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Our modern educational system does not teach us informal greetings, but those are really important as well. Teaching English in Russia made me realize how much of that aspect we actually lack… Before we actually get to our greetings, let’s break down what formal or informal settings are: Good to use on people you don’t know

Use if you wanna put some respect on them

Use on people you know and comfortable with

Use for casual interactions

So frst, if you wanna introduce yourself to someone or simply start a conversation, you need to have an opening line.

Opening words/lines:

Hello

Hi

Hi there

Good (morning/afernoon/evening)

How do you do?

Greetings

Hey

Hey there

Ten you would wanna follow up. Add a phrase afer your opening line. Follow-up lines:

…my name is (name).

…nice to meet you.

…how are you?

…it’s a pleasure to meet you!

…how’s it going?

…what’s new?

…what’s going on?

…what’s good?

ADDITIONAL SLANG GREETINGS:

1. Yo! Or Ayo!

Extremely informal! Comes form 1990’s American hip-hop culture and these days it’s ofen used as a joke.

2. Sup? Or Whazzup?

Short for “what’s up?” You can respond with “nothing” or “not much”. 3. Howdy

Tis is Southern way to greet people. You might sound like you’re pretending to be a cowboy or some shit.

4. Whass happenin?

Well…this one means “What’s happening?” lol

Part Two: Asking for Information, Offering, Requesting, Inviting, etc. We’re not gonna spend a lot of time on this because it’s pretty easy and you can totally fgure it out yourself. I’m gonna give you a couple of templates, but feel free to come up with your own.

1. Can/Could you tell me…?

2. Do you know…?

3. Do you have any idea…?

4. Do/Would you happen to know…?

5. I was just wondering if you could tell me…?

1. Would you like…?

2. Do you want…?

3. How about…?

1. Tank you.

2. I’d love to/some/that.

3. Tat would be nice.

1. Tank you, but…

2. Tat’s very kind. Unfortunately…

3. I would love to, but…

1. Can you…?

2. Could you possibly…?

3. Would you mind if…?

4. Is it alright if you…?

5. Do you think you could…?

WTF DID YOU JUST SAY? ^{CHAPTER EIGHT} Okay, this is some 18 and over shit. In my opinion this stuf HAS TO be taught! Tere is no way you’re gonna move to an English-speaking country and not run into this. Can you imagine someone cussing you out and you have no idea what they’re saying or how to respond? Tat’s pretty fucking embarrassing. So if you really do feel uncomfortable, please skip to the next chapter, but I promise you, you won’t waste your time. It is your personal decision if you wanna use those words or not, but everyone MUST know them. Tere is no other way. Before we start let’s fgure out why we use them. No matter if you love it or not, swear words are an integral part of the language. To master fuency, you MUST master swear words. But what’s the point? Swear words allow you to convey emotion that would otherwise be more difcult to communicate. Swear words increase your vocabulary and give you a wider range of emotions to pick from. English is one of those languages where a lot of swear words are extremely versatile and can be used in many diferent ways. Once you become more comfortable with them, you fnally understand how beautiful the art of swearing actually is. Don’t overuse them though!