** Easy talk-1

အဂၤလိပ္ စကားေျပာတဲ ့ အခါ သိပ္ျပီး ႀကီး ႀကီး က်ယ္က်ယ္ စကားလံ ု း ေတြ သံ ု း ဖို ့ မလို ပါဘူ း ၊
ေျပာပံ ု ေျပာနည္း ႏွစ္မ်ိဳး ရိွပါတယ္။ 

to talk to the point အခ်က္က်က်ေျပာဆို သည္။ to talk through one's heart ေရာက္တ တ္ရာရာေျပာဆို သည္။

ေျပာေလ့ မရိွေသးသူ မ်ား အတြက္  to talk the point ကု ိသာ ဦးစြာ သံ ု း သင့္ပါတယ္။

တျခား လူ နားလည္ေအာင္ ပီပီသသ နဲ  ့ စနစ္ တက် ယဥ္ယဥ္ ေက်းေက်း ေျပာတတ္ဖို ့ လို ပါတယ္။

တခါတေလ ေျပာခ်င္တဲ ့ စကား ကို စကား လံ ု း လဲ မသိ ဘဲ ေမ့ ေနတတ္ေတာ့ အရ င္ဆံ ု း ေန ့ စဥ္ သံ ု းေနက်

ေ၀ါဟာရေတြ ကို ေတာ့ ဦး စြာ ေလ့ လာ ထားႏို င္ ရင္ ပို ေကာင္း ပါတယ္။

အေျခခံ ေျပာႏို င္ ရင္ ကို ဘဲ တစ္ ကမၻာ လံ ု း နဲ ့ ေျပာလု ိ ့ ရပါျပီ။

ဒီတစ္ပတ္ေတာ့ အေျခခံ talking and Chating  ေလး ေတြ ကစျပီး ေျပာၾကည့္ ၾကမယ္ ။
Chating မွာ လဲ သံ ု း လို ့ ရပါတယ္။

Greeting - Basic

There are many ways to greet someone.  We'll learn about the most common way to
greet someone in this lesson.  I'll give a variety of example sentences.
 တခါမွ မေတြ ့ ဆံ ု ဘူ းတဲ ့ လူ ေတြ ကို စျပီး မိတ္ဆက္ ျခင္း။

Greeting someone you never met:

"Hi, my name is Steve.  It's nice to meet you."
You can respond to this by saying,
"It's a pleasure to meet you.  I'm Jack."
 ေယဘူ ယ် ေမးခြန္း မ်ား။
Another common question to ask is

"What do you do for a living?"

You can respond to this by saying,

ဒီလို ျပန္ေျဖႏို င္ တယ္။ ျပန္ေျဖၾကည့္ပါ။

"I work at a restaurant."

"I work at a bank."
"I work in a software company."
"I'm a dentist."

Usually, you will not need to ask for a name.  It is implied that each person should say
their name.  But in case they don't, you can ask, 
ထံ ု းစံ ကေတာ့ နာမည္ တစ္ခုကို ေမးေနဘို ့ မလို ပါဘူ း။ ဒါဟာ သူ တို ့ ရဲ ့ ေျပာသင့္တာ တစ္ဦးခ်င္းစီမွာ အဓိပၸာယ္
သိျပီး သားပါ။ သို ့ ေသာ္ သူ တို ့ မေျပာခဲ ့ ရင္ ဒီလို ဘဲရို းရို းေမးပါ။

"What is your name?"

Many times, I don't hear the name.  If you would like for them to repeat their name, you
can say,
ထပ္ေမးခ်င္ရင္ ဒီလို ေမးပါ။

"What was that again?"

"Excuse me?"
"Pardon me?" 

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Greeting Someone you Know

"Hey John, how have you been?"
"Hi Bob, how are you?"
"Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?"
"Andy, it's been a long time, how are you man?"

If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,

"Hey Jack, it's good to see you.  What are you doing here?"

or

"What a surprise.  I haven't seen you in a long time.  How have you been?"

If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say,

 "Do you come to this restaurant often?"

Or at the movie theatre,

 "What movie did you come to see?"

Appropriate responses:

"Hi Steve, my name is Mike.  It is nice to meet you as well."

"I heard a lot about you from John.  He had a lot of good things to say."

"Wow.  How long has it been?  It seems like more than a year.  I'm doing pretty well.  How about you?"

A typical response to this type of greeting is simple.

"Not too bad."

If asked what you have been up to, you can respond with,

 "Same ole same ole."  Or, "The same as usual."

Here are some other example responses.

"I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
"I'm doing very well."
"I finally have some free time.  I just finished taking a big examination, and I'm so relieved that I'm done
with it."

Restaurant Responses

"I've been here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."
"I come pretty often.  This is my favorite restaurant."
"I can't believe we haven't seen each other before.  I come here at least twice a week."

Movie Response

"I came here to see Matrix Revolution.  How about you?" 

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Greeting - Example Conversations

Let's look at several example conversations.  Then we can move on to the practice section.

Person A: "Hi, my name is Steve.  It's nice to meet you."

Person B: "I'm Jack.  It's a pleasure to meet you, Steve."
Person A: "What do you do for a living Jack?"
Person B: "I work at the bank."

Person A: "What is your name?"

Person B:  "Jackson."
Person A: "What was that again?"

Person A: "Hey John, how have you been?"

Person B: "What a surprise.  I haven't seen you in a long time.  How have you been?"
Person A: "I'm doing very well.  How about you?"
Person B: "I finally have some free time.  I just finished taking a big examination, and I'm so relieved that
I'm done with it."

Person A: "Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?"

Person B: "The same ole same ole."  Or, "The same as usual.  How about you?"
Person A: "I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."

Person A: "Andy, it's been a long time, how are you man?"
Person B: "What a surprise.  I haven't seen you in a long time.  How have you been?"
Person A: "Do you come to this restaurant often?"
Person B: "I've been here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis."

The next lesson is the interactive practice section.  If you would like to repeat this lesson or previous
lessons, feel free to go back and study as many times as you need.  When you are ready, go to the
practice section.

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Greeting - Interactive Practice
Click on Listen All and follow along. After becoming comfortable with the entire conversation, become
Person A by clicking on the Person A button. You will hear only Person B through the audio file. There will
be a silence for you to repeat the sentences of Person A. Do the same for Person B. The speed of the
conversation is native speed. Use the pause button if the pause between each sentence is too fast for
you. After practicing several times, you will be able to speak as fast as a native.

1 

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "Hi, how are you doing?"

B: "I'm doing great. How about you?"
A: "Not too bad."
B: "Do you come to this restaurant often?"
A: "I've been here a couple of times, but I don't come on a regular basis. What have you been up to?"
B: "I'm pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great."
A: "Well, have a good evening."
B: "You too."

2    

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "It's nice to meet you. My name is Jack."

B: "I'm Steve. It's a pleasure to meet you."
A: "What was your name again?"
B: "Steve."
A: "So Steve, What do you do for a living?"
B: "I work at the public library. How about you?"
A: "I'm a University student."
B: "That's great. It was nice meeting you."
A: "Yeah. It was a pleasure meeting you."

3 

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "Hey Jack, it's good to see you."

B: "Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I'm doing pretty well. How about you?"
A: "Not too bad."
B: "What movie did you come to see?"
A: "I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?"
B: "I'm going to watch Finding Nemo."

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Bored - General Phrases
Being bored means having nothing to do.  When someone is bored, they often call people and try to
entertain themselves or try to find something to do with a friend.  So being bored is a good starting point
for conversational English.

There are a couple of situations you can express to someone that you are bored.  Most commonly, you
will call a friend and tell them that you are bored or ask them to do something together.  The other time is
when someone asks you how you are doing.  We will cover both situations in this session.

General Phrases

"I'm dying from boredom."

"I hate being bored."
"I don't have anything to do."
"My life is so boring."
"Life is so boring."
"I'm just watching TV until I find something to do."
"I was bored all weekend."
"I am so bored today."

"I get bored very easily."

"I get bored all the time."

A common place to get bored is when you have to visit family members.

"It's always boring whenever we go to our relatives."

"It's nice to visit my grandmother, but it gets boring after a couple of hours."
"My cousins are so boring.  All they do is watch tv."

"There's nothing to do in the country side.  I'm always bored there."

If you think you are a boring person, here is a way to say that you are boring.

"I think I'm a little boring."

"I'm a boring person."

Boring can be used to describe someone.

"He is a boring person."

"His personality is very boring."
"It's boring whenever she's around."

Using bored to answer a question is very common.  Here are some general questions that someone
might ask.

"How was your trip?"

"How was your vacation?"
"How was your weekend?"
"How was the lecture?"
"How was the class?"
"How was the game?"

Any of these types of questions can be answered with a simple answer.

"It was pretty boring."

"It was boring.  I didn't do much."
"It wasn't as fun as I thought.  It was a little boring."
"I was bored most of the time."
"Because it was disorganized, we had too much extra time.  I was bored during our free time."

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Bored - Calling Someone

The conversation when you call someone might sound something like this.

"Hello"
"Hi Jane, this is Jill.  Do you have time to talk?"
"Hi Jill, sure, I was just watching TV."
"What are you watching?"
"I was just watching a re-run of friends.  How about you?  What are you doing?"
"Nothing much.  I really wanted to start studying for the Psychology test coming up, but I can't seem to
motivate myself."

As you can see, Even though Jill is very bored, she didn't say that she was bored.  To sensitive people,
they can misinterpret the situation.  If I am bored and I call you, then that could mean that I am only
calling you because I have nothing better to do.  So if you are not very close friends, it is better to say
something like, 'nothing much' instead of 'I am bored.'

If you are very close friends with someone, then the conversation can be more direct and honest.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm doing the laundry."
"I'm so bored.  I have nothing to do."
"Why don't you come over and help me with the laundry?"
"I'd rather do my own house chores.  Hey, you wanna take a break from your house work and have coffee
at Starbucks with me?"
"Sure, that sounds great.  I'll meet you there in thirty minutes."

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Bored - Boring Work
A different situation you can tell someone you are bored is when you are simply talking with a friend
concerning a part of your life that is boring.  For example, if you have a boring job, you can explain to your
friend how boring it is.

"How is your work these days?"

"Work is so boring that I'm going crazy."
"I ran out of things to do and management is too busy to give me more work.  I tried to find things to do
with no luck.  I'm basically sitting in my chair pretending to work."
"That sounds so boring."
"Tell me about it.  Time goes so slow when you're bored.  I'd rather be busy.  Then at least the day would
go by faster."

Similar type of boring work is when doing something that is routine.  Some sentences expressing boring
work are:

"I'm doing the same thing over and over again."

"My work is so repetitious that I am getting bored of it."
"My work does not interest me."
"I'm only working to pay the bills."
"I wish I had your job."

Because some people are so busy, they envy people who have nothing to do at work.

"I'm so bored.  I have nothing to do at work.  I just surf the Internet all day long."
"Dang!  I'm so busy at work, it's driving me crazy.  I really wish I had your job."

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Bored - Interactive Practice

Click on Listen All and follow along. After becoming comfortable with the entire conversation, become
Person A by clicking on the Person A button. You will hear only Person B through the audio file. There will
be a silence for you to repeat the sentences of Person A. Do the same for Person B. The speed of the
conversation is native speed. Use the pause button if the pause between each sentence is too fast for
you. After practicing several times, you will be able to speak as fast as a native.

1 

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

 A: "Hey there. What have you been up to?"
B: "Nothing really."
A: "How about your work?"
B: "It's so boring there. I really wish I had a different job."
A: "Is it really that bad?"
B: "Yeah. Most of the time, I have nothing to do. But whenever I have something to do, it's boring work
because it is the same old thing."
A: "Why don't you find a different job then?"
B: "Maybe I should."

2    

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "Hi Steve, what's your plan for tonight?"

B: "I don't have any plans. Are you doing anything special?"
A: "Well, if you're bored, let's plan on meeting up tonight."
B: "That sounds like a good idea. Should we invite Bob?"
A: "He's a little boring."
B: "What do you mean?"
A: "Well, he doesn't drink, play video games, pool, or really anything. The only thing he talks about is
history."
B: "You do have a point. We'll leave him out tonight."
A: "Aright. Let's meet at 8:30 in front of the university bookstore."
B: "Perfect. I'll see you later tonight."

3 

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "Hello"
B: "Hi Jane"
A: "Oh, hi Jill."
B: "What are you doing?"
A: "I'm doing the laundry."
B: "I'm so bored. I have nothing to do."
A: "Why don't you come over and help me with the laundry?"
B: "I'd rather do my own house chores. Hey, you wanna take a break from your house work and have
coffee at Starbucks with me?"
A: "Sure, that sounds great. I'll meet you there in thirty minutes."

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How is your Day - General Statements
In this lesson, we are going to learn how to communicate to someone using the present tense.  However,
because this isn't a site teaching grammar, I do not want to spend too much time on details.  I wanted to
include this section primarily to show many different sentences using present tense and to have a
dedicated practice section with only present tense sentences.

This lesson is a little shorter than others because speaking in the present tense is not as common as
speaking in the future or past tense.  Although speaking in the future tense or the past tense is more
common, it is still important to know how to communicate in the present tense.  Here are some example
sentences:

"I see Bob over there by the newspaper stand."

"I'm going to the library."
"I'm on my way home."
"I'm going to the bus stop."

"Jack is going to the store."

"Jill is stopping by now."
"The meeting is starting now."
"The manager is waiting for you in her office."
"Tell the receptionist that you are here to see Mr. Hwang."

Questions:

A very common question you will run into is,

"How are you doing?"
"How is your day going?"
"What are you doing now?"

To answer these types of question, you must remember that you are talking about what is currently going
on now, so you must use the present tense.

Here are some ways to answer the above question.

"I'm enjoying the beautiful weather without any worries in the world."
"I'm playing a video game on my computer because I have nothing to do."
"I'm at the grocery store buying ingredients for tonight's dinner."
"I'm at the gym working out."

As you can see, each sentence is starting with, 'I am' instead of 'I will be' or 'I was.'  We will discuss past
tense and future tense in the next sessions.

More descriptive answers you can give are the following:

"I'm pretty busy right now.  I'm doing my homework because I have an exam tomorrow."
"My project deadline is coming up, so I'm currently in the process of finishing my tasks."
"I'm taking the day off from work today because I have so many errands.  I'm going to the post office to
send some packages to my friends."
"I'm looking for a job.  The job market does not look that great, but I can't give up. "
"I'm applying for a job at a consulting firm in Taiwan."
"I'm listening to music while thinking about my situation."
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How is your day - Example Conversation

The present tense is more common in writing.  As you can see by all the explanations I am giving, they
are all written in the present tense.  That is because it is instructional.  Instructional writing is more
commonly written in present tense.  However, stories in novels are written in past tense.

The reason past and future tense is used more commonly than present tense when speaking is because
usually you are telling someone what you have done or what you plan on doing.  Speaking in the present
tense is used primarily to tell someone what you are currently doing.

As in previous lessons in 'Bored and Greeting' it is very common to have a conversation using the present
tense when you run into somebody or when you make or receive a phone call.

Let's use this time now to incorporate what we have learned so far.

Person A: "Hi Jack.  What are you doing?"

Person B: "Hi Mary.  I'm filling out a job application."
Person A: "Are you finished with school already?"
Person B: "No.  I have one more semester, but it would be great to have a job lined up. "

Person A: "How is your day going?"

Person B: "Quite busy.  I'm preparing for my presentation tomorrow on our marketing strategy.  I'm not
even half done yet."
Person A: "You must feel stressed out now."
Person B: "That's an understatement."

Person A: "What are you doing now?"

Person B: "I'm playing pool with my friends at a pool hall."
Person A: "I didn't know you play pool.  Are you having fun?"
Person B:  "I'm having a great time.  How about you?  What are you doing?"
Person A: "I'm taking a break from my homework.  There seems to be no end to the amount of work I
have to do."
Person B: "I'm glad I'm not in your shoes."
How is your day - Interactive Practice
Click on Listen All and follow along. After becoming comfortable with the entire conversation, become
Person A by clicking on the Person A button. You will hear only Person B through the audio file. There will
be a silence for you to repeat the sentences of Person A. Do the same for Person B. The speed of the
conversation is native speed. Use the pause button if the pause between each sentence is too fast for
you. After practicing several times, you will be able to speak as fast as a native.

1 

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "What are you doing now?"

B: "I'm watching TV."
A: "What are you watching?"
B: "I'm watching Friends. What are you doing?"
A: "I'm doing my homework, but I really need to take a break."
B: "You want to do something?"
A: "Yes. But I shouldn't. I got to finish my assignment now."
B: "Alright. Call me later then."
A: "OK. Bye."

2    

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "Where are you going now?"

B: "I'm going to the bank."
A: "Aren't you supposed to be at work?"
B: "I'm working now. I'm making a deposit for our company."
A: "Where do you work?"
B: "I work for a restaurant as a controller."
A: "Wow. That's great."
B: "Great seeing you. I have to go now. I'll talk to you later."

3 

Listen All  |  Person A  |  Person B

A: "Hi Steve. What are you doing here?"

B: "I'm meeting a friend here for dinner. How about you?"
A: "I'm on my way home but I needed to stop by the book store to buy a text book."
B: "Didn't you finish school yet?"
A: "I have one more year, and then I'm done."
B: "What are you majoring in?"
A: "I'm majoring in Sociology"
B: "How do you like your major?"
A: "I really find the subject very interesting. I'm enjoying all my classes."
B: "That's great."
 A: "I better go now. I don't want to miss the bus."
B: "Aright, I'll talk to you later."
A: "Okay. See you later."

How is your Day - General Statements

In this lesson, we are going to learn how to communicate to someone using the present tense.  However,
because this isn't a site teaching grammar, I do not want to spend too much time on details.  I wanted to
include this section primarily to show many different sentences using present tense and to have a
dedicated practice section with only present tense sentences.

This lesson is a little shorter than others because speaking in the present tense is not as common as
speaking in the future or past tense.  Although speaking in the future tense or the past tense is more
common, it is still important to know how to communicate in the present tense.  Here are some example
sentences:

"I see Bob over there by the newspaper stand."

"I'm going to the library."
"I'm on my way home."
"I'm going to the bus stop."

"Jack is going to the store."

"Jill is stopping by now."
"The meeting is starting now."
"The manager is waiting for you in her office."
"Tell the receptionist that you are here to see Mr. Hwang."

Questions:

A very common question you will run into is,

"How are you doing?"
"How is your day going?"
"What are you doing now?"

To answer these types of question, you must remember that you are talking about what is currently going
on now, so you must use the present tense.

Here are some ways to answer the above question.

"I'm enjoying the beautiful weather without any worries in the world."
"I'm playing a video game on my computer because I have nothing to do."
"I'm at the grocery store buying ingredients for tonight's dinner."
"I'm at the gym working out."

As you can see, each sentence is starting with, 'I am' instead of 'I will be' or 'I was.'  We will discuss past
tense and future tense in the next sessions.

More descriptive answers you can give are the following:

"I'm pretty busy right now.  I'm doing my homework because I have an exam tomorrow."
"My project deadline is coming up, so I'm currently in the process of finishing my tasks."
"I'm taking the day off from work today because I have so many errands.  I'm going to the post office to
send some packages to my friends."
"I'm looking for a job.  The job market does not look that great, but I can't give up. "
"I'm applying for a job at a consulting firm in Taiwan."
"I'm listening to music while thinking about my situation."

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