Spoken English

Use of Do you mind if I + (verb) & I don’t know what to + (verb); Day: 28

Do you mind if I + (verb)

You are asking someone in present tense if they object to something you are asking.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“Do you mind if I excuse myself?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡?”

“Do you mind if we left early?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡?”

“Do you mind if I take a nap?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡?”

“Do you mind if I ask your mom?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡?”

“Do you mind if it snows?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ?”

You could also use the word ‘would’

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘would’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ“ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨

Here are some examples:

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

“Would you mind if we went out to eat?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡?”

“Would you mind if I opened the window?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡?”

“Would you mind telling me what you’re doing?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž?”

“Would you mind being quiet for a minute?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻšā§āĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡?”

“Would you mind if I changed the channel?”

I don’t know what to + (verb)

You are letting someone know that you are not sure about what is being asked. You may also have no knowledge or opinion on a topic.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡.

Here are some examples:

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

“I don’t know what to eat for dinner.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I don’t know what to buy you for your birthday.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I don’t know what to say.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I don’t know what to do with my spare time.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I don’t know what to do for vacation.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“I do not know what to do to make you happy.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“I do not know what to do to help you understand.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not know what to think.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡.”

“I do not know what to do to prevent this.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“I do not know what to order.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”