Congratulation & Compliment

Expression of Congratulation
(Ucapan Selamat)

Congratulation is an expression that we use to give the
congratulation utterance when he or she succeeds in doing
something

The expressions

Congratulation!
Congratulations on your new job!
Congratulations on your success!
Congratulations on your achievements!
Well done, congratulations for you
I’d be the first to congratulate you on your success!
I’d like to congratulate you on your success.....
Please, accept my warmest congratulations
May I congratulate you on…..
Congratulations on your graduation!
It was really great to hear about.....

The responses

Thank you
It’s very kind of you to say so
Thank you very much for saying
Thanks for your saying
I am glad you think so
Oh, it’s nothing special actually
Thank you, I still have to learn more
Oh, not really
Oh, it was really nothing
Nothing to it

Expression of Compliment
(Ucapan Memuji)

Compliment is an expression to appreciate or praise other people.
It is useful to give encouragement so that people will keep on
doing their best and even improve their performance

The expression

I would like compliment you on …
I think your ... is very nice.
I just love your ...
The ... is very delicious.
I really like your ...
This ... is super.
That’s not a bad ... you’ve got.
That’s great
That’s nice
That’s not bad
Terrific.
Pretty good.
OK!
All right.

Responses

Thank you.
It’s nice of you to say so.
Thank you but really isn’t anything special.
Thank you. Yours is even nicer. I’m glad you like it.
Thank you.

Returning Compliment

It’s nice to hear that from someone with your experience.

Yours is nice, too.

Read the following dialogue!

Nick : “Hello, Matt. How are you doing?”

Matt : “Pretty good. By the way I heard from Jim that
you won the English competition last week.

Congratulations”

Nick : “Yes, I did. Thank you”

Matt : “That was awesome man. You are great.”

Nick : “Thank you. Would you want some ice cream? Il
will treat you.”

Matt : “It sounds good. Let’s go.”

Answer the following questions
based on the dialogue !

1.What is the dialog about?
2.What expression is used to compliment in the

dialog?
3.What expression is used to give congratulation

in the dialog?
4.Why Matt compliment Nick?
5.In your opinion, where does the dialog take

place?