how do you say 'hello' in different languages?

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  1. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    all I know is Bonjour, Aloha, and Ola.... any others to expand my vocab?
     
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  3. Elanor

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    I Czech language we say -- Ahoj or Èau -----
     
  4. squawkers7

    squawkers7 radical rebel

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    Polish: Czesc (tcheshtch) or Dziendobry (jindobrerh-good day)
    Portuguese: Bom dia,
    Portugese (Brazillian)OLÁ
    Punjabi : Sat Sri Akal
    Romanian: Buna ziua
    Russian: Zdravstvuite, Preevyet
    Serbo-Croatian: Dobar dan
    Sioux Indian: dakota (means hi friend)
    Slovak: Ahoj
    Slovenian: Zivjo (hello), Dober dan (good day)
    Spanish: Hola, Buenos dias,
    Swahili: Jambo
    Swedish: God dag
    Swiss-German: Hoi
     
  5. squawkers7

    squawkers7 radical rebel

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    Greek: Kalimera, Yasas
    Hawaiian: Aloha
    Hassa: (Niger, West Africa) Sannu
    Hebrew: Shalom
    Hoppy (kids language similar pig latin): hoppy e loppy loppy oppy English: Hello
    Hindi: Namasthe
    Hungarian: Szia
    Indonesian: Selamat pagi
    Italian: Buon giorno , or ciao!
    Irish Dia Dhuit (literally means God be with you)
    Japanese: Konichiwa
    Jibberish: Gello
    Jitteritigiberigidish: Hidegelidigo ((hi-di-gel-idi-go))
    Korean: Annyong ha simnikka or ANYO
    Latvian: Labdien
    L'nuwísim: Míkmaq people Kwé
    Malagasy: (from Madagascar) Salama tompko
    Malayam: Vanakkam
    Maltiseconhamyak
    Marathi Namaskar
    Mayan: Ba'ax ka wa'alik
    Maori (from New Zealand): Kia ora
    Mohawk: Sekoh
    Navaho: Yá'át'ééh
    Nepali: Namasute
    New Zealand: (Maori): Kia Ora
    Norwegian God dag (like Swedish) or Hei
     
  6. Pollux

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    In chinese, you say "Ni hao", in dutch "good dag", in telugu "Namaskaram"
     
  7. FrozenMoonbeam

    FrozenMoonbeam nerd

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    lol, yep, we use that one. Its sort of run together though, i guess you'd pronounce it keyorah .
     
  8. bedlam

    bedlam Senior Member

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    howdee
     
  9. DrSpaceman

    DrSpaceman Member

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    auf Deutsch: "Guten Tag"

    по русски: "здравствуйте"

    (If you don't have a Cyrillic font, that would be, phonetically ...

    po russky: "zdravstvooytye")
     
  10. DrSpaceman

    DrSpaceman Member

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    And in STP dragonese:
     
  11. Ole_Goat

    Ole_Goat Member

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    "Hello"...English
     
  12. Becknudefck

    Becknudefck Senior Member

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    hole

    hallo
    hello
    bonjour
    aloha
    i used to know how to say hello in russian but i forgot
     
  13. electricstar

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    Italian
    Hi, Hello: Ciao
    Howdee and similar: salve
    Good morning: buon giorno
    Good evening: buona sera
    Good night: buona notte
    I would like to make love to you: mi piacerebbe fare l'amore con te
    ;)
     
  14. DrSpaceman

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    Got any mao-tai? :)
     
  15. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    indeed... :)
     

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