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hi welcome back to weekly words my name
is Alisha and this week we're going to
talk about ways to say hi this should be
fun let's get started first is yo this
one is a little bit casual in case you
couldn't tell I used for close friends
maybe family members if you have kind of
a silly relationship with them just
quick short easy to do in a sentence yo
how's it going howdy howdy traditionally
associated with cowboy culture I suppose
you should play a banjo maybe or you've
just gotten off a horse I don't know I
use howdy from time to time howdy howdy
howdy howdy didn't that's my banjo yeah
in the sentence you might say howdy
folks welcome to the barbecue place
next is hay hay is good friendly phrase
you can usually use hay with a wave and
smile look happy if you don't people
might think that you're down in the
dumps people might think you're not in a
very good mood in a sentence hey I heard
you got engaged last week
congratulations
something like that it's usually kind of
a cheery happy expression alright next
is what's up what's up is the long form
of sup this does not literally mean what
is above you right now if you want to be
funny you can say the ceiling or the sky
but that joke gets old really fast and
chances are the person you're talking to
has already heard it before it just
means what are you up to what is going
on with you in a sentence what's up did
you have a good weekend
typical response - what's up is not much
find out some more responses in English
in three minutes
we didn't Episode on this nothing much
how about you that's pretty good pretty
good pretty good pretty good
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the next one is long time no see you can
use this one you haven't seen the other
person for a long time you're at a party
or at an event or whatever any time it's
been a long break you can decide how
long long is not the day before or the
week before maybe a few weeks or a month
whatever is unusual for you in this
other person when you see them you can
say hey a long time no see how have you
been that's the end so those are a few
different ways to say hi in a few
different situations I hope that you
have a chance to try them out so the
next time you meet someone or you greet
someone thanks very much for joining us
this week and we'll see you again soon
sort of things up it like say sue sue
in this lesson you're going to learn new
more common ways to ask and answer the
question how are you in English you've
probably learned how are you and I'm
fine in textbooks before but in the
United States people will usually ask
this question and answer it in a
different way
first let's review if someone says how
are you you can say I'm fine I'm fine
here are some other ways to answer
pretty good this means about the same
thing as I'm fine pretty good we also
have not bad you can use this if you are
feeling just okay or so-so
not bad let's look at our question again
how are you this is the most well-known
way of asking how someone is you could
use it when you want to be polite but
now let's look at some different ways to
ask how someone is these ways are more
casual and much more common first hey
how's it going hey how's it going you
can answer this in many ways if you're
feeling good you can say good good
pretty good pretty good not bad not bad
once more good pretty good
not bad here's a tip even though these
answers mean the same thing as I'm fine
you can't answer how's it going with I'm
fine it will sound a bit strange if
you're not feeling good you can say
not so good not so good not great not
great or not so well not so well be
careful if you say one of these the
other person will usually ask why what's
wrong to be polite then you will have to
explain another casual but very common
version of how are you is what's up
what's up to reply use a cheerful voice
as you say not much not much or nothing
much nothing much this means you're free
and able to chat since what's up is just
another way of saying hello
you can also reply with hey or hi now
it's time for Alisha's advice a lot of
the time when we ask questions that mean
how are you in English we're not
actually asking about the other person's
health we're only asking to be polite
you should think of these questions as
another way of saying hello a way for
the conversation to get started instead
of actual literal questions in fact when
someone asks you what's up you don't
even have to answer just say what's up
in reply see you next time
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hi everyone I'm Bridget and welcome to
today's lesson today's topic is ten ways
to say hello in English good morning
good morning is the first thing you say
to someone when you see them in the
morning good morning sir would you like
a cup of coffee
good morning could I please get some
orange juice good morning I'm still
tired from the night before hello hello
is the most common greeting you'll hear
that and hi hello is a polite nice way
to greet someone when you see them hello
everyone says it you cannot go wrong
saying hello hello can be used at any
time of the day no matter whether it's
morning or at night or at 4:00 a.m. when
you see someone you can say hello and it
will still be appropriate long time no
see long time no see
it's not necessarily grammatically
correct but it's a saying that we have
hey long time no see what it means is
that you haven't seen that person in a
long time so it literally means long
time no see long time no see is
something you say to someone when you
haven't seen them in a while hey John
long time no see how are the wife and
kids
how have you been hey how have you been
I haven't seen you in a long time
how have you been is asking someone how
they're doing and how they've been for
the past however long if you haven't
seen them in a while you might say hey
long time no see how have you been how
have you been that's past tense it
implies that you haven't seen them in a
while and you want to hear about how
they are and how they've been for all of
that time that you haven't seen them Hey
long time no see how have you been how
are you how are you means how are you
doing how are
you feeling how is everything it's a
standard thing that you might say to
anyone even if you've seen them the day
before you might see them today I'd say
hey how are you how's it going hey how's
it going how's it going is a more
informal way to say how are you so how
are you and how's it going they mean the
same thing it's asking how you're doing
how you are feeling is everything ok
with you what's up what's up is another
way of saying hey how is it going but
this one is even more informal so you
might say this to friends hey what's up
and they'll say nothing just living my
life you know day in and day out
hey what's up hey what's up good
afternoon good afternoon how are you
would you like some lunch good afternoon
is a polite way to greet someone in the
afternoon so if you run into your boss
you might say good afternoon it's very
nice it's polite not a lot of people say
it to their friends but it's it's a
polite way to greet someone good evening
good evening is a nice way to greet
someone in the evening time you can only
use this phrase in the evening because
it's wishing someone a good evening it's
saying hello at a certain time of day
good evening
would you like some dinner good evening
have you eaten yet all of my examples
involve food it seems it's nice to meet
you
it's nice to meet you this is something
that's very common to say the first time
that you meet someone you might shake
their hand and say hi it's nice to meet
you
my name is Bridget my name is it's
telling that person that you are happy
to be meeting them it's a pleasure to
meet them hi it's nice to meet you that
brings us to the end of this lesson
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imagine you've met an old friends whom
you are seeing for the first time in a
long time
what do you say hi Alisha here catching
up with old friends of English is easy
in this lesson you're going to learn how
the tsavo has come to New York to work
with George and they have a lot to catch
up on let's watch mr. Silva sorry to
keep you waiting mr. Thomas is here
George Gustavo it's been too long I know
I know
it's good to see you again here's a
little something from Sao Paulo you
shouldn't have
thanks and you're looking well how have
you been doing I'm good
the hotel is pretty nice and it's great
to be in the States that's great to hear
and you you're looking well too thin
busy but doing well let's catch up at
lunch okay
now the lesson focus here's how to greet
an old friend in English ready
do you remember what George said to
Greek Gustavo right after he arrives
it's been too long first is a
contraction for it and has its next is
the word bin and last is the phrase too
long
together it's it's been too long you can
use this phrase whenever your greeting
an old friend or acquaintance you
haven't seen for a long time now you try
imagine you are greeting a member of
your family after living in another
country for six months what would you
say
it's been too long do you remember what
Gustavo says after he agrees with Jorge
that it's been too long
it's good to see you again first is a
contraction for it and is its next is
the word good after this is the phrase
to see you and last is the word
again together it's
it's good to see you again you can use
this phrase anytime you are meeting
someone that you haven't seen in a while
now you try
imagine you're picking up a friend from
the airport who is visiting you
how could you greet them
it's good to see you again now imagine
you're having a second business meeting
with a client at work what would you say
to greet them
it's good to see you again
do you remember what question George
used to ask Gustavo how he has been
how have you been doing first is the
word how next is the phrase have you and
last is the phrase been doing
together it's
how have you been doing this phrase is
used to ask how someone has been since
you last saw each other it's similar to
the phrase how are you doing but is
asking about someone's past condition
rather than his or her present condition
now you try
imagine you run into an old friend at a
cafe what question could you ask them
how have you been doing now imagine you
are talking to your little brother on
the phone how could you ask him how he's
been since the last time you spoke
how have you been doing
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see you next time hi everybody welcome
back to top words my name is Alisha and
today we're gonna be talking about 10
different phrases that you can use to
respond to the question how are you so
let's go I'm great the first phrase is
I'm great
if someone says how are you you can say
I'm great try to say I'm great with a
kind of an upbeat voice so something
you're like how are you I'm great I'm
feeling bad I'm feeling bad if you say
I'm feeling bad the other person is
probably if they're a friend of yours or
a co-worker going to ask you why what
happened so if you want to use I'm
feeling bad make sure you have an
explanation ready
anyway somebody says how are you and you
go I'm feeling bad maybe I went out for
drinks last night with my coworkers oops
I'm okay I'm okay I feel like this is
one of those intonation practice ones
I'm okay with that
ah I'm okay it's like sort of upward
intonation you're like cool but if
someone says how are you and you're like
I'm okay they're like oh no what
happened so you can use your intonation
with I'm okay to make it a good thing or
another good thing but either way it's
not like a very sick super serious
response thank you for asking
yeah I imagine this would be in a more
formal situation like if my friend said
to me how are you and I was like thank
you for asking they'd be like what I
would say
I'm fine or I'm doing well I'm doing
great plus thank you for asking so if
today how are you I'm doing very well
thank you
mmm oh that's how I would use it and you
the next one is and you liked the least
natural response to how are you is I'm
fine thank you and you like just get out
of put just take it out of your head
nobody says that I always say how about
you that's a much more natural
how are you how are you how are you can
be a response again after you have given
your answer to the question how are you
I'm great how are you how are you I'm
good how are you I'm great how are you
I'm okay
how are you how have you been recently
how have you been recently this is only
useful if you haven't seen the other
person for a while I'm not bad I'm not
bad I'm not bad how are you I'm not bad
no I'm not bad hmm
things could be worse I would probably
do this I'm sleepy the next expression
is I'm sleepy Hey
it's like so specific if someone said
how are you I would probably say I'm
okay but I'm a little sleepy I don't
know that I would just say I'm sleepy
unless it's a really good friend of mine
it's a person close to you you can say
I'm so tired I'm I would say I'm super
tired or I'm really tired and I feel
like that's a little bit more natural
than just I'm sleepy
I'm good one that I use a lot if someone
says how are you I say I'm good that's
just probably my go-to response yeah I'm
good I'm good maybe I'll repeat it while
smiling I'm good I'm good yeah thanks
for asking that is the end those are ten
phrases that you can use to respond to
the question how are you if there's one
takeaway from this and from other things
that we've done over the last few years
in this channel just get rid of that I'm
fine thank you and you and pick one of
these that we've talked about today of
course if there's another expression
that you use for a response to how are
you I'd be very interested to learn
about that
but in general you're pretty safe at
least dignity
so thanks very much for watching this
episode of top words and we will see you
again soon bye
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