How many languages can you say "Hello" in?

19 post(s), 16 voice(s)

 
Spring Johnson Spring Johnson ** 68 post(s)

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This is something I thought would be fun to teach my toddler. Here goes:

Spanish: Hola

French: Bonjour

Chinese: Ni hao

Amharic: Ndemen adarru

Indonesian: Abak abar

Croatian: Dobri gen

Korean: Anya Hasayo

I can’t think of anymore…How many do you know?

 
Graham Bouvier Graham Bouvier ** 84 post(s)

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Italian: Ciao
German: Guten tag
Swahili: Jambo
Japanese: Konnichiwa

 
Maria Elsa Sayre Maria Elsa S... ** 182 post(s)

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Tagalog and Cebuano : Kumosta
India : Namasti

 
Dawn Marie Dawn Marie * 41 post(s)

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Three if I can count English!!!! (I feel more special that way) ;)

 
Nao T Nao T ** 58 post(s)

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Zulu (South Africa) : Sawubona
Sotho (South Africa) : Dumela

 
Angela Matos Angela Matos ** 280 post(s)

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Portuguese: Alô (hello)/oi (hi)/olá (hi)

 
Graham Bouvier Graham Bouvier ** 84 post(s)

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Ooo, I remember one more:

Thai: sawatdee krup

 
Sandra Iulia Ronai Sandra Iulia... *** 1,118 post(s)

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Romanian: Bună! / Salut!
Latin: Salve! (one person), Salvete! (two or more people)

 
Mel T Mel T ** 202 post(s)

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Korean : 여보세요 (anyo haseyo)
Malay : Halo (same pronunciation as hello)
Tamil : வணக்கம் (vanakam!)
Hindi : नमस्ते (namaste)
Hebrew : שלום (Shalom)

 
Hitomi Griswold Hitomi Griswold * 34 post(s)

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Farsi (Persian): Salam!
Swedish: Hej!

 
Kay Mori Kay Mori 2 post(s)

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Norwegian: Hei!

 
Luis Parodi Luis Parodi * 13 post(s)

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In Quechua, the old language of The Incas:

Napaykullayki !

 
Graham Bouvier Graham Bouvier ** 84 post(s)

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Wow Luis, thats a mouthful….

 
Marged T Marged T ** 215 post(s)

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ok…
Italian=ciao,buongiorno,salve
Latin=salve, salvete
English=hello
Hindi= namaste नमस्ते ,namaskaar नमस्कार
Greek=yia sou Γειά σου
French=salut
Russian=priviet привет
Spanish=Hola
Urdu=salam سلام
Bengali= nomoshkaar নমস্কার, assalamu alaikum আসসালামু আলাইকুম
Welsh=hylo

 
Sean Duffie Sean Duffie Ambassador ** 214 post(s)

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The Animaniacs have a song about this. That’s how I know like 45 LOL

 
Katherine Garcia Katherine Ga... ** 349 post(s)

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Let’s see….

Kumusta, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Guten Tag, Bonjour, Hola, Hello, An Nyoung Haseyo, Kairein (Gasp! Koine Greek!)…. so 9 languages~

 
Laura  Rivers Laura Rivers ** 181 post(s)

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Sean, your random and hilarious.

 
Marged T Marged T ** 215 post(s)

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oh yes…. I knew ni hao and konnichiwa too….

 
Silvio Covi Silvio Covi * 31 post(s)

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in Latin, add also AVE! like in Ave Maria! Or in: “Ave Caesar imperator, morituri te salutant”, the greeting of the gladiators ready to face death. Ciao! (it’s both hello and goobye)


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