How to say goodbye in English | Peace Out | Catch ya Later | See ya later | Later | Bye

2.5 Saying goodbye [00:00:00] Saying goodbye [00:00:01] Now that you’re capable of ending a conversation, and can notice when someone else is trying to end a conversation, we are ready to say goodbye! There are a lot of ways to say goodbye. Some formal and some informal. Let’s start with the most informal. [00:00:15] Peace [00:00:16] Peace is basically slang, so only use it with friends and people you know [00:00:20] really well, but not at work or with teachers or elders. Some people also say, ‘peace out’. Often people will hold up their hand like this as they say it. [00:00:30] Peace, or, peace out! [00:00:31] You can respond back with peace, or any other way to say goodbye. I rarely say peace because it’s too informal for me. But, a lot of [00:00:40] people do use it! [00:00:41] Catch you later [00:00:42] I actually really like this one. Peace is too informal for me. I use catch you later with my friends and close relatives all the time. It means see you later. So if you say catch you later to someone, you are also saying, see you again in the future. So don’t use this with people you don’t know, [00:01:00] or don’t plan on seeing again! To make this even more informal, you can just say “later!” [00:01:06] If someone says catch you later, you can also respond with catch you later, any other goodbye, or say “You, too” [00:01:14] But if someone says ‘later’, you can only respond by also saying ‘later’ or saying any [00:01:20] other goodbye. [00:01:21] Catch you later! [00:01:21] You, too! Bye! [00:01:23] I’m out [00:01:24] I’m out basically means, I’m leaving. Physically leaving this location. It can also be a way to leave a conversation, because you’re saying, I have to go somewhere! So if you use I’m out, the other person assumes you are going somewhere. This is still pretty [00:01:40] informal, so with people you know well. [00:01:42] Well, it was nice talking to you! But I’m out now. [00:01:45] Yeah, great to see you! Where you heading? [00:01:47] To school! But I’ll call you later. See you [00:01:50] Bye and goodbye [00:01:52] Bye isn’t informal, you can use it with anyone really. Goodbye is slightly more formal, especially when you pronounce the whole [00:02:00] word, good-bye. Most of the time we just pronounce the letter -G and bye. G’bye. G’bye. That’s the most common way in spoken English. But if you say goodbye, that’s too formal for me. That’s how a robot says it or Google Translate! [00:02:16] As well, I often say “bye bye”. It’s more playful, and a bit [00:02:20] more informal than the other ones. This is also how little kids will say goodbye, so adults will use it when talking to children. But kids tend to pronounce the word very correctly, to over pronounce it, like bye-bye! For adults, for it to sound natural, only pronounce the b in the first bye. So B-bye. B-bye. B-bye! [00:02:39] Take [00:02:40] care [00:02:40] Take care can just mean goodbye, but you usually use it when you won’t see the other person for at least a few days, or are not planning to see them anytime soon! So I don’t say take care to someone If I’m planning to see them later that day. As well, take care is a nice goodbye to use when you don’t plan to ever see someone again. For [00:03:00] example, you have a date with someone. But at the end of the date you know that you don’t want to see them again. Personally, I would say, “take care” because it already means I don’t plan to see you anytime soon, and can demonstrate that I’m not interested. [00:03:15] When someone says take care, you can respond with “you, too”, also say [00:03:20] “take care”, or any other goodbye. [00:03:22] It was really nice meeting you. [00:03:24] You too! [00:03:24] Well, take care! [00:03:25] Have a good one [00:03:27] Have a good one is a more casual way of saying, “have a good day”. For both, we can say them from starting in the morning, basically meaning, “have a good morning” and in the afternoon, to mean, “have a good afternoon”. But, if it’s evening [00:03:40] time, it can sound strange to continue saying “have a good one or have a good day”, because the day is basically finished! So instead, say “have a good night” when you say goodbye in the evening. [00:03:52] With a goodbye that starts with “have a…” it’s polite to first respond with ‘thanks’ and then ‘you too’. But you often hear [00:04:00] “alright” instead of thanks in informal situations. [00:04:04] I’m going to work. Have a good one! [00:04:06] Alright, you too! [00:04:07] Here are your groceries, sir. Have a good day!

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