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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•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϭ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŦāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇.

Greeting someone you never met:

āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āύāύāĻŋ:

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

“āĻšāĻžāχ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

You can respond to this by saying,

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ,

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

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤”

Another common question to ask is

āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ

“What do you do for a living?”

“āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

You can respond to this by saying,

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ,

“I work at a restaurant.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I work at a bank.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I work in a software company.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m a dentist.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĨ¤

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,

āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ, āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āωāĻšā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāϞāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ. āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ,

“What is your name?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

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

āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻļ⧁āύāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϚāĻžāύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧁āĻ•, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ,

“What was that again?”

“āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?”

“Excuse me?”

“āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?”

“Pardon me?”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰ?”