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Hello and welcome to the English we speak with me, Jayin.

And me, Neil. Hey, Jayin, would you like to play some games online with me?

Sure thing. I'm down for that.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Why are you so sad?

No, Neil, I said I'm down for it, which means I'm happy to do it or I'm interested in doing it.

So in this case, yes, I'm down for some online gaming.

Ah, got you. You can say up for something or down for something to mean that you want to do it.

When up or down are followed by the preposition 4, it changes the meaning. I got confused because I'm down can mean that you're

sad. That's right if you say I'm down I mean sad.

Well, I hope you're going to be nice when we play. I'm not up for losing.

Sorry, Neil, I was born to win.

Let's talk more about it after these examples.

I'm up for meeting up later, but it will have to be after work.

I have a lot to do today.

Steve isn't up for going to that restaurant

as he doesn't like spicy food.

I think he'd be down for that vegetarian place.

I wasn't really down for going to the cinema I've been isolating at home.

You're listening to the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expressions up for something and down for something which I used to say that someone is interested in doing something.

You can also use I'm game to say the same thing.

For example I'm game for meeting up tonight.

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