Greeting - Basic

There are many ways to greet someone.  We'll learn about the most common way to greet someone in this lesson.  I'll give a variety of example sentences.

 Greeting someone you never met:
 "Hi, my name is Steve.  It's nice to meet you."
 You can respond to this by saying,
 "It's a pleasure to meet you.  I'm Jack."

 Another common question to ask is

 "What do you do for a living?"

 You can respond to this by saying,

 "I work at a restaurant."
 "I work at a bank."
 "I work in a software company."
 "I'm a dentist."

 Usually, you will not need to ask for a name.  It is implied that each person should say their name.  But in case they don't, you can ask,

 "What is your name?"

 Many times, I don't hear the name.  If you would like for them to repeat their name, you can say,

 "What was that again?"
 "Excuse me?"
 "Pardon me?"