Greeting Someone you Know; Day: 52
Greeting Someone you Know
“Hey John, how have you been?”
“āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§?”
“Hi Bob, how are you?”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŦ, āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
“Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨?”
“Andy, it’s been a long time, how are you man?”
“āĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§, āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ?”
If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨,
“Hey Jack, it’s good to see you. What are you doing here?”
“āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻā§?”
or
āĻŦāĻž
“What a surprise. I haven’t seen you in a long time. How have you been?”
“āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻļā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§?”
If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say, “Do you come to this restaurant often?”
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨, “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨?”
Or at the movie theater, “What movie did you come to see?”
āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§, “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨?”
Appropriate responses:
āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž:
“Hi Steve, my name is Mike. It is nice to meet you as well.”
“āĻšāĻžāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“I heard a lot about you from John. He had a lot of good things to say.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I’m doing pretty well. How about you?”
“āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĨ¤ āĻāĻ¤āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛ā§? āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”
A typical response to this type of greeting is simple.
āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻ.
“Not too bad.”
“āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨āĻž.”
If asked what you have been up to, you can respond with, “Same ole same ole.” Or, “The same as usual.”
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ “āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§” āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, “āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻāĨ¤”
Here are some other example responses.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻā§.
“I’m pretty busy at work these days, but otherwise, everything is great.”
“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¤”
“I’m doing very well.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ.”
“I finally have some free time. I just finished taking a big examination, and I’m so relieved that I’m done with it.”
“āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž 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¤”
Restaurant Responses
āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
“I’ve been here a couple of times, but I don’t come on a regular basis.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“I come pretty often. This is my favorite restaurant.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤”
“I can’t believe we haven’t seen each other before. I come here at least twice a week.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤”
Movie Response
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
“I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨?”