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 āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§.
Greeting someone you never met:
āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āϝāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āύāύāĻŋ:
“Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
You can respond to this by saying,
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ,
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Jack.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāύāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤”
Another common question to ask is
āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ
“What do you do for a living?”
“āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
You can respond to this by saying,
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ,
“I work at a restaurant.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I work at a bank.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I work in a software company.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻĢāĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m a dentist.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĄā§āύā§āĻāĻŋāϏā§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,
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻšā§āϝ āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ. āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰā§, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ,
“What is your name?”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ?”
Many times, I don’t hear the name. If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,
āĻ āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§āύāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ,
“What was that again?”
“āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ?”
“Excuse me?”
“āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ?”
“Pardon me?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰ?”