Say ‘Hello’ In 10 Different Languages

1. French

Formal: Bonjour

Informal: Salut

2. Spanish

Formal: Hola

Informal: ¿Qué tal? (What’s up?)

3. Russian

Formal: Zdravstvuyte

Informal: Privet

4. Chinese

Formal: Nǐn hǎo

Informal: Nǐ hǎo

5. Italian

Formal: Salve

Informal: Ciao

6. Japanese

Formal: Konnichiwa

Informal: Yā, _Yō

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7. German

Formal: Guten Tag

Informal: Hallo, Hi

8. Portuguese

Formal: Olá

Informal: Oi

9. Korean

Formal: Anyoung haseyo

Informal: Anyoung

10. Arabic

Formal: As-salaam-alaikum (Peace be upon you)

Informal: Ahlan

not sure about formal/informal but here's how to say goodbye in those languages-

1 French-

"Adieu" 

or "Au revoir"

2 Spanish

"Adiós"

or "Ciao"

3 Russian

"Do svidaniya" 

or "Poka"

4 Chinese

"zài jiàn."

5 Italian

"Addio"

or "Ciao"

6 Japanese

"sayonara"

8. Portuguese

"Adeus"

9. Korean

"annyeonghi gaseyo"

10. Arabic

"maʿ al-salāmah"

Irish

"Dia dhuit" (God be with you)

 

Great post! Very informative! Thanks!

Serbian

"Zdravo" :)

It's great to see posts like these...sharing the different languages.

In our country which is the Philipines, whenever someone says "hello", it usually means "how are you"...so its "kumusta" in Filipino language.

And "goodbye" is "paalam" for us.

In greek : tikanis (how are you)

kala esi (good and you)

kala (good)

Sabrina Says:

In greek : tikanis (how are you)

kala esi (good and you)

kala (good)

In Urdu: Kala Meaning is Black

Great post

Ty Elsa

You're welcome!

Ina gaisuwa....... Hausa

O hai..... Hyam

É ku sé o...... 

Hello, hi or how are you is "kamusta?" or "kamusta ka?" in tagalog =)

In my language its Salam , how do you say in your language

Salam! :):) 

Здраво, - Zdravo :)) :blush:

Hola! :)

Namaskar.

Kumusta/Kamusta.

Salam