Greeting – Example Conversations; Day: 53
Greeting – Example Conversations
Let’s look at several example conversations. Then we can move on to the practice section.
āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
Example: 1
Person A:Â “Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
Person B:Â “I’m Jack. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Steve.”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāύāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ, āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤”
Person A:Â “What do you do for a living Jack?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āύ?”
Person B:Â “I work at the bank.”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤”
Example: 2
Person A:Â “What is your name?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ?”
Person B:Â “Jackson.”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāϏāύāĨ¤”
Person A:Â “What was that again?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞ?” āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻžÂ “āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§āύ?”
Exercise: 3
Person A:Â “Hey John, how have you been?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāϰ⧠āĻāύ, āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§āύ?”
Person B:Â “What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻļā§āĻāϰā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧠āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§?”
Person A:Â “I’m doing very well. How about you?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§?”
Person B:Â “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§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāϏāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
Exercise: 4
Person A:Â “Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϏāĻŋ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ?”
Person B: “The same ole same ole.” Or, “The same as usual. How about you?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤” āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, “āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŽāϤāĻāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāϰ?”
Person A:Â “I’m pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻ āύā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻĻāĻžāύā§āϤāĨ¤”
Exercise: 5
Person A:Â “Andy, it’s been a long time, how are you man?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻŋ, āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§, āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻā§āύ āĻāĻšā§?”
Person B:Â “What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻļā§āĻāϰā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻāύ?”
Person A:Â “Do you come to this restaurant often?”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ A: “āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāĻ āϰā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻāϏā§āύ?”
Person B:Â “I’ve been here a couple of times, but I don’t come on a regular basis.”
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϏā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāϏāĻŋ 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.
āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϝāϤāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āϤāϤāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻšāϞā§, āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤