[Vocabulary] good day sir

[eugenista2]

hello

i am just wondering if
1.we can use "good day madame" at the beginning when we meet somebody or at the end.
2.if all feminin teachers are called "miss" of if the maried one are called "mrs" and the singles r called "miss"

thank you

 

[buggles]

In the UK, all female teachers are addressed as "Miss". The only exception to this is if the teacher is addressed using her full name............

General case....

"Please Miss, may I borrow a pencil?"

Particular case...........

"Please Mrs. Brown, may I borrow a pencil?"

Similarly, all male teachers are addressed as "Sir" unless their full names are used...........


"Please Sir, is there any homework tonight?" is standard, but to attract the teacher's attention, pupils might say,

"Mr. Smith, could you help me with this, please?"


buggles (not a teacher)

 

[ElleSTL]

I am not a teacher, but in the US, we also use the address of Ms. when referring to a female and it is pronounced "Miz." Ms. is mainly used if it is unknown of the woman is married.

 

[eugenista2]

thank you very much for your immediate replies

eugenia

 

[eugenista2]

in the usa can u say

could you help me Miz?
or
could you help me Miz + surname?

when the teacher is female + married?

thank you in advance.

 

[Barb_D]

In the US, it would be very rare for a student to say "Miss" or "Sir" as a generic reference to a teacher. We just use names.

Mr. Brown, can you help me?
Ms (Mizz) Smith, could I borrow a pencil?
Mrs. Jones, could you please repeat the homework assignment?
Miss Anderson, I have a question!

Very young children might just say "Teacher! Teacher, I have question" but this would be very uncommon in older students. (In particular, they might do this in the beginning of the school year when they are still trying to remember the teacher's name!)

Ms can be married or single, and is entirely a matter of choice for the lady in question.

 

[eugenista2]

thank you so much

eugenia

 

[SoothingDave]

in the usa can u say

could you help me Miz?
or
could you help me Miz + surname?

when the teacher is female + married?

thank you in advance.

If we are addressing someone whose name we do not know (a waitress, for example), we would say "excuse me, miss" or "excuse me, ma'am."

The "Ms." (Mizz) salutation is not used in this way. At least not that I have ever heard.