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
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