Saat kita bertemu dengan seseorang yang kita kenal, maka kita pastilah
menyapanya. Ungkapan salam dapat dinyatakan dalam berbagai cara tergantung
dengan situasinya. Nah, pada tulisan kali kita akan belajar tentang bagaimana
mengucapkan salam, termasuk saat berpisah dan juga ketika akan mengenalkan
baik diri sendiri maupun orang lain.
Untuk lebih memudahkan dalam belajar, berikut saya susun dalam sebuah tabel
yang berisikan ucapan, arti dan juga respon yang tepat untuk menjawab salam.
| Greeting for meeting | Responses | |
| Good morning | Selamat pagi | Good morning! |
| Good afternoon | Selamat sore | Good afternoon! |
| Good day | Selamat siang | Good day! |
| Good evening | Selamat malam | Good evening! |
| How do you do? | Bagaimana kabarnya? | How do you do? |
| How are you? | Bagaimana kabarnya? | I am fine, and you? |
| Pleased to meet you | Senang bertemu denganmu | Pleased to meet you, too |
| Nice to meet you | Senang bertemu | Nice to meet you, too |
| Partings | ||
| Goodbye | Selamat tinggal | Goodbye, too |
| Bye | Selamat tinggal, selamat jalan | Bye |
| See you! | Sampai jumpa | See you! |
| See you later! | Sampai jumpa lagi! | See you too! |
| See you soon | Sampai jumpa | See you |
| See you tomorrow | sampai jumpa besok | See you tomorrow! |
| Special greeting | ||
| Have a nice holiday! | Selamat berlibur | Have a nice holiday for you, too |
| Happy New Year | Selamat tahun Baru | Happy New Year |
| Happy Iedul Fitri | Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri | Happy Ied to you, too |
| Happy Birthday | Selamat Ulang Tahun | Thank you so much |
Introduction
a. memperkenalkan diri sendiri
- Hello, I am Manda ( Halo, saya Manda)
- Good morning, class! My name is Manda (Selamat pagi, nama saya Manda)
- May I introduce myself? My name is Manda (Bolehkah saya memperkenalkan diri, nama saya Manda)
- How do you do? My name is Manda
b. memperkenalkan orang lain
- Hi, Alya this is Farah
- Alya, This is Manda, my friend
- This is a friend of mine, Alya
- Let me introduce you to Mrs. Gaby
Untuk lebih memahami ungkapan- ungkapan di atas, silahkan perhatikan
contoh berikut,
Contoh 1
Mrs. Farah : Good morning students.
Students : Good morning, Ma'am
Mrs. Farah : How are you today?
Students : We're fine, and how are you, Ma'am?
Mrs Farah : I am fine, thank you.
Contoh 2
Let me introduce myself,
I am Alena Rahma, and my friend call me Lena. I was born on 1st of
December 2011 in Semarang, but now I live in Salatiga. My father is
Mr. Dika, he is a teacher and my mother is Mrs. Dika, she is a nurse.
I am a fourth grade student of elementary school.
Exercise
1. Fikri meets his teacher at 7.00 am. He says ... .
a. good morning
b. good afternoon
c. good day
d. good evening
2. Fandi : How are you?
Ivan : ...., thank you.
a. How do you do?
b. How are you?
c. I am fine
d. It's okay
3. Before going to bed at 9.00 pm, Winda says ... to her mother.
a. good evening
b. good night
c. good day
d. good morning
4. Farhan : Hi, my name is Farhan
Fatih : ....
a. See you!
b. Pleased to meet you, Farhan
c. Nice to see you, Fatih
d. I am fine, Fatih
5. Landi goes home from school at 1.30 pm. He says ... to his mother.
a. good morning
b. good afternoon
c. good night
d. good evening
6. Teacher : I think that's all for today and see you tomorrow.
Students : ....
a. we're fine
b. good luck!
c. see you, sir.
d. have a nice dream
7. Rizka : I am Rizka, how do you do?
Rere : ...., I am Rere Yuliani
a. How are you?
b. How do you do?
c. Are you OK?
d. I am fine, thanks
8. A : Good morning, Tomy
B : Good morning, Riko, ....?
A : I am fine, thanks.
a. See you tomorrow
b. Goodbye
c. How are you?
d. Good night
9. Hendra : Hi Linda. ...
Linda : Hi, Hendra. ....
Hendra : Nice to meet you, too
a. How are you?
b. How's life?
c. Nice to meet you
d. Nice to see you
10. Indra : I'll go to school now, mom. Good bye.
Mom : ... Be careful on your way.
a. Nice to see you
b. See you
c. See you later
d. Good Bye
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