Greeting is the first thing one does when meeting any person. It is therefore only natural to first learn to greet when learning a new language.

What is the common expressions used to greet in your lanuage?

In Venda (one of 11 South African official languages) it is as follows:

Hello! - Aa! (if the person saying the words is a woman)

Hello! - Nda! (if the person saying the words is a man)

How are you?  - No vuwa hani? (male and female)

Fine! - Zwavhudi (male and female)

 

How do you greet someone in your language?

 

 

 

Subject created by V-Gal on Jan 17, 2008 @ 07:17

If you ever visit (and you should because it's a beautiful country..) Hungary, here are some useful things:

Hello - Szia!
Good morning! - Jó reggelt!
Good afternoon! - Jó napot! (It actually means: good day)
Good evening! - Jó estét!

How are you? - Hogy vagy?
Fine thanks. - Köszönöm jól.

"gy" and "sz" represent single sounds in hungarian. "gy" sounds something like when British people pronunce the first sound of the word "duty".
"sz" is pronunced like the English s
but in Hungarian "s" is pronunced like the begininng of the word "shop"

If you want to know more don't hesitate to write to me :)

Comment written by GeorginaDall on May 09, 2008 @ 21:48

Here are greetings in Spanish Catalan (both phonetical!)

 

Hello = Hola Hola
Good morning = Buenos dias Bohn dia
Good afternoon = Buenas tardes bohna tard
Good night = Buenas noches bohna ni
How are you  = Como estas com estas
very well, thanks = muy bien, grafias mol beh, grasies

Gracias! Lucien

 

Comment written by dobbinhun on May 09, 2008 @ 19:17

IF YOU CAME TO ETHIOPIA YOU CAN SAY

Good morning-Dena aderk

Good afrernoon-Endemn walk

Good night-Dena eder

How are you?-Endet neh?

I am fine-Ene dena negn

        amharic is so simple to learn,and so simple to speak. it need no special accent. it is a semetic language.Learn more with me.

DMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Comment written by axela on May 07, 2008 @ 19:57

Norwgian:

Hello! - Hallo/hei!

How are you?  - hvordan gÃ¥r det?

Fine! - bra!

Comment written by jee on May 07, 2008 @ 13:39

In Czech you can say
Hello - Ahoj
Good morning - Dobré ráno
Good afternoon - Dobrý den
Good evening - Dobrý več er
How are you? - Jak se máš ?
I'm fine thanks - Dobř e, dě kuju.
I hope that the letters with diacritics display correctly. In Czech, diacritics (acute accent for lengthening a vowel and caron for 'softening' a consonant) can change meaning of a word.
(Greeting is the first thing one does when speaking, indeed, but in my experience people also frequently ask how does one say 'I love you' and 'Kiss my a--'. -)

Comment written by Quenduluin on Apr 25, 2008 @ 08:47

In Turkish you could say like this:

Hello! - Merhaba.

How are you?  - Nasilsiniz?

  Fine, thanks! - Iyiyim, tesekkür ederim.

Goodbye! - Güle güle.

In Russian you can use these phrases:

Hello! -    З д р а в с т в у й т е !

How are you? - К а к     у     в а с     д е л а ?

Fine! - Х о р о ш о !

Goodbye! - Д о     с в и д а н и я !

Comment written by CutieCynic on Apr 22, 2008 @ 19:43

If you ever come to Germany:

Hello! - Hallo!

How are you? -Wie geht es dir?

Fine, thank's! - Gut, danke!

Good by! - Auf Wiedersehen!

                                     

 

Comment written by sanie73 on Mar 30, 2008 @ 17:19

Hello,

I liked the "template".

If you ever come to    Brazil (or in any  Porguese  speaking country)  you can say:
Good morning -  Bom dia
Good evening - Boa noite
How are you ?  - Como vai você? | or | Tudo bem? or E aí? (informal)
I'm fine thanks - Estou bem, obrigado. |  or | Tudo legal. (informal)

Comment written by leophr on Mar 13, 2008 @ 23:30

In Romanian we say for Hello! -   Buna! or Salut!

For Good day/afternoon! - Buna ziua!

Good evening! - Buna seara!

Good morning! - Buna dimineata!

How are you? - Ce mai faci? (singular) Ce mai faceti? (plural)

I'm fine thank you! - Bine, multumesc!

Comment written by andreea2006 on Feb 28, 2008 @ 11:46

Privetstvuu - this is not official russian ) Dobry Den' - Good Afternoon, Dobry Vecher - Good Evening, Dobroe Utro - Good Morning, Privet, Zdorovo - Hello, Hi, Zdravstvuyte - how do you do. It's no matter what sex you are/

Comment written by eugene87 on Jan 23, 2008 @ 19:00

In Russian:

Hello! - Officially: Çäðàâñòâóéòå[Zdravstvuite], Ïðèâåòñòâóþ[Privietstvuju] Non-officially: Ïðèâåò![Privet], Ïðåâåä![Preved] (It's perverted Privet), Çäîðîâà![Zdarova], Õàé![Hi]

Good morning/evening/day - Äîáðîå óòðî/Äîáðûé âå÷åð/äåíü [Dobroye utro/Dobriy vecher/den']

Comment written by Atmos88 on Jan 22, 2008 @ 20:42