Say Hello In Different Languages
How To Say Hello In Different Languages
1. Armenian- Barev or Bavarien ches
2. English – Hello (formal), Hi (informal), What's up? (very informal - slang)
3. French – Salut (informal, silent "T"), Bonjour (formal, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonsoir (good evening, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonne Nuit (good night). There is also "Ca Va", but this is moreso used as "How are you?"
4. Bahamas – Hello (formal), Hi and heyello (informal), What you sayin Buyh (very informal - slang)
5. German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) pronounced Gu-ten (like goo)-tan Tag like Prague, Tag (very informal). The G in "Tag" is pronounced like Tah-ckh. The A makes an Ah-sound.
6. Guamanian- Hafa Adai(hello/what' s up?), Hafa??(informal) , Howzzit bro/ bran/prim/che' lu?(informal) , Sup(informal) and all other Hello's in english work.
7. Bavarian and Austrian German – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott), Servus (informal, also means "goodbye", pronounced zair-voos)
8. Northern German – Moin Moin
9. Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola), Que Onda (South America)(very informal, like What's up,
pronounced Ke Onduh)–, Que Hay, (also) Que pasa (Spain, informal); Buenos DÃas (good morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying 'Buenas'.
10. Slovak – Dobrý bodyeny] (formal), ahoj [ahoy], Ä?au [chow] and dobri (informal)
11. Welsh – North Wales = Shwmai (Pronounced shoe-my) Optional throughout Wales = Twll Din Pob Saes (Pronounced - too-ll dean pobe saees)
12. Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
13. Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS) ; 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); Doumo (DO-MO) (Informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well, only use when context makes sense)
14. Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
15. Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
16. Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
17. Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat. Marhaba (Hello!)
18. Persian – Salaam or Do-rood (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-o- aleykum in all Islamic societies)
19. Hindi – Namaste (pronounced Na-mus-thei) , kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)
20. Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as "Goodbye")
21. Dutch – Hoi (very informal), Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
22. Russian– Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy- tyeh)
23. Romanian is Buna (bu-nhuh)
24. Chinese, Mandarin – Ni hao (pronounced knee how)
25. Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
26. Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
27. Norwegian – Hei (Hi), Hallo (Hello), Heisan(Hi there), Halloisen (very informal)
28. Portuguese – "Oi", "Boas", "Olá" or "Alô" (informal), Bom dia (good morning), Boa tarde (good afternoon), Boa Noite(good evening)
29. Danish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal), God aften (evening - formal), Hejsa (very informal).
30. Burmese – Mingalarbar
31. Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
32. Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
33. Tagalog (Philippines) – Mabuhay (Welcome);Kumusta Ka (How are you); Magandang Umaga (Good Morning); Magandang Hapon (Good Afternoon); Magandang Gabi (Good Evening/Good Night)
34. Esperanto – Saluton
35. Telugu – Namaskaram
36. Tamil – Vanakkam
37. Swahili – Jambo
38. Sinhala – A`yubowan (Aa-yu-bo-wan) means "long live"
39. Lingala – Mbote
40. Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
41. Nepali – Namaskar, Namaste, K cha (informal), kasto cha
42. Polish – Dzień dobry (formal), Cześć (informal)
43. Hawaiian – Aloha
44. Local Hawaiian Pidgin – 'Sup braddah!
45. Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you're a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you're a guy)
46. Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word "oh") naput](Good- day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
47. Czech – Dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobrý den (formal), Ahoj (informal)
48. Ukranian – Dobriy ranuke (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
49. Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
50. Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal) - Moro (Tamperensis)
51. Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
52. Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
53. Malayalam – Namaskkaram
54. Urdu – Adaab
55. Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
56. Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
57. 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)
58. Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
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60. Croatian – Boke (informal), dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar dan (Day), Dobra Većer (evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
61. Navajo – Ya'at'eeh. (Hello!)
62. Maltese – Merħba (welcome), Bonġu (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
63. Congo – Mambo
64. 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
65. Senegal – Salamaleikum (see 11.)
66. German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
67. Scanian – Haja (universal), Hallå (informal), Go'da (formal), Go'maren (morning greeting), Go'aften (evening greeting)
68. Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
69. Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
70. Tongan – Malo e leilei
71. Tahitian – Ia Orana
72. Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
73. Maori – Kia ora
74. Romanian – Salut; Buna dimineata/ziua/ seara (respectful good morning/day/ evning); Buna (usually for girls)
75. Gujrathi – Kem Che
76. Marathi – Namaskar
77. Surfer – 'tsup?
78. South African English – Hoezit (Howzit) (Informal Greeting)
79. Lao – Sabaidee (sa-bai-dee)
80. Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) – Kwe Kwe (Gway gway)
81. Serbian – Zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), Dobro veÄ?e (pronounced as "dobro vetche", means Good evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
82. Kannada — Namaskara
83. Mongolia – Sain baina uu? SA-YEN BAYA-NU(Formal) ; Sain uu? SAY-NU(Informal) ; Ugluunii mend (Good morning, pronounced as 'oglony mend', 'o'sound like 'old'); Udriin mend (Good afternoon, pronounced as 'odriin mend', again 'o'sound like 'old'); Oroin mend (Good evening, pronounced as 'oroin mend', but here 'o' sound like 'orc')
84. Slovenian — živjo (informal(ž sounds like zh); dobro jutro (good morning); dober dan (good afternoon); dober veÄ?er (good evening (Ä? sounds like ch in chips)
85. Gaeilge — Dia Duit (informal(Pronounce d Gee ah Ditch) Literal Translation God be with you.
86. Kurdish — Roj Bas (ROHZJ BAHSH)
87. Bengali — Namaskar, Salamwalaikum (see 14)
88. Igbo — Nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo; Nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
89. Zulu- sawubona
90. Northen Shoto- dumelang
91. Yiddish-Sholem Aleikhem (may peace be unto you), Borokhim Aboyem, or "Gut Morgn" (good morning,), "gutn ovnt" (good evening), "Gutn Tog" (Good day) and on the Sabbath "gut Shabbos".,
92. Basque – Kaixo (Hello, Hi, pron. Kai-show), Egun on (Good morning, pron. egg-un own) Gau on (Good night, pron. gow own)
93. Pig Latin - Eyhay (informal), Ellohay (formal), Hatsway puay? (Whats up?)
94. Texan - Howdy (informal)
95. Canada - Hello
96. Vietnamese - Chà o
97. Bulgarian -Zdraveite , Zdrasti(informal)
98. Georgian - Gamardjoba
2. English – Hello (formal), Hi (informal), What's up? (very informal - slang)
3. French – Salut (informal, silent "T"), Bonjour (formal, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonsoir (good evening, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonne Nuit (good night). There is also "Ca Va", but this is moreso used as "How are you?"
4. Bahamas – Hello (formal), Hi and heyello (informal), What you sayin Buyh (very informal - slang)
5. German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) pronounced Gu-ten (like goo)-tan Tag like Prague, Tag (very informal). The G in "Tag" is pronounced like Tah-ckh. The A makes an Ah-sound.
6. Guamanian- Hafa Adai(hello/what' s up?), Hafa??(informal) , Howzzit bro/ bran/prim/che' lu?(informal) , Sup(informal) and all other Hello's in english work.
7. Bavarian and Austrian German – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott), Servus (informal, also means "goodbye", pronounced zair-voos)
8. Northern German – Moin Moin
9. Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola), Que Onda (South America)(very informal, like What's up,
pronounced Ke Onduh)–, Que Hay, (also) Que pasa (Spain, informal); Buenos DÃas (good morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying 'Buenas'.
10. Slovak – Dobrý bodyeny] (formal), ahoj [ahoy], Ä?au [chow] and dobri (informal)
11. Welsh – North Wales = Shwmai (Pronounced shoe-my) Optional throughout Wales = Twll Din Pob Saes (Pronounced - too-ll dean pobe saees)
12. Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
13. Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS) ; 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); Doumo (DO-MO) (Informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well, only use when context makes sense)
14. Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
15. Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
16. Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
17. Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat. Marhaba (Hello!)
18. Persian – Salaam or Do-rood (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-o- aleykum in all Islamic societies)
19. Hindi – Namaste (pronounced Na-mus-thei) , kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)
20. Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as "Goodbye")
21. Dutch – Hoi (very informal), Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
22. Russian– Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy- tyeh)
23. Romanian is Buna (bu-nhuh)
24. Chinese, Mandarin – Ni hao (pronounced knee how)
25. Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
26. Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
27. Norwegian – Hei (Hi), Hallo (Hello), Heisan(Hi there), Halloisen (very informal)
28. Portuguese – "Oi", "Boas", "Olá" or "Alô" (informal), Bom dia (good morning), Boa tarde (good afternoon), Boa Noite(good evening)
29. Danish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal), God aften (evening - formal), Hejsa (very informal).
30. Burmese – Mingalarbar
31. Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
32. Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
33. Tagalog (Philippines) – Mabuhay (Welcome);Kumusta Ka (How are you); Magandang Umaga (Good Morning); Magandang Hapon (Good Afternoon); Magandang Gabi (Good Evening/Good Night)
34. Esperanto – Saluton
35. Telugu – Namaskaram
36. Tamil – Vanakkam
37. Swahili – Jambo
38. Sinhala – A`yubowan (Aa-yu-bo-wan) means "long live"
39. Lingala – Mbote
40. Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
41. Nepali – Namaskar, Namaste, K cha (informal), kasto cha
42. Polish – Dzień dobry (formal), Cześć (informal)
43. Hawaiian – Aloha
44. Local Hawaiian Pidgin – 'Sup braddah!
45. Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you're a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you're a guy)
46. Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word "oh") naput](Good- day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
47. Czech – Dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobrý den (formal), Ahoj (informal)
48. Ukranian – Dobriy ranuke (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
49. Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
50. Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal) - Moro (Tamperensis)
51. Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
52. Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
53. Malayalam – Namaskkaram
54. Urdu – Adaab
55. Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
56. Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
57. 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)
58. Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
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60. Croatian – Boke (informal), dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar dan (Day), Dobra Većer (evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
61. Navajo – Ya'at'eeh. (Hello!)
62. Maltese – Merħba (welcome), Bonġu (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
63. Congo – Mambo
64. 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
65. Senegal – Salamaleikum (see 11.)
66. German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
67. Scanian – Haja (universal), Hallå (informal), Go'da (formal), Go'maren (morning greeting), Go'aften (evening greeting)
68. Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
69. Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
70. Tongan – Malo e leilei
71. Tahitian – Ia Orana
72. Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
73. Maori – Kia ora
74. Romanian – Salut; Buna dimineata/ziua/ seara (respectful good morning/day/ evning); Buna (usually for girls)
75. Gujrathi – Kem Che
76. Marathi – Namaskar
77. Surfer – 'tsup?
78. South African English – Hoezit (Howzit) (Informal Greeting)
79. Lao – Sabaidee (sa-bai-dee)
80. Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) – Kwe Kwe (Gway gway)
81. Serbian – Zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), Dobro veÄ?e (pronounced as "dobro vetche", means Good evening), Laku Noć (Good Night)
82. Kannada — Namaskara
83. Mongolia – Sain baina uu? SA-YEN BAYA-NU(Formal) ; Sain uu? SAY-NU(Informal) ; Ugluunii mend (Good morning, pronounced as 'oglony mend', 'o'sound like 'old'); Udriin mend (Good afternoon, pronounced as 'odriin mend', again 'o'sound like 'old'); Oroin mend (Good evening, pronounced as 'oroin mend', but here 'o' sound like 'orc')
84. Slovenian — živjo (informal(ž sounds like zh); dobro jutro (good morning); dober dan (good afternoon); dober veÄ?er (good evening (Ä? sounds like ch in chips)
85. Gaeilge — Dia Duit (informal(Pronounce d Gee ah Ditch) Literal Translation God be with you.
86. Kurdish — Roj Bas (ROHZJ BAHSH)
87. Bengali — Namaskar, Salamwalaikum (see 14)
88. Igbo — Nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo; Nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
89. Zulu- sawubona
90. Northen Shoto- dumelang
91. Yiddish-Sholem Aleikhem (may peace be unto you), Borokhim Aboyem, or "Gut Morgn" (good morning,), "gutn ovnt" (good evening), "Gutn Tog" (Good day) and on the Sabbath "gut Shabbos".,
92. Basque – Kaixo (Hello, Hi, pron. Kai-show), Egun on (Good morning, pron. egg-un own) Gau on (Good night, pron. gow own)
93. Pig Latin - Eyhay (informal), Ellohay (formal), Hatsway puay? (Whats up?)
94. Texan - Howdy (informal)
95. Canada - Hello
96. Vietnamese - Chà o
97. Bulgarian -Zdraveite , Zdrasti(informal)
98. Georgian - Gamardjoba
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