EXPRESSIONS

1. GREETINGS.

A. Formal expressions

-     good morning

-     good afternnooon

-     good evening

-     good night

Some of the responses are :

-     hello

-     hello,good morning

-     good afternoon

-     good evening

-     night/good night/have a nice dream

B. INFORMAL  EXPRESSIONS

-   hello

-   how are things ?

-   how’s life ?

Some of the responses are

-     hello

-     just fine

-     very well, thank you

2. Saying Goodbye

A. FORMAL

-     good bye

-     it was nice to meet you

Some of the responses are :

-   nice to meet you,too

B. Informal

- bye – bye

Some of the responses are

-       Bye

-       Good bye

3.Thanking

a.Thanking someone

- thanks

- thank you

b.Thaking someone who is typing to help

- thanks anyway

- thank you for helping

c. Responding to thank you

-  you’re welcome

-  not at all

A dialogs about formal expression

lili      : hello ser !

Mr.    : hello what are you doing now lili.irma ?

Lili     : we want to shoping sir !

Irma : where do you come from sir !

Mr.    : i’m from traditional market

Lili     : what did you buy sir !

Mr.    : i bought vegetables and fruits

Lili     : i’m sorry sir !we want to go to supermarket to shopping

Mr.    : yeah....!

4. Expression Regret

Bellow are some expression to express regret.

a.expressing regret about someone’s personal circumstances

·         I’m sorry to hear about that

·         Oh,that’s too bad.i’m sorry to hear it.

b. expressing regret about a minor accident or event.

·         What a pity

·         What a shame

·         What a nuisance

c. expressing shock or regret about a serious incident

·         Goodness

·         How awful

·         How terrible

5. Expressing Apology

Below  are some expressions to apology to some one.

Ø  I’m sorry,i wasn’t very well yesterday

Ø  I’m very sorry.it won’t happent again

Examples:

·         Katrin : do you know where Gajah Mada steer is ?

Arda : i’m afraid i don’t know .

Katrin : never mind .

6. Expression of asking and giving permission

To ask for permission,you can use some expression bellow

·         Can i speak to arya ?

·         Could  i use your telephone ?

·         Do you think i could borrow your bicycle?

Use these following expression to give permission

·         Certainly

·         Yes,of course

·         Yes,please do.

·         Yes you may,if you like