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Originally Posted by loveskyliemole
naruhodo.
can you give me some easy way to go into the conversation?
I mean,
after that how are you thing,
so... how is your XXX? (school, work,new part-time job)?
how was your weekend,holidays,party...?
if I don't know much about the person yet,
I sometimes have NO idea what to say to start the conversation.
Usually the person I was talking to, he/she would start saying or asking me something, but some people don't have a good questions to ask me, because
we don't know much about each other, then we have some awkward moment.
I was told that talking about the weather is the best way to
start the conversation, but I don't want to sound boring.
mmm communication in a foreing language is not easy!
(but interesting)
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Well, it all depends on how close you are to each other.
If you do know each other well, you can carry on in the "so, how was X" style.
Some variations include: "Hey, how was X", "So hey, how was X"
Maybe you have some news of your own to share:
"(Hey,) Did you hear about (Hamasaki's baby boy / the typhoon in Kobe / )"
"Guess what happened (this weekend / to John / in Australia)"
"Did you (catch the news / watch the (game/movie))?"
If you don't know much about them, you can try general "probe" questions to see what interests them. Try general topics, like celebrities, sports, etc.
Somewhat similar to the above:
- "Did you watch the Tigers game last night?"
- "I like your (hat). Where did you get it?"
- Even more generic: "Anything exciting happen on the weekend?"
As stringperson said, there are a number of ways. It varies.