Different ways to say Hello
Learn different ways to say Hello some with audio files, highlighted in Pink, just to help you get the pronunciation just right.
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English
Hello
Albanian
Arabic (Egyptian)
(is salām ‘alaykum) ألسّلام عليكم
rsp – (wa ‘alaykum is salām) وعليكم السّلام
(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً
rsp – (ahlan beek) أهلاً بيك
inf – (ahlan) أهلاً
Arabic (Modern Standard)
rsp – (wa ‘alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام
inf – (marḥaban) مرحبا
Belarusian
Вітаю (Vitayu)
Дзень добры (Dzien’ dobry)
Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzien)
Прывітанне (Pryvitanne) – inf
Bengali
নমস্কার (nômoshkar) – for Hindus
আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum)
স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) – for Muslims
Bulgarian
Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm
Здравей (Zdravej) inf
Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf
Привет (Privet) – regards, greetings
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Chinese (Shanghainese)
Chinese (Taiwanese)
你好 (néih hóu)
你好 (nǐ hǎo) – inf
您好 (nín hǎo) – frm
侬好 (nong23 hao34)
大家好!(dâka-hô!) – hello everybody
饭吃过伐? (ve23 qik3 gu5 va1?) – “have you eaten?” (common greeting)
你好 (lí-hó) – sg / 恁好 (lín-hó) – pl
Czech
Ahoj / Dobrý den
Danish
Hej
Dutch
Hallo / Goededag / Goeiedag (inf)
Finnish
Terve
Hyvää päivää
Päivää
Moi
Hei
French
Bonjour (frm)
Salut (inf)
German
Hallo
Guten Tag
Servus (used in Austria & Bavaria)
Moin
Greek (Modern)
Γειά! (ya) – inf
Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm
Gujarati
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Hebrew
(šalom) שלום
Hindi
नमस्ते (namaste) नमस्कार (namaskār)
Hungarian
Jó napot kívánok / Szervusz / Szia
Irish
Dia dhuit (sg)
Dia dhaoibh (pl)
Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) – reply
Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl) – reply
Italian
Ciao / Salve
Japanese
今日は (konnichiwa)
おっす (ossu) – used between close male friends
Lithuanian
Labas, Sveikas, Sveiki
Norwegian
Goddag / Hei / Morn
Polish
Cześć (inf)
Siema (vinf)
Siemano (vinf)
Portuguese (European)
Portuguese(Brazilian)
Olá
Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa!
Romanian
Salut / Bună ziua
Russian
Здравствуйте! (Zdrávstvujte!) – frm
Привет! (Privét!) – inf
Shona
Mhoro (sg)
Mhoroi (pl)
Slovakian
Pozdravljeni, Živjo, Zdravo
Spanish
On Phone
¡Diga!
¡Dígame!
¿Sí?
¿Bueno?
¡Hola!
¿Aló?
Swiss German
Grüezi (frm) / Sali (inf)
Grüezi mittenand (pl/frm)
Sali zämme (pl/inf)
Tagalog
Hello; Hi
Thai
สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee)
Turkish
Urdu
(āssālam ‘alaykum) السلام علیکم
reply – (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام
inf – (salām) سلام
Yiddish
(A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג
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