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]

Greetings

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 revedčre, 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 = Góšan dag (e. gothan dag)
Good afternoon = Góšan 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 Mōre (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

[fantom]

and, of course, the modern..

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

[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]

Greetings in arabic

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.

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]

MSMD

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 ?



Cheers,
Herman

[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?

[dv8]

fantom

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'....

[dik dastardly]

not forgetting when operating in N.Ireland:

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

[ajaydg]

Japanese
Konichiwa-Hello
Sayonara-Good bye
Domo Arrigato-Thank you