BASIC PHRASES IN MANY LANGUAGES


Most of the times, I have not used the original spelling but have tried to write it phonetically. The phonetic rules are similar to that used in ITRANS encoding.

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Algonquian Cree


Thank you = mikwEc
Everyone is sitting = apinA-biwun
What is your name? = Tanisi ki sehkason?
Hello = tAnisi
How are you? = tAnisi kiya?

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Aleut

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Arabic (alarabIa)


Hello = ahalan
How are you? = kaifa halok?
Goodbye = ma a elsalama
Thank you = shokran
Thank you very much = shokran gazillan
Excuse me = ann eazinak
Please = min fadilak
Good = taib, bikair
Friend = sadik
What is your name? = ma ismOk?

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Avestan

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French (Francais)


Hello = allo
How are you? = ca va
Please = Sil vU play
Good = bien
Thank you = merci
Thank you very much = merci bOcU
Goodbye = Au revau
See you tomorrow = Au bientot

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German (Deutsch)


Hello = guten tag
How are you? = wie gehts?
Please = bitte
Good = gut
Thank you = danke
Thank you very much = vielen danke
Goodbye = auf wiedersehen

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Hebrew (Ivrit)


Hello = Shalom
How are you? = ma Shlomkha?, ma Shlomekh? (female)
What is your name? = ma Shimkha?, ma Shimekh (female)
Goodbye = Shalom
Thank you = toda, toda raba
Please = be'vakaSha
Good = tov
Good night = layla tov
Yes, No = ken, lo
Excuse me, I am sorry = slikha, ani mitsta-er

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Hindi

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Inuit

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Iroquan

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Irish (Gaelica)


Hello = dia dhuit
How are you? = conas ta tu?, cEn chaoi a bfhuil tu?
Thank you = go raibh maith agat
Goodbye = slan agat, slan leat
Excuse me = haibh mo phardun
Good = maith
What is your name? = cad is ainm duit?
Please = mas e do thoil e, le do thoil

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Japanese (Nihango)

Pronounciation key: ? Thank you = arigatO
Thanks = dOmO
Big thank you = dOmO arigatO
Thank you very much (present tense) = domo arigatO gOzAi mas
Thank you very much (past tense) = domo arigatO gOzAimashitA
Please = kudasai, duozo
How are you? = ogenki desu ka?
You're welcome = doitadhimashite
Excuse me = sumImAsen
I am sorry = gOmen nasai
1st greeting of the day = ohaiOh
Last greeting of the day = oyAsumi nasai
Day time greeting = koinichiwa
Evening greeting = konbanwa
What is that? = na ni desu ka ?
Where is it? = doko desu ka ?
Bye = sayonAra
Birthday = tanjoubi
Happy birthday = tanjoubi omEdetou
What is your name? = anata no namae wa nan to iimasu ka?

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Kannada

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Marathi


Hello = namaskAr
How are you? = kashe Ahat ApaN ?
Good = chAngaLe, jhakAs
Thank you = dhanyawAd
Thank you very much = aapla aabhari aahe
Goodbye = parat bhetu

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Russian (Russky)

Hello = privet
How are you = kak dyEla? , kak pazhivaete?
Good morning = dobrIy Utra
Goodbye = da svidAnya
Thank you = spacIba
Thank you very much = bOlshe spacIba
Please = pazhAlsta
Excuse me = izvinite, prAstete, prOshu prOscheniya
Good, fine = khorOsho
What is your name? = kak vAs zAvUt?, kak vas zvAt?

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Spanish (Espaņol)

Pronounciation key: try to start each phoneme with a consonant

Hello = O'la
Thank you = grAciAs
Thanks a lot = mUchAs grAcias
Please = por favOr
What is your name? = ¿como se yyAma usted?
Good = bien
Bye = adiOs
Friend = el amigo (m), la amiga (f)
How are you ? = ¿como esta usted? , ¿que tAl?

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Tamil (Tamizh)

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