Crazy easy English conversation trick
Imagine you just met someone.
You introduce yourself. They introduce themselves.
But you don’t know what to say.
And things get awkward.
If you want to avoid this embarrassing situation, you have to know one simple conversational trick.
It’s one that they never teach you in any grammar book in school.
But it’s also one of the most common ways to kick off a conversation. And find a little commonality between you and the person you’re talking with.
See if you can spot it in this simple dialogue.
A. Nice to meet you.
B. Nice to meet you, too.
A. So, where are you from.
B. Seattle.
A. Great city.
B. Yeah, it’s really nice, huh.
Did you catch it?
I’m talking about the word [huh].
Take another look at how this is used and you’ll see that this is where these two people really start to connect.
And the more you connect with someone… the more things you find in common… the better, right?
So here are a few practice sentences. Be sure to read these out-loud so you can get used to the intonation, as well.
A. Beautiful sunset
B. Yeah, huh~
A. That was delicious.
B. Yeah. The chef at this restaurant is amazing, huh~
A. San Francisco is so expensive.
B. I know what you mean. It was a lot better when they had rent control.
A. That’s when they still had culture, huh~
Now, quick tip on intonation. Think about the word [huh] like a smiley face emoji.
So if you just met someone, and you’re getting to know them, think of things you can both smile about.
If you’re at a bar. You can say, “What a great game, huh :)”
If you’re in the office. “Thank goodness it’s Friday, huh :)”
If you’re by the pool. “Nice day, huh!”
It’s all about your intonation and the smile on your face.
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