Multi Language Thread.

Well, just thought I could add some lesser spoken languages to the thread (though I don't actually _speak_ any of them, I know a little bit of both...)

In Basque, you'd say "Kaixo" for hello... pronounced as written, except fo the x, which is similar to the english "sh" (I'm awful making phonetical transcriptions, I know ;) )

In Irish Gaelic (and in Scottish Gaelic as well, I think, but I am not sure) you'd say "Dia dhuit", or "Dia is Muire dhuit", meaning literally "God be with you" and "God and Mary be with you"... regarding pronunciation... pretty much as written, except for those "dh", which sound like nearly gutural "g" (Corrections very much welcome regarding this, I mean, I know more or less how to say it, but I can hardly explain it hehe)

Great thread btw :-)

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

Hello actuallty adil it is more the muslim greeting, isnt it ( it means peace :))
In egypt unless you are being formal you sort of just jump in with Izayak(Is-ay-ack) How are you?? ;)
Great thread :D

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Hi Night! Nice to see you back. Yes of course 'sallam' is a muslim greating indeed. But 'Izayak' in egyption dialect means 'how are you'. Most Arab countries are Muslims that's why 'sallam' is the most comen. It means peace of course.

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Originally Posted by adilyoussef

Hi Night! Nice to see you back. Yes of course 'sallam' is a muslim greating indeed. But 'Izayak' in egyption dialect means 'how are you'. Most Arab countries are Muslims that's why 'sallam' is the most comen. It means peace of course.

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Well my family aren't Muslim so that would be why they don't generally use 'Sallam' :)

Yeah a Language thread :p

Hello in Creole is almost like the French "Bonjour" except without the r= Bonjou it's pronounced Bon (as in good) Joo... not very informative.... :blush:
Bye

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Originally Posted by Keltic Banshee

Well, just thought I could add some lesser spoken languages to the thread (though I don't actually _speak_ any of them, I know a little bit of both...)

In Basque, you'd say "Kaixo" for hello... pronounced as written, except fo the x, which is similar to the english "sh" (I'm awful making phonetical transcriptions, I know ;) )

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So you don't speak Basque even if you are in the Basque country??? Interesting... I've always wondered about thos bilingual places... I've met 3 Basques in real life in the past year, that was so interesting :) AGUR is one of my favourite words ever :)

Hello in Indonesian is "Hai", you pronounce the "ai" as in "Lie" :D

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Originally Posted by Mark F.

English/French here : hello is Bonjour, it actually means Good day.

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Same here, though I cannot consider myself quite fluent in French. Over the years of having no ability to practice with anyone, my conversational skills have somewhat declined, but my reading and writing abilities seem stable.
As a footnote to Mark F.'s post, most French prefer "Bonjour" as hello, especially in a formal or semi-formal manner, but in very informal conversation (such as with friends or close family), some use "Salut" (pronounced: "sal-oo") as hello. Just as in English, there seem many, many ways of greeting in French, but depending on the person you greet, as "Salut" seems strictly used in informal speech.
Interesting thread. :)

Ive thought of anotther form of hello in arabic its more gulf countries though I think. its ahlen pronounced without dilect accent in "Proper" as ah-len but I have herad it pronounced ah-laynn (as in this is not a road it is a lane. but with a drawn out n)
I cant tell you exactly what it means but Im thinking its source word is Hela wich is good, isnt it Adil, Rococo???
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In Polish it's "cześć" but I've no idea how to explain to you how to pronounce it :D You can also say sth like "hej" or now even "hello".

Try to say "cześć" and don't get discoursaged :)

from my 5th grade German lessons: "Guten tag" means "Good day."

capital T :angel: :D

What a lovely thread.

First, hello, in estonian is "Tere" (we believe that english-speaking people would write it's prononunciation teh-reh, though to us it is written as it is pronounced)

Yeah like...I think it's hard for us non-English to explain the prononuciation the English way...i think the best way is to use as an example an English word, like CH as in CHat...or whatever...

This forum is so incredibly international, I get to see words in language I'd never though I'd seen...and as a passionate language learner that's so wonderful to me :nod:
I'm a member of a forum about languages and linguistics and that's of course so very international as well, but I don't think there are any Estonian or Albanian speakers there, at least not natives...

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

Ive thought of anotther form of hello in arabic its more gulf countries though I think. its ahlen pronounced without dilect accent in "Proper" as ah-len but I have herad it pronounced ah-laynn (as in this is not a road it is a lane. but with a drawn out n)
I cant tell you exactly what it means but Im thinking its source word is Hela wich is good, isnt it Adil, Rococo???
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Haha, I'll probably be "corrected" again, but I've always been told that ahlain [methinx with a language that uses it's own alphabet, the English phonetic spelling is debateable] means Welcome :) I wouldn't know about source words though i'm afraid, i'm far from fluent, although i'd love to be & intend to learn Arabic properly one day :)

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Originally Posted by amuse

from my 5th grade German lessons: "Guten tag" means "Good day."

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That's pretty formal and in Austria we use "Grüß Gott" more often. I found a site where it's said it's pronounce like this (gruus got). I'm not sure that true, it sounds weird. I'll try to look the pronounciation up..