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Understanding informal questions

the time and we use it with each other but sometimes we use it with non-native speakers because we're just in the moment and the non-native speakers get a little bit confused be...

Course: Natural questions and small talkSection: Tricky questions and natural repliesSubtitles: en

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use all

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the time and we use it with each other

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but sometimes we use it with non-native

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speakers because we're just in the

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moment and the non-native speakers get a

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little bit confused because there's not

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enough information in the question so

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you have to understand all the little

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pieces right so for example someone

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suggests uh a few of us are going to go

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to the bar for some drinks are you in

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and you're looking and am I in the bar

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no I'm here am I in somewhere else no in

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means are you interested okay and that's

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very important to understand this

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basically means interested

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okay or do you want to come do you want

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to join us right that's what in in this

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particular sentence means now into

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basically means the same thing except

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that you need more information are you

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into having a few drinks are you into

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coming with us are you into coming to

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the bar with us Etc in by itself the

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information was given before into the

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information is given after but they mean

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the same thing

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so we're going to go to the bar you

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interact or we're gonna a few of us are

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gonna buy

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