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Greeting – Basic; Day: 51

Greeting – Basic

There are many ways to greet someone. We’ll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson. I’ll give a variety of example sentences.

āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ­ā§‡āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡.

Greeting someone you never met:

āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ:

“Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.”

“āĻšāĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

You can respond to this by saying,

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨,

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Jack.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤”

Another common question to ask is

āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ

“What do you do for a living?”

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

You can respond to this by saying,

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨,

“I work at a restaurant.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I work at a bank.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I work in a software company.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻŸāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m a dentist.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĨ¤

Usually, you will not need to ask for a name. It is implied that each person should say their name. But in case they don’t, you can ask,

āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤. āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨,

“What is your name?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

Many times, I don’t hear the name. If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ•, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨,

“What was that again?”

“āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“Excuse me?”

“āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Pardon me?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āĻ°?”