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GREETINGS IN ENGLISH | Formal & informal | Learn with examples & quiz!
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- A greeting is an act of communication in which we make our presence known or to welcome others. A greeting is usually the start of a
- conversation. This can be when you meet a new person or someone you already know or when you greet your audience.
- There are formal and informal ways to greet someone. Formal greetings are used in professional or important situations.
- For example, when you're at work talking to your colleagues or your manager or if you're giving a presentation. Informal greetings are used in
- unprofessional or casual situations. For example, when you're talking to your family or friends that you know very well.
- Hello. This is the most common way of greeting someone and can pretty much be used in all situations.
- Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. We use these expressions depending on
- the time of day. How are you? The person will usually reply with, "I'm
- good, thank you." or "I'm good, thanks. How are you?" We combine this with another greeting. For example, "Hello, how are you?" or
- "Hi, how are you?" It's nice to meet you. We use this in situations where we're
- meeting a person for the first time. This can be used in formal settings. For example, at work. We usually combine this with hello or
- hi. For example, hello, it's nice to meet you. Or hi, it's nice to meet you.
- Another example is it's lovely to meet you. Or it's a pleasure to meet you.
- The informal and casual ways of saying hello are hey. Or we can say hey there.
- Hey is used in cases where we know the person very well as it can sound rude if you say hey to someone that you don't know.
- Hi. Hi is another very common casual greeting.
- Morning. This is a casual way of saying good morning. We can also say the same for afternoon
- and evening. How are things? Or
- how's it going? We ask this when we want to know how the person is and what's happening in their life.
- What's up? What's new? This just means what's happening. Again, we can ask this when we want to
- know how the person is and what's happening in their life. Usually the reply can be nothing much, how about you? Or the reply can consist
- of the person telling you what is happening. Long time no see. This is a casual way to greet someone
- that you know very well but haven't seen in a while. It's good to see you.
- How have you been? Lastly, a very casual way to greet someone is to say, "Yo."
- Now, let's go through an example conversation. Hey, Lena.
- Hi, Amy. It's good to see you. It's good to see you, too.
- How have you been? I've been great, thanks. How about you?
- Same. Although, I've been very busy with school work. Ah, yes. I can imagine. Where are you going now?
- I'm on my way to the cafe. Would you like to join me? Sure. That would be nice.
- By the way, this is my cousin, Samira. Hello, Samira. It's nice to meet you.
- It's nice to meet you, too. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you?
- I'm great, thanks. Mhm.