2.1 Morning, afternoon and evening

Among the greetings you have just heard, there is one informal greeting pryvit, used commonly between friends, relatives and young people, in other words, when you greet people whom you address using singular ‘you’ –ty. When you greet someone whom you address with polite plural – vy – use other, neutral greetings, acceptable in all situations: dobroho ranku, dobryi den, dobryi vechir.