Post by toweringniceguy on Feb 11, 2007 15:36:28 GMT 10
Have you ever stopped to consider how many people are saying "hello" to each other today and in how many different languages? If you wanted to say "hello" to everyone on the planet, you would have to learn at least 2,796 languages and say "hello" to at least 5,720,000,000 people. Here are just some of the ways of saying "hello" around the world:
Steps
1. Hello ¨C English
2. Salut (informal), Bonjour (formal) ¨C French
3. Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) ¨C German
4. Hola ¨C Spanish
5. Helo ¨C Welsh
6. Ohayoo Gozaimasu (Morning) Konnichi wa (Afternoon), Konban Wa (Evening); Japanese
7. Ciao (informal), Buon giorno (formal) ¨C Italian
8. Hej - Swedish
9. As-salaam-aleykum - Arabic-based languages
10. Salam - Persian (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
11. Namaste - Hindi
12. Ahn nyeong ha se yo - Korean
13. Hallo - Dutch
14. Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal) - Russian
15. Ni Hao (ÄãºÃ) - Chinese Mandarin
16. Shalom - Hebrew
17. G'day - Australian Slang
18. Hei - Norwegian
19. Oi (informal), Bom dia (formal)- Portuguese
20. Hej (informal) God dag (formal) - Danish
21. Mingalarbar - Burmese
22. Merhaba - Turkish
23. Labas - Lithuanian
24. Buenos Dias (morning), Buenos Tardes (afternoon), Buenas Noches (evening) -Mexico
25. Chao - Vietnam
26. Saluton - Esperanto
27. Vanakkam - Tamil
28. Jambo - Swahili
29. Mbote - Lingala
30. Selamat Pagi - Indonesian
Cheers
Steps
1. Hello ¨C English
2. Salut (informal), Bonjour (formal) ¨C French
3. Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) ¨C German
4. Hola ¨C Spanish
5. Helo ¨C Welsh
6. Ohayoo Gozaimasu (Morning) Konnichi wa (Afternoon), Konban Wa (Evening); Japanese
7. Ciao (informal), Buon giorno (formal) ¨C Italian
8. Hej - Swedish
9. As-salaam-aleykum - Arabic-based languages
10. Salam - Persian (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
11. Namaste - Hindi
12. Ahn nyeong ha se yo - Korean
13. Hallo - Dutch
14. Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal) - Russian
15. Ni Hao (ÄãºÃ) - Chinese Mandarin
16. Shalom - Hebrew
17. G'day - Australian Slang
18. Hei - Norwegian
19. Oi (informal), Bom dia (formal)- Portuguese
20. Hej (informal) God dag (formal) - Danish
21. Mingalarbar - Burmese
22. Merhaba - Turkish
23. Labas - Lithuanian
24. Buenos Dias (morning), Buenos Tardes (afternoon), Buenas Noches (evening) -Mexico
25. Chao - Vietnam
26. Saluton - Esperanto
27. Vanakkam - Tamil
28. Jambo - Swahili
29. Mbote - Lingala
30. Selamat Pagi - Indonesian
Cheers