Greeting and Leave taking

Greeting berasal dari kata kerja (verb) to greet yang artinya menyapa/memberi salam. Jadi
greeting adalah sapaan/ucapan salam yang diberikan/ditujukan kepada orang lain baik secara
formal maupun informal sesuai dengan kondisi dan orang yang kita beri salam.

I. Greetings (Ungkapan Sapaan/salam)

1 Good morning : Selamat pagi (00.00 – 12.00 a.m)
2 Good afternoon : Selamat siang/sore (12.00 p.m – 06.00 p.m/sunset)
3 Good evening* : Selamat petang/malam
4 Hi : Hai
5 Hello : Halo
6 How are you? : Bagaimana kabarmu? (meeting someone you’ve met before)
7 How do you do? : Apa kabar? (first meeting)
8 Nice to meet you : Senang bertemu denganmu (first meeting)

II. Leave takings/Partings (Ungkapan Perpisahan/Pamitan)

9 Good bye : Selamat tinggal
10 Bye : Selamat jalan
11 Good night* : Selamat malam; selamat tidur
12 Have a nice dream : Semoga mimpi indah
13 See you : Sampai jumpa
14 See you later : Sampai jumpa lagi
15 See you next time : Sampai jumpa lagi lain waktu
16 See you tomorrow : Sampai jumpa lagi besok
17 Good luck : Semoga berhasil
18 So long : Selamat tinggal; sampai jumpa
19 Take care : Jaga diri

*Good evening dan good night memiliki arti sama, perbedaanya adalah good evening digunakan
jika bertemu di malam hari, selanjutnya untuk good night hanya digunakan ketika akan
berpisah/akan tidur.

Tabel Greetings and responses

Greetings Responses
 Hi  Hi
 Hello  Hello
 Good morning  Good morning
 Good afternoon  Good afternoon
 Good evening  Good evening
 How do you do?  How do you do?
 Nice to meet you  Nice to meet you, too

 How are you?  I’m fine, thank you.

 How are you doing?  Fine, thanks.
 How is everything?  Pretty well. Thanks
 How’s life?  I’m very well, thank you
 Not bad, thanks.

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Tabel Leave takings/Partings and responses

Leave takings Responses

 Good bye  Good bye
 Bye  Bye
 Bye-bye  Bye bye

 See you later  See you

 See you then
 See you again

 Good night  Good night

 Nice dream  Thanks
 Good luck  Thank you
 Take care  You too

Contoh dialog (conversation)

1 Teacher : Good morning, students

Students : Good morning, sir
Teacher : How are you today?
Students : We’re fine, and you?
Teacher : Fine, too. Thanks.

2 Shidqi : Hi, Anna How are you?

Anna : Hi, Shidqi. I’m very well. Thanks.
What about you?
Shidqi : Alhamdulillah, I’m fine.

3 Fatimah : Good afternoon, sir

Mr. Fayyadh : Good afternoon Fatimah
Fatimah : How are you today sir?
Mr. Fayyadh : I am all right. And you?
Fatimah : I’m fine
Mr. Fayyadh : Where will you go to?
Fatimah : I will go to the market, sir.
I have to go now. Good bye sir.

Mr. Fayyadh : Good bye. Be careful!

Fatimah : All right, sir. Thank you.

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