Hi, everyone. This is the first post in my new blog for English learners.
If you are studying English, you are an English learner.
If you want to improve your English skills, you are an English learner.
If you know a lot but want to know more, you are an English learner.
If you do not know much and want to know more, you are an English learner...
and everyone else in between, you are probably an English learner, too.
The title of this blog is also the title of a poem by one of my favourite poets, William Carlos Williams. This poem is very short, very simple and very clear. It is a great example of how simple and easy beautiful language can be. When you feel like your language skills are too basic or elementary, remember WCW!
Because this is my first post, I want to share some ways to greet people in English. If you can read this, you probably already know how to say:
Hello
Good morning
Good afternoon
Hi
Hey
and so on.
But how do native English speakers really greet each other?
Because I'm American, I have my own ways of greeting people whom I know well. For example, I might say:
"Hey! How's it going?"
or,
"Hey! What's up!"
If I know the person really well and they are around my age, I might say:
"Hey, dude!"
or,
"Hey, man!"
or, if I'm talking to a group,
"Hey, guys!"
(Yes, women can call each other "dude" and "man" too, even though these are masculine words. "Guys", however, is always plural.)
Some women, however, prefer to say something like,
"Hey, girl!"
or even,
"Hey, lady!"
I can't use these greetings with everyone, though. If I would like to greet a teacher or my boss (a person of authority), I would probably use a traditional greeting, just like the ones listed above and which you probably learned in school.
I hope this gave you some interesting new information about a familiar topic. In future posts, I'll write about grammar, usage, tips and tricks for sounding native, slang, dialogues and much, much more. I'll also label each post as beginner, intermediate or advanced.
And with that,
Bye, guys!
If you are studying English, you are an English learner.
If you want to improve your English skills, you are an English learner.
If you know a lot but want to know more, you are an English learner.
If you do not know much and want to know more, you are an English learner...
and everyone else in between, you are probably an English learner, too.
The title of this blog is also the title of a poem by one of my favourite poets, William Carlos Williams. This poem is very short, very simple and very clear. It is a great example of how simple and easy beautiful language can be. When you feel like your language skills are too basic or elementary, remember WCW!
Because this is my first post, I want to share some ways to greet people in English. If you can read this, you probably already know how to say:
Hello
Good morning
Good afternoon
Hi
Hey
and so on.
But how do native English speakers really greet each other?
Because I'm American, I have my own ways of greeting people whom I know well. For example, I might say:
"Hey! How's it going?"
or,
"Hey! What's up!"
If I know the person really well and they are around my age, I might say:
"Hey, dude!"
or,
"Hey, man!"
or, if I'm talking to a group,
"Hey, guys!"
(Yes, women can call each other "dude" and "man" too, even though these are masculine words. "Guys", however, is always plural.)
Some women, however, prefer to say something like,
"Hey, girl!"
or even,
"Hey, lady!"
I can't use these greetings with everyone, though. If I would like to greet a teacher or my boss (a person of authority), I would probably use a traditional greeting, just like the ones listed above and which you probably learned in school.
I hope this gave you some interesting new information about a familiar topic. In future posts, I'll write about grammar, usage, tips and tricks for sounding native, slang, dialogues and much, much more. I'll also label each post as beginner, intermediate or advanced.
And with that,
Bye, guys!
