How do you say hello in different languages? Here are some examples. Can you think of any more?
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Language |
Translation |
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Chinese |
你好 nei* ho/lei ho (Cantonese) nǐ hǎo (Mandarin) |
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Dutch |
hallo (informal) goedendag (formal) |
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English |
hi/hey (informal) hello (formal) |
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French |
salut (informal) bonjour (formal, daytime) bonsoir (formal, evening) |
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German |
hallo (informal) Guten Tag (formal, daytime) Guten Abend (formal, evening) |
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Hebrew |
shalom hi (informal) |
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Italian |
ciào (informal) buonguiorno (formal, daytime) buona sera (formal, evening) |
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Japanese |
おはよう（ございます） ohayoou (gozaimasu) |
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Korean |
안녕하세요 ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal) 안녕 ahn nyeong (informal) |
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Portugese |
oi, boas, olá or alô |
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Russian |
Privet! (informal) zdravstvuyte (formal) |
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Spanish |
hola |
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Swedish |
tja (very informal) hej (informal) god dag (formal) |
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Vietnamese |
xin chào |