Say Hello, Thank-you  & Goodbye All Over the World

Want to be friendly with someone of another nationality?   Need to start off your email or letter with the words HELLO and end with THANK-YOU or GOODBYE in a way familiar to the person you are sending to?  Try any one of the 70 different ways of saying these two important words listed below.  If you need any other words translated you can get them at the Foreign Languages for Travelers Website.

This material can be used to fulfill partial requirements for the Language Strip.

HELLO
THANK YOU
GOODBYE

HELLO

Afrikaans: Hallo
Albanian: Mirëdita
Arabic: Ahalan
Armenian: Parev Asturian hola 
Azerbaijani: - Salam, Salam ælæyküm.
Basque: Kaixo 
Bengali: Ei Je 
Bosnian: Zdravo 
Breton: Demat, salud dit 
Bulgarian: Zdravei/Zdrasti
Catalan: Hola
Chinese: Nihao
Creole: Alo 
Croatian: Bok 
Czech: Dobrý den, Ahoj 
Danish: Goddag 
Dutch: Goede dag, Hallo 
English: Hello 
Esperanto: Saluton 
Estonian: Tere
Farsi: Sa'lam 
Finnish: Hei 
French: Bonjour 
Frisian: Goeie 
Galician: Olá 
German: Guten Tag 
Greek: Gia'sou 
Gujarati: Hello 
Hawaiian: Aloha 
Hebrew: Shalom 
Hindi: Namaste 
Holooe: Pêng-an 
Hungarian: Jó napot 
Icelandic: Halló, Góðan daginn 
Ido: Bona jorno 
Indonesian: Halo 
Interlingua: Salute! 
Irish: Dia dhuit 
Italian: Salve, Ciao 
Japanese: Kon-nichiwa 
Korean: An-nyong Ha-se-yo 
Latin: Salve, Salvëte 
Latvian: Sveicina-ts, Sveiki 
Lithuanian: Sveiki; Labas 
Malaysian: Helo 
Mandarin: Ni hao 
Marshallese: Iakwe (Yokwe) 
Norwegian: Hallo
Occitan: Adieu, adieussiatz (formal) 
Polish: Dzien' dobry 
Europortuguese: Olá 
Portuguese: Olá, Oi 
Romanian: Bunã ziua 
Russian: Zdravstvuyte 
Serbian: Zdravo 
Sesotho: Helele 
Slovak: Ahoj, Nazdar 
Slovenian: Zxivjo 
Spanish: Hola 
Swahili: Jambo, Hujambo 
Swedish: Hej 
Tagalog: Kumusta 
Thai: Sa-wat-dee 
Turkish: Merhaba; selam 
Ukrainian: Vitayu 
Welsh: Hylo; Sut Mae? 
Vietnamese: Xin chào 
Xhosa: Molo 
Yiddish: Sholem aleychem 
Zulu: Sawubona 

THANK YOU

Afrikaans: Dankie
Albanian: Faleminderit
Arabic: Shokran
Armenian: Shenorhagal em
Asturian: Gracies
Azerbaijani: Tæs,ækkür elæyiræm
Basque: Eskerrik asko
Bengali: Dhanyabad
Bosnian: Hvala
Breton: Trugarez, Mersi dit
Bulgarian: Blagodarya
Catalan: Gràcies
Creole: Mèsi
Croatian: Hvala
Czech: De^kuji vám
Danish: Tak
Dutch: Dank u
English: Thank you
Esperanto: Dankon
Estonian: Tänan
Farsi: Mo'teh'shaker'am
Finnish: Kiitos
French: Merci
Frisian: Tankewol
Galician: Graças - Gracias
German: Danke
Greek: Efharisto'
Gujarati: Aabhaar/dhanyavaad
Hawaiian: Mahalo
Hebrew: Toda
Hindi: Dhanyavaad
Holooe: To-siä
Hungarian: Köszönöm
Icelandic: Takk
Ido: Danko
Indonesian: Terima kasih
Interlingua: Gratias
Irish: Go raibh maith agat
Italian: Grazie
Japanese: Arigato
Korean: Kam-sa-ham-ni-da
Latin: Gratias
Latvian: Paldies
Lithuanian: Ac^iu~; De'koju
Malaysian: Terima kasih
Mandarin: Xìe xìe
Marshallese: Kommol
Norwegian: Takk
Occitan: Mercé
Polish: Dzie,kuje
Europortuguese: Obrigado
Portuguese: Obrigado (m), Obrigada (f)
Romanian: Mult'umesc
Russian: Spasibo
Serbian: Hvala
Sesotho: Ke a leboha
Slovak: D^akujem vám (formal); D^akujem ti (informal)
Slovenian: Hvala
Spanish: Gracias
Swahili: Asante
Swedish: Tack
Tagalog: Salamat
Thai: Kob-khun
Turkish: Te,sekkürler; te,sekkür ederim
Ukrainian: Dyakuyu
Welsh: Diolch
Vietnamese: Cám o*n
Xhosa: Enkosi
Yiddish: A dank aych
Zulu: Ngiyabonga

GOODBYE

Afrikaans: Totsiens
Albanian: Mirupafshim
Arabic: Ma'a ElSalama
Armenian: Menak Parov
Asturian: alón, adios
Azerbaijani: Sagv olun
Basque: Agur
Bengali: Khoda Hafez
Bosnian: Do vidjenja (Allah imanet - Muslim part)
Breton: Kenavo
Bulgarian: Dovijdane, Sbogom
Catalan: Adéu
Creole: Orevwa
Croatian: Zbogom, Do vidjanja
Czech: Na shledanou
Danish: Farvel
Dutch: Tot ziens
English: Goodbye
Esperanto: ^Gis revido
Estonian: Head aega
Farsi: Kho'da Ha'fez
Finnish: Näkemiin
French: Au revoir, Adieu
Frisian: Oant sjen
Galician: Adeus, Abur
German: Auf Wiedersehen
Greek: andi'o sas
Gujarati: aavjo
Hawaiian: Aloha
Hebrew: shalom
Hindi: alavidha (namaste)
Holooe: Pêng-an
Hungarian: Viszontlátásra
Icelandic: Bless
Ido: Adio
Indonesian: Sampai jumpa
Interlingua: Adeo
Irish: Slán agat/slán leat
Italian: Arrivederci, Ciao
Japanese: Sayounara
Korean: An-nyong-hi Ka-ship-sio
Latin: Vale, Valëte
Latvian: Uz redze-svanos
Lithuanian: Viso gero
Malaysian: selamat tinggal
Mandarin: zài jiàn
Marshallese: Bar iakwe
Norwegian: Ha det
Occitan: Adieu-sias, adieussiatz (formal)
Polish: do widzenia; do zobaczenia
Europortuguese: Adeus, Tchau
Portuguese: Adeus, Tchau
Romanian: La revedere
Russian: Do svidaniya
Serbian: Dovidyenja
Sesotho: Sala hantle
Slovak: Dovidenia
Slovenian: Adijo
Spanish: Adiós
Swahili: Kwa heri (to one), Kwa herini (to many)
Swedish: Hej då, Adjö
Tagalog: Paalam
Thai: lar-korn
Turkish: güle güle, alahsmaladžk
Ukrainian: do pobachennya
Welsh: Da boch chi
Vietnamese: Ta.m bie^.t
Xhosa: Sala kakuhle
Yiddish: sholem, adyé
Zulu: sala(ni) kahle (if you're leaving), hamba(ni) kahle (if you're staying)