Hi, how are you;
selam, kemay ah’llekha; ሰላም, ከመይ ኣለኻ? (say to a young male)
selam, kemay ah’llekhoom; ሰላም, ከመይ ኣለኹም? (say to an old male as a respect or to plural male and mixed
gendersm/f)

selam, kemay aah’llekhee; ሰላም, ከመይ ኣልኺ? (say to a young female)
selam, kemay aah’llekhin; ሰላም, ከመይ ኣለኽን? (say to an old female as a respect or to plural female)

We also say kemay qenikhha which is popular to say when we do not see someone we know very well for a while or a week.

Hi, how are you;
selam, kemay qenikhha; ሰላም ከመይ, ቀኒኻ፣ (say to a young male)
selam, kemay qenikhoom; ሰላም, ከመይ ቀኒኹም፣ (say to an old male or plural male and mixed gender m/f)
selam, kemay qenikhee; ሰላም, ከመይ ቀኒኺ፣ (say to a young female)
selam, kemay qenikhin; ሰላም, ከመይ ቀኒኽን፣ (say to an old female or plural female)

If you are in Eritrea as a visitor, just say selam only and the response you get is selam; or if you have the confidence to say the best of the short greetings, say:
selam, kemay?/dahan’doh? ሰላም, ከመይ/ ዳሓን ዶ?
say young/old male/female ‘I’ to anyone) – best way of the daily short greeting in Eritrea.

8.1: The Good morning Phrase hadderka/ሓደርካ
Good morning;
selam, kemay haddiirka/tehaddir/dahan’doh haddirka; (say to a young male you)
ሰላም, ከመይሓዲርካ/ትሓድር/ዳሓን’ዶ ሓዲርካ፣
*selam, kemay haddirkoom/tehaddroo/dahan’doh haddirkoom; (say to an old you as a respect or to
ሰላም, ከመይ ሓዲርኩም/ትሓድሩ/ዳሓን’ዶ ሓዲርኩም፣ plural male and mixed m/f)

selam, kemay haddeerki/tehaddri/dahan’doh haddeerki; (say to a young female you)
ሰላም, ከመይ ሓዲርኪ/ትሓድሪ/ ዳሓን’ዶ ሓዲርኪ፣
*selam, kemay haddirkin/tehaddra/dahan’doh haddirkin; (say to old female you as a respect or to
ሰላም, ከመይ ሓዲርክን/ትሓድራ/ ዳሓን’ዶ ሓዲርክን፣ plural female)