Azerbaijani/Contents (Latin)/Lesson One - Greetings

'''Salam! Birinci dərsinizə xoş gəlmişsiniz! If you're wondering what that meant, it means Hello! Welcome to your first lesson!'''. Read on to learn more interjections.

Greetings
Hello! - Salam ələyküm!, or Salam! for short!

Note that if someone says the former greeting, you must say the following back:

Hello! - Ələyküm salam

How are you? - Necəsiniz (formal), Necəsən (informal)

I'm fine, thanks. - Yaxşıyam, sağ olun.

And this is invariably followed by:

And you? - Bəs siz?

To which you can reply:

Thank you (very much). - Çox sağ olun.

After making a new Azeri friend, it would be rude not to say the following (and there are two ways of saying it):

Nice to meet you. - Məmnun oldum. / Çox şadam.

Greetings at different times of the day
Good morning! - '''Sabahınız xeyir! (formal)', Sabahın xeyir! (informal)''

Good afternoon! - Gün aydın!

Good evening! - '''Axşamınız xeyir! (formal)', Axşamın xeyir! (informal)''

Good night! - '''Gecəniz xeyir! (formal)', Gecən xeyir! (informal)''

Goodbyes
Goodbye! - Sağ olun!

See you! - Görüşərik!

See you (on Monday)! - (Bazar ertəsi günü) görüşənədək!

When put into context...
Aysel: Salam ələyküm! Mənim adım Ayseldir.

Tural: Ələyküm salam, Aysel! Mən Tural.

Aysel: Necəsiniz, Tural?

Tural: Yaxşıyam. Bəs siz?

Aysel: Yaxşıyam, çox sağ olun.

Tural: Yaxşı. Tanış olduğumuza məmnun oldum.

Aysel: Mən də məmnun oldum.

Tural: Sağ olun!

Aysel: Görüşənədək!

Translation
Aysel: Hello! My name is Aysel!

Tural: Hello, Aysel! I'm Tural.

Aysel: How are you?

Tural: I'm good. And you?

Aysel: I'm very good, thank you.

Tural: Good. Nice to meet you.

Aysel: Nice to meet you too.

Tural: Goodbye

Aysel: See you!

Homework

 * Practise everything you've learnt in this lesson with someone else.
 * Read the following articles:
 * Sociolinguistically Speaking: Saying "Hello" in Azerbaijani"
 * Azerbaijan - Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette