1. Greetings

General greetings (Formal)

These greetings can be used in any formal situation, such as a business meeting or meeting someone’s parents, and they can also be used in informal situations as well.

·  Hello

· How are you?

· How are you doing? or How ya doin’?

· How is everything?

· How’s everything going?

Greeting a person that you haven’t seen for a long time (Formal)

·  It has been a long time.

·  It’s been too long.

·  What have you been up (to all these years)?

·  It’s always a pleasure to see you.

    

These greetings can be used in any informal situation. To show extra enthusiasm you can add “Hey” to the beginning of these greetings.

· (Hey) What’s up (man/dude/bro/their name)? or Ssup? Waddup? Wazzzzup? etc…

· (Hey) Good (Nice) to see (meet) you.

· (Hey) How are things (with you)?

· (Hey) How’s it going?

· (Hey) How’s your day (going)?

The pronunciation can be shortened to “goin’.” A typical response to this question is “It’s going good.”

· How’s life been treating you?

· What’s cracking?

The pronunciation is often shortened to “crackin’.” This is highly informal and should only be used with people around your age. Its similar in use to “What’s up?”

· What’s good?

· What’s happening?

· What’s going on?

The pronunciation is often shortened to “happenin’.”

Greeting a person that you haven’t seen for a long time (Informal)

· Long time no see. (Most Common)

· Where have you been (hiding)? (Playful)

· It’s been ages (since I’ve seen you).

· How’ve you been?