Greetings
Below are
some expressions of greeting:
a. Formal expressions
· good morning
· good afternoon
· good evening
· good night
some of the responses are:
· hello
· hello, good morning
· good afternoon
· good evening
note:
· good morning is used from
12:01 a.m. (from the time you wake up) until 11:59 a.m
· good afrenoon is used from
12:01 p.m until 6:00 p.m
· good evening is used from
6:00 p.m until 9:00 p.m
· good night is used before
you go to bed ( and / from 6:00 p.m to mid night)
b. Informal Expression
· hello
· how are
you doing?
· how’s
life?
· what’s
new?
· how’s
everything?
· how are
you getting on?
· how’s
life treating you?
· how are
things?
· how are
you?
some
of the responses are:
· fine
· hello
· not to
bad, thanks
· just fine
· great,
thanks
· very
well,thank you
· fine,
thanks
Saying
Goodbye
Below are some expressions of saying goodbye:
a.
formal
· goodbye
· stay in
touch
· it was
nice to meet you
· i hope to
see you soon
some of the responses are:
· goodbye
· nice to
meet you, too
b. informal
· bye- bye
· talk to
you later
· nice
seeing you
· so long
· see you
to night
· see you
later
· goodbye
note:
see you
(soon, later, again, tomorrow,etc) are usually preceded by goodbye/ good night.
Introductions
Below are
some expression used for self introductions:
· may I
introduce myself? my name is linda
· let me
introduce my self. my name is linda
· allow me
to introduce my self. my name is linda
after an
introduction, we usually say some of the expression below:
· I am glad
to meet you
· I am
happy to see you
· I am
plased to know you
· It’s nice
to see you
· It’s a
pleasure meeting you
Thanking