by crustine » 1/20/2007, 5:51 pm
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English – Hello (formal), Hi (informal)
French – Salut (informal, silent "T"), Bonjour (formal)
German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal)
Bavarian – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott)
Northern German – Moin Moin
Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola)– Buenos Días (morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening)
Slovak – Dobrý de? [dobrii dyeny]
Welsh – Helo
Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS) (Morning); Konnichi wa (KOHN-NI-CHEE-WA) (Daytime or Afternoon); Konban wa (KOHN-BAHN-WA)(Evening); Moshi Moshi (MO-SHE MO-SHE) (When answering the phone)
Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat.
Persian – Salaam or Do-rood (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
Hindi – Namaste
Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as "Goodbye")
Dutch – Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
Russian – Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
Chinese, Mandarin – Ni Hao(Nee HA-oh)
Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
Norwegian – Hei
Portuguese – "Oi" or "Olá" (informal), Bom dia (morning), Boa tarde (afternoon), Boa Noite (evening)
Danish – Hej (informal) God dag (formal)
Burmese – Mingalarbar
Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
Vietnam – Chao
Filipino – Kumusta Ka (How are you)
Esperanto – Saluton
Tamil – Vanakkam
Swahili – Jambo
Lingala – Mbote
Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
Nepali – Namaskar
Polish – Dzie? dobry (formal), Cze?? (informal)
Hawai'ian – Aloha
Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you're a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you're a guy)
Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word "oh") naput](Good-day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
Czech – Dobry rano (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobry den
Ukranian – Dobriy ranok (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal)
Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
Pig Latin – Ellohay
Malayalam – Namaskkaram
Urdu – Adaab
Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
Oshikwanyama – Wa uhala po, Meme? (to woman) / Wa uhala po, Tate? (to man) (response: ee) Nawa tuu? (response: ee) (formal) Ongaipi? (how is it? - informal)
Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
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Croatian – Bok (informal), Dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar Dan (Day), Dobra Ve?er (evening), Laku No? (Good Night)
Navajo – Ya'at'eeh. (Hello!)
Maltese – Mer?ba (welcome), Bon?u (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
Congo – Mambo
Jibberish – Huthegelluthego, H-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (hello,formal), H-diguh-i(hi, informal), H-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (how are you?)Jibberish
Senegal – Salamaleikum (see 11.)
German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
Scanian – Haj (universal), Hallå (informal), Go'da (formal), Go'maren (morning greeting), Go'aften (evening greeting)
Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
Tongan – Malo e leilei
Tahitian – Ia Orana
Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
Maori – Kia ora
Romanian – Alo
Gujrathi – Kem Che
Marathi – Namaskar
Surfer – 'tsup?
Lao – Sawa dee krap/ka
Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) – Kwe Kwe (Gway gway)
Serbian – Zdravo (informal), Dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), Dobro ve?e (pronounced as "dobro vetche", means Good evening), Laku No? (Good Night)
Kannada &#; Namaskara
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