My name is Alicia, and today we're going to talk about quick responses to every day greeting.

So today is going to be lots of phrases that you can use to quickly respond to very common questions.

So the idea is you don't have to think so much about these.

So today I'm going to cover very quick Greetings.

Very basic greetings.

Like What's up?

How are you?

How's it going then?

We're going to talk about some, like greetings where you want to give details sometimes.

And then finally, we'll talk about greetings asking about your future plans.

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Okay, so let's begin today's lesson by talking about quick greetings really quick greeting.

So the very 1st 1 I want to talk about is what's up?

What's up So very simple, very common greeting in American English.

What's up?

What's up is a little more casual than how are you.

So how do you respond to what's up?

Respond to what's up with one of these?

Usually we respond with not much U not much you at native speed.

Sounds like how much you So this is very, very casual.

Not much.

You sounds like no much You a question mark at the end.

If you like, just respond with the same question.

What's up?

What's up?

You could totally do that.

No problem.

Hey, what's up?

Hey, what's up?

Totally natural.

Just reply with the same thing.

If you can't remember, Not much.

You just say the same thing in return to the other person.

What's up?

Hey, what's up?

Fine.

Totally fine.

Totally natural to do that.

Third, ask a different question.

How is it going?

How is it going?

So we'll talk about this in just a moment.

Hey, what's up?

Hey, how's it going?

Hey, how's it going?

So this how's it going?

This is the reduced form of how is this house is How is it going?

How is it going?

But we do not say how is it going?

It's very unnatural.

So how's it going?

How's it going?

Is another way to say How are you?

So it it in this sentence.

How is it going means how is your life going?

How like are the things in your life right now.

How are you doing?

This is another way to ask this question so to quickly respond to what's up.

Use one of these.

So what's up?

Not much.

You.

What's up?

What's up?

Totally fine or what's up?

Hey, how's it going?

Totally good to use all of these.

So these air, easy to remember.

Just train like, as I said, just three of these, so that you can practice them quickly.

Okay, let's go to the next set of just super super quick Greetings.

So first, let's take a look at these greetings.

They are How are you?

How is it going?

Which I just talked about here and how are things?

So how are you?

I think many of you know how are you?

How's it going?

As I just said, How's it going means like, how is your life going?

How is your life doing?

And how are things?

How are things?

So this question this things means like things in your life.

How are the like, How's your family?

How's school?

How's work?

How's everything?

So all of those things, how are they?

How are they?

How are things?

So these all mean How is your life right now?

How are you?

So it But it's a very small, just greeting question.

So at native speed, this sounds like a How are you?

How's it going?

How are things?

So how do we answer these questions?

Of course.

With how are you?

You can respond with good, great and so on.

But I want to talk a little bit about maybe a few more ways to answer this, that maybe we don't see so often in textbooks.

So let's take a look first.

Yeah.

Good.

Yeah.

Good.

So when you when you say this a tzar response don't use like, downward intonation, I would say use upward intonation to show that you are good.

So, for example, how are you?

Yeah.

Good.

Yeah.

Good.

So there's that pause.

Yeah.

Good.

Not like yeah.

Good.

That gives the wrong impression that maybe you want to, like, sound kind of sad, but you want to use good.

It's kind of strange.

You could do that, but yeah.

Good.

Yeah, or yeah.

I'm good.

Is also okay to use another.

So these are all answers to these questions.

Another one you can use is I'm all right.

I'm all right.

So again, basically the same level as Yeah.

Good.

So how are you or how's it going?

I'm all right.

That's usually the intonation we use.

How's it going?

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

So all rights is kind of like, fine.

It's like saying I'm fine.

So it just sounds a little more friendly, like a little more casual.

How are you?

I'm all right.

That's and I I feel like, personally, I usually do this motion like I'm all right.

I'm cool.

I'm good.

So I'm all right.

Point.

Don't forget this.

I'm that I am the I am reduces to I'm so not I.

All right, I see that in comments a lot.

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

That's how we pronounce it at native speed on and in regular intonation.

Okay.

Next one is not bad.

Not bad.

So when we say not bad, we usually say nothing.

Not bad.

So kind of, uh, that's sort of the sound of it.

That sort of the rhythm.

So how are you?

Not bad again?

This sort of I'm not bad.

So we use not bad to mean like I'm not great.

But again, I'm not bad either.

It's just sort of so so.

But so.

So we don't use that much in everyday conversation.

I'll tell you a little a couple other ones you can use instead of so.

So Okay, the next one is pretty good.

Pretty good when we say when we respond with pretty good, For example, how's it going?

Pretty good.

Pretty good.

So we usually have this sort of, uh um, yeah, there's sort of like an agreement phrase or something like that.

Yeah.

Huh.

To show we heard the other person.

So how's it going?

Yeah, pretty good.

I'm pretty good You could say to I'm pretty good.

So again, Not great.

Not bad, but just all right.

Pretty good.

So these all mean about the same thing?

You can choose?

Whichever you prefer.

Here, This one.

Same old, same old.

And, yes, we repeat it.

Same old, same old two times there.

So this expression emphasizes that nothing has changed.

So we are doing the same old things or our life.

It's like the same old life, the same old, same old kind of thing.

So nothing special.

Nothing bad.

Just same old, same old.

So when we reply, we sound like How's it going?

The same old same old.

That's really what it sounds like.

Same old, same old, same old, same old.

So up and then down.

Not same old, same old.

Sounds really strange.

Same old, same old.

So make sure your voice moves down when you reply with this.

Has a gun, Same old, same old or how are things at the same old?

Same old.

So this sounds very natural when nothing is super special.

You have nothing really exciting to report.

Just kind of the same as usual.

Is the field here?

Okay.

Uh, next one, we're getting into these.

They're kind of more negative responses.

So right here.

This group, this group is a bit yes.

Think.

Thank you.

We think we could see all of these.

These responses air a little bit.

On the negative side, they have kind of a negative feel about them.

So if you use these responses, you will probably be asked a question like you might want to give some more information.