"you know" emphasis or pause or habit?

[keannu]

I hear tons of "you know" from nativer speakers' conversation, and depending on the context, they may mean different things like emphasis or pause. Does it sometimes mean nothing but a habit not to mean anything? As I can hear much more from an individual than from others.

 

[bhaisahab]

I hear tons of "you know" from nativer speakers' conversation, and depending on the context, they may mean different things like emphasis or pause. Does it sometimes mean nothing but a habit not to mean anything? As I can hear much more from an individual than from others.

Sometimes it is, as you say, a habit and doesn't mean anything.

 

[Barb_D]

You will hear "like" used the same way.

 

[Winwin2011]

You will hear "like" used the same way.

Hi Barb_D,

Could you please give me some examples? I'm eager to learn the use of "like" in the same way of "you know". Thanks.

 

[Barb_D]

Do NOT try to emulate the style of speech. It's a horrible habit. I simply mentioned it so that when you, like, hear a native speaker, like, saying it all the time, you, like, don't think it means anything, you know?

 

[shannico]

You'll also hear a lot know+mean+like in the same sentence, i.e. (do) you know what I mean, like?

Do NOT try to emulate the style of speech. It's a horrible habit. I simply mentioned it so that when you, like, hear a native speaker, like, saying it all the time, you, like, don't think it means anything, you know?