G'day from Japan:)

loveskyliemole · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hiya!

Konnichiwa, minasan.
Hajimemashite.

I am interested in Australian English and British English.
Could anyone be my teacher??
In return, I will be happy to help you with Japanese!

I used to teach Japanese at a secondary college in Melbourne
and I loved the students and had a great time there.

I have some questions:

The other day, I heard a few English teachers from USA were saying...

When people say "How are you?" , don't say(answer) "I'm fine",
because we don't say that. say "good" instead.

but is that true?

The other day an Australian teacher told me that "good" isn't right, say "fine" or "well".

I am kind of confused.

I used to say

How are you going?
How's it going?

"good" (90%)
"not bad" "not too bad" (10%)

When I was in Australia.

but
since I came back to Japan,
I don't meet many Aussies here so

I use more

How are you?
How are you doing?
What's up?

but, now I am confused,
How should I answer!?

Please feel free to leave your questions about Japanese too,
I will try to come visit this site often and answer them
as much as I can.

matane

KikiBunny23 · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="SeaGreen"]Hiya!

Konnichiwa, minasan.
Hajimemashite.

I am interested in Australian English and British English.
Could anyone be my teacher??
In return, I will be happy to help you with Japanese!

I used to teach Japanese at secondary college in Melbourne
and I loved the students and had a great time there.

I have some questions:

The other day, I heard a few English teachers from USA were saying...

When people say "How are you?" , don't say(answer) "I'm fine",
because we don't say that. say "good" instead.

but is that true?

The other day an Australian teacher told me that "good" isn't right, say "fine" or "well".

I am kind of confused.

I used to say

How are you going?
How's it going?

"good" (90%)
"not bad" "not too bad" (10%)

When I was in Australia.

but
since I came back to Japan,
I don't meet many Aussies here so

I use more

How are you?
How are you doing?
What's up?

but, now I am confused,
How should I answer!?

Please feel free to leave your questions about Japanese too,
I will try to come visit this site often and answer them
as much as I can.

matane

that depends on where you are in the U.S. in alabama we usually answer with a "pretty good" or "fine"
it also depends on the teacher

Kanji_The_Wanderer · (#3 (**permalink**))

Saying "I'm doing well thank you." is proper English. "Good" is sometimes characterized as a feeling, but it isn't proper. "Fine" or "well" is much more fitting, and makes the speaker sound more intelligent.

loveskyliemole · (#4 (**permalink**))

I see... Thank you very much!

loveskyliemole · (#5 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by KikiBunny23

that depends on where you are in the U.S. in alabama we usually answer with a "pretty good" or "fine"
it also depends on the teacher

I see. The teachers are from Chicago, so maybe they don't use "fine" in that area. Thank you very much for your kind answer.

KikiBunny23 · (#6 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

I see. The teachers are from Chicago, so maybe they don't use "fine" in that area. Thank you very much for your kind answer.

no problem. glad I could help^^

Fooflowers · (#7 (**permalink**))

You'll get different answers from different ppl ive used "fine" "good" and "not to bad" in many countries and every one has understood me, its an answer that conveys how you are feeling and any of them will do ^^

loveskyliemole · (#8 (**permalink**))

I understand;-)

loveskyliemole · (#9 (**permalink**))

Hello, thank you all for the kind answers.
A li ga toh !

I made a new thread for Japnese learners.

If you would like to practice your Japanese (hiragana/katakana)
please visit
http://www.japanforum.com/forum/%E8%...%EF%BC%81.html

Nathan · (#10 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanji_The_Wanderer

Saying "I'm doing well thank you." is proper English. "Good" is sometimes characterized as a feeling, but it isn't proper. "Fine" or "well" is much more fitting, and makes the speaker sound more intelligent.

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree wit this part. I fail to see how saying you are doing "well" makes you appear more intelligent than saying you are doing "good". That comes off as a bit pompous.

The only context I can think of where 'well' fits better than 'good' would be in making the statement 'You (seem to be)/(look like you are) doing well." But you could put 'pretty good' in place of 'well'.

Depending on how you word your sentence, 'good' can be just as proper as 'fine' or 'well'.