welcome to my home
/ˈwelkəm tuː maɪ hoʊm/
Meaning
This is a warm and polite greeting used to make guests feel comfortable when they arrive at your house or apartment. It shows hospitality and friendliness. You can use it for both formal visitors and close friends.
Examples
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Come on in, welcome to my home!
Come on in, welcome to my home!
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Welcome to my home, make yourselves comfortable.
Welcome to my home, make yourselves comfortable.
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I'm so glad you could make it, welcome to my home.
I'm so glad you could make it, welcome to my home.
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Welcome to my home, let me take your coat.
Welcome to my home, let me take your coat.
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She smiled warmly and said, 'Welcome to my home.'
She smiled warmly and said, 'Welcome to my home.'
Common Mistakes
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✗ Welcome in my home, please sit down.
✓ Welcome to my home, please sit down.
We use the preposition 'to' after 'welcome' when introducing someone to a physical location or space.
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✗ Welcome at my home, I hope you had a good journey.
✓ Welcome to my home, I hope you had a good journey.
'Welcome at' is grammatically incorrect when greeting someone at your door; 'welcome to' is the standard idiomatic phrase.
Related Expressions
Practice
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As soon as I opened the front door for them, I smiled and said, '___!'
💡 A polite phrase to greet guests at your house (4 words)
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Welcome to my home
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Please come inside, ___! Let me show you where the living room is.
💡 Greet someone entering your living space (4 words)
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welcome to my home