How to Say HELLO in English | 5 Common Greetings

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Eat Sleep Dream English


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Eat Sleep Dreamers, I'm so sorry if that was one of your languages. I apologise for my
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terrible pronunciation. Ok, here are five ways to say 'How are you'? in English.
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Number one, 'How are you doing?' How are you, How are you doing? This is a simple, informal
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way to say 'How are you?' Now at the beginning of it I would always put in something like
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'Hey, how are you doing?' 'Hey, how are you doing? And I use it with my friends, with
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colleagues. It's a very sort of informal way to say it.
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Number two, 'How's it going?' 'How is it going?' 'How's it' 'How's it' we contract that together
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'How's it going?' Now this is the one I use all the time. Whenever I walk into a classroom,
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I'll say 'Hey guys, how's it going?' or whenever I see friends 'Hey, how's it going?' So this
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is a really common, really super useful. Really super? Really useful phrase to use.
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Number three, 'How have you been?' 'How have you been?' 'How have you been?' Now this is
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a really great one, if you haven't seen someone for a little while you can sort of catch up
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with them by saying 'Hey, how have you been?' and it's a good opportunity for them to tell
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you something interesting they have done since the last time they saw you. So you might say
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to someone 'Hey, how have you been?' and they'll say 'Yeah great, I just went on holiday' and
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it's a great way to begin a conversation like that.
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Number four, 'How are things?' 'How are things?' Again this is a very nice way to say 'How
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are you?'It's informal, it's very simple. Again you might use it with colleagues or
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with friends just to sort of catch up to see what they have been doing recently.
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Number five, 'What's up?' not whatsapp 'What's up?' Ok, obviously whatsapp got the name from
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'What's up?' Now this is a nice informal slightly American, I think it originated in America
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but in British English we use quite commonly in informal British English. And again it's
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a really nice way just to see how your friend or family member is doing. So you might say
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"Hey, what's up?' 'Hey, what's up?'
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There you go guys, there are your five great ways to say 'How are you?' in slightly different
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ways. Now don't keep them inside, I want you to go out and use the language today. Go find
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someone and say 'Hey, what's up?' to them, Ok? This is the best way, get it out of your
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head and practice. This is the best way to remember these great phrases. Or if you prefer,
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come and say hello to me, alright? Come say hello to me in the comments below. I love
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hearing from you guys and I promise that I will say hello back, alright? Alright, this
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is Tom the English Hipster saying goodbye.
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