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Saying Hello in European Languages 1 Method 1 of 8: Saying Hello in a Non-Verbal Way 1. 1 Consider using a non-verbal greeting. The most universal, non-verbal way to greet others is a simple handshake or wave, particularly in the English speaking world. However, other gestures such as various forms of bowing, embraces, or even applause are used as non-verbal greetings in other parts of the world. Always make sure you are not insulting anyone with uncommon gestures in that particular country. Method 2 of 8: Saying Hello in European Languages 1. 1 Say hello in Albanian: Hello in Albaian is Tungjatjeta, pronounced "toon-jah-TYEH-tah," which literally means "have a long life." A shorter, more informal way to say hello is Tung, pronounced "toong". Albanian is spoken mainly in Albania and Kosovo, though it is also spoken in other areas of the Balkans. 2. 2 Say hello in Austrian German: Grüßgott, pronounced "gruus got", is a formal way to say hello in Austria, which literally translates as "salute to God". The informal way to say hello is Servus, pronounced "SEHR-voos". German Austrian is an official dialect of standard German, which is spoken in Austria, as well as the province of South Tyrol in Italy. 3. 3 Say hello in Basque: kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; .pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own) 4. 4 Say hello in Belarusian: Hello in Belarusian is Вiтаю, pronounced vee-tie-yu. Belarusian is the official language of Belarus, but is also spoken in Russia, Ukraine and Poland. 5. 5 Say hello in Breton: Hello in Breton is degemer mad. Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany in the northwest of France. 6. 6 Say hello in Bulgarian: Hello in Bulgarian is zdravei when speaking to one person and zdraveite when speaking to many. Zdrasti is a more informal way to say hello. 7. 7 Say hello in Bosnian: Hello in Bosnian is dobar dan, pronounced "DOH-bahr dahn". More informal ways to say hello are zdravo, pronounced "ZDRAH-voh" or merhaba, pronounced "MEHR-hah bah". Bosnian is the official language of Bosnia and is essentially the same language as Croatian and Serbian. All three languages used to be known as Serbo-Croatian before the break-up of Yugoslavia. 8. 8 Say hello in Catalan: Hello in Catalan is hola, pronounced "o-la". Bon dia, pronounced "bon dee- ah" means "good morning", bona tarda, pronounced "bona tahr-dah" means "good afternoon" and bona nit, pronounced "bona neet" means "good night". You can also say just bones, pronounced "bo- nahs" to say an informal hello. 9. 9 Say hello in Croatian: Hello in Croatian is bok. Dobro jutro means good morning, dobar dan means good day, dobra večer means good evening and laku noć means good night. 10. 10 Say hello in Czech: Hello in Czech is dobrý den, pronounced "DOH-bree dehn". A more informal way to say hello is ahoj, pronounced "ahoy". Czech is a Slavic language which is mutually intelligible with Slovak. 11. 11 Say hello in Danish: Hello in Danish is hallo, or informally hej, pronounced "hi". Danish is a Scandinavian language spoken in Denmark and in some parts of Greenland. 12. Say hello in Dutch: Hello in Dutch is goedendag or simply "hallo". Hoi, meaning "hi" is also used informally. Dutch is a Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands and northern Belgium. 13. 13 Say hello in American English: Informal ways to say hello in American English are hi, hey and yo. 14. 14 Say hello in British English: British English greetings used in place of hello include How do you do?, Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, More informal greetings include watchya, alright, hi and hiya. 15. 15 Say hello in Estonian: Hello in Estonian is tere, pronounced "TEHR-reh". Estonian is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Estonia. It is closely related to Finnish. 16. 16 Say hello in Finnish: Hello in Finnish is hyvää päivää, pronounced "HUU-vaa PIGH-vaa". More informal ways to say hello are moi, terve and hei. Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language spoken only in Finland and by Finns elsewhere in Scandinavia. 17. 17 Say hello in French: Hello in French is bonjour, pronounced "bohn-ZHOOR". A more informal way to say hello is salut, pronounced "sah-LUU". 18. 18 Say hello in Frisian: Hello in Frisian is goeie dei, or simply goeie. Frisian is a language spoken in the north of the Netherlands. 19. 19 Say hello in Irish Gaelic: Dia duit pronounced "dee-ah gwitch", which literally means "God be with you". 20. 20 Say hello in Georgian: Hello in Georgian is გამარჯობა, pronounced "gah-mahr-joh-bah". Georgian is the official language of Georgia. 21. 21 Say hello in German: Hello in German is guten tag, pronounced "gootan taag". More informal ways to say hello are hallo and tag, pronounced "tahg". 22. 22 Say hello in Austrian and Bavarian German: Hello is grüß Gott, pronounced "gruess got". More informally, you can say servus, pronounced "zair-voos", which can also mean goodbye. 23. Say hello in Northern German: moin or moin moin (pronounced moyn), also moinsen 24. 24 Say hello in Swiss German:hallo (informal), grüezi (formal, pronounced kind of like grew-tsi), grüessech (formal, used in the Canton of Berne, pronounced grewe-thech) 25. Say hello in Greek: Hello in Greek is Γεια σας, pronounced "YAH sahss" and literally means "health to you". A more informal way to say hello is Γεια σου, pronounced "YAH soo". 26. 26 Say hello in Hungarian: Hello in Hungarian is jó napot, pronounced "yoe naupote". More informal ways to say hello are szervusz, pronounced "sairvoose" and szia, pronounced "seeya". The Hungarian language is also referred to as "Magyar". 27. Say hello in Icelandic: Hello in Icelandic is góðan dag, pronounced "gothan dahg". You can also say hæ, pronounced "hai". 28. 28 Say hello in Italian: Hello in Italian is buon giorno, pronounced "bwohn geeornoh". A more informal way to say hello is ciào, pronounced chow. 29. Say hello in Latin: Hello in Latin is salve, pronounced "sal-way", when talking to one person. Salvete, pronounced "sal-way-tay" is used when talking to more than one person. 30. 30 Say hello in Latvian: Hello in Latvian is Sveika, pronounced "SVYEH-kah", when speaking to a woman. Sveiks, pronounced "SVEH-eeks" is used when speaking to a man. 31. Say hello in Lithuanian: Hello in Lithuanian is laba diena. Sveikas, pronounced "SVAY-kahs" is used informally when speaking to a man, while sveika, pronounced "say-kAH" is used informally when speaking to a woman. Labas, pronouned "LAH-bahs" means "hi". 32. Say hello in Luxembourgish: Hello in Luxembourgish is moïen, pronounced "MOY-en". 33. 33 Say hello in Macedonian: Hello in Macedonian is Здраво, pronounced "zdravo". 34. Say hello in Maltese: There isn't a specific word in Maltese for hello but most people say either "aw gbien" pronounced "Aaw Jbiiin" or "bongu" pronounced "Bonjoo" which mean good morning 35. Say hello in Neapolitan: Hello in Neapolitan is cia or cha. 36. 36 Say hello in Northern Sami: Hello in Northern Sami is Bures, more informally it's bures bures. 37. Say hello in Norwegian: Hello in Norwegian is god dag, literally meaning "good day". A more informal way to say hello is hei, pronounced "hay", meaning "hi". 38. Say hello in Polish: Hello in Polish is dzień dobry, pronounced "jeyn dob-ry". A more informal way to say hello is cześć, pronounced "cheshch". 39. 39 Say hello in Portuguese: Hello in Portuguese is olá, pronounced "oh-LAH". Other informal ways to say hello are oi, boas and alô. 40. Say hello in Romanian: Hello in Romanian is salut, pronounced "sah-LOOT". You may also use buna dimineata (formal; morning), buna ziua (formal; daytime), buna seara (formal; evening) or just buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nah or bu-nah). 41. 41 Say hello in Russian: Hello in Russian iszdravstvuyte, pronounced "ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh". A more informal way to say hello is privet!, pronounced "pree-vyet". 42. 42 Say hello in Scanian: Hello in Scanian is haja. Hallå is a more informal way to say hello, while go'da is more formal. 43. Say hello in Serbian: Hello is Serbian is zdravo, pronounced "ZDRAH-voh". A more informal way to say hello is ćao, pronounced "chow". 44. Say hello in Slovak: Hello in Slovak is dobrý deň, pronounced "dOH-bree deñ". More informal ways to say hello are ahoj, pronounced "ahoy", čau, pronounced "chow" and dobrý, pronounced "dOH-bree". 45. Say hello in Slovenian: Hello in Slovenian is živjo, pronounced "ZHEE-vyoh" or zdravo, pronounced "ZDRAH-voh". 46. 46 Say hello in Spanish: Hello in Spanish is hola, pronounced with a silent 'h' as "o-la". You can also use the informal alo. Qué onda, pronounced "keh ondah", is a phrase used in South America meaning "what's up". Qué pasa is a phrase used in Spain meaing "what's up". Buenos días means "good morning", buenas tardes means good afternoon and buenas noches meand good evening/goodnight. 47. Say hello in Swedish: Hello in Swedish is god dag. You can also use the inform tja, pronounced "sha" or hej, pronounced "hey". 48. Say hello in Turkish: Hello in Turkish is merhaba, pronounced "mehr hah bah". A more informal way to say hello is selam, pronounced "sell um". 49. 49 Say hello in Ukrainian: Hello in Ukrainian is dobriy den, pronounced "DOH-brihy dehn". A more informal way to say hello is pryvit, pronounced "prih-VEET".
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