English Greetings Back to English Basics Series
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm hello hi
hey let’s talk about it welcome to the
back to english basic series because
this month july 2017 is the month that
my baby will be born
i thought that we would use this concept
going back to the beginning babies have
a lot that they need to learn they have
to start at the very beginning so let’s
do that with english let’s start at the
very beginning in this series you’re
probably going to hear some things that
you already know some things that you
already use but i know that there will
be other expressions and other things
that you didn’t know or that you don’t
use regularly so even if you think
you’re an advanced english learner this
back to basics series will teach you
something too and as a baby gift for you
i created a free guide back to english
basics guide so that you can learn all
of the expressions from this full series
there are seven different lessons with a
couple expressions in each lesson so
i’ve created a PDF guide plus a sample
conversation that you can download for
free and print it out i recommend and
reminding yourself reviewing it reading
them out loud and using these as much as
possible so you can download this free
guide at the top here or in the
description below let’s start with
today’s topic which is greetings
greetings what is the most common
greeting that you learn when you start
in elementary school
probably hello right well do native
speakers actually use hello when we
greet each other not really we use hello
I use hello most often in structured
situations so the most common is on the
phone if I pick up the phone I say hello
and it’s just a way to say I’m here I am
talking but it’s not something that we
often use when we see someone face to
face we’re more likely to use the other
expression the second expression hi is
more often used in conversations you can
use this in formal situations with your
boss your co-workers you can use this
with your friends acquaintances when you
see a dog you can say hi dog you can use
this almost in any situation it’s polite
it’s not too formal
but it’s the most common the third
expression is close to high and it hey
hey is a little more casual but it’s
certainly something that you can still
use in more professional situations if
you have the right attitude it may be
not to your boss but you can use this to
say hi hey and this is something that
will go great with expressions from our
next lesson we’re just going to talk
about the follow-up greeting hey how’s
it going hey how you doing
we’ll talk about that second part in the
next video so I recommend using hi or
hey in most situations
if you want to be super casual maybe a
little cool another greeting that people
often use is what’s up what’s up and
this is something for people you already
know someone who is your friend maybe
your brother or sister and you’re just
passing them hey what’s up what’s up and
maybe they will just say hi maybe they
won’t actually answer your question and
if someone says it to you you don’t have
to answer what’s up ah not much I’m okay
you can just say hi it’s just a greeting
you can answer it if you want but a lot
of people use this instead of hi or hey
when you’re greeting someone who you
know
well in a casual situation so make sure
that you use these for greetings hello
hi hey what’s up in the right situation
I recommend downloading the PDF guide
that way you can review it and now it’s
your turn
in the comments below this video use
some of these greetings greet each other
greet me and tell me which expressions
do you like to use the most thanks so
much for watching and I’ll see you the
next time bye the next step is to
download the free guide back to English
basics I want to help you master these
expressions and speak fluently feel free
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English lessons thanks so much for
learning with me bye