Greeting - Basic

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There are many ways to greet someone. We'll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson. I'll give a variety of example sentences.

Greeting someone you never met:

Hi, my name is Steve. It's nice to meet you.

You can respond to this by saying,

It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Jack.

Another common question to ask is

What do you do for a living?

You can respond to this by saying,

I work at a restaurant.

I work at a bank.

I work in a software company.

I'm a dentist.

Usually, you will not need to ask for a name. It is implied that each person should say their name. But in case they don't, you can ask,

What is your name?

Many times, I don't hear the name. If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,

What was that again?

Excuse me?

Pardon me?