Surprises & Desbelief

Expression disbelief is expression to not believe something or someone with reason or unreason. We can use expression disbieliefs when we don’t trust or believe something.

Asking if believe it or not

o Do you believe it?
o Wouldn’t you believe it?
o Can you imagine it?
o You don’t believe it, do you?
o Don’t you think it’s odd that……?

Responding to believe It or not

o No, I don’t believe it.
o Are you serious?
o Are you joking?
o Are you kidding?
o You must be joking/ kidding?
o Oh no! That’s not true!
o You don’t say!
o Seeing is believing.

Telling surprising news
o Guess what?
o Surprise!
o I’ve got news, for you.
o Do you now what?
o You won’t believ it!

Responding to believe or not

o Oh, no that’s not true
o You don’t say
o Really? That sound interesting
o Really? It’s surprising that….
o Seeing is believing
o Good heavens
o My goodness!
o This is really a surprise!

Example of surprise :

yudi: How can you say that?
Bani: Well, that’s the fact.


Example of disbeliefs

Alex : I went to Soraksan last weekend.
Andi : Really, who did you go with?
Alex : Only my girlfriend and I went.
Andi : You’re kidding… your girlfriend went with you? Did anyone else go?
Alex : No, just the two of us. We had a great time. We climbed Sorak Mountain, had dinner at the  Kensington Hotel and climbed up to Teetering Rock. It was incredible.
Andi : Let me get this straight. You and your girlfriend went alone to Sorak?
What about her folks and your folks, did they know about this trip.
Alex : Oh yeah…it was no problem.
Andi : Seriously,… I find this hard to believe… I know your parents, they wouldn’t allow this.
Alex : Honestly, it was no problem
Andi : Wow, I wish my folks were that liberal and open-minded.