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Greeting Someone you Know; Day: 52

Greeting Someone you Know

“Hey John, how have you been?”

“āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨, āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‹?”

“Hi Bob, how are you?”

“āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŦ, āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“Hi Nancy, what have you been up to?”

“āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡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§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‹ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ?”

If you meet someone unexpectedly, you can say,

āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨,

“Hey Jack, it’s good to see you. What are you doing here?”

“āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡ āĻœā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•, āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‹?”

or

āĻŦāĻž

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

“āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‹?”

If you see the person at a restaurant, you can say, “Do you come to this restaurant often?”

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, “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¨?”

Or at the movie theater, “What movie did you come to see?”

āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡, “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

Appropriate responses:

āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž:

“Hi Steve, my name is Mike. It is nice to meet you as well.”

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

“I heard a lot about you from John. He had a lot of good things to say.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“Wow. How long has it been? It seems like more than a year. I’m doing pretty well. How about you?”

“āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹? āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”

A typical response to this type of greeting is simple.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ.

“Not too bad.”

“āĻāĻ¤ā§‹āĻŸāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻ°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 āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ “āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ“āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ“āĻ˛ā§‡” āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, “āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĻ‡āĨ¤”

Here are some other example responses.

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.

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

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

“I’m doing very well.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ.”

“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§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ•āĻž 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¤”

Restaurant Responses

āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž

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

“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¤”

“I come pretty often. This is my favorite restaurant.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĨ¤”

“I can’t believe we haven’t seen each other before. I come here at least twice a week.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤”

Movie Response

āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž

“I came here to see Matrix Revolution. How about you?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŦ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨?”