Greetings in local languages

[Charley]

Some time ago there was a post on one of the forums (probably R&N or Questions) which had everyday greetings in a variety of languages. It ended up being quite an epic with a lot of contributions; there was no excuse for not knowing how to say 'Good Morning' in Polish or 'Goodbye' in Afrikaans.

My attempts at searching for that post have been fruitless. I would appreciate it if anyone can either post a link to it or provide me an easily-reproducable copy made at the time.

Thanks.

[Akro]

Hi Charley,

I copied those greetings the last time this thread was hot on PPRuNe! (I even made a paper copy and have it in my crew-bag, just in case... ;) )

I hope this helps a bit (I can't guarantee for its accuracy though!)!

Cheers,
Akro


Dutch: Goedemorgen, Goedemiddag, Goedenavond, Tot ziens, Dank u wel
German: Gutemorgen, Gutentag, Gutenabend, Aufwiederhören, Danke Schön
French: Bonjour Bonjour, Bonsoir Au revoir, Merci bien,
Breton: Demat, Demat, Abardaevezh vat, Kenavo, Trugarez Vras
Spanish: Buenos dias, Buenos tardes, Bouenos noches, Adios, Gracias
Portugese: Bon dia, Bon dia, Boa noit, A deus, Obrigade
Italian: Buon giorno, Bon pommerigio, Buena sera, Ciao, Grazie
Norwegian: God morken, God middag, God aften, Hadetdra, Hjerlig tak
Swedish: God morron, God middag, God kval, Hedo, Tak samyket
Danish: God morken, God aftemiddag, God aften, Farvel, Mange tak
Finnish: Huwa homenta, Huwa pajwa, Huwa ilta, Nakemien, Kitos
Estonian: Tere Hommikust, Tere Päevast, Tere õhust, Head aega, Tänan väga
Lituanian: Labdien, Labdien, Labdien, Adiabo, Paldies
Russian: Dobre oetro, Dobre djin, Dobre wetsje, Daswiedanjea, Spasiba
Polish: Djin dobre, Djin dobre, Dobre witoer, Dowietjseenja, Dzingkoeje
Chech: Dobre rano, Dobry den, Dobre wetser, Nashiedanoe, Dekoeje
Yugoslav: Dobre joetro, Dobre den, Dobre wetsje, Dowietsjeenja, Vasla
Hongarian: Joe rekelt, Joe napot, Joe eshtet, Visontlatasra, Kuzunum
Rumanian: Buna diminaza, Buna zera, Buna Siera, La revedère, Multzemesk
Greek: Kalimera, Kalispera, Kalispera, Jasoes, Efgaristo
Turkish: Gunaiden, Tunaiden, Lyl akshamiar, Lyl gunier, Leshekkur
Ivriet: Boker tov, Shaloom, Erev tov, Lehitraot, Todah rabah


I can confirm the greetings in Finnish and Swedish. That's what they would probably look like when spellt phonetically.
In case you're interested, the correct spelling is:
Swedish: God morgon (=good morning), God eftermiddag (=good afternoon), God kväll (=good evening), Hejdå (=bye bye).
Finnish: Hyvää huomenta (=good morning), hyvää iltapäivää (=good afternoon), hyvää iltaa (= good evening), Terve (=bye bye).

In Icelandic
Good morning = Góðan dag (e. gothan dag)
Good afternoon = Góðan dag (e. gothan dag)
Good evening = Gott kvöld (e. got kvoult)
Thank you = Takk fyrir (e. tak firir)


AFRIKAANS from South Africa (mixture of Flemish / Dutch / German and English ... bit of French.

Goeie Môre (Good Morning)
Goeie Middag (Good Afternoon)
Goeie Naand (Good Evening)
Totsiens (Goodbye)
Dankie (Thank you)

[englishal]

Don't forget Australian....G'day mate and American Yo Bro' wasssup dude

:D

[fantom]

and, of course, the modern..

'who you fink you lookin' at? wanna smack in the face?':confused:

[start sequence 312]

Akro, I'll give you some help:
In Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil)
Good Morning - Bom dia
Good Afternoon - Boa tarde
Good Evening - Boa Noite
Good Night - Boa Noite
Thank you - Obrigado
Thak you very much - Muito Obrigado
Good-Bye - Adeus (formal) Até Logo or Até Mais (informal, Brazil)

[Monkey See Monkey Do]

And in case you go a little bit eastern..

Arabic -
Al Salaamu alai kum - Hello/Goodbye (lit - Peace be on you)
Wa alakum al salaam - Hello/Goodbye -reply

Marhaba - Hi (lit - Welcome)
Izayek - Hi (lit - How are you)

Sabah al khair - Good morning (lit - Morning of good)
Sabah al noor - Good morning - reply (lit - Morning of light)

Misaa al khair - Good evening (lit - Evening of good)
Misaa al noor - Good eveining - reply (can you guess?)

Shoukran - thankyou
Alf Shoukr - a thousand thankyou's

Ma Al Salaama - Goodbye (lit - with peace)

MSMD
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".... and NEVER make any generalisations"

[Charley]

Thanks for the replies, particularly yours Akro. That was pretty much word for word the post I was after. ;)

If I remember correctly, they are all pronounced the way they are written (yes?). Does that go for the arabic ones too?

Thanks again all. Shame the original thread has been lost, perhaps could have (should have) found its way into an archive.

[GoneWest]

Don't forget North East England.........

Why aye, ya ****** = Affirm
Ya watt? Nay way = Negative
Reet = Roger
Reet, al dee that = Wilco

Down closer to Northen Manchester...

Nah then, lad, si thi = "on frequency"
Aye up = I have a question

[Monkey See Monkey Do]

Yep, that goes for Arabic post too.
All fon-net-tik

MSMD

[dv8]

MSMD

Mish batal

[Monkey See Monkey Do]

Ana hasee bi inta Masri, mish kida? :)

[Sounds like you're egyptian? Am I right?]

Apart from Northumbria, where have you been?
email me

MSMD

[dv8]

Your email is blocked.
And no I'm not
Ana min gharb Masr

[411A]

Thai: sawadekrup

If you get your requested FL: commcoonkrup

[Hermie]

MALAY


Selamat Pagi - Good Morning

Selamat Petang - Good Afternoon

Selamat Malam - Good Night

Apa Khabar - How do you do

Sudah kahwin ? - Are you married ? :D



Cheers,
Herman :cool:

[Gainesy]

Less formal Russian
Preev-yet- Hi!
Kak Dela - How's it going?
Dva Peeva , va Commandir sch-ot pahzhalsta-- Two beers on the captain's bill please:)

[fantom]

ahem...

should not that be: al (or el)-gharb Misr?

:p

[dv8]

In Arabic you would say

I am from deepest surrey West of Kent.
rather than
deepest surrey The (el/al) West of Kent.

:)

[fantom]

correct, which I why I did not offer 'gharb al-Misr'....

:p

[dik dastardly]

not forgetting when operating in N.Ireland:

Bout ye / wadda bout ye : hello / how are you ;)

[ajaydg]

:D Japanese
Konichiwa-Hello
Sayonara-Good bye
Domo Arrigato-Thank you
:cool:

[rsoman]

A few more
Vanakkam - Greetings (Tamil)
Namaskaaram - Greetings (Malayalam)
Both south Indian languages

Cheers!
RSO

[singaporegirl]

In Mandarin:

Hello: Ni hao
Goodbye: Zai jian
Thank you: Xie xie

But get your tones right or you'll end up saying something completely different! :p

And in Portuguese, as an (alleged) female, I would say obrigada rather than obrigado, n'est pas?

[WeatherJinx]

The correct Turkish phrases (plus a few extra ones) are:

Merhaba - Hi

Hosca (prounounced hos -cha) kal - informal 'bye'

Gunaydin - Good Morning

Iyi Gunler - Good Day/Good afternoon

Iyi Aksamlar - Good Evening

Iyi Geceler - Goodnight

Tesekkur ederim - Thank you (you can also use 'tesekkurler -'thanks')

Rica (pronounced 'ree-jah') ederim - You're welcome

Nasilsiniz - How are you doing?

Cok (prounounced 'chock') iyiyim, tesekkuler - very well thank you

Hope this helps...

WxJx :)

[paulo]

And in case you missed it last time, here's something that'll give you some pointers for US 'street' :)

We Fly You There (http://www.siccoproductionz.com/delta.html)

[sweety]

Just saw your post. It's nothing important, just saw a few mistakes. Lithuanian greetings...:( Actually LABDIEN is Latvian for Good Afternoon and PALDIES is Latvian for Thank you .

LATVIAN - Labrit. Labdien. Labvakar. Paldies.

Hope others are correct!?;)

[Chooch]

On the Chinese front

Xie Xie (pronounced literally Share Share) can easily be confused with Chin Chin (which means 'Kiss Kiss', and taxi drivers in Taipei do not like this too much !!)...trust me....

Wa Aye Nee - I love you

Boo Hau - Crazy, Not Right

[singaporegirl]

Chooch,

See what I mean about the importance of getting the tones right?!:p

Depending on how you say it, the word 'ji' could mean 'chicken' or 'prostitute' (among several other things) - could be embarrassing at the local market! :eek:

[Chooch]

SG


Will remember that one.....could be an expensive meal !!

:D

What else it could mean......?? Do tell ..........