GREETING

GREETING

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures.

Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a conversation.

Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, e.g., greeting of a king.

Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership.

(Expressing leave taking)

Leave Taking

Responses

Formal Situation  - Good bye - I look foward to seeing you again soon, good bye Informal Situation Pre-closing ‐ Sorry, I’ve go to ‐ Well, talk to you later, then ‐ Please, excuse me but I really have to be going -Sorry, I have to go now. - I’ll talk to you later. - It’s been nice talking to you - So, I’ll see you next week - OK then… - 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. Closing/leave-taking - Good bye and give me regard to Mr/Mrs.… ‐ See you later ‐ Take care ‐ So long ‐ Until the next week / time ‐ Good night, Ali ‐ Good-bye, Mrs. Mariah ‐ Have a nice ……(day).. ‐ Have a nice / good time ‐ Good luck ‐ All the best ‐ Enjoy your self ‐ Remember me to ……(your mother) ‐ Bye-bye - Bye-Bye; Bye; Bye now; Take care of yourself - Cheerio! - Have nice dream - Have a good trip - you too, so long - till we meet again -See you later —- Fine. -See you soon —– OK. -See you tonight —– All right .- See you tomorro

- Good bye - Good bye - Yes of course, it was nice to see you- So long ‐ Bye bye - See you soon - See you - Take care ‐ Please keep in touch - Good bye - Good night, Indah - Good bye, Mr. Saiful - You too - O.K. - Certainly - Bye-bye - I will be seeing you - Yes of course. See you - Sure see you later - So long - Take care - Keep in touch - See you at school

Examples / Practice reading these dialogues.
1.  Boys                        : Bye, dad.
Father                     : Bye-bye, sons. Take care.

2. Talita                          : Good bye, Mrs. Iskandar.
Iskandar                   : Good bye, Ms. Yuwono. It’s been nice talking to you.

3.  Talita                       : I have to go now. See you later.
Renata                    : Bye. See you

4. Iskandar               : Good bye, Talita. See you tomorrow.
Talita                      : Yes. Good bye, Mr. Iskandar.

Leave-Taking :

• Good nigt, Dad/Mom
• Good bye/Bye-bye
• See you later
• I'm sorry, I must go now
• See you around
• Have a nice evening

Responding :

• Good night , Mom/Dad
• Good bye/bye-bye
• See you
• So long
• Sure. See you
• Thanks, you too

Introducing yourself and others

Introducing yourself:

Here are expressions to introduce yourself:

·         My name is ...

·         I'm ....

·         Nice to meet you; I'm ...

·         Pleased to meet you; I'm ...

·         L&et me introduce myself; I'm ...

·         I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ...

Introducing others:

·         Jack, please meet Nicolas.

·         Jack, have you met Nicolas?

·         I'd like you to meet Liza.

·         I'd like to introduce you to Betty.

·         Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila.

Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:

·         Nice to meet you.

·         Pleased to meet you.

·         Happy to meet you.

·         How do you do?

Dialogue:

Alex is talking to the new manager and his assistant. Notice how they introduce themselves:

Alex:	Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new manager.
William:	Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you, Mr Alex Litterman.
John:	William, please meet Mr Steve Lynch, my assistant
Jack:	How do you do?
Nicolas:	How do you do?

General greetings (Formal)

1. Hello!
2. How are you?
3. How are you doing?
4. How is everything?
5. How’s everything going?
6. How have you been keeping?
7. I trust that everything is well.

General greetings (Informal)

1. Hi.
2. What’s up?
3. Good to see you.
4. How are things (with you)?
5. How’s it going?
6. How’s life been treating you?

Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Formal)

1. It has been a long time.
2. It’s been too long.
3. What have you been up to all these years?
4. It’s always a pleasure to see you.
5. How long has it been?
6. I’m so happy to see you again.

Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Informal)

• How come I never see you?
• It’s been such a long time.
• Long time no see.
• Where have you been hiding?
• It’s been ages since we last met.