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Greeting – Example Conversations; Day: 53

Greeting – Example Conversations

Let’s look at several example conversations. Then we can move on to the practice section.

āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤

Example: 1

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

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāχ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

Person B: “I’m Jack. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Steve.”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤”

Person A: “What do you do for a living Jack?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?”

Person B: “I work at the bank.”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤”

Example: 2

Person A: “What is your name?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

Person B: “Jackson.”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻœā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϏāύāĨ¤”
Person A: “What was that again?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāϟāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ?” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻžÂ  “āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧀ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ?”

Exercise: 3

Person A: “Hey John, how have you been?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āφāϰ⧇ āϜāύ, āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ?”

Person B: “What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧋?”

Person A: “I’m doing very well. How about you?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧋?”

Person B: “I finally have some free time. I just finished taking a big examination, and I’m so relieved that I’m done with it.”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

Exercise: 4

Person A: “Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύ?”

Person B: “The same ole same ole.” Or, “The same as usual. How about you?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻ•āχ āĻšāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻšāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, “āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤāχāĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ?”

Person A: “I’m pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϜāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤”

Exercise: 5

Person A: “Andy, it’s been a long time, how are you man?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ āĻ“āĻšā§‡?”

Person B: “What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāĻ›āύ?”

Person A: “Do you come to this restaurant often?”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻāχ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āφāϏ⧇āύ?”

Person B: “I’ve been here a couple of times, but I don’t come on a regular basis.”

āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āφāϏāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”

The next lesson is the interactive practice section. If you would like to repeat this lesson or previous lessons, feel free to go back and study as many times as you need. When you are ready, go to the practice section.

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϝāϤāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āϤāϤāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤