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Have you seen the dialogue above?

Yeah…. That dialogue is about three people, they are Frank, David and Suzanne. However, what are exactly they talking about?

Don’t you know that in one dialogue we can find many expressions? Watch carefully. Started from the first dialogue between Frank and David:

Frank                    : Hello David.

David                    : Hi Frank, how are you?

Frank                    : Fine thank, and you?

David                    : Very well, thank you.

What kind of expression above? That was GREETINGS

Greetings itself has two ways to said, they are Formal and Informal based on the occasion. And here are the expressions:And continuo to the next conversation, still between Frank, David and Suzanne:

General Greeting (Formal)                                        Response

• Hello                                                                  * Hello
• How are you?                                                    * I'm fine and you?    
• How is going on.                                                * I'm very well, thank you
• How is everything?
• How have you been keeping?                            * So am I.
• It's always pleasure to see you.
• I'm happy to see you.

General Greeting (Informal)

• Hi.                                                                    * Hi
• What's up?                                                        * Fine, and what about you?
• How is it going on?                                            * Fine, and you?
• It"s been such a long time.
• Long time no see

Frank                   : Oh David, this is Suzanne.

David                   : Hello Suzanne. My name is David. David Robinson.

Suzanne               : Hi, David. Nice to meet you.

David                   : Please to meet you, too.

That expression is INTRODUCING.

Introducing derived from the word Introduce, which has meaning ‘mengenalkan’ in Indonesian.             

Expressing Introduction can be: Introducing ourselves, and introducing someone else;

 Introducing ourselves consists of mentioning name, birth of date, hobby, address, etc. Such as:

Hello, may I introduce myself? My name is Kathy, my date of birth is August, 23th 1996, I live in Wonosobo, my hobby is singing.

While Introducing someone else can be seen in the conversation between three people above.

Go to the next conversation that we have heard above. This dialogue is only between David and Suzanne. Watch carefully!

Suzanne               : Nice party with interesting people.

David                    : Yeah, and one very pretty girl.

Suzanne               : What? A pretty girl?

What can you find on the conversation above? Did you see the underlined sentence above? What do you think they do? Yes, you’re right. They are complimenting each other. So, what exactly compliment means in Indonesian? Compliment has the Indonesian meaning ‘memuji’, you can see how Suzanne was complimenting the party and David give his compliment to Suzanne.

Beside that underlined sentence we can also use these following statements to compliment others.

Here are the expressions:
* What a nice clothes?
* You look great.
* I really must express my admiration for you.

* Excellent!
* Nice work.

* I’m so salute to you.
etc.
And they are usually responded by saying Thank you.

David                  : Thirsty?

       Here you are. A glass of champagne.

Suzanne               : Oh thank you David. You’re very kind.

And that’s the next expression. Can you define what expression above? That was an Offering Something. You can see that David was offering something to Suzanne.

1.       Offering can be divided into three, they can be:

2.       Offering Help

3.       Offering Something to other

OFFERING	ACCEPTING AN OFFER	REFUSING AN OFFER
Offering Help	·         Yes, please. ·         That’s very kind of you. ·         That would be nice. ·         Thanks a lot. ·         I’d love to. ·         Yes, please. ·         Many  thanks.	·         That’s very kind of you, but ….. ·         I appreciate that, but ….. ·         I’m sorry. ·         I’m sorry I can do myself. ·         I’d love to, but …… ·         Not for me, thanks. ·         No, thank you.
·         May I help you? ·         What can I do for you? ·         Is there anything I can do for you? ·         Would you like me to …. ·         I’d be happy to help you. ·         Shall I …. ·         Would you like me to …..
Offering Something
·         Would you like me to …… ·         Can I get you some ……. ·         Would you like some …… ·         Want some? ·         Here you are. A glass of champagne.

Well student, after you’ve read this, we may see that we can insert many expressions in one dialogue. Now, how about you? I’m sure that you understand. Let’s try to make the dialogue which containing many expressions, then ask your friend to practice it.

Good luck!