Spoken English

Use of Are you into + (noun) & Are you trying to + (verb); Day: 32

Are you into + (noun)

Here you are asking a question about an interest they might have or something they might enjoy doing.

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“Are you into soccer?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻŸāĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into trying new things?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into wine tasting?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into working out at home or at the gym?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into scary movies?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into playing games?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—ā§‡āĻŽ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into jogging?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻœāĻ—āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into painting?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§‡āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into traveling?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you into fixing cars?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

Are you trying to + (verb)

You are asking someone if they are attempting to do something. This can be something mentally or physically.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“Are you trying to ignore me?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to manage your money?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to memorize that song?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to offer your help?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to program your new phone?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to pretend like it never happened?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ­āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋ?”

“Are you trying to remain calm?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to remember her name?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to reflect on the past?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Are you trying to switch flights?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”