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Greeting

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Hi everybody ^_^/
This is Sitonk
How are you ?
Are you OK? … I hope so !
Now, we’re going to talk about Greeting.
Check this out.

1. Definition of Greeting
Greeting is the expression which is used to address someone or other people.
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.(Taken from Wikipedia)
2. Formal and Informal of Greetings
 1)   Formal Greetings
- Hello.
Hello.
- Hello, how are you?
Hello, I’m fine. What about you?
-Hello, how are you today?
Hello, I’m fine. And you?
- Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
-How do you do?
How do you do?
- Good morning.
- Good morning Sir.
- Good morning Madam.
- Good afternoon.
- Good evening.
2)  Informal Greetings

- Hi.
Hi.
- Hi, how are you?
- How’s life?
- How’s your day?
- Are you fine?

I’m fine.
I’m okay.
I’m feeling great.

3. The dialogue example of Greeting 
Example I
sifa    :  Hi, can you introduce your self?
nadya  :  Yes, my name is Virna Yolanda, you can call me nadya. How about you?
sifa     :  My name is Siti Fatimah. You can call me siti or sifa.
nadya  :  Nice to meet you, sifa.
sifa      :  Nice to meet you too, nadya.

Example II

sifa    :  hello, nadya..
nadya :  hello, sifa..
sifa     :  how are you today?
nadya  :  i'm fine, what about you?
sifa     :  i'm fine too..

Example III 
sifa       : good morning, mam
mother : good morning sifa
sifa       : mom, may i go to nadya's house, now.
mother  : sure..  be careful, sifa..
sifa        : o.k mom
That's all and thank you guys ^_^/
Any question???
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