Using “you know,” “well,” and “so”

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We can put filler expressions in a lot of different places in the sentence, and it's

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really natural.

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The fourth filler expression that I want to share with you is actually two expressions,

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but they're pretty much the same thing so I wanted to included them together.

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And this is "sort of" and "kind of."

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These are often reduced to "sorta" "kinda."

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Let's take our sample sentence and insert this filler word.

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You might say, "I was sorta thinking about going to New York."

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"I was kinda thinking about going to New York."

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"I was, ya know, kinda sorta thinking about going to New York."

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You can add multiple expressions.

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You might have noticed in this past sentence that it showed some hesitancy.

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I wasn't quite certain how the other person would react, so I had a lot of filler expressions.

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Maybe you're trying to tell your parents something that you know they'll feel a little bit uncomfortable

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about.

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Maybe they don't want you to go to New York, and if you're a young person, maybe that's

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something that you need to carefully tell them.

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So you might say, "Well, I was kinda sorta ya know, thinking about going to New York."

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This can be used to break the news easily, or it can just be used as a filler expression.

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The fifth and sixth filler expressions are often used at the beginning of the sentence,

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but they mean the same thing.

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They are still filler expressions.

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And they are "well" and "so."

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"Well, I was thinking about going to New York next week."