Everyday Greetings

Everyday Greetings

"Good morning."

Good afternoon."

Good evening."
"Goodbye."
+
"Good night."
+
"Good night."
Special Greetings
"Happy Christmas." or "Merry Christmas."
00.01 1st !an"ary "Happy #e$ %ear&"
Happy Easter."
or etc....
Good '"c(&"
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or etc...
Congrat"lations&" or )ell done&"
Get $ell soon."
Sha(ing Hands
When meeting someone formally for the first time, we shake their hand
and say "How do you do?" or "Pleased to meet you."
"How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello".
When young people meet informally they sometimes say "Gie me fie!"
and slap their hands together "high fie#.
Generally we do not shake hands with people we know well.
#at"rally spea(ing
You say hello, and I say goodbye!
Follow the dialogue.
Mr Bean meets Mrs Breuer, one of his students, and her husband in the street.
Mr *ean+ Good morning, $rs %reuer.
Mrs *re"er+ Good morning, $r %ean. How are you?
Mr *ean+ &'m fine thanks, and you?
Mrs *re"er+
'ot too (ad. $r %ean, this is my hus(and $i)hael, $i)hael this is $r %ean my
*nglish tea)her.
Mr *re"er+ Pleased to meet you.
Mr *ean+ Pleased to meet you too. +re you from Germany, $r %reuer?
Mr *re"er+ ,es, *ast Germany, from -resden. +nd you, are you from .ondon?
Mr *ean+ 'o, &'m from -er(y, (ut & lie in .ondon now.
Mrs *re"er+ Well, good(ye $r %ean, it was ni)e to see you.
Mr *ean+ ,es, good(ye.
,ormal to -nformal Greetings and -ntrod"ctions
,irst meetings
,ormal -ntrod"cing yo"rself -ntrod"cing others .esponding to an
introd"ction
/n 'eaving
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• How do you
do? $y name
is $rs Hand.
• $rs Hand, may
& introdu)e my
(oss, $r /mith.
• Pleased to meet
you $rs Hand.
• Good(ye. &t's a
pleasure to hae
met you.

• Hello, .ynne
Hand. &'m the
owner of this
we( site.
• .ynne, &'d like
you to meet
0ohn /mith, our
salesman. 0ohn,
this is .ynne
Hand.
• Pleased to meet
you .ynne.
• Good(ye. 'i)e to
hae met you.

• .ynne Hand. • .ynne, meet
0ohn, my
hus(and. 0ohn,
this is my
tea)her .ynne.
• Hi, .ynne. How
are you?
• %ye. &t was ni)e
to meet you.

-nformal
S"bse0"ent meetings
,ormal 1ossible Greetings 1ossible responses
• Hello, $rs Hand. &t's ni)e to see you
again.
• What a pleasant surprise! How are
you? &t's (een a while.

• Good morning $rs Hand. How are
you today?
• &'m ery well thank you. +nd you?

• Good afternoon, $rs Hand. &t's good
to see you.
• 1hank you. &t's ni)e to see you too.
How are you?

• Hello .ynne. How are you doing? • 2ine thanks. What's new with you?



• Hi, .ynne! How's it going? • 'ot too (ad, (usy as eer.
• Hi, .ynne. How are things? • 3h fine. ,ou know how it is.

-nformal
!'ote 4 on first meetings say, "&t's nice to meet you". 2or future meetings say, "&t's nice to see you again".
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