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Bookmark or Share- Hey, I am just writing to say hello | WordReference ForumsNov 1, 2006. #1. Ciao, Come si dice: 'Hey, I am just writing to say hello and see how you are because we haven't spoken for a while'. or somthing similar if it sounds better like, 'Hey, this is just a hello message to see how you are because I haven't heard from you in a bit'. 'Ciao, solo scrivo per dire ciao e ? come stai perche' non abbiamo ...
- British greetings [hello, ay-up, wotcha, and others] - WordReference ForumsThey are common greetings in certain areas. Wotcha is generally London and the Southeast, whereas ay-up is, I think, around Nottingham and possibly Yorkshire. Hello can be used in the same way, but not wotcha (watch you). There are many other colloquial greetings, Awriight (All right), Yo, Oi oi, S'appening (What is happening), Wappen (What's ...
- popping in to say <hello><“hello”> - WordReference ForumsMay 19, 2020. #3. Common single-word greetings and the like (with 'thank you' as an honorary member) look all right without quotes: say hello/hi/goodbye, say yes/no, say thank you/ thank-you. But it seems to be a short, conventional list. I would never do it for some other common nuggets of conversation: say sure / what's up / all right ...
- She asked me to say hello to you for her - WordReference ForumsThey use the verb "saludar" which means "to greet". In Spanish (and also in French, Italian etc) you say "Please greet so-and-so on my behalf". So, using this model, the phrase "she asked me to say hello to you for her" becomes "Me pidió que te saludara de su parte" which, when translated back into English means literally "She asked me to ...
- Say hello to him/her (from me(?))? - WordReference Forumselroy said: First of all, "greet him from me" is grammatically incorrect. It would be "greet him for me," which would be understood but is not idiomatic. At the very least one would say "give him my greetings," but even that isn't very common. My personal preference (and probably what I say in 100% of these situations) is "say hi (to him) for me."
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