Meeting, Greeting and Leave Takings

MEETING, GREETING AND LEAVE TAKINGS

 

            Greeting is what we say when we meet our friends and people who are close to us. The usual formal greeting is a “How do you do?” and a firm handshake, but with a lighter touch between men and women. ‘How do you do?’ is a greeting not a question and the correct response is to repeat ‘How do you do?' You say this when shaking hands with someone.

First person        :  "How do you do?"
Second person   : " How do you do?"

'How are you?' is a question and the most common and polite response is "I am fine thank you and you?"

First person        :  "How are you?"
Second person   :  "I am fine thank you and you?"

Nice to meet you – Nice to meet you too. (Often said whilst shaking hands)
Delighted to meet you– Delighted to meet you too.
Pleased to meet you – Pleased to meet you too. .
Glad to meet you - Glad to meet you too
Good Morning / Good Afternoon / Good Evening
For informal greeting people usually use “Hi” or “hello”, Morning / Afternoon / Evening ( We drop the word 'Good' in informal situations).  Or

First person        : How are you?

Second person   :  Fine, thanks. You?

 The other expressions are:

Expressions	Response
1.      Greetings -        Good afternoon. -        How nice to see you! -        What a surprise! -        Hi, Angel. -        How are you doing? -        Long time no see	-        Good afternoon. -        Nice to see you, too. -        Yeah, it’s been a quite a long time. -        Hi, Glenn. -        Pretty good. OK. -        Yeah
2.      Pre-closing -        Well, I’m afraid I’ve got to go now. -        I really must go now. -        Well. It’s getting late. -        I know you’re busy. -        Maybe we could get together some times. -        Nice to see you. -        Great to see you. -        Got to go now.	-        Thank you for coming. -        Maybe we can talk again some times -        Sounds good. -        Same here. -        Great to see you. -        See you
3.      Closing/ Leave Takings -        Good night. -        See you next time. -        Good bye. -        See you later.	-        Good night. -        Goodbye. -        Bye -        So long/ take care of yourself.

Example:

Dialog 1

Jeny               : Hello, I’m Jeny.

Miss Eli         : Pleased to meet you, Jeny. Call me Miss Eli. I am an English teacher.

Jeny               : Really? I like in English, but I’m not very good in it.

Miss Eli         : Don’t worry. You just talk without being afraid of making mistakes.

Jenny             : Thanks for your advice, Miss. I’ll try.

Dialog 2

Selly              : Hi, I am Sellly.

Joana             : Hi, I am Joana. Are you from Jakarta?

Selly              : I was born here, but I grew up in Bandung. What class are you in? I am in 1A.

Joana             : Oh great, me too.