This is Elliot from E.

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I'm here to help you with some useful expressions surrounding shopping.

We're talking about shopping today.

So how to sound like a native and use, um, great expressions with the right tone when we are shopping.

Now there's lots of different situations where we could be shopping.

And I'm sorry if I've left some situations out.

For example, not everybody goes shopping for a Chewbacca costume or something.

So but just for the most common kind of phrases we might use when we are shopping, let's start.

Let's let's begin.

Onda First thing really is approaching the sales person.

How do we approach a sales person without sounding rude?

For example, if you're a formal person and you want to come across as quite formal and polite simply, all you need to say is excuse May excuse.

May.

Listen to my tone here.

Excuse me?

May excuse May.

Now this kind of a t the end.

What that does is it creates a new, intrigued tone, so it makes us sound like we are asking a question.

So we're not just saying hello or or making ourselves known we're doing this e excuse me to show that we're going to say Mawr on that.

It's probably going to be a question.

Okay, so it's funny how Internation condense play what's coming next.

But it kind of allows the salesperson to then prepare for what you're going to say next or that you're going to ask a polite question.

So excuse May May.

Excuse me.

It's like a wave.

It's like riding a wave.

That's what intonation is.

Really.

You could do what I do, which is still kind of formal.

But it's not this formulas.

Excuse.

May I say sorry all the time.

It's I'm British's just what we do.

We say sorry for doing something we haven't done wrong.

We say sorry when we say hello, we say Sorry when we say goodbye.

I've said sorry to a lamppost before because I walked into it.

I'm British.

That's my excuse.

I might actually say sorry.

Sorry.

And again, we're doing this, uh, this kind of tone where we're going down, up on, we're kind of riding the wave again.

So excuse me.

Sorry.

So we would have to follow with something.

So you would say, for example, sorry.

Could you just help me with something, please?

Now you're in a clothes shop.

You have some clothes that you want to try on.

But you don't know where the changing rooms are now.

Firstly, there are two words for changing rooms.

Some people say changing rooms on some people say fitting rooms.

Two ways you can ask about trying something on, you could say, for example, Excuse me.

Where your fitting rooms, Where your fitting rooms or where your changing rooms.

It doesn't matter which word you use.

They're both the same kind of thing By asking this question.

It's like saying I want to try this on.

Can you show me where to go, please?

Or you could use the much more simple version off a fraser verb to try on which means to where something temporarily, just to see what it looks like.

So you could say Sorry.

Could I try this on, please?

Could I try this on, please?

Please.

And that means Can I wear this so I can see what it looks like?

Fraser Verbs are fantastic.

We love Fraser verbs here on this channel on.

Remember, if it's just one T shirt we would say, Could I try this on?

But if it's more than one, we would say, Could I try these on?

And that would be if I have five T shirts and socks and Cem genes to try on okay, on the same with shoes.

Could I try these on?

We would say these even if it's one pair off shoes.

Could I try these on, please on?

Then they would go and find your size.

Now let's say you're looking at some clothes, but they don't have your size.

Very easy approach the sales assistant using those words we mentioned before high or something like that.

Okay on, then.

All you need to say is, Do you have any more sizes out the back?

Do you have any more sizes out the back again?

Out the back.

That means where you store all your stuff.

We call it out the back.

So do you have any more sizes out the back really important and really useful to know this one because I've been in a shop so many times where I've needed a particular size and they don't have it on show on the shop floor, but I ask them if they have it out the back and nine times out of 10 they do.

So it's really good to know this phrase.

Do you have any more sizes out the back?

And then they might say, Okay, what size are you looking for?

Two things you could do.

You could say I need a size up, meaning I need the next size above.

I need a size up if you want to use Fraser verbs and be fancy pants, or you could just say the size you want.

Okay, I need a size 10.

In a man's case, you could say I need a medium so we don't need to say I need a size medium.

We just say I need a medium, everybody's favorite thing, a returns policy.

It's very easy to ask this question.

I never ask it because I don't like to be annoying.

I don't like to be that guy that asks about returns.

I'll just read it on the receipt.

So there are two ways, and this one is the most common.

Can I bring it back?

If I have any problems, can I bring it back if I have any problems And that means if I don't like it, if I decide I don't want it, can I return it to you?

Bring it back, Fraser Verb.

Listen to my tone and copied.

Can I bring it back if I have any problems now, one more thing, which is very, very useful to know.

Are you a student?

Are you living in the UK and do you want to grab a bargain?

A deal or a bit of a percentage off?

What you buy?

Don't be afraid to ask.

Do you offer a student discount?

Do you offer a student discount?

You can add the tea or not at the end.

Discount Discount again.

We're British.

We sometimes dropped the tea.

It's very, very normal on a lot of shops, particularly clothes, shops and some electrical shops.

They do offer a 10% or sometimes 15% student discount, so it is useful toe Ask.

Don't be afraid to ask.

Um, it's becoming more and more common nowadays, being a person who worked part time in retail.

Before I was a teacher, I really appreciated it when people said thank you.

We do pride ourselves on saying thank you here in the U.

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So I really recommend that when they finished packing your close up.

If they've bean really helpful, tell them Thanks for all your help or just a simple thank you or cheers.

Have a lovely day.

Have a great day.

Thanks for all your help.

Thanks and help of the two important words there, in particular, they need some big stress on them.

Thanks for all your help.

Now I know I've mainly covered clothes today.

Clothes, shopping, but most of these phrases do apply thio electrical shopping, just shopping for normal things.

But you'll find that most of the conversations that you have in the UK when it comes to shopping would be for clothes electricals.

We don't really talk to people who are selling food.

For example.

Have you ever had any awkward situations when you're shopping?

I'd love to know.

Please write in the comments.

Loads of us have had awkward or annoying conversations with sales people.

Andi.

Sometimes we get convinced into buying things we don't want to buy, so I'd love to know your stories below.

It's always funny hearing your stories.

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