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Learn English Fast - Ways to say Hello and Goodbye in English ✔
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Apr 9, 2025
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hello this is Kristen at learn English
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with be Global and today we are going to
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talk about greetings in the English
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language and the different ways that you
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can greet someone when you first see
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them and also ways that you can say
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goodbye when you part so I want to go
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through two different kinds of greetings
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in English there is the formal greeting
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and the informal greeting so with a
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formal greeting we would be discussing
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more along the lines of someone that you
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work with possibly your boss or somebody
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that you might be having a job interview
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with or somebody that you just don't
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know very well so you're meeting them
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for the first time
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this is a formal
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introduction so with our meeting and our
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formal meeting we want to make sure that
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we make a good impression and that we
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look very responsible and that we know
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what we're talking about so when we
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first greet somebody formally we want to
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say hello you want to make sure that you
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look them in the eyes and make eye
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contact with them and typically you
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would also start with good morning or
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good
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afternoon or good evening depending on
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what time of day it is now after you've
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greeted them initially with either hello
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or good morning or good afternoon or
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good evening after you've done that you
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want to make sure you introduce yourself
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so you would say hello good afternoon my
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name is Kristen and at that point here
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in North America am we typically greet
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formally with a handshake so you would
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extend your right hand to that person
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they extend their right hand and you
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give them a nice firm shake when you
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first say hello good morning and you
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introduce
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yourself once they've introduced
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themselves you want to make sure that
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you say that it's nice to have met them
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so you would say it's nice to meet you
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or you could say I'm pleased to meet you
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or you could say it is a pleasure to
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meet
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you so after going through this formal
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introduction again let's go through it
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all
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together so let's say I walk up to
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somebody I'm going to pretend like that
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somebody is you and I'm going to say
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good morning my name is
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Kristen pleasure to meet
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you and then at that point you probably
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would continue on with with whatever
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business you may be doing with that
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formal meeting you probably wouldn't ask
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them right away how are you um typically
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they want to discuss a project or if
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you're talking to your doctor you're
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talking about a procedure or you're in a
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doctor's appointment it's not somebody
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that you know so it's not typical at
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that point with somebody formal that you
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would say how are you however if it's
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somebody that let's say you've met once
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or twice or maybe maybe even three times
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at that point you could you're not going
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to introduce yourself so you could say
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good morning hello shake their hand
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again how are you today or how is your
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week so you it's okay to extend that how
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are you after you've met them the first
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time but the first time you just want to
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introduce yourself be pleasant and give
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them a chance to talk to you because
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that's why you're coming to see them
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now you want to make sure when we're
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informal it's much more relaxed
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informally these are people that you
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know very well people that you've seen
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people that you are related to family
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members people that you've known for a
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very long time so when you see people
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like that you see them on the street and
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you may say hi um you may wave hi some
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people do fist bumps when you bump your
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fists together some people do high fives
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where they slap their hands dance
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together um it just depends other people
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like to give a hug they'll say hi and
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they'll hug them right away um or
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they'll say hey um or maybe they'll say
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what's up and that's just a way of
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saying what's going on how are things in
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your life um how's it going and so when
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you first greet someone informally
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typically you'll hug them or you may
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highfive them or you may fist bump them
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but you want to make sure especially if
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you're new to the culture and you're new
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to the language you want to make sure
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that it's someone else that's
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comfortable with that too so sometimes
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it's best to wait back and kind of let
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them make that gesture if they're going
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to hug you or if they're going to high
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five you and you can just stick with the
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hey or the hi and the what's up but you
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always want to make sure that you have a
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followup question so after you've said
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hi and maybe you
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hug or you high
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five you want to have your
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followup so your followup might be how
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are you
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today or how is your family or maybe if
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it's somebody you go to school with you
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will ask them how did you do on that big
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test that we had yesterday because this
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is somebody that you know so you want to
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ask them questions you want to know how
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they're doing when you run into them now
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the big difference I want to make sure
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that we know which is very different in
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North America I think to most
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cultures when you are greeting someone
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formally and you say how are you
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typically when it's somebody you don't
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know very well you give them a very
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short response you could say I am good
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or you could say I am
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well or I am
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fine but it's a short answer when it's
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formal you don't if you are having a
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very bad week because you did bad on a
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test and your boss yelled at you at work
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and then your mother called and she's
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angry with you when you're greeting
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someone formally and they say how are
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you you you don't want to tell them all
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of that when you run into your friend
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and they say how are you that's when you
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can say oh my goodness this week has
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been awful and you can tell them all
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about your week when it's your informal
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friend another important thing is to
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make sure that you always return the
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greeting so if you have someone that has
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said hello to you you run into a friend
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they say hi you say hi back you give
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them a hug and they look at you and they
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say how are you doing today you tell
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them today I am good I feel good I got a
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good grade on my test I woke up in a
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good mood and then you always want to
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make sure that you return that how are
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you today make sure that you talk back
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to them and ask them how they are doing
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as well it's just courteous and nice and
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respectful to make sure that you go back
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and ask them how they are
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and if it's someone that you know you
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can also follow that up with how is your
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mother or how is your family or refer it
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to whatever that last conversation was
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that you had with that friend okay so
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that goes over the formal and informal
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when it comes to meeting people and now
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I want to discuss the formal and the
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informal for party so that's when we go
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away so now this is when you're going to
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be leaving somebody
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so formally if you've just had a meeting
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with somebody and you want to make sure
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that you leave a good impression you
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always want to say thank you you can say
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it was nice meeting
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you um and you can also say have a good
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day or have have a good night and then
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shake their hand once again when you
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when you part ways um different people
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will shake hands when they part some
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people will not shake hands when they
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part and they will only Shake upon the
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first meeting let them you can let them
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make that decision it's not considered
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rude if you don't shake hands when you
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leave however it is best to do both if
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you can and if you feel comfortable
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what's important is that you say thank
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you that you tell them have a good day
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or have a good night and you say goodbye
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so you can just say a simple goodbye um
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it doesn't include a wave it doesn't
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include a fist bump and it certainly
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doesn't include a high five when you're
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formal you stick to only the
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handshake or just thank you have a great
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night
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goodbye and you can leave it to those
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simple whenever it's formal one good
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thing is if you're not sure if it's
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formal or not you can test it out to see
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what the other person says and get a
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good feeling for it and you can always
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be safe just using the formal and not
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using the informal because you can say
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these very nicely and people will not
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think that you're being too formal with
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them you could always be very kind and
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say thank you it was nice to meet you
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I've said that to people informally too
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when I'm first meeting them even if it's
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not a job offer or a doctor or somebody
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like that now when you're saying goodbye
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and it's informal so this is somebody
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that you've known for a long time your
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brother your sister your best friend
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somebody you love and know you want to
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make sure that you start with the
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followup so before you leave you want to
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say something like call me next week or
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make sure you send me that text or if
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you talked about a homework assignment
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with a friend let's go over that
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homework assignment you kind of touch
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base with them to see what it is that
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you're going to do next so maybe I'll
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call you next week before you say your
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final goodbye so that they know this is
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the closing of the conversation and of
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the meeting and then you have a point
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from which you know you're going to see
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each other again because this is
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somebody that's informal so this is
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somebody that you are probably going to
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have in your life once again so you may
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say you know you can still say thank you
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you can still say thank you for lunch or
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thank you for meeting up with me or
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thanks for talking to me it's always
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nice to thank a friend and then you
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follow that up with another hug or
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another high five or however you relate
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with your friends and then you can say
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bye or see you see you later some people
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just say later um ciao which is actually
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Italian but many people here in America
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use Chow as well um bye-bye byebye is
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you used more regularly and more often
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with children but some adults sted as
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well so they may say bye-bye to a little
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girl or a little boy um and then another
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is have a good one and have a good one
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one can be changed to have a good night
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have a good
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weekend have a good day have a good week
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or if there is a holiday coming up you
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could even go as far to say have a good
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Christmas if you know you're not going
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to see them for the holiday that's a
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great time to wish them a merry holiday
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or a Merry Christmas or you know let
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them know that you're thinking of them
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and their family you could always say
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say hi to your mom for me um and then
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take care is a good one too especially
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if you're meeting with somebody that
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maybe is going through something very
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difficult you may not want to use one of
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these very cheery and happy goodbyes you
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may want to say something a little more
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simple and and kind and genuine so
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at that point you may want to say take
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care and that just means take care of
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yourself and be well you know that kind
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of a thing so that they know that you
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care about them and you're not just um
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you know waving them waving them away
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very quickly saying bye see you later um
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so take care is a good one too so to
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recap where we are at with the greetings
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when you part formally you would want to
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say thank you very much it was nice to
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meet you have a great night
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goodbye those are all great things to
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say to somebody formally when you have
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met someone for an interview or a doctor
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or um someone that you are meeting with
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for a service for the first time that
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you don't know very well and you want to
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make sure that you keep it very
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respectable and that you're making that
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good impression and then informally
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whenever you're talking to somebody that
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you know very well somebody that's
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family or friends then you start with
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the followup so something to end the
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conversation as you're you're getting
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ready to part ways maybe thank you for
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dinner or I will text you next week so
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that we can meet up again or let's study
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those notes for that test coming up or
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whatever it is that you want to discuss
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with them to make sure that you follow
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up with to set a point to maybe see each
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other again or just a recap of the night
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so taking something that says thank you
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for tonight I enjoyed my time with you
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you can say that too it's very nice and
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very genuine and then you can follow
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that up with your hug or your high five
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or your fist bump and you can say bye or
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see you or see you later or ciao um and
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keep all of these very simple bye-bye
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something very simple and small and then
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like I said if it's somebody that maybe
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is going through something and you don't
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want to be too happy and cheery when you
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leave you can say take care or feel
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better um and let them know that you
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care about them I hope that these have
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helped you and um I know typically when
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we're talking let's say we're talking
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about a phone conversation that's hard
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because you don't know who's calling so
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when you answer the phone you answer it
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with hello and then typically somebody
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will introduce themselves right away and
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then when you get off the phone you say
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goodbye and that's very common those are
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regular regular greetings for our phone
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conversation as as well so I thank you
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