Lesson two

Greetings

In English, There are three ways of speaking

Formal: If you are talking to someone for the first time, your boss  or to elder people
Informal (or casual ): If you are talking to your family or your friends
Slang: You can use it just with your friends or with someone who is really close to you

Formal greetings

 !Hello *
                         ?How are you *

 Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening *

 ?How have you been *

 ?How do you do *
   It's nice to meet you / or pleased to meet you *

Informal greetings

  !Hi , Hey or Hey man *

                     ?How is it going *

?How are you doing *

 ?What's up? What's new? What's going on *

 ?How is everything? How is life? How are things *

 ?How's your day? How's your day going *

 Good to see you (or) nice to see you *

long time no see (or) it's been a while *

Slang

 !Yo *

 ?Are you okay? or you alright? or Alright mate*

!Howdy *

 It's a word comes from the cowboy culture and it's same as How are you?

 ?Sup? or Whazzup? = What's up *

 G'day mate = Good day *

 ?Hiya! = How are you *

    ?How are ya? = how are you *

Now, it's time to know how to give an answer to these greetings

Formal

 !Hello *

 I'm fine, thank you *

 Good morning / Good afternoon/ Good evening *

 I've been well / I've been a bit sick *

 I'm doing well *

It's nice to meet you, too / or pleased to meet you, too *

Informal 

!Hey! (or) hi *

It's going well *

  I'm doing well *

Nothing / not much / or not bad *

 Good *

 Fine *

Good to see you, too (or) nice to see you, too *

Slang

!Yo *

 Yeah, fine / alright *

 Hey *