Name: How To Talk About MONEY
Uploaded: 2018-07-13T04:27:36.000Z
Duration: 14 min 3 s
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and in this lesson, we're talking about cash!

Now, most countries have their own currency

can you do me a favour and write the name of

I'm curious to see just how many currencies

But currency is not what this lesson is about.

This lesson is about the nouns, the verbs,

the adjectives that we use to talk about money

it's a pretty dang important part of life really, isn't it?

so many different words to talk about money

And these words are often unique to a place

or even used by all native English speakers.

So if you're visiting an English-speaking country,

because you'll hear 'quid' and 'skint' in England

but they're not commonly used here in Australia.

We would probably say 'bucks' and 'broke' instead,

So when you're in an English-speaking country,

make sure you're listening out for these words.

Listen for the way that local people talk about money.

Now the noun 'money' is a universal word, you can use it

In Australia, you'll hear people use any of these words

But the most common ones are bucks, cash,

because dollars and bucks are countable nouns.

Make sure you check your pronunciation on that,

to drop the plural 'S' and say "five dollar"

Now, 'bucks' is just an informal casual word for dollars.

because somehow 'bucks' makes things sound cheaper

What? Twenty dollars? I'm not paying that.

No.. it's only twenty bucks. It's nothing!

but using 'bucks' makes it sound cheaper somehow.

'Cents' and 'coins' are also countable nouns

Do you have any coins? I need them to pay for parking.

Now when you think about money like this,

it's easy to see how it's countable, right?

We know exactly how many dollars and cents

But actually, some English nouns that refer to money

when you're using these words in English sentences.

check out this lesson I made about uncountable nouns

but right now, we'll continue talking about

uncountable nouns relating to money, okay?

'Money' is an uncountable noun and 'cash' is a synonym.

It's also an uncountable noun which means

I haven't got enough money to pay for lunch. Sorry.

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How To Talk About MONEY

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