Dasar Greetings

            

Dalam berkomunikasi sehari-hari kita tentu sering mendengar sapaan ataupun salam sebagai pertanda awal bertemu dengan seseorang baik yang sudah dikenal maupun yang belum kenal, sapaan pembuka atau salam pembuka seprti "hai, Selamat pagi",dll. dikenal bahasa inggris dengan istilah greeting, berikut jenis greeting dan responnya :

Greetings	Responses
·                     Good morning. ·                     Good afternoon. ·                     Good evening. ·                     How nice to see you ·                     Hello.  ·                     How are you? ·                     How do you do? ·                     How're you doing? ·                     Hi!	·                     Good morning. ·                     Good afternoon. ·                     Good evening. ·                     Yes, it's been so nice. ·                     Hello. ·                     Fine, thanks. ·                     How do you do? ·                     Not bad. ·                     Hi!

Formal Greeting	Informal Greeting.
• Good morning.  • Good afternoon. • Good evening. • Good morning, sir.	• Hi, Lizzy! • Morning, Jim! • Hello

Initial Greetings	Responding to Initial Greetings
• How are you? • How’s it going? • How are you doing? • How’s life?	• Very well, thank you and how are you? • I’m good/okay/alright. • Very well, thank you. • Oh, pretty good. • Not too bad, thanks. • Fine, thanks. • Excellent. Pre-closing • OK then… • I’ve got to go now. • So, I’ll see you next week. • I think I’d better be going now. • Well, it’s time for me to leave. • I think it’s already late at night. • I must be going home.

ada juga greeting anak remaja di amerika atau kalau istilahnya Greeting Gaul 

1. Howdy (hawdi)
2. Hiya (haiya)
3. Whazzup? (whatsap)
4. Yo (yo)
5. G’day (geddei)

Itulah sedikit tentang greeting, untuk selanjunya kita akan melihat di artikel selanjutnya Insya Allah,

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