how to say hi in different languages?

[erosennin-fin]

i think'd because theres so much different nationalities, i should start this thread... so here it goes. whats hi said in your language. in finnish it is custom to say terve, hei or moi......
and dont say konnichiwa we all know that one :laugh

[phaos]

ok in my language ( arabic) we say Essala Mou Alaikom , but we just say Salam ^_^
in french u say Salut ! in italian ciao, in spanish hola! in chinese nihow
that s all i can think about ^_^

[Konata Izumi]

"Hei på deg"
Norwegian. :)

[The Space Cowboy]

Salve!
(Latin)

[Gaara7]

In German:
hi = Hi
hello = Hallo
Good mornin = Guten Morgen
Good afternoon = Guten Tag
Good evening = Guten Abend
Good night = Gute Nacht

wow isn`t that a big difference^^

[Kaleidovision]

Nice idea,, i'm curious what exotic ways of saying hello we're going to learn this way.

Here's a few I know of :

Dutch : Hallo, Hoi, Goedendag (although that's kinda stiff), Hoe gaat het?
German : Hallo, Gutentag, Wie geht's?
French : Bonjour, Salut, Comment ca va?

Although there's probably many more ways of saying that in those languages...

[Laiquelleion]

In Swedish it's Hej

[Jackal Iscariot]

hola (spanish)
hej (swedish)

[Rio]

German:
Hallo (and the "a" is pronounced like the "o" in house or mouse)- most common, fit's in every situation
Hallöchen, Hallihallo- kind of nonsense from hallo
Guten Tag(/Morgen/Abend) - very formal ("Gute Nacht" is rather a good-bye phrase, you won't say that to greet someone)
Hi, Huhu, Na?, Tag (short for guten Tag), morgen (short for guten Morgen), 'nabend (short for guten Abend)- also quite common among friends/young ppl
(Na) Wie geht's (dir)?- how are you? (but you'll NEVER answer with the same phrase without an answer, this Englisch "How do you do?""How do you do?" is quite strange^^)

[Xenoveli]

con ta bai: papiamentu(carribean language)

[Oahgneg]

cantonese: lei hou ma

[crabman]

i thought it was....

lei tew puck gai lei say jo huey been ah?

Lol, for those of you who speak it you should get it.

[erosennin-fin]

In German:
hi = Hi
hello = Hallo
Good mornin = Guten Morgen
Good afternoon = Guten Tag
Good evening = Guten Abend
Good night = Gute Nacht

wow isn`t that a big difference^^

hello=terve
good morning=hyvää huomenta
good afternoon=hyvää päivää
good evening=hyvää iltaa
good night=hyvää yötä

there isnt much difference in finland also :)

[Totesmetall]

Hi or Hallo, that or a thing that I cant put here because the site dosnt accept language text (russian)

[Neenah]

in danish:

hej
hi

[Hangatýr]

English:
Hi, Heya, Hello, Herro, Hiiiii~

xP

[Toshigo]

I don't if it's been said, but

French:Bonjour, salut, enchanté,allo that's the traditional way
French from Quebec:Eille(eye)!!

[Asmodeus]

Japanese: Ohayo (gozaimasu), Konnichiwa, Konbanwa, Oi
Spanish:Hola, Buenos Dias, Buenos Tardes, Buenos Noches
French: Bonjour
Italian: Ciao

[Jimnast]

Zulu: Sawubona! - Hello
(pronounced sow u borna)
Usaphila na? - How are you?
(pronounced, usapeela na)

[Kakashi the Cyclops]

I used to know it in Irish ...but I kinda forgot ... >.<

[Voynich]

Hmm, in akkadian it would be : umum banam ... that is if it wasnt a dead language XD

[Sertechaun]

Turkish.

Hi : Selam
What's up? : Naber?
Good Morning : Iyi Sabahlar.
Goodbye (In a way that you know you will meet again) : Gorusuruz!
How are you? : Nasilsin?
Good Night : Iyi Geceler.

:amuse

[kaiiya]

Well a few languages I know to say 'Hi' in are:
Tamil: Vanakam,
Bengali: Sunchhen
Hindi: Namaste
Greek: Gia
Gaelic: Dia duit
Welsh: Hylo

I think I spelt them correct :blink

[SasuNaru]

In German, oddly enough, it's "Koenne Ich seine Schwester abutschen, bitte sehr?"

Trust me. :smile-big

[greekman]

hello or hi in greek: gia or giasou
Good day or good morning:kali mera
Good night: kali nikta
how are you: ti kaneis?

[Arodnad the Dad]

in scotland we tend to say the pearsons name or
alright=hello
haw=hi
how ye dein=how are you
i dont know the gailic for these but ill look it up and post it later

[Minkoff]

hello or hi in greek: gia or giasou
Good day or good morning:kali mera
Good night: kali nikta
how are you: ti kaneis?
Are you Greek or something?

[Meijin]

Turkish.

Hi : Selam
What's up? : Naber?
Good Morning : Iyi Sabahlar.
Goodbye (In a way that you know you will meet again) : Gorusuruz!
How are you? : Nasilsin?
Good Night : Iyi Geceler.

:amuse

Beat me to it :amuse

Chorba : Soup (mmm)
Yes : Evet
I love music! : Music'i seviyorum!

I know bad words in Turkish too, so if anyone is interested....PM me :oh

[Kira Yamato]

Hello in Creole.

Bonjou: Good morning
Bonswa: Good evening

[Matrixrulz]

in mando it is ni hao ma?

[Rio]

Oh, some more German:
Grüß dich- only for friends/family
Servus (not very common, maybe in Bavaria)
Grüß Gott (same)
Mahlzeit (some weird ppl use it throughout the day but it sounds quite brainless)
Moin (same)

[vervex]

I don't know if it's been said, but

French:Bonjour, salut, enchanté,allo that's the traditional way
French from Quebec:Eille(eye)!!

Sorry but "eille" is for "hey"... not hi ! I don't know if you used it as hi but, if so, it's a lack of vocabulary from your side ;)

[darkbliss]

In Vietnamese it's "Chao". I don't know how to write it's pronounciation

[jeffreysuk]

korean > ahn nyung
spanish > hola
chinese > ...ahh i forgot ^^

[kakaiii]

hehe hej..eller dav hva'så jeg troede sku ikke der var nogle danskere herinde.
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im also danish
hi=hej or Dav
good morning=god morgen or Go'morn
im sorry= skrid idiot

[greekman]

Are you Greek or something?

lol was that a joke minkoff?

[Aruka]

Kamusta ^_^ that's tagalog(filipino) for Hi or Hello ^^

[RodMack]

spanish - hola
english - hello, hi, i prefer wassup
japanese - conichiwa (dont know if i spelled it right)
french - bonjour

[^SereGod//]

Danish stuff

Hi = Hej or Goddag ( Like in G'day :) )
How are you? = Hvordan går det?
Kill = Slå ihjel :P
Uhm...

Ah yea!

Whore = Luder! There ! you can now make your way thru denmark without to much hazzle! Or maybe not, Who cares...?

[hyuganeji]

one that hasn't been posted yet
Hawaii - aloha

[karthiks82]

Tamil - Vanakkam
Telugu - Namaskaramulu
Hindi - Namaste
Punjabi - Sat Sri Akal
Malayalam - Namaskaram

[mow]

Hala (or Ya hala)
marhaba
el donya nowarat
ahlaan

All in arabic

[materix01]

I wonder what Hi is in Africa?
I'm going to South Africa for holidays in 2006 :P

[Shunsui]

Africa's a continent, it lacks languages


ni hao. (chinese)
shalom (hebrew)
hola (spanish)
konnichiwa (japanese)

sorry, I took all the easy ones :P

[materix01]

Africa's a continent, it lacks languages


ni hao. (chinese)
shalom (hebrew)
hola (spanish)
konnichiwa (japanese)

sorry, I took all the easy ones :P

Dope!
What about South Africa, they must speak at least!
Somebody tell me!

[mow]

I wonder what Hi is in Africa?
I'm going to South Africa for holidays in 2006 :P

Afirca consists of many diverse cultures and tribes, each with their unique language (or to be more specific, dialect). However, you will find that most african nations tend to use swahili (central african nations for that matter at least), not sure about south africa though. Anyhow, to say hello or hi in Swahili its

Jambo

[materix01]

Afirca consists of many diverse cultures and tribes, each with their unique language. However, you will find that most african nations tend to use swahili (central african nations for that matter at least), not sure about south africa though. Anyhow, to say hello or hi in Swahili its

Jambo

Thx :)
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[andoy121]

Philippines:

Good Morning - Magandang umaga
Goodafternoon - Magandang tanghali/ magandang hapon
goodevening - Magandang gabi
Hey! - Hoy!

[ComeComeParadise]

Mandarin
Hi = Ni Hao
Good morning = Zao An
Good afternoon = Wu An
Good evening = Wan An

[LightningElemental]

"Hello" in Hebrew is "shalom", with the accent spoken on the second syllable... also works for goodbye, just like "aloha"

[LordStronghold]

In Thai = Sa - Wat - Dee

[Inactive Akira-chan]

Ehh ... South Africa has eleven official languages ..... :neutral


Most South Africans can speak either English or Afrikaans

Most important things you'll need:
Praat U engels? - do you speak English?
Hoe gaan dit? - how's it going?
Goeie more - good morning
Goeie middag - good afternoon
Goeie nag - good night
Kyk! Daar is 'n leeu in die straat! - look! there's a lion in the street! :wink

[Jonas]

Swedish: Hej
Arabic: varies btw the different nations, but often it's Salam aleykoum/ Merhaba
English: Hi (lol)
French: Salut and bonjour (varies)
Japaneese: Konichiwa
Serbish: Zdravo

[rokkudaime]

filipino-Kumusta
french- bonjour

[Edward Elric]

In Italian
hi = Ciao
hello = Salve
Good mornin = Buon giorno
Good afternoon = Buon pomeriggio
Good evening = Buona sera
Good night = Buona notte
Bye: Arrivederci
See you soon: Ci vediamo presto

[Kyuubi_Xx]

Moshi Moshi is another Japanese one... my personal favorite, too. :amuse

All the other ones I know have already been stated here, so... I'm not gonna bother. ^_^;;

[Stargazer]

Well, the common Filipino people doesn't have any generic language when they say "hi" or "hello". They just use that exact word. But we do have our own language for some common greetings.

Good Morning - Magandang Umaga
Good Afternoon - Magandang Tanghali/Hapon
Good Evening - Magandang Gabi
How are you? - Kumusta?

That's the gist of it, I hope...

[VyseTheNice]

Norwegian:

hi = hei
hello = hallo
Good mornin = god morgen
Good afternoon = god ettermiddag
Good evening = god kveld
Good night = god natt
Bye: hadet bra
See you soon: ser deg snart igjen
How are you? - Hvordan har du det?

I could do this forever, and skip my chemistry-class.

[Narrondi]

Good Dag, vil du pule meg i rompa-Good Day, how are you to day?

Norwegian


Edit: I got a bad feeling in my stomach it does't mean what I say(read the abow post and you shall learn som Norwegian :smile-big :smile-big :smile-big )

[sapo]

It seems that i m the only brazillian here.. so here i go.. some words and phrases in brazillian portuguese:

hi = oi
hello = olá
Good morning = Bom dia
Good Afternoon = Boa tarde
Good night (evening) = Boa noite
i m Sorry = me desculpe
Thank you = Obrigado
I love you = Eu te amo
I hate you = Eu te odeio


And now where the fun beggins...

Stupid = Estúpido
Idiot = Idiota
Go to hell = Vai pro inferno!
Bitch = puta
son of a.. = filho da.. (word above)
fuck you = foda-se

now its up to up make some phases...

[Kalmah]

Armenian: Barev

[blacklusterseph004]

Afrikaans: dag-se (the "e" would have a '^' above it)
goeie middag (good afternoon)
goeie more (good morning)

Slang Afrikaans: hoe lyk it (how's it going)
howzit (same as above)

Xhosa: molo (hello)

[Fobulous]

hMm.... for the people out there who put filipino ... the actual language is tagalog ... and it's kamusta ka !! diba ? (know how to speak it ok, not spell it!)

[minou]

Laos

Hi = sa bai di

[Yazumi]

chao ---> veit.

[meatpie]

Australian:

G'Day

[Le Male]

French

Good morning: Bonjour
Good Afternoon: Bonjour
Good Evenning: Bonsoir
Good Night: Bonne nuit
Hi : Salut ( wesh for bad guys )

[Shin Bastard]

Beginner's Viet ==>(Pronounciation) Xian Chao
Beginner's Japanese==> Hajimamste

[polaralex]

Geia sas...
γειά σας

It's HELLO in Greek... And it is the formal one...

[Whooosh]

Well those work but if your mute they really don't help much, if you want there are two main ways of greeting, you can wave a sign of freindly greeting, then if the greeting is not ment to be friendly you can show people the universal sign that you dislike them, you do this by making a fist then extending your middle for finger :smile-big -
yeah I stink at pronunciation :sad so I stick with these :amuse

[ワッレン]

Aesome two fellow south africans
!!!!!!!Woot
anywaynot much i can add other than

praat jy engels - do you speeak english!
note the jy instaed of u (akira-chan)

i think that afrikaans is the best language to sware(sp)? in! it is vivid and short and sweet!

in zulu
Unjani - how are you

[Oldboy]

in turkish(my main)

Hi: Merhaba, selam

bye : hoscakal, gorusuruz

fuck u(go to hell, not fucking someone practically): siktir, siktir git.

[odin_valkyrie]

all i know is bonjour for french

[OmniStrife]

Russian:

hi: privet
what's up?: Kak dela
bye: paka
good morning: dobroe utro
f*** you: pashol nakher

[Skoemie]

In tsjech it is:

Dobre Den - hello
Dobre Ramo - good evening (i think)
pivo - beer (always good to know)
dwe piva (or in some regions dwa piva) - 2 beer

This is what i learnd on vacation...

For dutch:

Hallo - Hello
goeden dag (all day),goede morgen (morning), goede middag(afternoon), goede avond(evning), goede nacht(night)- it means: good (fill in)

[mickdawgx81]

Some of the other Vietnamese have said it...but let me type it with the accent in there

Chào

Chào to all.

[phreakuency]

:guns
or
:pwned
or
:laserbeam
or
[Insert stupid generic smiley here]

[UnluckyPrincessFuuko]

hMm.... for the people out there who put filipino ... the actual language is tagalog ... and it's kamusta ka !! diba ? (know how to speak it ok, not spell it!)
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yep.. that's how we say it here in the Philippines... but kamusta ka is actually tagalog for how are you... but pretty much... yeah that's also it... and get this... you can greet people here by simply nodding your head or raising your eyebrow... We filipinos get that simple gesture as hello... ^_____^

[Nerwyn]

Czech:
hello - haló!
hello - ahoj

Ahoj is pronounced similar to the English word "Ahoy". Interesting that the Czech language has a word for "hello" that sounds like an English nautical greeting, when Czechoslovakia (at least up until the early 1990's) was one of the only land-locked countries in Europe.

[Toiletnojutsu]

Norwegian:

Hi = Horebukk

[akuma no omoigakenai saku]

G'day
Mornin'
'ow's it goin'
'ow's she goin'
Hi
Hey
Hello

Yeah, I'm Canadian. It's not my fault, though - I was very young when I was born, and no one consulted me about it. :amuse

Seriously, I don't talk like that, but I do experience it.

*sigh*

[Silentwind22]

Laotian

Hello: Sabyedee

Thai

Hello: Sawatdee-Ka

I'm fluent in both of those languages, including Japanese, I guess that's what you get when you're born into an asian family that speaks three different languages :laugh

[Kevinthewiseone]

(portuguese)= ola

[i_MZCANDY]

cantonese : lei hou ma
mandarin : ni hao ma `;p

[anime_pinoy]

Tagalog = HI/Hello (not sure lol)
Ilocano = Hi/Hello (lol)

[anubls]

do u believe it?
in chinese, it sounds the same

[Lien]

i thought it was....

lei tew puck gai lei say jo huey been ah?

Lol, for those of you who speak it you should get it.

I don't speak that language but thats abit rude! lol

ANYWAYS - Vietnamese for Hello : chào

[ReaperCatGirl]

Czech -- Ahoj Světe!
Bengali -- Shagatam Prithivi!
Brazilian -- Portuguese Oi mundo!
Catalan -- Hola món!
Dutch -- Hallo, wereld!
English -- Hello World!
French -- Salut le Monde!
Frisian -- Hallo, wrâld!
German -- Hallo Welt!
Hebrew -- Shalom Olam!
Hindi -- Shwagata Prithvi!
Italian -- Ciao Mondo!
Norwegian -- Hallo Verden!
Portuguese -- Ola mundo!
Russian -- (Zdra'vstvuj mi'r)
Slovak -- Ahoj, svet!
Spanish -- ¡Hola mundo!
Swedish -- Hejsan värld!
Turkish -- Merhaba Dünya!
Ukrainian -- (Pryvi't svi'te)

[Heldensheld]

Cantonese- leiho
taiwanese- nihole
german-guten tag
english- good morning, sunshine

[Zhongda]

English - su'p!!
Kuwaity - Goowa!!

[Lorii]

filipino - kamusta
australian - g'day mate

[Tine]

Chao means hi in vietnamese.

[kapsi]

Cześć in Polish. (czesc with accents if you don't see)

[Nihao]

Ehh ... South Africa has eleven official languages ..... :neutral


Most South Africans can speak either English or Afrikaans

Most important things you'll need:
Praat U engels? - do you speak English?
Hoe gaan dit? - how's it going?
Goeie more - good morning
Goeie middag - good afternoon
Goeie nag - good night
Kyk! Daar is 'n leeu in die straat! - look! there's a lion in the street! :wink

No way, a fellow S-African !! :glomp
Afrikaans:
Hello - Hallo (or slang "jis")
How are you - (slang - hoesit)

[MrLiEN]

laotian : sa bai de

[Personal Jesus]

喂,屎忽鬼!

>_>

"Yo, assclown!"

..to put it tamely.

[Rocklee88]

burmese:

hi >_>

we don't really say hi. "how are u" is our normal greeting, which goes like this:

nay kaung lar ?

[less]

Showcasing the incredible regional differences of Scandinavia:

Norwegian: "Hei"
Swedish: "Hej"
Danish: "Hvad sker mand? Der er jo festival, for helvede!"

[Chamcham Trigger]

pig latin=loheley

[basiK]

samoan

talofa = hello..

[endgame]

Maori - kiaora

[Dark_wolf247]

well, im a american, bu i think that in russian, "hi" is "Privet"

[eszti]

. .

[Huh?]

Fijian- "Bula"

[Hio]

Hallo, or Goededag - Dutch

[Mider T]

Pimpslap is how you say hello in my language, and I'm the only one who does the greeting

[emer]

Swedish?

Hi: Hej, (or like a teenager = Tja!)
Wazzup?: Läget?
Howdy: Tjaba

[Shiron]

This isn't news...
*Moves to Language Classes.*

[eye of the divine]

Welsh: Hylo

I think I spelt them correct :blink

Don't take it the wrong way but you spelt it wrong in welsh its helo but its not used often.

Good Morning - Bora da
Good afternoon - pnawn da
how are you? - Syt wyt ti?

[gsl83]

In German, oddly enough, it's "Koenne Ich seine Schwester abutschen, bitte sehr?"

Trust me. :smile-big

That German sentence is so wrong, that I'm not even sure what he was trying to say. :toliet

[Doorth]

Dutch: Hallo!
French: Bonjour!
Portugues: Bon Dia

[Tatsuki]

Japanese: Ohatsu / Ohayou
English: Herro, Hai Hai. (sounds like that lol)
Mandarin: Ni hao
Cantonese: Lei Hou Ma
Tagalog: 'Musta ka?

[Popsicle]

Dutch: Hallo!
French: Bonjour!
Portugues: Bom Dia

Fixed it for you :noworry

[notalentassclown]

In Pawnee Pani- Nawa! (pronounced "No-wah")
In Choctaw Chatah- Halito! (pronounced "ha-LEE-to")
In Seminole Mvskoke- Istonko! (pronounced "iss-TONH-koh")
In Kiowa Cauigu- Hau! (pronounced "haw")

[Beluga]

Hej = Hello
Swedish.

[Mugiwara]

Swedish: Hej
Japanese: Konichiwa
Mandarin: Ni hao
Spanish: Hola (the H isn't pronounced)
Frensh: Bonjour
Persian: Salam
Polish: Dzjindobre (spelling)

I know a few more, I think, but can't remember atm.

[Nindoe]

hello in slovak (slovakia)
Ahoj, - pernounced a-hoy.... (like how pirates say it!):nuts

[The Luiz]

Portuguese: Oi

in japanese,oy means hey,funney huh?:nuts

[Kimiko☆™]

spanish=hola
japanese=konnichiwa, ohayou(good morning)
english=hello

that's all i know right now.

[RokinMan]

Why do people have to keep repeating how to say HI in the most obvious languages that we all mostly already know?


MOST OBVIOUS LANGUAGES:
JAPANESE
ENGLISH - DUH!
SPANISH
FRENCH
German (kinda)


everything else is somewhat obvious (or not at all) but might not be known to everyone

[Tobi Umeko]

These are the ones I know:

Japanese - Konnichiwa, Ohayou
Korean - Annyonghaseyo, Haseyo
Italian - Ciao, Buon Giorno
Spanish - Hola, Buenos Dias
French - Bonjour
Danish - Hej
Hebrew - Shalom

[Uchiha Scorphion]

indonesian (i'm sorry if itz already said ><")

good night (like at dark time...=]) salmat malan
salmat pagi
salmat sore
salmat salam
they all mean like hello at diff times of the day o.0 or u can stick wit 'hi!'
i 4got wot those mean( yea i learn a language ncian't remeber how 2 see hi n stuff yea..i';m very hopeless xD)

[Pain In The Ass]

In polish you can say it various ways. :) "Cześć" is the most common one, if you want to say it more in slang it'd be "siema", can also be "witam", "elo" and maaaaaany others. :P

[ausmaster]

Here is down under we say 'G'day' XD

[myle]

Γεια - Geia in greek

[Verdana]

In Finnish hi is
~ Hei
~ Terve
~ Moi

[Vampire-Princess]

g'day

australian

[mary no jutsu]

In tagalog: kamusta ka

Ilocano: anyang ai

Or at least thats what I think it is

[Snow Phoenix]

Okkie, here's more than just 'hi'.. but..!

In Estonia:

Hi - Tere
Good morning - tere hommikust
Good day - Tere päevast
Good night - Head ööd
Bye, see you - Tsau, nägemist ('s' should have a 'v' on top of it in the first one)
How are you - Kuidas käsi käib, kuidas läheb
I'm sorry - Palun vabandust, vabandan

Stupid - Loll
Idiot - Idioot
Go to Hell - Keri persse (real translation would be something in the lines of 'crawl inside of/go to ass')

In Finnish:

Hi - Moi, Moikka, Hei
Good morning - (Hyvää) Huomenta
Good day - Päivää
Good night - Öitä
Bye, see you - Moikka, moi, moido, nähdään
How are you - miten menee, kuis hurisee
I'm sorry - anteeksi, sori

Stupid - Tyhmä
Idiot - Idiootti
Silly - hupsu

[dlily]

in chinese we'll say"你好(ni hao)"on the formal occasion.
mostly we would just say" Hi" to our friends or ask some questions like"where are you going?(你去哪儿啊?)""what are you gonna do (去做什么呀?)"or just smile and wave our hands......

[AbsolFreak]

Well for the language of my clan (Haisla in BC Canada)

Hello - Youts (said just as spelled)
Goodbye - Aix-gwa-las ( pronounciation - aches-kwel-as)

[Sirah]

"Hei på deg"
Norwegian. :)

så det er flere norske hær ja :LOS

[Naruto no tomodachi]

In an extremely beautiful artificial language created by someone else, called Almalinian, the word for hello is:

atánadë

or:

atánadae


I'm serious, I REALLY REALLY REALLY LOVE THIS "ALMALINIAN" LANGUAGE SOMEBODY ELSE MADE UP!

[Inferied]

In Latvian, "hi" is "sveiki", it is pronounced like Latin.

[Amuro-ro-ro]

Greek: Yasas
Italian: Ciao
Spanish: Hola
Chinese: Ni hao 你好

[Kissa]

Bulgarian :)

hello = Здравей
hi = Здрасти
good morning = Добро Утро
good afternoon = Добър Ден
good evening = Добър Вечер
good night = Лека нощ

If you wanna pronounce them it's gonna be a bit hard cuz Bulgarian language has letters that do not exist in english and have not some kind of similar sounds <_<

Here they are how they are pronounced...well,not exactly right but right enough...read exactly like it's written

hello = Zdravei
hi = Zdrasti
good morning = Dobro Utro
good afternoon = Dobar Den
good evening = Dobar Vecher
good night = Leka Nosht

:)

[Claude]

in hungarian you can either say szia (pronounced kinda like see ya) or you can say jó napot which means good day but it means hello too.
in romanian it's ciao, salut or bună which is short for bună(good) ziua(day)
oh and this will probably sound weird for most of you... usually in hungarian a child says csókolom (chokolom) to an adult because it shows respect. in romanian it's the same deal only they say săru'mâna (which is kinda like sir-uh moonah). both of these literary mean "I kiss your hand!"
I bet some ppl are going wha?! right now :laugh
I'd love to see their faces :P
great idea this thread:)
Ez jó volt eszti, és még bátorkodok hozzátenni egy csipetnyit. :)
In hungarian you can also say:

Csá! (it's a bit slang)
Heló!
Üdvözlöm! (rather formal)
Üdv! (the abbreviation of üdvözlöm)

[Uchiha_power]

In Bulgarian it's "Zdravai" or "Zdrasti"

[Uchiha_power]

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Bulgarian

hello = Здравей
hi = Здрасти
good morning = Добро Утро
good afternoon = Добър Ден
good evening = Добър Вечер
good night = Лека нощ

If you wanna pronounce them it's gonna be a bit hard cuz Bulgarian language has letters that do not exist in english and have not some kind of similar sounds <_<

Here they are how they are pronounced...well,not exactly right but right enough...read exactly like it's written

hello = Zdravei
hi = Zdrasti
good morning = Dobro Utro
good afternoon = Dobar Den
good evening = Dobar Vecher
good night = Leka Nosht


Kade zhivaiesh?

[Kamishiro Yuki]

"Buna" or "Salut" is hi in romanian :iria

[Kissa]

Kade zhivaiesh?

wow,balgarin :amuse
ziveq v Sofia ot 2-3 godini,a ti?

[Kakashi 2004]

salve=latin

[Maruta]

Sveiki -neutral/plural
Sveiks -masculine
Sveika -feminine

hi in Latvian ^^

all of them are the common-use, impolite forms

or you can just say 'čau!'

not sure if someone already said this :facepalm

[Kamishiro Yuki]

Buna/ Salut - romanian

[www.Beautifulsong.cn]

"hello" in chinese: 您好(nin2 hao3) :a yong say that to elder one

你好(ni2 hao3) : Person of the same generation

嗨~~嗨`(hai1 /hai4)　　　:　for you guys

[Ayana]

In polish:
Good morning - Dzień dobry
Good vening - Dobry wieczór
Hi - Cześć

[www.Beautifulsong.cn]

Also in chinese:

Good morning - 早上好 (pinyin : zao3 shang4 hao3)
Good afternoon - 下午好 (pinyin: xia4 wu3 hao3)
Good evening - 晚上好 (pinyin: wan3 shang4 hao3)

[Ornina]

Dutch:

Hi = Hallo, hoi
Good morning: Goede morgen
Good afternoon: Goede middag
Good evening: Goede avond

German:

Hi = Hallo
Good morning = Guten Morgen
Good afternoon = Guten Tag
Good evening = Guten Abend
Good night = Gute Nacht

Spanish:

Hi = Hola
Good morning: Buenos dias
Good afternoon: Buenas tardes
Good evening: Buenas noches

Syrish:

Hi = Shlomo (at which you answer: Bsheino)
Good morning: Brieg safro/Brieg tobo

French: Salut, Bonjour
Arabic: Salam alaikom (I think.)

I have this feeling I forgot a language..

[Crimson King]

How to say hello to a cop in canto:
Ha lo poke gai smile-big

seriously though, don't say that unless you wanna get your ass beat.

proper way: nei ho

[Tasmanian Tiger]

French: Bonjour = Good morn Salut = Hello/hi. Bonne nuit = good night.
Hindi: Namaskar/Namaste (often greeted with holding your palms together as if praying)

[~Hyuuga_Lily~]

wow,balgarin :amuse
ziveq v Sofia ot 2-3 godini,a ti?
A,o6te bulgari!Misleh 4e sme samo 1-2-ma.Kak ste be hora :wink Az nqma smisul da obqsnqvam kak e zdrasti na bulgarski :laugh

[Tom1k]

In slovak Language

Hello - Ahoj, čau
Good morning - Dobré ráno
Good afternoon - dobré poobedie
Good evening - dobrý večer
Good night - dobrú noc
Do you speak english? - Hovorí po anglicky?

Our language is very hard for english speaking people...:)))

[KentaLjung]

Swedish?

Hi: Hej, (or like a teenager = Tja!)
Wazzup?: Läget?
Howdy: Tjaba

Tja for teenagers? Everyone uses tja, its way common even for adults ("Tj" is pronounced like "sh")

there also:

-Tjena

-hallå

Good morning = God morgon

Good night = God natt

[chiffani]

bonjure in french, hola en espanol, hello or hi in english, and konnichiwa en nihongo (japanese)

[Archasan]

In Latvian:

Hi! - Sveiki!
Good morning - Labriit
Good afternoon - Labdien
Good evening - Labvakar
Good night - Ar labu nakti. or Saldus sapnjus (sweet dreams)
How are you? - Kā (tev) iet?



Lithuanian
Hi! - Sveiki!
Good morning - Labas rytas
Good afternoon - Labas dienas
Good evening - Labas vakaras
How are you? - Ko norit?

Estonian
Hi! - Terre!

[Dark Kyuubi]

in portuguese its :
Ola.

[+Kohana_Ame+]

Sdravo!/Dobar dan! - Hello!/Good Afternoon! (Serbish)
Hallo!/Guten Tag! - (German)
Ciao!/Bon Giorno! - (Italian)
Salut!/Bonjour! - (French)
Hi!/Guden Daag! - (Dutch)

[saphira]

In Romanian:

Salut / Bună –Hi
Bună dimineaţa –Good morning
Bună ziua –Good afternoon
Bună seara –Good evening
Noapte bună –Good night

[miaka16]

Hallo -> french
ohayo -> japanese
hello -> english

The most i know...

[Atalay]

"Merhaba" in turkish

[DaisukeofWater]

I speak 2 languages..obviously ENglish. (the american kind)
And Mexican. (spanish)

Theres Hola which is hello.
Then theres Bueno which means Good day. Bueno Noches means good night, Bueno Dias means good moring.

[sasuke_limays]

in malay we say "apa khabar"..

[sasuke_limays]

I speak tagalog and english, but the thing is, the way to say hi/hello in tagalog is the same:zaru

is it ryte??

[Magru]

Damn! I was writing such a long post and suddenly it erased everything...

Well, whatever...

In Polish/po polsku:

Hi, hello - cześć, witam;
Yo - yo, siema, elo/ello;
Good morning/afternoon - dzień dobry;
Good evening/night (as for a welcome only) - dobry wieczór;
Welcome - witam/witamy(plural - we), witaj/witajcie(plural - you), wita (e.g. "Gdańsk wita" - "Gdańsk welcomes");
Bye - pa, cześć;
See you (later) - do zobaczenia (później), na razie;
Good bye - do widzenia;
Good night (as for a farewell only) - dobranoc;
Farewell - similarly to welcome: żegnam/żegnamy, żegnaj/żegnajcie, żegna.

Want to learn more of the language or pronounciation? Write in thread "Polish" or pm me. smile-big