Hi and welcome back to the American slang and idioms course where are you going to learn how to understand
the weird things Americans say.
And we say a lot of weird things in this video we're going to be looking at words that start with the
letter W wanna wanna wanna means want to.
This is another example of two words being smashed together to mean the same thing.
Just as a way to make it easier and quicker to say Wanna what you want.
Let's look at a conversation.
Joe do you want to go to the grocery store with me.
He's basically saying do you want to go to the grocery store with me.
Do you wanna go to the grocery store with me.
Do you want to go to the grocery store with me Steve.
Sure.
Sure I want to go to the grocery store with you.
Do you want to go to the grocery store with me.
Sure.
OK let's look at another one.
Joe what do you want to do today.
And it would sound like this.
What do you wanna do today.
What do you want to do today.
Remember this word from before.
I actually have an extra space and it.
Normally this would all be together.
What are you what do you wanna do today.
I mean it's the same as this.
What do you want to do today.
You could almost put all of this from here all the way over to here into one line.
The way it sounds you would never write it that way.
Of course you would always write it like this but you pronounce it like this.
What do you want to do today.
What you wanna do today.
I know it sounds little crazy we just Americans like to just kind of smash everything together into
one big long word.
What do you want to do today.
Steve I don't care.
We could go to the beach even though I don't live anywhere near a beach.
I don't care.
We could go to the beach.
OK.
What do you want to do today.
We could go to the beach.
Case or just a summary of that Juana means.
Want to.
Next one what's up what's up what's up what's up.
It's the great greeting.
You'll hear this a lot.
Basically just means high or it also means what are you doing.
What are you doing Mike.
Hi.
What are you doing.
What's up.
OK what's up.
Let's look at a conversation Joe.
Hey man what's up.
Notice the question mark.
This is if two guys are standing together they've met each other.
Maybe at Joe's house they're standing together talking and he says Hey man what's up.
Hey man what's up.
And Steve will reply.
Not much.
What's up with you.
This is just a friendly conversation.
Just seeing how the other one is doing what they're doing and saying Hey man what's up Steve.
Not much.
What's up with you.
OK that's the most common way to use.
What's up Joe.
Nothing.
Want to go grab lunch.
Nothing.
Want to go grab lunch.
Notice how they're answering the question.
He says Hey man what's up.
Steve says not much.
And then he asks him back what's up with you.
Nothing.
He's answering this question.
He's asking what are you doing.
And he says nothing.
Wanna go grab lunch.
There's that word want again.
Want to go grab lunch.
Steve says Sure.
Let's look at one more example for what's up.
So this is if two people are just passing each other on the street in the previous example.
Stephen Joe we're standing together in front of Joe's house and having a conversation these two people
are passing each other on the street but they're not stopping to talk.
And you'll hear this a lot too.
This is how it sounds.
Joe what's up.
No there's no question mark he's not really asking what are you doing.
He's just saying hi what's up what's up or what's up.
What's up.
Steve replies.
What's up.
And that's it.
They don't have to say anything else.
It's the same as if Joe said hi and Steve said hi or Joe said hello.
And Steve said hello but instead Americans will say what's up.
What's up.
And then here are some different pronunciations of how people might say what's up.
What's up.
Or he might just say sup sup.
So the original word is what's up what's up and we're saying hi or what are you doing.
What are you doing.
What's up.
But if you're really being slang and American you say what's up.
What's up.
Or you can leave all this W. off and just say sup sup.
So that's what's up.
And then let's look at another meaning of the word What's up or the phrase what's up.
That means like what's up with you.
And this is a little more negative a little more intense.
It's not a friendly greeting.
It's asking someone what's wrong with you.
What's wrong with you or why are you acting strange like what's up.
Why are you acting strange.
What's up.
What's wrong with you or what's your problem.
What is your problem
like why are you being rude or mean.
OK so this is a little bit more aggressive or intense and you'll hear in their tone of voice you'll
hear it in the way they use their voice.
If I'm saying Hey I say hey what's up.
Hey what's up.
I'm saying hi if I'm saying what's wrong with you.
What's wrong with you or what's your problem.
Then I say what's up with you.
What is up with you.
Dude what's up with you.
OK.
So here is an example.
What's up with you man.
You've been acting weird all week.
Are you OK.
What's up with you man.
You've been acting weird all week.
Are you OK.
And then here's how it looks the way it's pronounced.
What's up with you man.
You been acting weird all week.
You ok.
This is how an American would normally say this.
OK it looks like this.
What's up with you man you've been acting weird all week.
Are you OK.
But I'm going to say I'm going to say what's up with you man.
You been acting weird all week.
You've been acting weird all week and it sounds weird if I say it slow.
You been acting weird all week.
Sounds weird but if I say it normal speed it sounds very normal to an American.
What's up with you man.
You've been acting weird all week.
OK.
What's up with you man.
You've been acting weird all week.
You OK.
OK.
Again that's just our tendency we blend all the words together.
OK.
And we leave certain things out.
You've been acting weird all week.
You OK.
OK.
So that's the word.
What's up.
And that's it for the W's.
The next lecture will be the letters X Y and Z.