GREETINGS

adalah sebuah ungkapan yang biasanya kita gunakan untuk menyapa orang lain entah itu kepada orang yang kita kenal maupun belum dikenal. 

Greeting Expressions	Responses
-   Good Morning -   Good Afternoon -   Good Evening / Night -   How are you? -   How’s life? -  How’s your day? - How's everything? - How do you do? (baru pertama bertemu)	A.  Kondisi Baik: - I’m fine, thank you - We are fine, thank you - I’m very well, thank you - I’m good, thank you - Not to bad, how about you? B.  Kondisi Tidak Baik: -   I’m sick -   I’m not in good condition C.  Baru Pertama Bertemu: - How do you do? - Nice to meet you - I’m glad to meet you - I’m Happy to meet you - I’m pleased to meet you

Examples:

A.  Conversation between the teacher and the students.

Teacher : “Good morning students”

Students : “Good morning sir”

Teacher : “How are you today?”

Students : “We are fine. And you?”

Teacher : “Fine, too.

B.  Rianti meet her teacher, Mr. Bakri in the post office.

            Ranti               : Good afternoon, Sir.

            Mr. Bakri        : Good afternoon. You are ....?

            Ranti               : Ranti, Sir. My name is Ranti. How are you?

            Mr. Bakri        : I am fine, thank you. And how about you?

            Ranti               : I am fine, too.

            Mr. Bakri        : Well, Ranti. I have to go now. Nice to meet you.

            Ranti               : Nice to meet you, too, Sir.

            C.  Dialogue between father and Dodi in their house.

Dodi    : Good afternoon, dad!

Father  : Oh, good afternoon, Dodi.

Dodi    : How are you today?.

Father  : I am fine, thank you, and you?

Dodi    : I’m fine too dad, thanks.

D.  Dialogue between Dino and his coleage.

Dino: Hi, guys. How is life?.

Andi and Budi: Hi, Dino, we are fine, thanks, and how about you?

Dino: I’m fine too, guys.

Source: Dari berbagai sumber

Dalam Sunyi

Desir angan terlampau tinggi

Menambah rumit rasa hati

Walau yakin telah menepi

Kasihmu tetaplah sunyi

Cinta sucimu terhembus sepi

Ku ingin terus bertaruh

Hingga singa dihatimu luluh

Biarlah jiwa ragaku terjatuh

Mulut ini takkan umbar keluh

Yakin cintaku kan tumbuh

Andaikan dewi cinta menyapa

Kan ku ubah takdir cinta

Tapi kini ku harus rela

Tersenyum diantara kau dan dia

Ah, andai aku bisa menyela

Wahai penguasa alam raya

Biarlah hamba rasakan cintanya

Walau tuk sehari saja

Ingin ku tapaki dunianya

Hingga hari menjemput sang surya

 

Vacation With My Beloved Family

The last holiday was a funny day for us because I and my family visited a beautiful beach. The name of the beach is Nampu beach. It is located on South of Wonogiri. It is about 80 kilometers from the down town.

Before we started to go there, we prepared many things in the morning. We brought some foods and beverages, such as fried rice, omelet, fried chicken, chocolate wafers, potato chips, water and orange juice. We didn’t forget about the swimsuit, umbrella, and fishing rod. Before going to the beach, I ask my friends, Doni and Budi, to join us going to the beach. At 7.30 a.m. we started to go to the beach. We went there by car. It needs about 1,5 hours to reach it. When we were already 15 minutes journey, my mother remembered something. She forgot to bring her pocket that prepared before. So, my father came back to the house to take the pocket and the journey was continued. On the way to reached there, I, my brother, and my friends sang a songs and my mother was fast asleep. After the 60 minutes journey, we felt some shocks caused by the broke down of the road. So, my father slowed down the car’s speed. It was need 45 minutes longer to reach the location.

At 9.45 a.m. we arrived in the location. Then, we bought tickets in the entrance the beach. When we entered on the shore, we interested to see the panoramas around it. The sea looked blue combine with green from the coconut trees along the coastline made us overawed (kagum). After we were finished to enjoy the panoramas, we prepare our tools that used to do some activities on there. I and my friends wanted to swimming.  Before swimming, we changed our clothes first. Besides that, my parent was sunbathing in the shore and my brother fishing near the rock bound. When I and my friends swum, we saw the ship throws away the waste from the factory. It caused the water color turn into dark brown. It was also caused the stench around the sea. So, we decided to swim on the other place of the beach. At 11 a.m. we felt so hungry, so, we decided to eat the foods that we had brought before. After we finished our lunch, we decided to go home. So, I and my friends took a bath to clean our body, while my parents and my brother packed many things that we brought before. When we finished cleaning our body, we went to the parking area as soon as possible to find the car. On the way home, we slept because of the tiredness. We arrived at home at 5 o’clock.

That was a very exhausting day, but I felt so happy that I could have a holiday with my family and my friends.

Examples Functional Phrases

1.    I want to lock this room

The sentence has 2 meanings:

a.       The people want to lock the room

b.      The people order the other person to leave the room

2.    Is the wells in your house dry ?

The sentence has 3 meanings:

a.       Asking the question about the well

b.      The people needs a glass of water when they visit in the other person

c.       Wants to bring the water from the well

3.    Wow, the white board was so clean.

The sentence has 2 meanings:

a.       The white board looks white and clean

b.      Asking to the audience or student to cleans the white board

4.    Wow, you are diligent student !

The sentence has 2 meanings:

a.       The student is so diligent in everything

b.      Coming late

5.    Oh, the weather is so cold in here, right ?.

The sentence has 3 meanings:

a.       Giving information to someone

b.      Request someone to close the window

c.       Ask for approval or agreement

6.    Please leave me alone !

The sentence has 4 meanings:

a.       The people have many tasks to do so he/she order to the others to leave him/her

b.      Didn’t want to disturb

c.       The people have any complicated problems with the others so they feel so sad.

d.      He/she really wants to alone in their place