Greetings in Different Languages
A great while back, one of my net friends wanted to see if I could come up with a different greeting whenever I would message him on ICQ. So, I started messaging people on my list to give me a greeting in the languages that they know. I started to use those greetings to greet him and I wounded up prooving to him that I was able to greet him in different ways, haha!
I thought I'd post what I've gathered from them, and lately I have been receiving greetings sent to me from those of you who do stop by here.
Some of the greetings will also include recordings of some of the greetings, so you can have an idea of how they're supposed to be pronounced.
Thank you to those of you who have sent me greetings and to those who recorded them for me. I greatly appreciate it :-)
* To read this page correctly, you will need to download this font if you don't have it.
You may want to stop the background sound before listening to the greetings.
"Hell": Squirrel Nut Zippers
Afrikaans
Goeie More = Hello
Arabic
Marhaba = Hello
Bahasa Malaysia
Selamat Datang = Welcome
Apa Khabar = How are you or what's up?
Terima Kasih = Thank you
Selamat Pagi = Good Morning
Selamat tengah hari = Hello (around noon)
Selamat malam = Good Evening
Bahasa Indonesia
Selamat Pagi = Good Morning
Selamat malam = Good Evening
Selamat Siang = Hello (around noon)
Selamat Sore = Good Afternoon
Bengali
Slamlikum (Muslim), Nawmoshkar (Hindu), Adab (Secular) = Hello
Ki Khawbor = What's up? (What's the news?)
Kemon Achho = How are you?
Bhalo Achhi = I am fine
Cherokee
O'siyo = Hello
Chinese
Ni Hao! = Hello
Zaijian = Goodbye
Danish
Hej, hvorden går det? Hvat laver du? = Hi, how are you? What are you up to?
Dutch
Hallo hoe gaat het? Wat ben je aan het doen? = Hello, how are you? What are you up to?
Farsi
Salaam = Hello
Finnish
Terve, miten menee? Mitä sina teet? = Hi, how are you? What are you up to?
Heippa = Hello
Moi = Hello
French
Bonjour, comment allez-vouz? Bienvenue! = Hello, how are you? Welcome!
Que faites-vous? = What are you up to?
Bon matin! = Good morning!
Bon après-midi! = Good afternoon!
Bonsoir! = Good evening!
Bonne nuit = Good night
German (greeting © blackjack)
Guten tag! Huete alles ok? Alles in ordnung? = Hi how are you? What are you up to? (is everything okay?)
Wie gets = How are you?
Greek
Geia sou = Hello
Hawaiian (greeting © Luna7)
Hebrew
Shalom = Hello
Ma Nishma = What's up? What's going on?
Ma Shlomcha = How are you? (this is greeting a male)
Ma Shlomech = How are you (this is greeting a female)
Lehitraot = I'll see you later
Hungarian
Sziasztok = Hello
Irish
Dia duit = Hello
Inuit
Kutaa = Hello
Italian
Ciao = Bye
Buon giorno = Good morning
Buena sera = Good evening/night
Japanese
Ohio = Hi
Gen ki de su ka = How are you
Konnichiwa = Hello
Laos
Hello = Saa-baii-dii
How are you? = Chau saa-baii-dii baw?
I am fine = Khoi saa-baii-dii
Thank you = Khob chai
Latin
Salve = Hello
Latvian
Sveiki = Hello
Lithuanian
Labas = Hello
Luxembourgish
Moien = Hello
Macedonian
Zdravo = Hello
Maori
Kia'ora = Hello
Mohawk
Kwe = Hello
Nepali
Namaste = Hello
Norwegian
Hei = Hello
Hvordan har du det? = How are you?
Ha en fin dag = Have a nice day
Ha det = Goodbye
Pidgin English
Gude = Hello
Polish
Czesc jak sie masz = Hey how are you
Dzien Dobry = Good Day
Portuguese
Ola = Hi
Romanian
Noroc = Hi
Salut = Hello
Russian
Privet = Hello
Kak dela? = How are you?
Dobroye ytro = Good Morning
Dobry den = Good Afternoon
Dobry vecher = Good Evening
Serbian
Zdravo = Hello
Spanish
Swahili
Habri gani = How are you
Jambo = Hello
Swedish (greeting © Niclas)
Hej hur mår du? Vad sysslar du med? = Hi how are you? What are you up to?
SwissGerman (greeting © blackjack)
Tagalog
Thai
Sawat dii = Hello
Turkish
Merhaba = Hi
Vietnamese
Chao = Hello
Welsh
Dydd da = Hello
- If I typed any of them wrong or if you would like me to add a greeting in a language that you know (and if you can include a recording of the greeting(s) that would be great), please e-mail the greeting to me. I'd appreciate it. :-)
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*Last updated December 19, 1999
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