Greeting – Example Conversations; Day: 53
Greeting – Example Conversations
Let’s look at several example conversations. Then we can move on to the practice section.
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
Example: 1
Person A:Â “Hi, my name is Steve. It’s nice to meet you.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻšāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
Person B:Â “I’m Jack. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Steve.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤”
Person A:Â “What do you do for a living Jack?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨?”
Person B:Â “I work at the bank.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
Example: 2
Person A:Â “What is your name?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A:Â “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ?”
Person B:Â “Jackson.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻ¨āĨ¤”
Person A:Â “What was that again?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?” āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻžÂ “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ¨?”
Exercise: 3
Person A:Â “Hey John, how have you been?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A:Â “āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
Person B:Â “What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻļā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§?”
Person A:Â “I’m doing very well. How about you?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A:Â “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ 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§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”
Exercise: 4
Person A:Â “Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A:Â “āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨?”
Person B: “The same ole same ole.” Or, “The same as usual. How about you?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤” āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, “āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ°?”
Person A:Â “I’m pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”
Exercise: 5
Person A:Â “Andy, it’s been a long time, how are you man?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A: “āĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§, āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻšā§?”
Person B:Â “What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻļā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ¨?”
Person A:Â “Do you come to this restaurant often?”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ A:Â “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨?”
Person B:Â “I’ve been here a couple of times, but I don’t come on a regular basis.”
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ B: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¸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 āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤