Hello, good-bye, and thank you.

[Imparcticle]

I am trying to learn ways of saying "hello", "good-bye" and "thank you". in as many languages as possible. So far this is what I've got:

1.) English: Hello
Good-bye
Thank you

2.) Amharic: Selam
Ciao
Amesegenalow (meaning, I thank you)

3.) Spanish: Hola
Adios
gracias

4.) Arabic: Selam
A'asalaama
Shukran

5.) French: ?
?
Merci


If anyone knows how to say anything in another language that are/is synonymous to "hello", "good-bye", and "thank you" then please tell me.

Thanks.

 

[jimmy p]

6.) German: Hallo
Auf Viedersehen (sp)
Danke

French is ... hello = Bonjour
goodbye: Au revoir

7.) Italian: Ciao (?)
Arrivederci
Grazie

8.) Russian: Strasvoitche (phonetic i think for all the russian...)
Do Svidanye
I think it is Spacibo or Spaciba... or that could be "please"... its been a while..

 

[jimmy p]

9.) Cantonese: Whey
?
?

 

[Evo]

What's fun is learning the way people answer the phone.

US - hello

Italy - pronto

Japan - mushi mushi

France - allo

Mexico - bueno

 

[jimmy p]

I usually answer the phone by saying "word" or "what do you want?" or "mad house, chief looney speaking"... sometimes it's "yo yo!"

 

[TALewis]

Mr. Burns: Ahoy hoy!

 

[faust9]

6b) German also:

Tag (Guten tag)
Auf Wiedersehen**
bitte (general purpose for please/thank you)

10) Hawaiian:

Aloha
Aloha
Mahalo

 

[Shahil]

Afrikaans

Hello - hallo (as english I think!)
Tot Siens
Dankie

 

[Janus]

Finnish:

Hello - hei
good-bye - hyvästi
Thank you - kiitos

 

[Polly]

9.) Cantonese: Whey
? goodbye - Joy Keen
? thank you - Door Jer

Yan Can Cook accent guaranteed.

 

[iansmith]

French is ... hello = Bonjour
goodbye: Au revoir

Hello is also Allo depending on the sense and region used.

Indonesian
hello = salam
goodbye = selamat jalan; selamat tinggal
thank you = terima-kasih

 

[Janitor]

The Gomer Pyle dialect of English:

* Hey thar!

* All the best to you an' yers.

* Gaaaaawwwwlly!

 

[Evo]

The Gomer Pyle dialect of English:

* Hey thar!

* All the best to you an' yers.

* Gaaaaawwwwlly!

You forgot "awww, shucks".

 

[Janitor]

You forgot "awww, shucks" - Evo

Aww, 'tweren't nothin.' I do that all the time, ma'am.

 

[Pattielli]

9.) Cantonese: Whey
?
?

Wei=Hello
Ni hao=Hello
Zai Jian=Goodboy

 

[Math Is Hard]

In Swahili, Jambo means hello.

Here's some Texan:

Hello = Howdy
Goodbye= Y'all take care, now
Thank you = Much obliged

 

[Polly]

Wei=Hello
Ni hao=Hello
Zai Jian=Goodboy

This is mandarin, not cantonese .

 

[Pattielli]

Didnt read it carefulee
Wei, the same
Lei h(a)u=Hello
Mu koi=Bye bye

 

[Polly]

Hey, seriously, how do you know that?

 

[Pattielli]

Hey, seriously, how do you know that?

how about you? how can you speak English ? How can you speak Chinese ? huh ? :shy:

 

[Polly]

Well said .

 

[The_Professional]

Hello = Kamusta
Goodbye = Paalam
Thank you = Maraming Salamat

 

[Pattielli]

What kind of language is that ?

 

[The_Professional]

I will give a goat and two pigs to anybody who can guess that

 

[Pattielli]

No, if I guess right, give me a rabit!
Is that tha language spoken by Malaysian ? Hmm?
Send me the rabit!

 

[faust9]

I will give a goat and two pigs to anybody who can guess that

Tagalog? I seem to remember hearing Kamusta once while Olongapo.

 

[The_Professional]

Tagalog? I seem to remember hearing Kamusta once while Olongapo.

CORRECT!

yep

 

[faust9]

You can forego the critters. I had to say the word a couple of times before it rang a distant bell. It finally dawned when I elongated the Ka to more of a Kooo or Ku sound.

 

[kuengb]

Reto-Romanian:

Hello - Bun di (Hello Al! - Al bun di! hahaha very funny.)
Good bye - A revair
Thank you - Grazia

 

[arildno]

Norwegian
Hello-Hallo/Hei
Good bye-Ha det
Thank you-Takk skal du ha/Tusen takk/Takk