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Saying how happy you are

Here are some of the ways you can express your happiness in English.

You can be…

- (absolutely) delighted
- thrilled to bits
- over the moon
- really pleased
- so happy

Or you can say…

- I couldn't be happier.
- That is fantastic / wonderful / great / marvellous!

When you hear good news you can say:

- What great / wonderful / fantastic news!
- We've been waiting so long for this (moment).
- Thank God! / Thank God for that!
(British English speakers tend not to be particularly religious)

Pronunciation tip
Stress the adverbs and adjectives for greater emphasis:

- I'm really pleased.
- What great news!

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35 comments on “Saying how happy you are”

humaid

Although I am not in the area of politics, I am extremmely happy to see Obama becoming the US president.

WohLamhe

Hi. I couldn't be happier to discover this blog. could you please explain what 'couldn't be happier' means? ty. :)

Clare

WohLamhe ยป It means that you are so happy, that you couldn't be any more happy. You're at the maximum of happiness!

apple

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Albert

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lara

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Alena

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norh

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adn i hope to speak english fluently as possible as soon

thanks alot :)

semay

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suncat

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Gihan

What a wonderful site
I'm absolutley delighted to find this site
" Thank God for that"

fly

wonderful site for basic english,thanks

dark

I'm delighted to have found this site. It's absolutely helpful…Is it right for me to say "absolutely helpful"? and where should I put the second quote sign, ", before or after the question mark?

Clare

You can say "it's really helpful". We tend to use extreme adverbs like "absolutely" with extreme adjectives, such as "freezing" or "fabulous".

Regarding where you put question marks (or any other marks signalling the end of a sentence) is a matter of debate. Some people say you should put them inside the quotation marks if the quotation finishes the sentence:

He said "I found your advice really helpful."
He said "I found your advice really helpful", but he didn't take the advice.

chi

it's very wonderfull site.. i hope this site can help me to improve my english ability…

thanks a lot

Qamar Momin

Hi!

I have seen this site completly,
It's a number one site for new english learner.

Thank you!

OSMAND

I LOVE THIS SITE
IT HELPS ME A LOT TO RAISE MY ENGLISH UP.
THANKS

Hossein

let's say more. I am like a dog with two tails or i am on the top of the world or I am on seventh heaven. yes, i am jubilant or enraptured or in the state of euphoria. you ask about what? of course about this insightful website.

Kic

I think your website on one of the best.
Thank you for your effort.
Am from Mauritius island near south africa.

am0o0n

I'm happy because I take good gread to day in my school

Phuong

Hi guy,
I've just found this website by searching google. I think it's great for people like me to improve english skills. I have never been happy like this^^

iffi

HI GUYS,
I AM MUCH PLEASED TO WRITE IN ENGLISH.AFTER 3 MONTHS AGO I M JUST A URDU SPEAKING MAN .NOW I M BEST IN MY COMPANYSO I M PROUD OF MY SELF BUT MORE PROUD IN THAT WEBSITE BECAUSE IT HELPS ME VERY MUCH.SO THANKS

Wasay Hilaman

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chaman

we have been waiting so long for thissite thanks

RAHIMAN

A GREAT HELPING HAND FOR IMPROVING ENGLISH,THANKYOU.

Patty

I couldn't be happier because i can improve my english skills from this site. But i have a question. If i am Buddhism, could i use the phrase "Thank God!".
PS. i've been living in Thailand,Buddhism country.

Clare

The phrase "thank God" isn't particularly religious any more – and it certainly isn't always used by religious people. You could use a different one if you weren't happy with the reference to God, though.

Dorothya

I'm so happy to find this site. Hope this site can make my English more better than before. Glad to know you all guys!! I'm so sorry if I made mistakes in my English. Hehe.

sway

great site!!

Huyen Duong

I'm a Vietnamese and in Viet Nam,it's rather difficult to have chance to train speaking skill.As a result, our English speaking is not very good,but thank for this website,it improve very much.

rukun

Hi guys,
I'm really great to see this website, it's help me a lots to improve my speaking as well as written english.

ryan

I absolutely delighted to know some expressions of happiness which I don't know before. This site is fantastic, I am glad to find it.

Gihan

I'am really thrilled to find this wonderfull side.
Thans a lot.

marwa

I'm over tha moon 2 see this website :)

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