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Say Hello in Different Languages

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Say "I love you" in different languages:

Say Hello in Different Languages

Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i

Arabic السلام عليكم(peace be upon you)pronounced asslamu alykom

Albanian - Tngyatyeta pronounced To-ngyat-yeta it means have a long life or c'kemi (hi)

Arabic - sabah el kheir (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening): note that Kh is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbA (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ba

Armenian - barev or parev

Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day

Austrian - Grüßgott (formal, pronounced gree'assgott)/ Servus (Informal, said See-ahh-vass, not like the Latin word)

Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)

Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning), Dobar den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)

Cambodian (Khmer)- Sua s'dei (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun Sua s'dei, good afternoon Tivea Sua s'dei, good evening Sayoan Sua s'dei, good night Reatrey Sua s'dei, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)

Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as 你好 . Cantonese is nei* ho or lei ho (pronounced ne ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is nǐ hǎo (remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say 早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) for "Good Morning." *as in eee not a

Congo - mambo

Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)

Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).

Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)

English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,)

Egyptian Arabic - Salaam Alekum'(sulam ulakume) (Goodbye) Ma Salaama (ma sulama) the "U" is pronounced its usual way(Example:up)

Fijian - 'Bula Uro' (Informal Hello) and 'Bula Vinaka' (Formal Hello) is pronounced 'Buh-la Vina-kah'

Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)

French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night)

Georgian - gamardjoba

German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).

Greek - γεια σου (pronounced yah-soo; informal), γεια σας (formal)

Hawaiian - aloha (pronounced ah-low-ha)

Hindi - नमस्ते , namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei)

Hungarian, Magyar - jó napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal), or even heló, like english hello but a longer "o"

Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dahg), hæ (informal; pronounced "hai")

Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)

Irish: "Dia duit" (pronounced "Deah Duit"; also means "God Be With You")

Italian - ciào (pronounced chow; informal; also means "goodbye"), buon giorno (pronounced bwohn geeornoh; good morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (pronounced bwohn pohmehreejeeoh; good afternoon; formal), buona sera (pronounced bbwoonah sehrah; good evening; formal)

Japanese - おはよう　ございます　 ohayoou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo (go-zai-mass); good morning), こんにちは　 konnichi wa (pronounced kong-nee-chee-wa; daytime or afternoon), こんばんは　 konbanwa (pronounced kong-ban-wa; evening); もし　もし　 moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when calling/answering the phone); どうも　 doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of thanking/greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)

Jamaican (slang)- Yow Wah gwaan (pronounced wa-gwaan)

Korean - 안녕하세요 ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned ahn-yan-ha-say-yo), 안녕 ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")(when calling/answering the phone"; 여보세요 "yeo-bo-sae-yo" (prounounced "yuh-boh-say-yoe")

Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-dee)

Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete (pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person), ave (pronounced ar-way; when talking to one person; when talking to someone respected), avete (pronounced ar-way-tay; when talking to more than one respected person)

Malaysian - Selamat datang, which can also mean welcome (pronounced seh-la-mat dah-tan, the g is silent) or you could say apa khabar, which can also mean how are you (pronounced a-pa ka-bar)

Mongolian - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronounced say-noo; informal), ugluunii mend (morning; pronounced ohglohny mend), udriin mend (afternoon, pronounced ohdriin mend), oroin mend (evening; pronounced or-oh-in mend)

Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha

Northern German - moin moin

Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").

Polish - dzień dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cześć (hi, pronounced, "cheshch")

Portuguese - oi, boas, olá or alô (informal); bom dia or bons dias (good morning, used before noon or before the noon meal); boa tarde or boas tardes (good afternoon, used after noon or after the noon meal, until twilight); boa noite or boas noites (good evening and good night, used after twilight).

Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna searaformal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nhuh)

Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)

Scottish , howzitgaun (informal, means "Hello, how are you?") hello (formal)

Serbian - zdravo, ćao (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar dan (afternoon), dobro veče (pronounced dobro vetcheah evening), laku noć (night), do viđenja (see you soon)

South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)

Spanish - hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, qué onda (South America;very informal, like "what's up"; pronounced keh ondah), qué hay, (South America; very informal), qué pasa (Spain, informal), buenos días ("good morning"), buenas tardes (afternoon and early evening), buenas noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying "buenas". Also Qué Transa (Mexico;very informal, like "what's up" pronounced keh trahansa). Qué tál, meaning "what's up", pronounced "kay tal".

Swedish - tja (very informal; pronounced sha), hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)

Swiss German - hallo (informal), grüezi (formal, pronounced kind of grew-tsi), grüessech (informal, used in the capital "Berne" pronounced grewe-thech)