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

 

[Monique]

I am trying to learn ways of saying "hello", "good-bye" and "thank you". in as many languages as possible.

Dutch:
Hello - hoi / dag / hallo
Goodbye - hoi / dag / doei / doeg
Thank you - dank je

 

[Pattielli]

I never thought that there is such a language...
I also have to admit that tongue2 is the most beautiful icon and a mostly used one!

 

[Math Is Hard]

I never thought that there is such a language...
I also have to admit that tongue2 is the most beautiful icon and a mostly used one!

I agree. Tongue2 recently won our "Most Beautiful PF Smiley" contest.

 

[Pattielli]

I agree. Tongue2 recently won our "Most Beautiful PF Smiley" contest.

I was not joking at all, you can look at the image icons right next to your "reply to thread" 's edit box, you will see all are with strange ugly eyes, the yellow one smily and dark red cool can be 3th and 2nd rank respectively, the shy one will get the fourth position prize...Here they are, ready for receiving prizes from Nina-exectutive manager, marketting manager and also as a famous !lawyer!
:shy:

Oh forgot to say, here, the last position, also has a prize but will be delivered Robert Lovelace...Here it is.

 

[meteor]

Catalan:
Hola
Adeu
Gràcies

Catalan is spoken by 11 million of persons. It's the eight language in number of speakers inside the 25 countries of the European Union

It's a mixture of Spanish and French

 

[Pattielli]

Honestly, this is the first time I hear of Catalan.
True, it is also just like a a couple of years ago, I met a girl who is now one of my best friends, you know she told she is from Tonga. and that made me stuned for a while since I hadnot heard of it before...I have to admit that i am really bad at geography and my common sense about different places of the world is really not good...

But do all the Spaniards know/can they speak Catalan ?

 

[meteor]

No, in fact I would say that catalan is hated in the zones where is not spoken; it comes from a long history... Catalonia was an independent (and powerful) nation until was annexed by Spain. So we are a bit like the "strangers" for the rest of Spain. But there are other minor languages talked in Spain: Euskera in the Basque country, and galego in Galicia. Galego is very similar to portuguese, and euskera is very peculiar because, contrarily to most west-european tongues is not of romanic origin. It probably shares the same origin as the Berber talked in the north of Africa

Catalan is spoken in the zones indicated in this map
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/catnet/Ppccnou1.jpg

the box in right inferior corner shows the city of Alghero in the italian island of Sardinia. Catalan is still spoken in that city, a reminder of the times when the whole island of Sardinia was a catalan possession

 

[Pattielli]

Thanks for your explanation...(:smile)

In Japan, people usually use "Kon nichi wa" as Hello and it is also used as "Good afternoon"(though its truest meaning must be "around noon" (smile))
On the phone people will say:
申し申し-Moshi Moshi = Hello
こんにちは(今日は)-Kon ni chi wa = Hello (people use OhayoGozaimasu(Goodmorning), Konchiwa(Good afternoon), Konbanwa(Good evening) more often than only Konnichiwa because they are correct about time and sound more *friendlier*)
さよなら -Sa yo nara= Bye Bye (young Japanese use *Bye* more than this Sayonara...(smile))
有難うございました- Ari gato go zai ma shi ta = Thanks (Sometimes some will say only Arigato gozaimasu which is not as formal as the previous one and sound a little *not good but not bad*, it is just not formal and oftenly used among friends or people who are in the same class or rank or the same age, though)

People in some other parts of the country have different pronunciations and different uses of words especially those in Osaka...

 

[kuengb]

Kon nichi wa -check!
Moshi moshi -check!
Ari gato -check!

If someone can now tell me what "domo" means, my Kill Bill vocabulary will be complete.

 

[Pattielli]

Domo has a lot of different meanings and it is up to each situation where the speaker uses it, listener will then figure out itstrue meaning, you speak out something that uses Domo, I will try to let you know its meaning...And please remember that when you already know how to put it in your own statements, you actually already know it boforehand.
Sounds like aloof but unfortunately it is adoof!

 

[Muzza]

Swedish:

Hello: hej/hallå/tjänare
Good bye: hej då/vi ses
Thanks: tack

 

[baffledMatt]

Southern Californian:
Hello: Hey dude
goodbye: Later dude
Thanks: Thanks dude

Norwegian (in my experience ):
Hello: snakker du engelsk?
goodbye: nei? Oh well, nevermind.
thanks: Ta anyway.

 

[Pattielli]

My language:

hello shashe
goodbye sheaya
thankyou tushuya

 

[jimmy p]

Southern Californian:
Hello: Hey dude
goodbye: Later dude
Thanks: Thanks dude

Dude, seriously?

 

[baffledMatt]

Well, that's how my flatmate speaks, although he has a slight western LA dialect so tends to say "waddup" instead of "hey dude".

 

[jimmy p]

totally

(actually this hardly even WARRANTS a post...)

 

[meteor]

are you japanese Pattielli? Why then this italian-like nick?

 

[Math Is Hard]

yeah - what language was that, Patielli?

 

[Gokul43201]

My language:

hello shashe
goodbye sheaya
thankyou tushuya

This must be some kind of Japanese. Toshiya is a common Japanese name ...and toshuya is close to that.

Shashe (or something close to that) is the name of a God in some religion - I'm fairly certain it's Oriental or thereabouts.

 

[Imparcticle]

not japanese...

"Shashe" is a name of a river around Botswana, South Africa or Zimbabwe.

Well, thanks for all your replies.
And in my language, I will repeat this sentence:
Ena benay cwonqua indegna elalow ehaynen calat.

Let's see who can guess what language that's in?