Learn English: 20 ways to say ‘goodbye’

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Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday, something, something, something - I can't sing. Yeah. Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on "20 Ways to Say Goodbye in English". So, I will give you some set phrases that you can use in your daily conversations. I will also tell you some of the more natural pronunciations of these phrases and these questions so that you are able to recognize them in television shows, and in movies, on the news, YouTube videos - anything else, and you're able to use them yourself to sound more natural in English.

So, let's start with the basics. We have: "Goodbye", and the shorter version: "Bye". Okay. Easy, right? We're done. See ya.

I said: "20", right? Yeah, I did, so let's keep going. So, another way to say: "Goodbye" or a way of, you know, saying: "Goodbye" - I just repeated the same thing, but ignore it. Let's keep going. "See you" or "See you later". Instead of "you", you can also just say: "ya". Okay? So, repeat after me: "See ya. See ya later. See ya later." It's kind of like: "See ya". "See ya later". All right.

And you also have - hey, a specific time of day or a specific... A specific period in time in the future, so you can say: "See ya tomorrow", "See ya Saturday", "See you at the party", "See you at the funeral". It's a weird thing to say to someone, but you know, whatever. All right?

Here's another one, a little more relaxed way to say: "Goodbye" - "All right, see ya tomorrow. Take it easy." This means, like: "Don't stress. Relax." Okay? Just take it easy. So, you can say this as a goodbye to someone. Repeat after me: "Take it easy." All right.

And if you want to be very polite, of course, you can wish someone a good day, so you can just say: "Have a good day." This is especially useful if you work in the service industry. So, if you work at a grocery store as a cashier or at a bank, or if you're talking to someone on the phone, and you end a conversation and you say: "All right, bye. Have a good day."

Or below that, two below that: "Have a nice day." And instead of saying: "Have a good day" or "Have a nice day", you can also use this phrase, which is: "Have a good one", and this means: "Have a good day"; the "one" means day. So, let's repeat that one after me. This one is, again, a little more casual, so just repeat it; you can use it in everyday situations: "Have a good one."

And for: "Have a nice day", for any of your professional wrestling fans... That's a silly question because most people who are wrestling fans do not want to tell anyone else that they are wrestling fans, so... But in the 1990s there was a professional wrestler named Mankind, also known as Mick Foley, and one of his phrases that he said and he'd say it in like a weird way, he would say: "Have a nice day!" So, there's that. Don't say it that way, but just look up: "Mankind, 'Have a nice day'." I think it's also the name of the book that he wrote about his career after. Sorry, you want to learn other phrases now. Right? Forget the last 30 seconds and professional wrestling discussion.

All right, you can also say, instead of: "See ya later", you can say: "Catch ya later". So, here I wrote: "Catch you later", so let's do the formal version first. "Catch you later." Ah, it just sounds weird because I never say that. "Catch you later." You have to say it quickly, and you kind of say: "Catch ya", right? "Hey, catch ya later." You're not even really saying, like: "Catch ya"; you're saying, like: "Catcha", okay? So: "Hey, catcha later." Okay? But let's say the "catch ya", too. Let's say that version, too. Let's practice. "Catch ya later." Okay? So, you "catch" like: "Oh, I caught a ball." It's like you're going to catch the person later; like, you will see each other later; you will catch each other. It's a metaphor; it doesn't really work in this situation.

And if you want to be, like, super cool and you don't want to bother with a lot of words because you're so minimalistic, and you're an artist, man, you're an artist, you just want to say: -"Hey, later." -"Later, what?" Just it's a word; doesn't mean anything by itself. "No, no, no. Later." Okay? So you can just say: "Later." All right? Instead of: "See you later" or "Catch ya later" - it's possible just to say: "Later. Goodbye." All right. […]

[nawarnawar]

Hi Alex, I gotta go to work now before my boss tells me goodbye forever. It's 7 am right now.
I will complete watching this video later.
Have a nice day

[ddbonello]

You’re so funny 😆 this way I can learn so much more

[olegalekhin]

Alex, It was a really interesting English lesson! You have a good sense of humour! Thanks a lot! See you later!

[azhersalman]

Thank you for this lesson it's more helpful 😊😊

[daphnecanan]

Dear Alex
Your Body language is perfect and helpfull. Learning to english with you is more easy, Thanks

[viktorkurgan]

Hi Alex, always a pleasure to watch your videos. A ”chut'-chut'"' of Russian for you. "Later" (goodbye) in Russian is "poká".

[mythienpham]

I like all your funny lessons.they are helpful and they are a lof of fun as well.have a great time watching them.thanks a lot guy!see ya in next video

[faridhaami]

Hi alex youour lesson is helpful as usual.thanks for your efforts.its amazing to hear you.god bless you

[mousa]

Amazing Teacher ! Thanks a lot for this useful and helpful video.

[ing.andreahornakova]

I cooked while watching this video and I never made better soup before ... I was laughing and teaching and cooking together :) .... thank you for this leason, I very like you. Keep in touch. :)

[andersonbessa]

I learned and had fun hahaha. Thanks for this great lesson!

[ibrahimissaissa]

Thanks for the valuable informations Alex

[gilsandrogomez]

Alex, I really enjoyed watching this video. Keep in touch

[maryamtehrani]

Thanks my dear teacher.
It was great.

[frejolfrejolito]

i like your english lessons so much! you are great, , and for adding, , , when i was a young guy loved so much from Mick Foley MANKIND in WWF, enjoyed so much against undertaker!!!
good times!! hehehe. wishes!!

[rezaalimohamady]

Best of the Best! Really appreciate your work. Learning English only with Alex.

[marckendypierre]

Hi dear Teacher, thanks a lot for this video i learn a lot from your lessons. Keep up the good work, i can't wait for the next one. Take it easy.

[Randaramadan-yw]

Thank you Alex, you are the best english teacher.

[gabrielcrestani]

Thank you for yours videos, is great!

[bedoTI]

You're a wonderful teacher. I wish I could enjoy your classroom in person