How do u say "hi" in different languages ?

Question

How do u say "hi" in different languages ?

Answer 1

Hola - Spanish

Cacoci - Yugoslavian

Bonjour - French

Holla - German

Aloha - Hawaiian

Ciao - Italian

That's all I know.

Answer 2

Here is the web site : translate.google.com.

In my language, hi means cha`o (Vietnamese).

Answer 3

Chinese: Ni hao  (i dont know the characters for it, sorry)

to pronounce it, say in english "knee how" and just hold the 'ow' in how a little bit longer than normal, and you've got it.

EDIT: forgot to mention, that's mandarin chinese, not cantonese.

Answer 4

German = Hallo!

French = Salut!

Korean = 안녕!  (you say it like "ahn-yawng")

Russian = Привет! (you say it like, "preev-yet")

Portuguese = Oi!

Dutch = Hoi!  (you say it like, "hoy")

Spanish = Hola (you say it like "oh-la")

Vietnamese = Chào anh (to a man)/Chào chi (to a woman)

Answer 5

aloha,

hola,

hello,

bonjour,

...

Answer 6

hi

hello

aloha

hallo

salut

bonjour

jambo

oi

Answer 7

shalom in hebrew

:D

Answer 8

    * Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i

    * Albanian - tungjatjeta (hello) pronounced Toon-jat-yeta

    * A'Leamona - tél nìdõ (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe

    * Arabic - subbal-el-kheir (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening): note that Kh is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAn (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban

    * Armenian - barev or parev

    * Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam

    * Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)

    * Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)

    * Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)

    * Bengali — 'aas salamu alaay kum' (In Bangladesh) 'namaskar (In West Bengal, India)

    * Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)

    * Bulgarian - zdraveite, zdrasti (informal)

    * Burmese - mingalarbar

    * Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, olá

    * Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.

    * Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings

    * Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female)

    * Chinese - 你好, Cantonese nei ho or lei ho (pronounced nay ho or lay ho) Mandarin 你好 (pronounced ni hao), 早上好（pronounced zao shang hao; good morning!）

    * Congo - mambo

    * Cree - Tansi (pronounced Dawnsay)

    * Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra večer (evening), laku noć (night)

    * Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)

    * Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).

    * Double Dutch - hutch-e-lul-lul-o (hello), gug-o-o-dud mum-o-rug-nun-i-nun-gug (good morning; formal), gug-o-o-dud a-fuf-tut-e-rug-nun-o-o-nun (good afternoon; formal), gug-o-o-dud e-vuv-e-nun-i-nun-gug (good evening; formal)

    * Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)

    * English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal, US only)

    * Esperanto - saluton (formal), sal (informal)

    * Estonian - tere'

    * Fijian - bula

    * Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)

    * French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night). There is also "ça va", but this is more often used to mean "how are you?"

    * Gaelic - dia duit (informal; pronounced dee-ah gwitch; literally "God be with you")

    * Georgian - gamardjoba

    * German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).

    * Gujarathi - kem che

    * Greek - yia sou (pronounced yah-soo; informal), yia sas (formal)

    * Hawaiian - aloha

    * Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")

    * Hindi - नमस्ते, namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei), kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (informal, familiar)

    * Hungarian, Magyar - jo napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal)

    * Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dagg), hæ (informal)

    * Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)

    * Indonesian - selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)

    * Italian - ciào (pronounced chow; informal; also means "goodbye"), buon giorno (pronounced bwohn geeornoh; good morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (pronounced bwohn pohmehreejeeoh; good afternoon; formal), buona sera (pronounced bbwoonah sehrah; good evening; formal)

    * Japanese - ohayou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo go-zai-mass; good morning), konnichi wa (pronounced ko-nee-chee-wa; daytime or afternoon), konbawa (pronounced gong-ban-wa; evening); moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when answering the phone); doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)

    * Jibberish - huthegelluthego, h-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (formal), h-diguh-i (informal), h-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (meaning "how are you?")

    * Jamaican(slang)- Yow Wah gwaan (pronounced wa-gwaan)

    * Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)

    * Kannada - namaskara

    * Kazakh - Salem (hello), Kalay zhagday (How are you?)

    * Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")

Answer 9

Irish:

Dia dhuit (dee-a gwit)

Or to more than 1 person-

Dia dhaoibh (dee-a yeve)

Answer 10

Latin: Salve(te)

@jesse

Why don't you just give us a link to the website you got that from? It seems you can't post anymore after Klingon.

Answer 11

Hindi - Namaste or Namaskaar

Punjabi - Sat Shri Akal

Urdu - Aslaam-walekum or salaam