Greeting – Interactive Practice; Day 54
Greeting – Interactive Practice
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ – āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨāĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨
Exercise : 1
A: “Hi, how are you doing?”
āĻ: “āĻšāĻžāĻ, āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
B: “I’m doing great. How about you?”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
A: “Not too bad.”
āĻ: “āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
B: “Do you come to this restaurant often?”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨?”
āĻ: “I’ve been here a couple of times, but I don’t come on a regular basis. What have you been up to?”
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨?”
B: “I’m pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”
āĻ: “Well, have a good evening.”
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°: “āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻļā§āĻ āĻšā§āĻāĨ¤”
B: “You too.”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻāĨ¤”
Exercise: 2
A: “It’s nice to meet you. My name is Jack.”
A: “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤”
B: “I’m Steve. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤”
A: “What was your name again?”
A: “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛?”
B: “Steve.”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĨ¤”
A: “So Steve, What do you do for a living?”
A: “āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨?”
B: “I work at the public library. How about you?”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨?”
A: “I’m a University student.”
A: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤”
B: “That’s great. It was nice meeting you.”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤”
A: “Yeah. It was a pleasure meeting you.”
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ “āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤”
Exercise: 3
A: “Hey Jack, it’s good to see you.”
āĻ: “āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
B: “Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I’m doing pretty well. How about you?”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§? āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
A: “Not too bad.”
āĻ: “āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
B: “What movie did you come to see?”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”=
A: “I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?”
āĻ : “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
B: “I’m going to watch Finding Nemo.”
āĻŦāĻŋ: “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ “āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§” āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤”