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. :tongue2:

 

[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 :tongue2: .

 

[Pattielli]

Didnt read it carefulee :tongue2:
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

:tongue2:

 

[Pattielli]

I never thought that there is such a language...:tongue2:
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...:tongue2:
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!
:tongue2: :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