Spoken English

Use of Thank you for (Verb + ing) & Can I + (verb); Day: 26

Thank you for

Saying ‘thank you’ is telling someone you appreciate what they have done. This can either be something they did for you or for someone else.

‘āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ’ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“Thank you for inviting me.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ.”

“Thank you for helping me move.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”
“Thank you for informing me about the job opening.”

“āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”
“Thank you for mailing that package for me.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻœāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”

“Thank you for working so hard.”

“āĻāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”
“Thank you for stopping by to visit.”

“āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”

“Thank you for replying to my email.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”

“Thank you for providing me with the answers.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”

“Thank you for heating up dinner.”

“āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ—āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”

“Thank you for hurrying to get here.”

“āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤”

Can I + (verb)

When ending a sentence with a question mark (?) you are asking the person or people you are talking to a question for which you would like an answer. Here you are asking permission to do a particular action.

āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻŦā§‹āĻ§āĻ• āĻšāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ (?) āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ā§ˇ

Here are some examples:

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

“Can I answer your question?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”
“Can I attend the event?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I move to another spot?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I call you tomorrow?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I complete this later?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I explain myself?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I help you with your homework?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I include you in our plans?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I introduce you to my co-workers?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”

“Can I inform you of some bad news?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ–āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻŦāĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ?”