Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Hello! (and more)


General greetings (Formal)

  • Hello!
  • How are you?

General greetings (Informal)

  • Hi.
  • What’s up?
  • Good to see you.
  • How are things (with you)?
  • How’s it going?

Greeting a person 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.

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

  • It’s been such a long time.
  • Long time no see.
  • It’s been ages since we last met.