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–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“Are you into soccer?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into trying new things?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into wine tasting?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāχāύ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ?”

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

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into scary movies?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­ā§€āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into playing games?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āϖ⧇āϞāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into jogging?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϜāĻ—āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into painting?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into traveling?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you into fixing cars?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

Are you trying to + (verb)

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

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“Are you trying to ignore me?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to manage your money?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to memorize that song?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to offer your help?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to program your new phone?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

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

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ?”

“Are you trying to remain calm?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to remember her name?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to reflect on the past?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

“Are you trying to switch flights?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”