How to Speak ENGLISH like a BRIT in 10 Easy Steps
If you want to sound like a British person here are 10 ways to speak like a British person and speak British English In this video we give you some useful tips on how to improve your British English and sound more like a native speaker.
If you're not sure whether you're British then use this video as a checklist.
We will show you some colloquial words such as bloody, mate, cheers but also some cultural points.
Intermediate and advanced English lessons with subtitles on our youtube channel. Brought to you by LetThemTalk language school in Paris (and sometimes London).
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Hello Sir, I just want to say that I love the way you teach wish I had a teacher like you. Loads of love from India 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
SM WAQAS AHMAD
8 ай бұрын
I'm afraid I also from India 🇮🇳 😄
Yeshua LionofJudah
3 жыл бұрын
LetThemTalkTV Hello, I see you have the red public telephone boxes. But do you have the blue police call box? :)
sahed rasel
3 жыл бұрын
Samreen Fatima@ I'm sorry, I don't mean to bother you. But if you really focusing in British accent and looking for a partner who has same intention, then you can add me. I have been struggling to speak British accent and to speak like a native.
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings to India. Thanks for your comment.
To say that your videos are pretty interesting is an understatement. Not only is your channel recommendable for students, but also for teachers. I am a non native English teacher (Spanish) married to a scouser and I totally relate to what you tell us in your videos, which I share with my pupils. I'm pretty much hooked on them and nod to every comment you make as if you could see me 😅. And to top it all, you are a vegetarian! 👏👏👏 Thanks for your great work!!!!
LetThemTalkTV
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and good luck my fellow teacher.
I'm British and this is 100% accurate 😂😂 I feel like I've passed the test! Our local chippy is the Cod's Scallops... pun and suggestive double entendre in one 😂
☆Sempiternal☆
Жыл бұрын
Will u teach me English language ?
Rob Friedrich
Жыл бұрын
When you mention pun, what about mate in England?
HappyB
Жыл бұрын
I know right? We people who are British can easily pass this test..
Ravi haryana
2 жыл бұрын
heyy beth
Sanjay Bisht
2 жыл бұрын
Plzz
I am quite pleased by this lesson. It was fairly informative and rather interesting. Cheers, mate!
Hello Gideon! Thank you for all your videos. You do great job! I have a question for you. How to sound naturally using proper structure of sentences? For example, “you can do something” or “there’s something you can do” or differently.
I lived in London for 10 years, my friends called me "the Italian cockney" :-). I love watching your videos. You're so funny and such a Londoner
Every day I love learning Brit English, of course it is with his valuable tips, his way of talking with his hands and his characters makes the class super cool.😁 I always review your videos. Very good to see you today. Thanks. Big hug Gideon 🌈
Isabel Atence
3 жыл бұрын
💗
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like the videos. Love your comments. Cheers
This lesson was not too bad at all!
Vera Ahllöf
Жыл бұрын
It was bloody great, mate. 😅
77777Carlo
Жыл бұрын
Yeah mate it was rather good innit?
Mystic kal
Жыл бұрын
He did fairly Bloody well rather !
Smile
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
Dev Panda
2 жыл бұрын
Absobloodylutely
I really love that you absolutely enjoy the work or things you do. Not only its delightful to watch you videos with pinch of humour. But also, it feels good to see man enjoying his work. Working passionately. Cheers.
Rashmi Ambedkar
3 жыл бұрын
Love the way you teach. Respect the art you possess. God bless you 😊😊😊
This lesson is quite good, you're a bloody excellent teacher ! cheers mate.
Wow, this is an amazing video (or rather, a bloody amazing one :D), so many things to try to employ into my own English. By the way, I think the practically limitless possibilities of play on words in English are the reason why it's so much fun for me to read English things, it does make the brain work. Cheers!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, bloody love your comment.
Love your lessons! Very funny and interesting! Thank you! Cheers from Ukraine!
I have no difficulties listening to the HoC or reading a scientific paper; what I'm really struggling with is the "every day" conversational stuff. Hence, I find your videos quite educational! Btw. the word "quite"; I used "quite" quite often (see what I mean?); for example; I think your mustache looks quite nice. I understood "quite" as being a "filler word"; being a native German speaker we tend to use those QUITE a lot. But, a friend of mine told me not to use it. He said it's alright to use it in Wales and Scottland, but in England it's considered "rude" to use it. Your mustache is "quite" nice means "your mustache is pretty rubbish". Any thought on that? Cheers mate you're a star! ;-)
Hey Gideon. I like your channel a lot. Your way of teaching and the topics you choose to discuss are unique to your channel.
Great explanations and examples! 🥰
💜 Apart from the terrific lesson, the bit where you reacted -- for a minute -- over "INNIT" was abso-bloody-lutely hilarious! 😂😂😂
Double entendre is "doppio senso" in Italian 😉 Thanks for this abso-bloody-lutely fab video, mate! Cheers ♡
R.S
2 жыл бұрын
In French it's _double_ _sens_ ! Romance languages look similar :)
Ohla María
2 жыл бұрын
Doble sentido en español :)
A A
3 жыл бұрын
Double entendre doesn't exist or mean anything in french. It's either à double entente, or à double sens.
angelo senlob
3 жыл бұрын
@LetThemTalkTV in Genoese dialect: belin, cosse te diji ??
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Italian translation.
There are so many regional accents and variations in the UK it's basically impossible to talk like a Brit, I'm from South Wales and accents. can change from as little as 5 miles away.
Brilliant as always! Any chance we can watch your video collaborating with other English channels, especially those with different accents?
I'm really fond of all your vídeos. All of them are good ways to learn and to keep in touch with the English language. Thank you a lot.
I remember having my head wrecked while learning "alright mate" greeting in the wild. First, "allright" was so compressed that I couldn't get the (bloody) word. Then I learned the word, but didn't catch that it was a greeting and thought that people worry I look tired or sth (some of my responses seem funny now). Then I heard it in a conversation as a bystander and surprised by reply realised that in Polish we pretty commonly use almost identical and explicitly compressed phrase, which I believe came from English. So, I kinda made full circle backwards with it.
I never laughed for an English person humor as I did with this BLOODY GOOD lesson🤣🤣👌
Wow! This tips are bloody useful and informative cheers mate!
Oh my God you reminded me of my British granny who used to ask an uncle 'alright Bert?' all the time. I was a kid and could not speak English then but got this in my ears... 🥰
Love the grace that is in British English. When spoken in a slowly, way more pleasant to be listened to compared to American English.
Irony or sarcasm is also a part & parcel of colloquial english. It was an excellent piece of info for the foreign language learners!!!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it
I worked with a Brit for a few years, and he had a way of using "mate" where you knew trouble was about to happen, it was more of a threat. Like "Mate! What did you say?" As soon as he used the word mate, you knew he really meant you were anything but his mate. More like the last warning before things got rough.
Your videos helps me.You're quite good at teaching.Cheers! 😅
You are so funny and pedagogue! Thanks for your videos:)
I've just found your channel. So bloody brilliant! Hugs from Peru
Bonjour Gideon. As usual you’re bloody funny. Lol. Thank you. 😘
Cheers mate, probably you are the best english teacher on yt !
Great video, as usual, mate! :-)
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate
A couple of my favourite puns: "Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana." - classic line by Groucho Marx "Have a nice trip! See you next fall!" - hypothetical sign in an orthopedist's office 😁
Nice lessons. Thanks. FYI. We have the same ‘Alright’ slang in America, but it spelled ‘Aight’ like (Ah-Ee)
Hello sir ! I love to watch your vedios ..your vedios helps alot to me ..i love the way you teach perfectly ! May God Blessed You 😍😍 Loads of love,from Pakistan
Gideon your videos are bloody good! 👏👏👏
Thanks Gideon, you had to be en actor...you're really amazing and incredible man...
M. Bilgin
3 жыл бұрын
@LetThemTalkTV You really deserve this sir...
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, you are an amazing comment writer.
YOU HAVE FILLED MY HEAD WITH KNOWLEDGE , YET YOU HAVE ALSO FILLED MY HEART WITH THE LOVE OF LEARNING .....!!!!!! CHEERS SWEETHEART !!!!!!!!!!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
You are amazing and inspiring. Cheers
so useful, thank you!
That whole "mate-thing" reminded me of my trip to the UK.. xD A guy just walked up to me in central London and asked me the same question "Sorry mate, do you know the way to...?" (I forgot which place he asked for...) The thing is.. you should be prepared for that.. 😅 I just stuttered "umm.. well.. sorry.. but I'm just on vacation." But he was such a kind guy and just said "Still appreciate it, mate. Thank you anyways." and I was like WTH JUST HAPPENED.?! 😂 Made me think quite a bit. 🤔
Sir, I have a question . Do you say 'Wallet ' and 'Valet' the same way? By the way, your videos are very helpful. Thanks a lot!!
M L
2 жыл бұрын
They are pronounced differently. Wallet is pronounced woh-let. Valet comes from French, so the T is silent, so it's pronounced val-ey. W and V are different sounds.
You're just so underrated but guess i'm happy because you helped me at work, i needed to speak the brit accent.
Zulqarnain Haider
3 жыл бұрын
Oh interesting,Do you work in UK ?
You sir, a Brilliant teacher!
Enjoying your classes mate.
I love your channel. I've a lot of things thru your channel. Thanks so much 😊💖
Pues lo hace bastante entretenido y da gusto escucharle,.....Se entiende Perfecto!!!!!!...
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Me alegra que te guste nuestros videos. Gracias
interesting lesson, mate :)
Cheers, mate! You're one in a million
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers you're on in 8 billion
Good evening sir, one of the best English Channel and you are so amazing English teaching
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Only "one of"? Many thanks anyway
What a perfect class Cheers mate
Hello Mate, I abso-bloody-lutely love your lessons. They are pretty allright.
Love your contents matey ! bloody brilliant they are !
I am a native English speaker from Canada. We pronounce our "Rs" here. I have a lot of trouble listening to British people who don't and it sounds particularly affected when a non-native speaker drops them.
This is the lesson I was waiting for! Thanks G.
Sir! I love your teaching. You are fantastic. Could you please suggest me some British drama to watch to improve English? Please, basically on KZread, if I search British drama, I don't see much
Long time no see you!!!!! Cheers for your bloody great lessons.
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your bloody great comment.
Cheers mate for this lesson :)
I learnt a lot with you,,,cheers
Hello, Sir, I'd like to thank you for everything you're doing! That's amazing! Could you, please, tell us, what sort of word can we use when we address ladies on the street (female version of mate)? Thank you
Anna Ri
3 жыл бұрын
@LetThemTalkTV Thank you, Sir! Looking forward to watching your new videos!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Good question. It's difficult to answer. "madam" is the polite way. "sweetheart/love/dear" can be used but with caution. Some women don't like it.
Hello mate, alright? This was a bloody brilliant video and quite helpful. I'd rather practice these words than continously use like or so. Cheers
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Alright. Cheers for the bloody brilliant comment
Some tutors say that " mate " is a common form of address especially among men . At the same time I have heard a few say that it is confined to the working class . I would like to know if it is equally acceptable in polite society as well .
Sam Gladwish
3 жыл бұрын
People say it across all classes mainly men to each other
Thanks a lot, mate!🙏
Cheers, mate!!! You're bloody good!!!
business environment I must say nr 8 is hell! I never know when other people are with me or they are insulting me... they get often offended with me just by expressing the slightiest desagreement... always afraid of being misunderstood!
Another performance with PUNch! Thank you, Gideon.
Without even looking at the video I can safely say that this is about talking not only like an English person, but a Londoner. Harumph!
I really enjoyed the video it was funny and educated in same time
Boa tarde gideon. Thank you for your usefull lessons. I have two questions that only a native speaker could answer. 1- what if a foreigner that learned english from different sources start to use a kind of international english wich include British, Scottish, Irish, Australian, American and canadian words and expressions. Would it sound weird? What if the person mentioned above do the same thing with the pronounce, using cockney english to pronouce the "th"sound and the american english to pronounce the "r" sound. Would it be acceptable or incoherent? I just can't find the answer. But i have a clue of that because my japanese friends talk to me using some words from São Paulo Portuguese and other words from Rio de Janeiro . Thanks a lot.
Ivan T.
2 жыл бұрын
@Grace Marie thank you. I really wanted to know it. I was told that you have be playful with the language but it seems to be more likely i will be taken wrong if i use expressions less known by my listener. So I made my mind about it. I gonna learn standard american english and ignore slang and less known idioms. I appreciated your help. Cheerio.
Grace Marie
2 жыл бұрын
I would say it depends on the accent. If the person has a thick non-English sounding accent (i.e a French accent) it wouldn't sound particularly strange. However, when my brother for example starts speaking using 'americanisms' it's more jarring and weird. I think it's endearing when people pick up on the local slang. (My Romanian friends favourite phrase is "bloody hell" which always makes me smile when she uses it.) It's different when the person already knows english imo. It sounds more jarring to my ears to hear an American person say "bloody hell" then my Romanian friend. It just doesn't sound right. Hope that answers your questions?
Well, Sir, I may sound like a real Englishman now xD
Thank you sir for your great series, As I am from french-arabic speaking origin, I find it too hard to pronunce the short "i" of it is for exemple , I pronunce it like the french iiiii , too long and sharp , how to do to pronunce the "i" of it is correctly ? Is it like the french "é" thank you sir
Sometimes I do understatement in my native language, especially when I want to express how the other person must think "It's only 1000 $, something, every child has in the piggy bank"
You're bloody good, mate!
You have a beautiful collection of customs. Besides you are a great teacher.
Food Engineer
3 жыл бұрын
@LetThemTalkTV your efforts are more appreciated, best wishes.
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated. Cheers!
I'm a Nigerian nice to meet you , you teach well
Thank you for your very usefull lessons!!!!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your lovely comments
Very good way of teaching dear mentor!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
The pleasure is mine dear student
Alright Gideon!!!!! I loved this video, thanks ever so much, you legend!
Sanjay Bisht
2 жыл бұрын
Hii Alessandra will you be my friend
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Alright Alessandra. Love your comment cheers.
This video is bloody lovely!!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
This comment is bloody amazing.
Some of these are true in American English too. I have the same issue with "ain't"
please make a video about the puns haha, they are great
Cheers. It was abso-bloody-lutely useful.
B-Positive joke cracked me up 😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much, Sir! 🙏
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
As an American, I looooove using bloody the age way you all do. Sometimes people online think I am British because of my use of bloody.
Simon Powell
2 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, yes it's such an adaptable word to use.
Cheers mate! [understatement mode: OFF] Great videos, funny and incredibly informative. Two questions: i) you said you use 'mate' when trying to attract the attention of a guy. What term do you use to attract the attention of a lady? ii) it seems you put the accent on the 'a' when pronuncing 'theatre'. Is it part of the London accent? I'm enjoying your lessons a lot, [understatement mode: ON] you are quite a talented actor.
Janna Goldstein
2 жыл бұрын
[not a native speaker, but have lived in the UK for a few years] pretty sure the equivalent term used to grab the attention of a woman is "love" (often pronounced "luv" depending on where you are). "Sorry luv, could you tell us when the bus gets here?" Or a greeting from an unknown person "y'allright luv", very strange the first time you hear it :p
Bloody brilliant mate!
Literally,No one can dislike this video unless they are .....!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
Well done mate cheers
"Double entendre" in France = "sous-entendu" or "sens caché".
And finally I realized where russian word 'бляди' (and 'блядь' as singular) comes from! It's been good old 'bloody'! Cheers, mate! You make us quite better!
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Cheers
L'ambush is a bloody masterpiece 🔥🔥😂
Very fun! Thanks
Abso-bloody-lutely brilliant!
Gideon: We brits love double meanings! Gideon in another video: All the jugglers had balls ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That's just classy, Mate! :)
My bloody goodness, I found your tips quite useful, innit. I'd just say now cheers bruv!
Cheers for sharing! 👍
LetThemTalkTV
3 жыл бұрын
cheers for commenting
You’re amazing!!!
very entertaining, i mean bloody funny video, mate!