Stop Saying - Hello & Good bye | Greetings Used by Native Speakers

Hi guys, it’s me again, Kat and welcome back for another lesson. Now when you learn

English, you might struggle with everyday greetings. Now this is because text books

don’t always show you how to do it in the real world. Now your English text books may

stick to the standard or the basic and the boring way of saying ‘hello’ or ‘bye’.

Now if you want to greet a native speaker or if you are greeted by a native speaker,

you may sometimes get a little bit confuse if you hear something other than the usual,

‘hi’ or ‘bye’. Now this means that there are obviously more ways of greeting

in everyday English. So please, stay tuned with me in today's lesson because I am going

to show you some new ways to say ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’ in English. Now first of

all we are going to look at different ways of saying ‘hello’. The first phrase you

could use is, “Hey there!” Now this sounds more casual and friendly and it could be used

between friends or possibly romantic partners in spoken English, text messages, voicemail

messages or even emails. Now this phrase is sometimes also great to use to someone at

random, like someone that you just meet at the coffee shop or someone in the supermarket

or perhaps someone at a bar. You could greet them by saying, “hey there!” you could

follow up with “Hey there! Nice to meet you.” Next up is the phrase, “What's going

on?” Now this could be used between friends or acquaintances in an informal seating. Like

at a party this phrase could also be used when you greet a loved one over the phone.

You could say to them, “Hi, what's going on?” Or “Hey there! Good to see you, what's

going on?” Up next is, “hey, what's up?” Now this is again a casual greeting that can

be used between friends, colleagues, siblings, family whoever. “Hey, what's up?” If you

bump into an old friend you may say, “Hey, what's up?” Another way of saying hello

is, “How are you doing today?” Now this again is formal and it could be used at work

between a client or a customer or between colleagues or the boss in his workers. You

would say, “Hi, how are you doing today?” “How are you doing today?” I hope that

helps. Another phrase you could use is, “Hey, there she is…” Now this is usually used

in a situation when the person you are greeting is someone that you know very well. Now this

is a way of saying that you have been expecting to see that person and you are very happy

when you do see them. “Oh! Hey, there she is…” Another expression that you could

use instead of using the simple hello is, “How's everything going?” Now this is

simply another way of saying, ‘how are you’. It is used very casually, “How's everything

going?” You could even combine it with saying, “Hello, how's everything going? Or “Hi,

how's everything going? Another expression you may want to try is, “How are things?”

Now this is used instead of saying, ‘how is everything going’ and it is again used

casually, “How are things?” You could again match it with, “Hey, how are things?”

Up next is, “Good to see you”, “Great to see you” or “Nice to see you”. Now

these could all be used informally or you could use them casually between friends or

family or even colleagues at work. You could use these expressions when you haven't seen

someone in a while. “It's so nice to see you”, “Oh! Good to see you back at work

today”, “Nice to see you.” Up next is the expression, “What's happenin?” or

more casually “What's happenin?” This is mostly used by younger people. Now they

might use this phrase to greet their friends when they see each other in class or at some

social event like, at the bar. They may say, “Hey, what's happenin?” Another expression

you may want to use is, “How are you doing?” This is another casual way of saying ‘hello,

how are you doing?’ “How are you doing?”, “Nice to see you, how are you doing?”

Now we've just covered different ways to say, ‘hello’. Now let's have a look at some

ways to say, ‘goodbye’ in English. First up on our list of saying goodbye is, “See

you later.” Now this is something that you would say after saying, ‘bye’. So mostly

it is said as “Bye, see you later” and it's used in a casual conversation with friends

or colleagues. “See you later.” Next up on the list is, “I've got to get going”

or “I must be going”. Now this could be used when you're ready to leave a social gathering.

You have to say this because let's be honest, it's rude just to get up and walk away or

just to get up and suddenly say, ‘bye’. Now this is a way of preparing the people

that you are about to leave, so that when you finally say, ‘bye’, it shouldn't come

as a surprise to them. Now sometimes you can also explain the reason that you are leaving

the situation, here's an example of using this, “I have to get going, I have to get

up really early in the morning for football practice, I must be going.” Up next is the

phrase, “Take it easy”. Now this is a very casual way of saying, ‘have a nice

day’. It's also a way of encouraging someone to relax and not to stress themselves out

too much. However “take it easy” is sometimes also used to calm down an angry or an irritated

person. So please be aware when you use this and make sure you're using it in the right

context. “Take it easy.” You could even pair it with the term, “See you later, take

it easy.” Up next is, “I'm off”. Now you can start this phrase by saying, “Right

then, I'm off.” Or you could say, “Anyway, I'm off.” Now this expression also is a

way of announcing that you're leaving, so it doesn't come as a surprise to the people

that you are leaving but you don't do it abruptly in order to sound polite. So you're wait a

while and then you would say, “Oh! Alright then, I'm off.” You could again add your

reason as to why you are leaving for example, “I've got school tomorrow, alright I’m

off.” Another expression you may want to try is, “I look forward to our next meeting”.

Now this is used at a much more formal setting, it is a way of saying that you'd like to continue

having business dealings with this particular person. Now this expression is a way of letting

the other person know that although you are saying goodbye now, you want to keep in touch

for the future. “I look forward to our next meeting” or you could say, “I look forward

to seeing you again soon.” Another expression that you may want to try is, “It was nice

to see you again” or “It was nice seeing you”. Now this is a way of saying that you

were happy you met this person and you hate to leave them but you have to unfortunately

go. You could even invite the person to meet you in the future if you wanted to. Here is

an example of using the phrase, ‘I hate to leave you’ in a situation, “It was

nice to see you again, how about we catch up later over the weekend, it was so nice

to see you again.” And next phrases is “Later”, “Laters” or “Catch you later”. Now

these are all slang ways of saying, ‘see you later’. These phrases are used very

casually and with people that you would know very well, such as your close buddies, “Catch

you later”, “See you later”, “It was nice seeing you”, “Laters”. “Peace

out”, it's another casual way of saying, ‘see you later’. Not used very commonly

but you could use it for a change, especially with those buddies of yours, “Peace out

dudes”. Another expression could be saying, “I'm out” or “I'm out of here”. Now

this expression is used with friends which is why it should be only used casually. Now

when you're out and about with your friends and you remember that you have to rush home

for dinner, you could say to them, “Sorry guys, I'm out of here” or “I've got to

go”. You could also say, “Okay then, I've got a scoot, I'm out of here.” Up next is

the expression, “I’ve got a jet”, “I’ve got to take-off” or “I’ve gotta hit

the road”. This is used instead of, ‘I'm out of here’ or ‘I've got to leave’.

Again these phrases are very casual and that you should only use them among your friends

and close ones to be sure, not to offend anyone. “I’ve got a jet”, “I'm out of here”.

Thank you all so much for joining me for today's lesson on ‘different ways to say, “Hello”

and “Goodbye”.’ I hope that you have got some new ideas that you can try out when

greeting and saying farewell to some people that you know. I'll be back with some more

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regular videos. I'm Kat and it was great having you, see you later.