Jacob CN-EN-ES-PT-FR
Community Tutor
How to say hello in your mother languages?

Here are some examples:

* Arabic: !ﻣﺮﺣﺑﺎ (Marhaba)
* Bengali: Kemon Achen (how are you), for answering telephone: "haelo"!
* Bulgarian: Здравейте! (For answering telephone: ало)
* Cambodian: Tchum-reaup Suw (use formal)
* Catalan: Hola! (friendly) - Bon dia! (formal)
* Simplified Chinese: 您好! (however, when answering the phone in Chinese, use 喂)
* Croatian: Bok! (or: Bog!)
* Czech: Ahoj!
* Dutch: Hallo!
* Esperanto: Saluton!
* Finnish: Terve! (formal) - Moi!/Hei! (friendly) - Haloo? (when answering the telephone)
* French: Salut! (informal) or bonjour! (formal) (For answering telephone: Allô?)
* German: Hallo!
* Gujarati (India):Kem Chho! (For answering telephone: Hello!)
* Modern Greek: Γειά!
* Hawaiian: Aloha!
* Hebrew: שלום (shalom) (For answering telephone: Allo?)
* Irish: Dia duit! (Reply is: Dia is Muire duit!)
* Italian: Ciao! (friendly) - Buongiorno! (formal) - Pronto? (for answering telephone)
* Japanese: もしもし (moshi-moshi, for answering telephone only)
* Kannada (South Indian): namaskaara or namasthe , for telephone: halloa
* Korean: 안녕하세요! (Annyeong haseyo!) or 여보세요? (yeoboseyo; answering telephone only)
* Kurdish (Kurdistan): sillaw or ew kata bash, or em kata bash, for telephone: elu
* Latin: Salve!, Ave!
* Lithuanian: Labas (For answering telephone: Alio?)
* Macedonian: Здраво! (For answering telephone: ало)
* Malay: Hai!
* Mongolian: Сайн уу!
* Māori: Tēnā Koe (Speaking to one person). Tēnā Kōrua (Speaking to two people). Tēnā Koutou (Speaking to three or more people).
* Norwegian: Hallo! - Hei! - Morn!
* Persian: درود (Doroud).
* Polish: Dzień dobry!, Cześć! (informal)
* Portuguese: Olá!, Oi! - Alô? (for answering telephone)
* Romanian: Salut! (friendly) - Bună ziua (formal) - "Alo" (for answering telephone)
* Russian: Привет! (however, when answering the phone, Russian speakers use "ало" or "алё", equivalent to English "Hello?")
* Serbian: Здраво!
* Sicilian: Sabbinirica!
* Slovakian: Ahoj!
* Slovenian: Zdravo!
* Spanish: ¡Hola! (friendly) - ¿Aló? or ¡Bueno! (for answering telephone in just in Mexico) - Buenos dias (formal)
* Swahili: Hujambo!
* Swedish: Hej!, Hallå!
* Tagalog: Hoy!, Helo! or Kumusta?
* Thai: สวัสดีครับ/คะ!
* Turkish: Merhaba! (salutation), Alo! (for answering telephone)
* Welsh:Cael rhyw efo fi (salutation), sugno fy mhidyn (for answering telephone)
* Urdu: !السلام عليكم (assalāmu 'aleikum)
* Vietnamese: Xin chào!

Jul 30, 2013 1:52 PM
Comments · 8

that's pretty helpful thank you for this 

July 31, 2013

In Chile is "hola" and "aló" (you use "aló" when you talk on the phone)

July 30, 2013

this is hello in Farsi  

سلام =salam

July 30, 2013

侬好,Ningbo dialect of China

July 30, 2013

The Urdu form is actually what any muslim would say whether they speak Urdu or other language and its real translation is "peace be upon you"

July 30, 2013
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Jacob CN-EN-ES-PT-FR
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Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), English, Esperanto, French, Korean, Occitan, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish
Learning Language
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