Here are some phrases to use when meeting new people, including introductions and some simple conversation topics.
Introductions
| what's your name? | |
| my name's ... | |
| Chris | |
| Emily | |
| I'm ... | |
| Ben | |
| Sophie | |
| this is ... | |
| Lucy | |
| my wife | |
| my husband | |
| my boyfriend | |
| my girlfriend | |
| my son | |
| my daughter | |
| I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name | |
| do you know each other? | |
| nice to meet you | |
| pleased to meet you | |
| how do you do? (formal expression used when meeting someone new; the correct reply is how do you do?) | |
| how do you know each other? | |
| we work together | |
| we used to work together | |
| we were at school together | |
| we're at university together | |
| we went to university together | |
| through friends | |
Where are you from?
Further conversation
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Ages and birthdays
| how old are you? | |
| I'm ... | |
| twenty-two | |
| thirty-eight |
Note that it's also correct to say the words years old after your age, for example I'm forty-seven years old, although this is rarely used in spoken language.
| when's your birthday? | |
| it's ... | |
| 16 May ("the sixteenth of May" or "May the sixteenth") | |
| 2 October ("the second of October" or "October the second") |