Show Notes
🎧 Have you ever come home to a dirty kitchen and felt too polite to say anything? Sharing a home with roommates can be amazing, but dealing with chores and messy habits is always tricky. In this episode, we share a relatable story and teach you how to set polite boundaries without starting a fight.
🌍 By the end of this lesson, you will know exactly how to negotiate household responsibilities and express your frustration using natural, friendly English.
⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 Hana and Alex share a story about a messy roommate who always forgets to wash the dishes. 06:19 A breakdown of how to use 'remember doing' versus 'remember to do' when talking about chores. 12:24 Using 'try doing' and different meanings of 'look' to politely suggest new household rules. 16:44 A slow-paced practice dialogue demonstrating a successful, friendly boundary-setting conversation.
✅ What you’ll learn: • How to ask someone to do their chores politely 🧹 • The difference between "remember doing" and "remember to do" 🧠 • How to use "try doing" to suggest helpful solutions 💡 • Common expressions with the verb "look" for daily conversations 👀
💡 Practice tip: Try writing a polite, imaginary text message to a messy roommate using one of the phrases from today's episode.
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