Point 75 ”You can say that again.” 初級ビジネス英会話

初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第75弾は、”You can say that again.” です。

相手の話や意見に同意するシチュエーションってよくありますよね。
今回はそんな場面でカジュアルに使える表現を紹介します。

例えばヒカは同僚のタロウに
“It’s so cold today.”「今日は本当に寒いね。」と言いました。
「全くその通りだよ。」と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“I agree with you.”「同意いたします。」
でも伝わりますが、今回のようなカジュアルな場面では不自然です。

そこで
“You can say that again.”「全くその通りだよ。」
と言ってみましょう。カジュアルな場面で使える自然な表現です。

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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates

for beginners video series. And today's phrase

is you can say that again.

You can say that again. What does this mean?

We will find out but first let's do our test.

So we are coworkers and I say

what time will the meeting start? What do
you say?

We'll start at just 3 p.m. is a little strange.

That's right. We'll start at 3 p.m.

on the dot, exactly 3 p.m.

Did you get that? I hope so.

Okay let's go on to today's phrase. You
can say that

again. What does this mean? Here's what I
usually hear.

Okay so imagine Taro and I

are colleagues. We're talking and I say

it's so cold today. And he says

I agree with you.

Hmm, it's a little bit strange because

I agree with you is used

more in formal situations.

You know talking about business or a
serious conversation.

A serious topic. But this is about the
weather

so it's not so natural. I agree with you.
So

he can say this. So I say

it's so cold today. And Taro says

you can say that again. Oh, very natural.

Yeah it means I agree with you, but

it's very casual. You can see that again.

Okay let's look at pronunciation. So it's

you can say that again.

You can say that again. You can say that again.

You try. Okay with my sentence.

It's so cold today. Good. Just like that.

So next time okay I will say

it's so cold today. And you say

not I agree with you. You can say that
again.

OK please remember this and we will see
you next time.

Thank you.