; we want to make sure we get
0:31 our answer in clearly. So, we're going to look at three ways to respond to suggestions, or opinions, or all kinds of different parts of the conversation.
0:42 We're going to look how to - sorry - agree, concede, and disagree. Concede means that I - again, I appreciate what you're saying.
0:55 Maybe I agree, maybe I don't, but at least I say that, yeah, the point you made or the suggestion you made is a good one.
1:02 Whether it's right or wrong, we'll discuss that a little bit later. So, let's start with expressions to agree, or to show support, or to be - to give a positive
1:12 response. Right? So, if somebody makes a point, makes an argument, presents an opinion, then you obviously can
1:19 just say, "That's right." That's the easiest, simplest way to agree with somebody and show that you think the same way.
1:26 And I think most people probably know how to answer in this way. Now we're going to get into some stranger expressions that you may have heard, or I'm
1:34 sure you've heard, but you may not exactly know what - how to use, or what they mean. So, for example, we often say "sounds good". So, somebody says, "Okay,
1:44 we're going to meet up tomorrow for lunch." And I say, "Okay, yeah, that sounds good. Where do you want to meet?" "Let's meet at - let's meet at
1:55 downtown at the city hall." "Okay, sounds good." "Sounds good" means I agree, I think that's a good point, that's where we're going to
2:03 meet. Okay? So, it sounds good to me, good idea. Another way you can say, basically same meaning,
2:10 of course. Right? Slightly different context. Right?
2:14 So, somebody asks you a question, "Do you want to come?" "Of course." "Do you agree?"
2:19 "Of course." Right? Because there's enough evidence. So, somebody can present some sort of argument
2:25 with evidence, then they directly ask you, "Do you agree? Do you think so, too?" "Of course."
2:31 That's a very strong yes, basically. Or do you want to something, like if somebody's making a suggestion or a request, answer very positively, "Of course."
2:42 On the other hand, you're... You want to agree, you want to be supportive and give a positive answer, but you're not 100% sure.
2:50 You're more than 50% sure, so kind of. So, I show you, like I show you my math, for example. I did my math homework and I say,
3:00 "Do you think this is good? Do you think... Is this correct?" "Kind of" means there probably are some
3:06 mistakes you should fix, but mostly it's okay. So, it's "kind of", and I don't want to give you a negative response. "Kind of", "sort of", same idea.
3:15 Right? And "same here". "Same here" basically means the same as "me too". Right?
3:24 So, my friend says, "I love", I don't know who's a popular band now, "I love Taylor Swift." Let's go... Because I know...
3:32 I still know her name. "Oh, same here. Me too. So do I."
3:37 All of these mean the same thing. This is much more casual, much more informal, and in conversation. You won't see it in writing.
3:45 Somebody says, "Oh, no kidding." "No kidding", obviously you've probably seen this in other videos of expressions. This expression has many uses.
3:55 And somebody says something very, very obvious, and you want to agree very, very clearly and obviously. Right?
4:03 Okay? So, for example, I think Dwayne Johnson, "Dwayne Johnson is the richest actor in Hollywood." "No kidding" means yes, I agree, I know,
4:15 I understand, I heard the same news story, I read the same news article, and I'm, like, showing both agreement and surprise that I can agree with that statement, because who would
4:26 have thought Dwayne Johnson would be the richest actor in Hollywood? "Damn straight" or "Damn right". Like, "damn", not the best word, it's a little
4:35 bit of a curse word, but people still use it all the time. So, this is a very, very strong yes, a very strong agreement with something.
4:43 Now, if some of you saw the movie Top Gun, and Maverick was saying, you know, all of you have read this book, and their answer was, "Damn straight", "Damn right", right?
4:53 It's a little bit American, but it's a little bit... Like, it's not that common, but you may hear it sometimes, but it's a fun expression.
5:04 Now, a little bit longer expression, this is not a two-word expression, but I wanted to include it in here because you may hear it, and it may be a little bit confusing.
5:12 "Couldn't have said it better myself", so obviously not two words, but a good expression. So, this means whatever you said, you said perfectly.
5:22 If I tried to say it, I couldn't have said it any better than you just said it, right? So, I agree very, very, very much. So, that's just a little bonus.
5:30 Don't worry about all the extra words in there. So, now we're going to move on to concession. So, a lot of times you're going to have a discussion with somebody, you're going to
5:40 have a... You're going to talk about different topics, politics, or news, or whatever, and you have very different opinions or very different views,
5:51 but you're open-minded and you're prepared to, you know, at least appreciate or at least accept that somebody else has a good argument to make, a good point to contribute to the
6:04 discussion, so you want to show that. Again, it doesn't mean that you agree. It doesn't mean that you disagree. It's just that you accept that point.
6:12 So, fair enough. I use this expression all the time, right? Somebody says something and I go, "Okay, yeah, that's a good point."
6:21 You're making a good argument or you're making a good suggestion, you're making a good addition to the discussion. Maybe you're right, maybe not,
6:30 but for now, okay, yeah, I accept it. Fair enough. Same with "good point". They're very similar,
6:38 depends which one you like to use. I like to use "fair enough", right? I'm trying to think of an example for you. So, okay, so somebody, like, we're talking,
6:48 let's say, politics, and like, everybody hates the mayor of the city, and my friend says, "Yeah, but, you know, she did actually fight homelessness", and I go, "Fair enough."
7:00 So, there's, you know, there's one good point there, there's one good argument, but overall I still don't like the mayor and still most people don't like the mayor because of all
7:08 the other bad things he did. So, yeah, I accept that you made a good point. Let's talk about the whole argument. I suppose, I guess.
7:18 So, before I talked about "kind of", "sort of", so I suppose, I guess is kind of similar idea in that, okay, I guess your point is acceptable, it's a good point.
7:29 I'm not sure that I, you know, really want to accept it for myself, but okay. So, that movie we saw last night, that was really good, right?
7:41 I suppose. It wasn't bad, I don't know if I would call it good, so I, you know, I guess it's okay. I'm not committing, so this is a good word here,
7:55 I'll try to write it here. Okay. You don't have to commit, you don't have to take a firm stance on anything by saying,
8:05 I guess. Well, I guess so. Yes, no, me, I don't know, I guess so. It makes sense.
8:12 So, you made an argument, I'm having a discussion, somebody makes a good point, I say, "It makes sense, it's logical."
8:20 Again, I don't know if I accept it or not, but the argument is logical, I can't say that you're making a bad argument, I can't attack your argument.
8:28 So, we'll put it into the conversation and deal with it later. And then finally, you can just disagree or give a negative response to somebody.
8:38 So, somebody says something, "Do you think that the mayor will win the next election?" Doubt it. I really don't think so, right?
8:49 Or you can just completely opposite of what somebody says, "I think the mayor is going to win the next election." Doubt it.
8:57 So, I'm directly disagreeing with your statement. Same with "hardly likely". "Hardly likely" means not likely. This "hardly" is almost not,
9:10 so we just accept it as not. Very little chance of that happening. And same with "seems unlikely". "Hardly likely", "seems unlikely".
9:21 Same meaning, but you're using the opposite ends of the word "likely". "Not really", again, instead of just saying "no", you want to soften it, "not really",
9:32 right? "Do you want to come?" "Not really." Right?
9:36 So, you don't want to say "no", but you don't want to give a... You don't want to go, obviously, but you don't want to say "no" directly, you don't want
9:44 to give a negative response right away. And "seems unlikely" or "seems doubtful", same meaning. I just wanted to show you
9:51 the two ways to use this expression. So, now, a lot of expressions here. If you have any questions, you can always ask in the comments below or go to www.engvid.com.
10:01 There's also a quiz there you can take to test your understanding of these expressions. And come back next time, I'll give you more vocabulary,
10:08 more grammar tips, writing tips, and all kinds of other things. Okay? See you then.