Greeting

Greeting is a short sentence used when we meet someone.

            

Look the conversation :

Ø  Raka    : Hi,Ratih…..How are you?

Ø  Ratih    : Hi,Raka……I am fine.

The conversation above are the example of greeting used in daily activity.Here are some sentences to greet someone:

Greeting Someone	Responding
Good morning.	Good morning.
Good afternoon.	Good afternoon.
Good evening.	Good evening.
Hello.	Hello.
How are you?	I`m fine,thank`s.
Nice to meet you.	Nice to meet you too.
How`s life?	Not bad.
How do you do?	How do you do?
Nice to see you.	Nice to see you too.
How is everything with you?	Not too bad.
Glad to meet you.	Glad to meet you too.

            Beside greeting,there are some sentences used when we want to close the conversation and when we want to leave someone.They are Leave Taking.Here are some sentences.

Leave Taking	Responding
Good bye.	Bye.
Sorry,I must go now.	O.K,see you.
Have a nice day.	Thanks.
Take care.	Sure,thanks.
Good night,Baby.	Good night,mom.
See you.	See you too.
See you next time.	O.K. See you.
Till we meet again!	OK.
Good luck!	Thanks.
I`ll be seeing you!	Bye
Excuse me,I must be going.	O.K.bye.

Look at below conversation! (example of greeting and leave taking)

Ø  Tika     : Hi,Rio.Nice to meet you.

Ø  Rio      : Hi,Tika.Nice to meet you too.

Ø  Tika     : What are you doing here?

Ø  Rio      : Buy some books.

Ø  Tika     : Oh.OK,I must go now,bye.

Ø  Rio      : Bye