How do you say " I don't know how to speak _________" (insert language) in any language? Cause that phrase is pretty important too!!!! :lol:
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How do you say " I don't know how to speak _________" (insert language) in any language? Cause that phrase is pretty important too!!!! :lol:
yes that is an important phrase.. :D nice thinking adelheid...
ok I'll start...
in Albanian : "Nuk di të flas shqip!" pronounciation: Nuk di are pronounced the way they are written, in të the "ë" is pronounced like er in English word were. flas is also pronounced the way it is written and shqip is probably more difficult. "sh" is pronounced as in English shoe , q is like ch in chimney. so we've got shoe + chimney + p. so when reading the underlined letters we get "Shqip" which is the translation of the word "Albanian". hope I didn't confuse you. lol :D
Hey, good way of showing the pronunciation, Kaltrina! :)
In spanish, you would say "no hablo español" or "no hablo castellano" (yes, there are two ways of calling the language ^_^ we're weird hehe)... Regarding pronunciation... hard to get how to pronounce the "ñ" and the "ll" ... :S
no as in nothing
hablo as in a block
español as in escape pat gnocci l ("standard" l) (couldn't think of any other word to explain how to pronounce the "ñ"... anyone could help on that? hehe)
or
castellano as in castle terrible yard nothing
You could also add "lo siento" (I'm sorry) at the beginning of it... pronounced
lo as in love
siento as in similar enter totally
hope you can get the idea...
Wish you all the best
Keltic Banshee
In arabic 'Proper' "La Atta-Kalam al-laghah al arbiah"
which is laa to rhyme with bah sound a sheep makes (the soft version not the Baa Baa black sheep version!) Atta just as it looks now this word cant be explained because one of the consonent sounds only exsist in arabic acctually no one speeks like this its 'Proper' and thus only what politicians and what you read and write.
humm the Egyptiens would say "Ma'arafshe Araby"
ma'a sounds like ma-ah imagin starting to say matrimoney but stoping after the first ma and then just a like before a word now string them together very fast..see your getting it thats first wordish done. ra is like Raa the sungod, or like what a liitle kid thinks a lion might sound like RAAA see? then fshe is basicly F the letter followed by she.
Araby is arr like a pirate followed by be like bee.
[ma kanndwish bi llmaghribiya] in a Morrocan Arabic dilect. 'nn' and 'll' means that there is a jemination there. Here I give the phonetic transcription.
In French:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adelheid
"Je ne sais pas parler francais."
(pronounced: "je ne say pa parlay fronsay" ;))
"Nie umiem (or potrafie) mówić po polsku"
Or simply:
"Nie znam polskiego."
:D Try to pronounce it :D
in chinese
ni hao
pronouced as "nee how"
smt like that... : )
kanndawish? adil Ive heard that somwhere I think thats how they sppek either in the very south of egypt or in Alexandria but I get those two dielects muddled alot
How do you say nice to meet you?
Okay This is what we have so far for "Hello"
Albanian- Tung
Galatian- Ola
Spanish- Hola
Morocca Arabic- Sallam
French- Salut
Arabic- Marhaba
Turkish- Merhaba (?)
German (Austria)- Servus, Hallo, Grüß Gott
Swedish- tjäna
Finnish- päivää, moi(?)
Egypt- Izayak
Italian- Ciao
Hungarian- Szia
Russian- Privet
Basque- Kaixo
Irish Gaelic- Dia dhuit
Creole- Bonjou
Indonesian- Hai
Polish- cześć, hej
German- Guten tag
Estonian- Tere
Chinese- Ni hao!, Ne How Ma
Serbian- Zdravo
Did I miss anything- anyone wants to add something?
Hawaiian- Aloha
Albanian- Tung
Galatian- Ola
Spanish- Hola
Morocca Arabic- Sallam
French- Salut
Arabic- Marhaba
Turkish- Merhaba (?)
German (Austria)- Servus, Hallo, Grüß Gott
Swedish- tjäna
Finnish- päivää, moi(?)
Egypt- Izayak
Italian- Ciao
Hungarian- Szia
Russian- Privet
Basque- Kaixo
Irish Gaelic- Dia dhuit
Creole- Bonjou
Indonesian- Hai
Polish- cześć, hej
German- Guten tag
Estonian- Tere
Chinese- Ni hao!, Ne How Ma
Serbian- Zdravo
Hawaiian- Aloha
Is that all for the Hello?
I'll start on the "I don't know how to speak _________" tomorrow :D
UMMM.... here:
AFRIKAANS goeiedag
ALBANIAN mirë dita
ALSATIAN guàtertag
AMHARIC endemen aderk
ARABIC salam / sabah el kheir / marhaba
ARMENIAN barev
AZERI salam
BAMBARA ani sogomen (morning) / ani tlé (afternoon) / ani oulà (evening)
BASQUE egunon (morning) / arratsaldeon (afternoon) / gauon (evening)
BELARUSIAN vitaju / dobraj ranicy (morning) / dzien dobry (afternoon) / viečar dobry (evening)
Прывiтанне (pryvitannie)
BENGALI sunchhen
BERBER idh-iyessbhène
BOBO ka tiana (morning) / ka sion (afternoon) / ka lima (evening)
BOSNIAN halo
BRETON demat
BULGARIAN добър ден (dóbar den) / zdrave
BURMESE mingalar pa
CATALAN bon dia / hola
CHINESE nǐ hăo
CORNISH de(th) da (good day) / myttyn da (good morning) / gorthewer da (good evening) / nos da (good night)
CORSICAN bonghjornu / salutu
CROAT bok / dobar dan
CZECH dobrý den
DANISH goddag (formal) / hej (coll.)
DUTCH goede morgen / goede middag / goede avond
(morning / afternoon / evening)
ESPERANTO bonan tagon / saluton
ESTONIAN tere / tere hommikust
good evening : tere õhtust
FANG mbolo (1 pers.) / mboloani (X pers.)
FAROESE hey
FINNISH hyvää päivää (formal) / päivää (semi formal)
moi / hei / terve
FLEMISH goede morgen / goede middag / goede avond
(morning / afternoon / evening)
FRENCH bonjour (morning) / bonsoir (evening) / salut (colloquial)
FRIULAN bondi
GALICIAN ola
GEORGIAN gamarjoba (anytime) / dila mshvidobisa (good morning)
GERMAN hallo / guten Tag (more polite)
GREEK gia / kalimera (good morning)
GUARANÍ mba'éichapa
HAITIAN CREOLE bonjou / bon swa / la rezone / alo
HEBREW shalom
HINDI namaste / namaskaar
HUNGARIAN jó napot kívánok / szia
ICELANDIC halló
INDONESIAN morning: selamat pagi
noon: selamat siang
afternoon: selamat soré
evening: selamat malam
IRISH GAELIC Dia duit
ITALIAN ciao / buongiorno (good morning)
JAPANESE konnichi wa
ohayô (gozaimasu) (more polite with "gozaimasu")
KABYLIAN azzoul
KHMER tcheripsou
KOREAN annyǒng hashimnikka / annyong haseyo
KURDISH silav
LAO sabai di
LATIN salve, ave (addressing 1 pers.) / salvete, avete (X pers.)
LATVIAN labdien
LINGALA mbote
LITHUANIAN laba diena
labas rytas (morning) / labas vakaras (evening)
LOW SAXON hallo / houje
LUXEMBOURGEOIS moien / gudde moien
MACEDONIAN dobarden
MALAGASY manao ahoana / manahoana
MALAY selamat pagi (morning) / selamat tengahari (afternoon)
selamat petang (evening) / selamat malam (after sunset)
MALTESE merhba / hello
MAORI kia ora
MONGOLIAN sain baina uu (Сайн байна уу)
MORÉ ne y yibeoogo
NORWEGIAN god dag / hei / morgn
OCCITAN bon jorn / adieu
PERSIAN salâm
POLISH dzień dobry / dobry wieczór (le soir)
PORTUGUESE bom dia (morning) / boa tarde (after 12.00) / boa noite (evening)
oi / olá
ROMANI latcho divès
ROMANIAN bună ziua
RUSSIAN Добрый день (dobrii den) / Здравствуйте (zdravstvuite)
SAMOAN talofa
SARDINIAN bona die
SCOTTISH GAELIC hallo
SERBIAN dobar dan / zdravo
SHONA mhoro (plural: mhoroi)
SINDHI acho saiin
SLOVAK dobré ráno (morning)
dobrý deň (during the day)
dobrý večer (evening)
SLOVENIAN pozdravljen (to a man) / pozdravljena (to 2 men) / pozdravljeni (to 3 men or more)
pozdravljena (to a woman) / pozdravljeni (to 2 women) / pozdravljene (to 3 women or more)
pozdravljeni (mixed group)
dobro jutro (good morning) / dober dan (good day) / dober večer (good evening)
lahko noč (good night - taking leave)
živijo (colloquial)
SOBOTA dobar dan
SPANISH buenos días / hola
SWAHILI jambo[dj] / [hu]jambo, habari za mchana?
SWEDISH god dag / hej
SWISS-GERMAN guete tog
TAGALOG magandang araw
TAHITIAN ia orana
TAMIL vanakam / kallaï vannakam (morning only)
TELUGU namaskaram
THAI สวัสดีคะ (sawatdii kha) - woman speaking
สวัสดครับี (sawatdii khrap) - man speaking
TURKISH merhaba
UDMURT dzéchbur (common form for one person)
dzéchbureś (polite form for one person or common form for two or more people)
UKRAINIAN pryvit (hi) / dobryi ranok (good morning)
dobryi den (good afternoon) / dobryi vechir (good evening)
URDU as salaamo alaikum
VIETNAMESE chào (ông, bà, cô : Mr, Mrs, Miss)
WALOON (orthographe à betchfessîs) bondjoû / ay! / Diè wåde
WELSH hylo / sut mae
WEST INDIAN CREOLE bonjou
ZULU sawubona (to one person) / sanibonani (to more than one person)