One Thousand and One Ways that Native English Speakers Say Good-bye Formal / Professional&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Richard-Business Eng

Professional Teacher

One Thousand and One Ways that Native English Speakers Say Good-bye

Formal / Professional Less Formal / Conversational

Good-bye Bye <o:p></o:p>

Good-bye for now Bye for now<o:p></o:p>

Good-bye till/until next time Till next time/Until next time<o:p></o:p>

Good-bye till/until the next time Till the next time/Until the next time<o:p></o:p>

Good-bye till/until we meet again Till we meet again/Until we meet again

Good-bye, I'll see you soon See you soon<o:p></o:p>

Good-bye for now Bye for now

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I’ll see you tomorrow See you

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Good-bye till next we meet (VERY OLD &FORMAL)..............

.................. Til next we meet/Until next we meet (VERY OLD & LESS FORMAL)

Other informal/conversational ways to say bye bye

See you around<o:p></o:p>

See you/ya later, alligator

See you when I see you/See ya when I see ya

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So long

<o:p></o:p>

Later<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Sayonara (Japanese)<o:p></o:p>

Toodle-oo (British)<o:p></o:p>

Ta-ta (British)<o:p></o:p>

Adios (Spanish)<o:p></o:p>

Adieu (French)<o:p></o:p>

Aurevoir (French)<o:p></o:p>

Chow (Italian)

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May 3, 2018 11:13 PM

Comments · 22

The Italian "Ciao" comes from the Venetian "s'ciavo", and originally it meant "(I am your) slave". It derives from the Medieval Latin word "sclavus", which in turn originates from "Slavic", since at that time slaves were from the Balkans. We use it for both "hello" and "bye" (in this case, like its English counterpart, it also can be repeated: "ciao ciao!").

May 4, 2018

Bill... Do you mean to say that some Finns will say something that sounds like 'hi hi' when they are saying goodbye?

Wei... Now I have to ask you "What does 'I'm Audi 5000' mean'"? I have never heard that used as a way of saying bye bye.

Wanda... "take care", how could I have missed that one. It is so common here in Canada and as you said, very common in the US. Another good addition to the list, thank you.

May 4, 2018