1. English: Hello :D
2. Spanish: Hola
3. Japanese: Konnichi wa
4. Chinese: Nihow (spelling?)
5. French: Bon’jour
6. German: Guten Tag
7. ...
Comments:
Portuguese
“Oi” or “olá”.
“Oi” is more popular… “Olá” is little bit formal.
Finnish
Hyvää päivää
hy is pronounced like “who”, or more accurately to rhyme with a German ü. The letters ä are pronounced very open, right at the front of the mouth. Double letters are held for double time.
hy-vä-ä-X-pai-vä-ä
Of course, less formally, use ‘hei’ (like American ‘hey’) or ‘moi’.
Hope this helps :)
Oh… and that Chinese spelling is “nǐ hǎo”
More languages
this is a really cool goal.
my contribution:
Italian: ciao
Slovak and Czech: ahoj
Modern Greek: geia sou (pronounced ya su)
toolisima is making the list again
dutch
“dag” or “hallo”
“dag” also to say bye, but in A’dam people just say “dui” or “dug” (not sure how to spell it)
Oh, and by the way, this is a very cool goal to make a few international friends…so you kill two birds with just one shot (is a spanish expression). In case you were wondering, I am from Guatemala but now living in Amsterdam.
Chadwyk M wants to be free
Animaniacs
There was a cartoon in the US called The Animaniacs. In this cartoon there was a song called “The Hello Song” that contained many ways to say hello in different languages. You can probably still download on like Limewire or some file sharing network.
Here are the lyrics. Just found them.
Yakko: There’s a word in every language
A word that you should know
A word that means you’re friendly
A word used high and low.
Though the way to say it varies
Most everywhere you go
Its meaning never changes
And that word is…
YW+D : ...Hello!
YW+D : Hello!
Hello!
Hello! Hello! Hello!
Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
Hello! Hello!
Yakko: In Germany it’s “guten Tag”
Which also means “good day”
“Ni hao” is exactly how
Hello sounds in Taipei.
In Portugal it’s “ola”
In Arabic, “salem”
Saying “zravo” means hello
In Macedonian.
It’s “aloha” in Hawaii
They say “ya su” in Greece
In Israel the word’s “shalom”
And that means “peace”.
The Italians have “buon giorno”
The Viennese, “servus”
When you’re at the Eiffel Tower
Just smile and say “salut!”
YW+D : Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
Hello! Hello!
Yakko: In Nepal they say “namaste”
In Sweden, “goddag”
In Thailand, “sabai dee roo”
“Dobri den” in Prague.
In the Spanish language, “hola”
The Netherlands, it’s “dag”
In Japanese, “konnichi-wa”
And “hey” in Little Rock.
When you say “u hali gani”
Swahili is the tongue
In Russian it’s “zdrahstvooyteh”
Which sounds way better sung.
If you’re ever in Korea
“Ahnyung hahsay yo!”
And in some parts of Brooklyn
Hello is just plain “yo!”
Y+W : Hello!
Dot : Hello!
Y+W : Hello!
Dot : Hello…
Y+W : Hello!
Dot : Hello??
Y+W : Hello!
Dot : Hello!!
YW+D : Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
Hello! Hello!
YW+D : Though the way to say it varies
Most everywhere you go
Its meaning never changes
Hello!
Hello!!
Hello!!!
G’bye
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