A Conversation for Ask h2g2

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Nebulaman. Giant Bee! Your luvverleee!

The first words you learn in any language are often swear words. I can swear in so many languages now! But I want to become more educated so therefore I want to learn something more friendly before I attack with my barage of swear words. Give us "Hello" in as many languages as possible!

Please write the pronounciation if possible (impossible if it is the Rº which is Ethiopian and pronounced as a click). I know may be difficult due to non arabic characters but try your best!

I shall start:


Hello - English (UK)


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mazie (returning soon...)

dia duit (dee-a gwith) - Irish smiley - smiley


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Gnomon - time to move on

Dia dhíbh - (dee-a yeev) Irish - when addressed to more than one person.


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Gnomon - time to move on

Modern Greek:

yeia sou (yassoo) to one person
yeia sas (yassass) to more than one person


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pffffft

Ey up Chuck - (eeee ooooop chuck) English (North of Watford)


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Gnomon - time to move on

Ciao! (chow) Italian. The word also means goodbye.


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Nebulaman. Giant Bee! Your luvverleee!

Awl royt bwoy - Narfolk


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Teuchter

Aye aye min


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Nebulaman. Giant Bee! Your luvverleee!

Aba Kabar - Bahasir (Indonesian/Malay)


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Beatrice

Moien (moy-en) - Luxembourgish


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Beer Elf

Ola!
(Portuguese)


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Gnomon - time to move on

>non arabic characters

It's non-Roman characters you mean, Nebulaman. The characters we use are Roman, not Arabic. Arabic characters are the curly, flowing ones they use to write Arabic.


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WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean.

Fit Like - Aberdeen
Aw right der lah - Scouse


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Researcher XXXXXX

halo : german

bonjour : french


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aka Bel - A87832164

Hallo ( hullo) German

Moin - Northern Germany

Salut - French


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Nebulaman. Giant Bee! Your luvverleee!

Gnomon: Have you seen my handwritting?

Ni How? (How are you?) - Mandarin


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pedro

Sawadee-ka (to a woman)
Sawadee-kup (to a man)
from Thailand


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aka Bel - A87832164

Salam aleikum - Dari - main dialect in Afghanistan


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Nebulaman. Giant Bee! Your luvverleee!

Isn't Salam Makelum or something like that Arabic or hebrew or something?


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Whisky

Dobryj den' - (horrible transliteration of the Russian for 'Good Day')

Pronounced - Dobroi Dyen


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