Thursday, October 21, 2010

HELLO in 10 different Languages

When you travel it is recommended to learn the basic greetings of your destination.  Below are some ways to say HELLO or Good Morning in 10 languages.

  1. Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)
  2. French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel)
  3. German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack)
  4. Irish - "Dia duit" (pronounced "Deah Duit"; also means "God Be With You")
  5. Islamic Greeting  - Assalamou Alykoum means peace be upon you.
  6. Japanese - ohayoou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo (go-zai-mass) means Good Morning
  7. Korean - ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned on-nyoung-ha-say-yo)
  8. Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
  9. Scottish - howzitgaun (informal, means "Hello, how are you?")
  10. Spanish - hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la)


(How to say hello in different languages. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.wikihow.com/Say-Hello-in-Different-Language)





Miss M

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