Formal And Informal Ways to Greet People

इस आर्टिकल में हम सीखेंगे की American English में लोगों का अभिवादन करने का Formal And Informal Ways to Greet People सबसे अच्छा और सबसे सामान्य तरीका क्या है और इन अभिवादन का जवाब कैसे दें और साथ ही साथ हम यह भी सीखेंगे की English में “Good bye” कहने के सबसे नेचुरल तरीके कौन कौन से हैं।

 

अभिवादन करते समय कुछ महत्वपूर्ण बातों का ध्यान रखना होता है अगर व्यक्ति जिसका हम अभिवादन करने जा रहे हैं अगर वो हमसे age, relation या status में अगर बड़ा है तो हम Formal Greetings का use करते हैं वहीं अगर वो हमसे age, relation या status में अगर छोटा है तो हम Formal या Informal Greetings दोनों में किसी का भी use कर सकते हैं!

Americans लगभग हमेशा दोस्तों और परिवारों के साथ Informal (अनौपचारिक) रूप से बात करते हैं।

Greeting

Good morning (6:00 AM – 11:59 AM)

दोपहर के 12 बजे तक Good morning कहा जाता है और विदा लेते समय Bye/See you/Take care/Have a great day

 

Good afternoon (12:00 PM – 4:59 PM)

दोपहर के 12 बजे से शाम के 5 बजे तक Good afternoon कहा जाता है और विदा लेते समय Bye/See you/Take care/Have a great day

Good evening (5:00 PM – 7:59 PM)

शाम के 5 बजे से 7:59 तक को Good evening कहा जाता है। हालांकि 7:59 PM के बाद भी जब भी आप किसी के साथ मिलते हैं चाहे हो रात के 10 बजे ही क्यों न हो उस समय भी Good evening कहेंगे और विदा लेते समय Good night कहेंगे।

[नोट: रात को सोने जाते समय Good night कहा जाता है।]

The most common FORMAL greetings and possible responses

Mornin’. ( Morning), Afternoon, Evenin’. (Eveing).

 

Informal

Mornin’
Afternoon
Evenin’

Formal
Good Morning
Good Afternoon
Good Evening

FORMAL

Greetings and Responses!

Hello, Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening,
How are you? I’m fine, thank you. And you?
How have you been? I’ve been good.
How do you do? I’m just fine.
Nice to meet you. likewise.
Pleased to meet you. The pleasure is mine.
(Thank you for helping me, sir. The pleasure is all mine.)

Goodbyes!

Goodbye, Take care, Have a nice day, Have a good night, Farewell, (Good-bye) Until next time, Goodnight,

 

INFORMAL

Greetings and Responses!

Hi, Hey, Hey you. Hey man. Hey brother, Hey brotha, Hey bro, Hey cuz. (cuz= cousin), Hey dude,
Hey guy, Howdy (howdy is used in the Southern USA. It has a very rural/country sound. It’ll most probably remind you how cowboys talk.)
Hi there, Hey there,

Good to see you. yeah, It’s nice to see you too.
Great to see you. You too

It’s been a while/Long time no see.
Tell me about it. (this means I AGREE)

(Good/nice/great to see you
It’s been a while, Long time no see You haven’t seen the person for a long time

 

Goodbyes!

Bye
See ya
See ya later
See ya soon.
See ya next time.
See ya around.
Talk to ya later.
Take it easy.
Catch ya later.
Be safe.
Be easy.
Have a good one.= have a good day.

See ya later alligator.
After a while crocodile. (response)

Later alligator. Toodles. (response)
Toodles is a silly and effeminate way to say goodbye or you can also use it sarcastically or mockingly.

Sayonara. (Japanese for goodbye. it’s used when you don’t see the person for a long time)

 

The following expressions mean I’VE GOT TO LEAVE.

I gotta take off.
I gotta head out.

 

 

SUPER INFORMAL

Greetings and Responses!

The most common SUPER INFORMAL greetings, responses, and goodbyes.
these are generally used by young people and often make use of slang and ungrammatical structures.

Yo, Yeo, Aye, Heyo, Holla (Holler),

What up? Chillin’ (chilling)

chillin’ means hanging out relaxing, and doing nothing special.

sup? ( sup is a condensed version of what’s up? Nuttin’ (Nothing)

sup b (b=brother)? Just kickin’ (kicking) it.
(kickin’ it means chilling)

Sup g? (g=gangster) (The ushe=the usual.)

You all right? or You aight? (aight = all right)
Yeah, just coolin’ (cooling)
(collin’ = chillin’)

You good? Fo sho. (fo sho = for sure, certainly.)

How you livin’? (living) I’m aight (all right)

All of the following questions starting with “what’s” have the meaning of what’s up?

what’s good. shit (in this context shit means NOTHING)

What’s really good? Chillaxin.(Chillaxin = chillin’ + relaxing.)

What’s crackin’ (cracking)? Straight steezin’
(straight = entirely, absolutely; Steezin’ = chillin’, ralaxing,stylish.)

What’s poppin’? (popping) Nada. (Nada = nothing in Spanish)

What’s cookin’ (cooking)? Jack shit. (jack shit = nothing)

What’s the dilly? Same shit, different day

(Same shit, different day = the same thing every day)

Look what the cat dragged in = Look who’s arrived
(it compares the person to a dead animal that a cat has brought inside the house)

 

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Goodbyes!

Later, Later on., Late, Peace, Peace out., Deuces. one, one love

 

The following expression means I’M LEAVING.

I’m out.
I’m outtie.
I’m peacin’.
I’m bouncin’ (bouncing).

 

The following expressions mean I’VE GOT TO LEAVE.

I gotta bounce.
I gotta roll.
I gotta jet.
I gotta be out.
keep it real = stay cool.

smell you later (humorous way of saying see you later)
Catch you on the flip side
see you when I see you (It means I’ll see you at an unspecified time in the future)
See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya. (it’s sarcastic of saying see you later and it’s usually said as a joke.. or, it sucks being you)

 

Combine: Greetings, Expressions, Questions

Hello, How are you?
Hi, How’s it going?
Hey, Long time no see.What’s up?
Yo, What’s good?

 

Informal ways of asking HOW ARE YOU?

The following questions are informal ways of asking HOW ARE YOU?

How’s it going?
Not bad. How ’bout you? (’bout= about)

How’s it hangin’ (hanging)?
All is good.
(How’s it hanging? It’s a kinda greeting, usually between man to man to know about their sexual life)

How is everything?
Pretty good.

How’s everything going?
Can’t complain. (Things are just fine)

How are things?
The usual.

How are ya? (ya=you).
Survivin’. (Surviving)

How’s life? Couldn’t be better.
(things are better than expected)

How ya been?
I’m hangin’ (hanging) in there./I’m hangin’ (hanging) on in there.
(Hang in there/hang on in there means to keep doing and not to give up)

you been good?
Yeah, for sure. And you?

How you feelin’ (feeling)?
I’m okay.

 

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Question that starts with “WHAT”

The following questions are different from the previous ones! They aren’t answered the same way
These start with questions word WHAT which indicates that it’s inappropriate to respond with:
Good, Not bad, Okay, or any other common response answers to the question How are you?

pay attention to the responses to the following questions!

What’s up?
what’s up can also be pronounced as wassup?

What’s up?
Not much/Nothing much/Nothing special/Not important. What’s up with you?

What’s up?
I’m having my dinner/I’m just reading a book/getting bored. What’s up with you?
(What’s up = what are you doing right now?)

What’s goin’ (going) on?
Not a lot/ Not much. What’s goin’ on with you?

 

What’s goin’ (going) on?
Nothing exciting, yourself?

What’s goin’ (going) on?
I just finished work. What about you?

 

What’s happenin’ (happening)?
Just keepin’ (keeping) busy.

 

What’ve you been up to?
Nothin’ (nothing) much, you?

What’ve you been up to?
I’ve been studying.
Or, I went to the restaurant last night. It was lovely.
Or, I went to beach last day. It was really nice

What’ve you been up to this last week?
Not much, I’ve just been working a lot.

Note:
(What’ve you been up to? Basically, means what have you been doing? Or what have you done since the last time I saw you?

We don’t use this idiomatic expression for the person we meet the very first time.)

What’s new? Same old. or you can say… Same old, same old. these mean Nothing new

 

 

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