--- title: Greeting friends and relatives — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Greeting friends and relatives», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: When you see a friend, you say hi, use their name and smile; people feel happy when they are noticed and someone is glad to see them. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Greeting friends and relatives # Greeting friends and relatives Lesson 122 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/0/) — When you see a friend, you say hi, use their name and smile; people feel happy when they are noticed and someone is glad to see them. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/2/) — A small hello to a classmate you do not usually play with can make their day and start a new friendship. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/3/) — Relatives came to see you, so you stop what you are doing and greet them warmly; with someone who hears badly you face them and speak clearly, a little louder, but you do not shout. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/4/) — A girl in Sydney sees her cousin for the first time in two years and feels shy; she says hello and asks "What have you been doing?", and soon they are chatting as if they had never been apart. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/5/) — Saying hi, using a friend's name and smiling shows you are glad to see them. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/7/) — A special handshake is fun with a close friend, but other people are greeted in an ordinary way. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/8/) — A kind hello to someone new can help you make new friends. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/9/) — In a busy corridor you walk closer or wave instead of shouting. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/10/) — When grandparents arrive, you stop what you are doing and go to greet them. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/13/) — To someone who hears badly you face them and speak clearly and a bit louder, without shouting. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/14/) — Facing a person helps them read your lips. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/15/) — When a relative phones on your birthday, you thank them for remembering and tell them about your day. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/16/) — A boy in Leeds hugged his cousin hard every time even though she said she did not like it; she started avoiding family visits until a grown-up explained he must ask first. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/17/) — A girl in Texas ignored her friends when they said hi because she was in a bad mood; by the end of the week they had stopped asking her to play. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/18/) — People have a right to say no to hugs, kisses or tickling, even from family, and others should respect it. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/19/) — Ignoring friends' greetings often makes them feel hurt and less likely to include you. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/20/) — Grown-ups' relationships, like a new girlfriend or a second marriage, are their private business, so you greet everyone politely and do not gossip. - ← previous: [Greeting adults and teachers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/) - next →: [Greeting neighbours and new people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)