Greetings and Farewells in English

Hello, amigringo, how are you today?

How many greetings do you know in English? How about farewells?

Well, greetings are the first words you say when you interact with someone. There are many different greetings and some are more casual than others. The same goes for farewells, which are usually the last words we say after interacting with someone.

Greetings:

Hi;

Hello;

How are you?

Good morning;

Good afternoon;

Good evening;

Hey;

What's up?

Some greetings are used exclusively when we meet someone for the first time, and for the first time only. Using them on further interactions might seem rude, as it gives the impression you don't remember meeting that person before.

First interaction greetings:

Nice to meet you;

Glad to meet you;

Please to meet you;

Pleasure to meet you;

The farewells, on the other hand, as we have seen before, are the ones you use at the end of an interaction. They are the words that close the conversations.

Farewells:

Bye;

Goodbye;

Bye-bye;

See you;

See you later;

See you tomorrow;

Good night;

Have a good day;

Have a good night;

Have a good weekend;

Take care;

It was nice meeting you;

The farewell "see you" can be very convenient since it can be used by itself or with any other future moment when you might meet that person again.

These are very common everyday words you may add to your vocabulary but you don't have to memorize all of them. Pick maybe two or three from each list and give it a try.

Can you easily say "hello" and "goodbye" in English now? If you wanna practice with me, you can schedule a lesson!