Hi and welcome back to the American slang and idioms course how to understand Americans when they talk
in this video.
We're looking at words and phrases that start with the letter H and our first word is hang out.
Hang out hang out and hang out means to spend time with someone to spend time with someone.
It also means to spend time in one spot or to stay in one spot.
Let's look at some examples of the word hang out.
Do you want to hang out with us later.
I miss you.
When are we gonna hang out.
I miss you.
When are we gonna hang out.
I miss you.
When are we going to hang out.
So it just means when are we going to spend time together.
When are we going to be together.
We'll hang out here while you go to the store we'll hang out here while you go to the store.
Will means we will.
It's a contraction of we will.
We'll hang out here while you go to the store.
I'm so excited to just hang out at home all weekend.
And again this I'm as I am I am so excited I'm so excited to just hang out at home all weekend.
I'm so excited to just hang out at home all weekend.
OK that's the word hang out the next word is hangry.
This is one of my favorite words and it's very popular right now.
Hangry hangry.
And it means that you are so hungry that it makes you angry.
So it's a combination of the word hungry and angry hungry.
OK.
Let's look at some examples of angry I'm so angry.
I knew I should have eaten breakfast.
I'm so hungry.
I knew I should have eaten breakfast.
I'm so angry.
I knew I should have eaten breakfast.
Why are you being so mean.
Oh you must be hungry.
Why are you being so mean.
Oh you must be hungry.
Why are you being so mean.
Oh you must be hungry.
You need some food.
This is something my girlfriend and I say a lot.
We better feed these kids some food before they get hungry.
We better feed these kids some food before they get hangry.
OK that's the word Hungry Angry and hungry.
Let's look at the next word.
It's hitting on someone hitting on someone.
And notice it's spelled hitting on someone.
But Americans say hitting on someone like that or two D's here hitting hitting hitting on someone and
hitting on someone means to flirt or to ask someone out on a date.
So it's similar to flirting flirting similar to flirting but hitting on someone is usually more aggressive
or sexual than flirting.
Sometimes it's seen as negative if it's very aggressive then it's negative but sometimes it can be positive
too.
OK let's look at some examples of hitting on someone.
I have a boyfriend.
Go hit on someone else.
I have a boyfriend.
Go hit on someone else.
And keep in mind this is not physically hitting someone.
It's just flirting.
It's just a phrase that describes aggressive flirting but not physical aggression.
I have a boyfriend go hit on someone else.
That guy was totally hitting on your girlfriend.
What a jerk that guy was totally hitting on your girlfriend.
What a jerk.
And we really don't need the word totally in here but Americans will say that a lot for emphasis.
So you could say that guy was hitting on your girlfriend.
But we say totally hitting on your girlfriend to make it more intense more dramatic give it emphasis
OK.
And a jerk is someone who is rude.
Someone that you don't like what a jerk that guy was totally hitting on your girlfriend what a jerk.
I'm sorry.
If I knew you had a girlfriend I wouldn't have hit on you.
I'm sorry if I knew you had a girlfriend.
I wouldn't have hit on you.
I'm sorry if I knew you had a girlfriend.
I wouldn't have hit on you.
And of course wouldn't means I would not have hit on you.
So that does it for that video with words and phrases starting with the letter H.
Thanks for watching.
I'll see you in the next one.