Meeting and Greeting Customs

Edited : Obay Zam

 CHILE
• People usually shake hands when they meet
for the first time. When two women first
meet, they sometimes give one kiss on the
cheek. (they usually “kiss the air.”) women
also greet both male and female friends with a
kiss. Chilean men give their friends warm hugs
or sometimes kiss women on the cheek.
 FINLAND
• Finns greet each other with a firm handshake.
Hugs and kisses are only for close friends and
family
 PHILIPPINES
• The everyday greeting for friends is a
handshake for both men and women. Men
sometimes pat each other on the back
 KOREA
• Men bow slightly and shake hands to greet
each other. Women do not usually shake
hands. To address someone with his or her full
name, the family name comes firs, then the
first name.
 Formal greeting
• Good morning
• Good afternoon
• Good night
• Good evening
 Informal greeting
• Hello!
• Hi
 Asking condition
Formal greeting Typical responses Informal greeting Typical responses
How are you? I am fine, thanks How are you doing? Fine
How is everything? I am alright, thank How’s life? Not too bad
How is thing? you What’s up? Pretty good
How are things with I am ok How’s thing with All right
you? I am just fine you? So far so good
How is your Everything’s alright How’s your going Just so so
condition? I am pretty good
How have you I am very well
been? How do you do
How is your life?
How do you do?
 Leave Taking
Nice to meet you Nice to meet you too

Glad to meet/ see you Glad to meet / see you

I m delighted to meet you Delighted to meet you too

Happy to meet / see you Happy to see you too

Pleased to meet you Pleased to meet you too

 The usage of formal greetings
Frans : Good morning, Mr. Jhon
Jhon : Good morning
Frans : How are things today?
Jhon : I’m just fine thanks
Frans : Excuse me mr. Jhon. What is your job?
Jhon : I am a doctor, and what are you, mr Frans
Frans : I am a teacher
Jhon : nice to meet you
Frans : nice to meet you too.
 Informal greeting
James : hello
Lisa : hi
James : how are you doing?
Lisa : not too bad, and you?
James : good. Do you speak English?
Lisa : a little. Are you American?
James : yes I am.
Lisa : where are you from?
James : I am from California.
Lisa : nice too meet you.
James : nice too meet you too.
 Asking someone’s job
• What is your job?
• What do you work?
• What does she/he work?
• What are you?
• What is your occupation?
• What does she/he do?
• What do you do?
 Responses :
• What ever depend on subject
 Introducing our self
• Hello! My name is Obay Jambari! My surname
obay. I was born on the twenty fifth of
December in nineteen eighty eight, I live in
Cipanas. We are three in my family. I have one
brother and one sister. I like playing
Badminton and I don’t like playing card.
 Expressing like and dislike
Like Dislike
I like it I don’t like it
I love it I don’t love it
I am fond of …………………. I am not fond of …………
I adore ………………….. I don’t really adore ……..
I fancy ………………….. I am not fancied of ………..
I am fancied of ……………. I am not thrilled by ………..
I am thrilled by …………