Greetings Around the World

In Spanish there are very many different ways people greet each other, just like there are many different ways people greet each other in English. It can depend on how you grew up as well as the region you are from. Check out these videos that talk about different ways people greet and say goodbye to one another around the world.

This video is about ways to say hello and goodbye in different Spanish speaking countries.

This video is about different ways people greet each other around the world.

Create a new blog post in your Spanish Blog Portfolio, title it the same as this blog post, and complete one of the following tasks based on these videos.

• Create a chart with two different columns of all the different ways people in the first video greeted and said goodbye
• Make a chart with the second video of with one column being the country or region the person is from, the 2nd column being the way they greet someone, and the 3rd column the English translation.
• Find another video that demonstrates how people greet each other around the world and publish it to your blog with a summary.
• Explain different ways you greet different people. For example, do you greet your grandparents different than your teachers? Do you hug some people when you greet them, shake hands with others, or do something else? Consider the following different groups:
• cousins, aunts/uncles
• parents, siblings
• peers, friends
• friends of friends who you meet at a concert or sporting event
• someone who is interviewing you for a job
• principal, boss