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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•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤

Example: 1

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ• āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

Person B: “I work at the bank.”

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

Example: 2

Person A: “What is your name?”

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

Person B: “Jackson.”

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻ¸āĻ¨āĨ¤”
Person A: “What was that again?”

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ•ā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻžÂ  “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?”

Exercise: 3

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨, āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‹?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‹?”

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§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

Exercise: 4

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, “āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ–āĻŦāĻ°?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”

Exercise: 5

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ“āĻšā§‡?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›āĻ¨?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨?”

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

āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

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.

āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤