Greeting ( Memberi Salam )

• Hi, Hello.

• Good morning, (Selamat Pagi)

• Good afternoon, (Selamat Sore)

• Good evening. (Selamat Malam)

• How are you? (Apa Kabar)

• How are you doing? (Apa KAbar)

• How do you do? ( For the first time ) Responding to greeting ( Membalas Salam )

• Hi, hello.

• Good morning

• Good afternoon

• Good evening.

• I’m fine thank you (thanks) (Saya baik-baik saja, Terimakasih)

• Okey! Thank you (thanks)

• Not so bad. (Tidak Terlalu buruk)

• How about you?

• And you? (Dan kamu?)

• How do you do?

Hal-hal yang perlu diingat dalam memberi salam (Greeting):

Ketika kamu menyapa seseorang dan berkata:

“How do you do?”

Ini sesungguhnya bukan sebuah pertanyaan, tapi ini berarti Hello. Ada beberapa perbedaan ekspresi
atau ungkapan pada saat mengucapkan selamat tinggal dalam Bahasa Inggris. Ekspresi atau
ungkapan yang digunakan dalam ucapan selamat tinggal tergantung dari situasi dan kepada siapa
kita berbicara, status sosial mereka.

Mengucapkan selamat tinggal

• All right, it is time to head off.

• Ok, it is time to leave you all.

• See you later.

• Talk to you later! Jika kamu ingin mengucapkan selamat tinggal dengan terburu-buru

• I am so sorry, I have got to hurry!

• I am going to have to rush off Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal Dengan Sopan

• Nice to see you/meet you

• It is been lovely to meet you.

• It was great to meet you.

• Good to see you.

• Have a nice day. Cara Lain Untuk Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal

• Take care

• Bye Bye!

• It is time to be going!

• So Long!

• I am out!

• See you later

Ketika bertemu seseorang, hal pertama yang dilakukan adalah menyapa atau greeting.

Setelah itu ngobrol sebentar, dimulai dengan basa-basi, dilanjutkan dengan ngobrol serius.

Walaupun tidak harus didahului dengan ngobrol serius, percakapan selanjutnya diakhiri
dengan salam perpisahaan atau farewell atau leave taking atau parting.

Berikut adalah beberapa contoh percakapan bahasa inggris greeting & farewell / leave
taking / parting. Percakapan berikut diambil dari buku DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE
(Short Situational Dialogs for Students of English as a Foreign Language) by JULIA M.
DOBSON,DEAN CURRY. [link]

DIALOG 1

Greetings A. (Acquaintances)

Matt: Good morning.

Maxine: Good morning.

How are you today?

Matt: Just fine, thanks. How are you?

Maxine: Wonderful. Things couldn’t be better.

B. (Good Friends)

Dotty: Hi. What’s up?

Vivian: Nothing much. What’s new with you?

Dotty: Not too much. I’ve been pretty busy.

Vivian: Me too. Seems like all I do is eat and sleep.

Dotty: Gotta go. Call me tonight. Vivian: Okay. Check you later.

C. (Family)

Mother: Good morning.

Son: Morning. What’s for breakfast?

Mother: The usual. Eggs, toast, and cereal. Coffee, if you want.

Son: I think I’ll just have cereal for a change.

Mother: Help yourself. The cereal and sugar are on the table. The milk’s in the
refrigerator.

DIALOG 2

Formal Greetings and Farewell

Paul: Hello. How are you?

Don: Fine, thank you. How are you?

Paul: Fine, thanks. (bus soundeffect) Oh, excuse me—here’s my bus. Goodbye.

Don: Goodbye.

DIALOG 3

Informal Greetings and Farewells

Dick: Hi! How are you?

Helen: Fine, thanks—and you?

Dick: Just fine. Where are you going?

Helen: To the library. Dick: O.K. I’ll see you later. So long

Helen: So long.

DIALOG 4

Informal Greetings and Farewells

JANE: Hi, Helen! How’s it going?

HELEN: Fine, thanks — and you?

JANE: Just fine. Where are you off to?

HELEN: To the library. I’ve got a history exam next week and need to start studying. Ugh.

JANE: Oh, no. Well, I’ll see you later then. Good luck!

HELEN: Thanks. See you later

DIALOG 5

Formal Greetings

JAMES: Good morning, Professor Austin, how are you doing?

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Good morning, James. I am doing well. And you?

JAMES: I’m great, thank you. This is my friend Emma. She is thinking about applying to
this college. She has a few questions. Would you mind telling us about the process,
please?

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Hello, Emma! It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m more than happy to
speak with you. Please stop by my office next week.

EMMA: It’s a pleasure to meet you, professor. Thank you so much for helping us.

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Don’t mention it. Hopefully, I will be able to answer your
questions!
Sebelum membuat contoh dialog, perlu diketahui terlebih dahulu apa saja contoh ekspresi untuk
greeting (menyapa), apology (meminta maaf), thanks (berterima kasih), dan take leave (berpisah).
Dengan memahami berbagai ekspresi yang ada, kita bisa menggunakannya untuk membuat dialog
yang bagus.

Greeting (menyapa)

Merupakan ekspresi atau ungkapan yang pertama kali disampaikan oleh dua orang yang saling
bertemu. Contoh ekspresinya adalah sebagai berikut:

Hi!

Hello!

How are you?

How do you do?

How are you doing?

Apologizing (permintaan maaf)

Merupakan ungkapan atau ekspresi yang disampaikan untuk meminta maaf atas suatu kesalahan
yang telah dilakukan. Ada berbagai variasi permintaan maaf, di antaranya adalah:

I am sorry.

I am so sorry.

Please forgive me for...

I apologize for

Please accept my apologies for ...

Thanking (berterima kasih)

Adalah ungkapan atau ekspresi untuk menunjukkan rasa terima kasih atas apa yang telah orang lain
lakukan kepada kita. Ada bermacam-macam cara untuk menyampaikan terima kasih, beberapa
contohnya adalah:

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I would like to thank you for ...

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Taking Leave (berpisah)

Merupakan ungkapan atau ekspresi yang disampaikan ketika akan berpisah dengan seseorang.
Terdapat berbagai macam ekspresi untuk taking leave, beberapa di antaranya adalah:

Good bye.

Bye-bye.
See you later.

See you tomorrow.

I'll talk to you later.

Contoh dialog yang berisi greeting, apologizing, thanking, dan taking leave adalah:

Nebula: Hi, Gamora. (Hai Gamora) => greeting (menyapa)

Gamora: Hi Nebula, it's nice to see you here. How are you doing? (Hai Nebula, senang melihatmu di
sini. Bagaimana kabarmu?) => greeting (menyapa)

Nebula: I'm just fine, thanks, and you? (Baik-baik saja, terima kasih, kamu bagaimana?)

Gamora: I'm fine too, thanks. By the way, what's the matter? (Aku juga, terima kasih. Omong-
omong, ada apa ya?).

Nebula: Look, I want to apologize for what I did yesterday. (Begini, aku mau minta maaf atas apa
yang aku lakukan kemarin) => apologizing (meminta maaf)

Gamora: What did you do? (Apa yang kamu lakukan?)

Nebula: I broke your cellular phone (Aku merusakkan HP-mu)

Gamora: Oh, that's no problem, it had been broken before you used it. (Oh, tidak masalah. HPnya
sudah rusak sebelum kamu menggunakannya)

Nebula: Really? You're very kind. Thanks a lot, Gamora. (Sungguh? Kamu baik sekali. Terima kasih
banyak, Gamora) => thanking (berterima kasih)

Gamora: Yo're always welcome my friend. By the way, I have something to do right now, I'm in a
hurry. (Tidak apa-apa, teman. Omong-omong, ada sesuatu yang harus kulakukan sekarang, aku
sedang terburu-buru).

Nebula: Certainly Gamora, you can go now. (Tentu saja, Gamora. Kamu boleh pergi sekarang).

Gamora: Ok, Nebula. See you tomorrow. (Oke, Nebula. Sampai jumpa besok.) => taking leave
(berpisah)

Nebula: See you. (Sampai jumpa)