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.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§.
Greeting someone you never met:
āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ:
“Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
You can respond to this by saying,
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨,
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Jack.”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤”
Another common question to ask is
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ
“What do you do for a living?”
“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
You can respond to this by saying,
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨,
“I work at a restaurant.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I work at a bank.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I work in a software company.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m a dentist.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻāĨ¤
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¤, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤. āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨,
“What is your name?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ?”
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¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨,
“What was that again?”
“āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
“Excuse me?”
“āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨?”
“Pardon me?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ°?”