Greeting

Greetings

Definition => Greeting is a short sentence that is used when we meet or say goodbye to someone.

The purpose of using greetings :

1.)  To say “good morning” to everyone when you wake up in the morning.

2.)  To greet your friends or teachers when you meet them.

3.)  To say “ goodbye” or “bye” when you are leaving.

Example of greetings :

. Good morning (01.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.)

. Good noon ( at noon)

. Good afternoon (12.00 p.m. – 06.00 p.m.)

. Good evening (06.00 p.m. – 12.00 p.m.)

. Hello/hi.

. Nice to meet you./Nice to meet you too.

.How are you?/I am very well,thanks or I am not good actually. And you?

.How’s everything with you?/Not bad

.How do you do?

For the parting :

# See you later.,

# Goodbye/bye/bye-bye.

# Good night ( it is used at night)

# See you next time.

# Till we meet again!

# I’ll be seeing you.

Example of dialogue :

Noki meets his teacher, Miss Andini, in front of the school at 07.00 a.m. in the morning.

Noki                       :               Good morning, Miss.

Miss Andini         :               Good morning, Nok. You are a little bit late.

Noki                       :               Yes, Miss. I am sorry.

Miss Andini         :               It is all right. Try to come earlier tomorrow.

Noki                       :               I will, Miss. Well, I have to go to my class. Goodbye, Miss.

Miss Andini         :               Goodbye, Noki.

Stela meet her friend on Friday evening.

Stela      :               Good evening,  Kani. It is me Stela, you friend from Junior High School.

Kani       :               Good evening, Stela. I remember you. How are you?

Stela      :               I am fine, thank you. How about you, Kan?

Kani       :               I am fine too, Stela. Well I have to go now. Goodbye Stela.

Stela      :               Goodbye Kani. See you next time.