Formal and Informal Greeting

Based on wikipedia, Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship (usually cordial) or social status (formal or informal) between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other

Read also  Asking and Giving Permission

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Here, i give you some example of greeting

Formal Greeting

Greeting
Expressions	Responses
Hello, Mr. Adam	Hello
Hello, doctor	Hello
Good morning	Good morning
Good afternoon	Good afternoon
Good evening	Good evening
How are you?	Fine, thank you
How have you been?	I am fine, thank you

Good-byes
Expressions	Responses
It was nice to meeting you	It was nice to meeting you too
It was nice to see you	Same to you
Good Evening / Good bye	Good Evening / Good bye

Informal Greeting

Greeting
Expressions	Responses
Hi/Hey	Hi/Hey
How are ya?	I’m good. All right
How are thing?	Pretty good
How’s going	Ok, not bad
How you doing?	I’m doing good
What’s up?	Nothing much
What’s new?	Not a whole lot
What’s happening?	Nothing
What are you up to?	Nothing special
What’s going on?	Not Much

Good-byes
Expressions	Responses
Nice Meeting you	You too
Take it easy
Take care
I’m off	Ok, bye
I have to go	See you later. Bye
So long
See you
See you later
Bye
Later

Source: spm book, publisher erlangga

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