Ways of saying "Hello!"

English, just like many other languages in the world, has many different ways of greeting people or saying “Hello”. В английском, как и во многих других языках, есть несколько видов приветствия. In English we have standard greetings: В английском есть несколько стандартных приветствий: - Hello, Jack. How are you? - Здравствуй, Джек! Как твои дела? - I’m fine, thank you, Paul. And you? Очень хорошо, спасибо, Пол! А у тебя? - I’m fine, thanks. У меня все отлично, спасибо! Here are examples of other ways that we can say “Hello” and sound more native when speaking. Look at the following conversation between four different people and the different ways they greet each other. Jack: Hey, Paul, how’s it going? I haven’t seen you in a while! Джек: Привет, Пол, как дела? Давно я тебя не видел! Paul: Hi, Jack! How are things? Пол: Привет, Джек! Как жизнь? Jack: Well, thanks, I can’t complain. This is my friend Simon. He’s here to visit from Australia. Джек: Хорошо, спасибо, не жалуюсь. Это мой друг Саймон. Он приехал из Австралии. Paul: What’s up, Simon? Are you well? Пол: Как ты, Саймон? Все хорошо? Simon: Hiya, Paul! I’ve heard a lot about you. Саймон: Привет, Пол! Я много о тебе слышал. Paul: Guys, this is my girlfriend Janet. Пол: Ребята, это моя девушка Джанет. Janet: Hello, guys! It’s nice to meet all of you! Джанет: Привет, ребята! Рада с вами познакомиться! So, as you can see, there are many different ways of greeting people. Remember that… • “Hey”, “Hi” and “Hiya” are all friendly and informal alternatives to “Hello”. • “I can’t complain” means you have nothing bad to say, everything is fine. You will often hear the grammatically incorrect “Can’t complain”. • “How’s it going?” can be used to ask how someone is or instead of “Hello”. • “How are things?” is an informal way of asking “How is everything in your life?” or “How are you?” People often use the grammatically incorrect “How’s things?”. • “What’s up?” is a very informal way of saying “Hello”. • “Are you well?” is another way of saying “How are you?”