Multicultural Greetings

From all our friends

Our warmest greetings to everyone!

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Kenya
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5-04-01
Patricia, 

Kiswahili is the national language spoken in Kenya and much of the East Coast 
of Africa and some parts of Central Africa too. The folowing words are formal 
ways of saying things to one another. Enjoy! 

Habari gani? Translates to "how are you" 

Kwaheri translates to "goodbye" 

Safari njema translates to "bon voyage" 

I can be reached at mfauzia@hotmail.com. Thank you. 
Fauzia Mohamed 


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From Israel
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From: Boker boker@zeus.datasrv.co.il

Hi Patti,

 In Hebrew,  Shalom means 3 things:
    1) Hello
    2) Goodbye
    3) Peace

  David Lloyd

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From Russia
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From: malykh malykh@ubd.e-burg.su

Just for example:

Hello - Zdravstvui, privet
good-bye - do svidaniya, poka

Sergei Malykh


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From Estonia
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From: Kadri Klementi kadri@hisoft.hiiumaa.ee

Dear Patricia,

Greeting such as 'hello'   Tere,
Tere tulemast (Greeting such as 'welcome')
Greeting such as 'good-bye'  Head-aega
Yours Sincerely,

Kadri


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From Finland
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From: Leena Pietik{inen lpiet@ksilta.otol.fi

Patti,


Here you get FINNISH words. Note the letter 
'{' is 'a' with two dots
above it and that is pronounced as 'a' in the
 word 'hat'.
 greeting such as 'hello'_______  'hei'
                                   'terve' 
 (the first is more usual for young people)
 parting words.... such as 'good-bye' ____________
                            'n{kemiin'
Nowadays it is usual to say gladly 'hei!' when we meet 
somebody or leave her. In both situations.
HAUSKAA LOMAA, HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and your kids!

Leena

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From Taiwan
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From: Dwight Johnson edu063@netcentral.nchu.edu.tw

greeting such as 'hello'
knee how

parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
zhy gin

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From Egypt
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From: ALIAHS@auc-acs.eun.eg

Hello Mrs Patti

Goodbye is Ma'Salama
Good morning is sabah al-khayr
Good afternoon is masa al-khayr
or we say as-salamu 'alaykum
Peace be upon you at any time.

Mariam

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From Iceland
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From: Lara Stefansdottir lara@ismennt.is
   

greeting such as 'hello'
We might just say: halló
but we should say to many people: Komiğ şiğ sæl
                     a woman    : Komdu sæl
                     a man      : Komdu sæll
parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
Bless
or
Vertu blessuğ      (to a woman)
Vertu blessağur    (to a man)
Veriğ şiğ blessuğ  (to many)

Kaer kvedja
Lara

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From Turkey
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From: Banu Oney Kusefoglu banu@boun.edu.tr

Merhaba  Patti !
That is hello in Turkish.  
We say "Hoscakal" for good-bye.
Hoscakal,

Deniz Kusefoglu

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From: Fethiye Akbulut akbulut@csd.uwm.edu

HI, Patti,

I saw your home page,
I wanted to add some Turkish words to that listing:

Sevgi = Love
Baris = peace

And we say:
gunaydin for good morning
Iyi aksamlar for good evening
iyi geceler for good night

Hoscakal,
Fethiye Akbulut

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From The Netherlands
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From: Stephan de Haas sdh@xs4all.nl

Patti,
 greeting such as 'hello'
  Hallo Patti!

 parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
  Tot ziens

Groeten,
Steef.

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From Germany
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From: Wolfgang Reinfeldt reinfel@caeci.ol.ni.schule.de

German greeting and parting words:
greeting such as 'hello'
Hallo

parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
Tschüß

Wolfgang

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From Zambia
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From: Neil Robinson neil@unza.za

Dear Patricia,

I'm English, but in Nyanja (which is spoken in
 Lusaka but one of 73 languages spoken in Zambia)
 the greetings would be:

greeting such as 'hello'
Muli bwanji (how are you?)
Ndili bwino (I am well)

parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
Tizaonana (we will meet)
Endani bwino (go well)

   Best Wishes,
   Neil


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From Iran
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From: ALI PARSA parsa@neda.net.ir

 greeting such as hello'
  Salam

 parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
  Khoda-HAfez

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From Uruguay
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From: Tornaria Eduardo etornari@varela.reu.edu.uy

Hi Patti!
greeting such as 'hello'
hola

parting words.... such as 'good-bye'
chau

Cheers,

Eduardo Tornaria

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From Poland
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From: Marek Car mcar@idsserv.waw.ids.edu.pl

Dear Mrs Weeg,

'hello in Polish: 'serwus'
'good-bye' in Polish: 'do zobaczenia'

Joanna

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From Nicaragua
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From: ans@uni.ni

To answer your request, here's the following
(I am writing from the American-Nicaraguan school 
located in Managua):

Hello:        Hola
good-bye:     adios or hasta luego (see you later)  or
              hasta pronto  (see you soon).

I hope this helps,

Oscar f.

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From Japan
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From: Sueko Tani       sueko@aegis.or.jp

Hi Patti,

I'll tell you about Japanese greeting."
"Hello" is "konnichiwa", "good-bye" is "sayonara",
"good morning" is "ohayo", "good evening" is
"konbanwa" and "good afternoon" is "konnichiwa".
We do not say "konnichiwa" in the evening.
These days young people usually say "bye-bye"
instead of "sayonara" when they part.
The words are changing.

Your friend,
Sueko
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From Greece
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From Kids at Merchant-Valaris School of English, 
Athens, Greece
e-mail kids@athnet.ath.forthnet.gr

Dear Patricia,
Here are  some greetings in Greek.
You can put them in your computer program.

HELLO=yasu
hello=geia
goodbye=adio
good morning=kalimera
good evening=kalispera
good afternoon=kalo apogevma
good night=kalinihta
how are  you=pos eisai
whats your name=pos se lene?

Of course the Greek alphabet is not the same as 
yours and if we had used Greek letters you would 
not have been able to read them on your screen.
So we had to use Latin letters. So the Greek words 
do not look the way you see them but they sound 
like that.

All the best,

stahis
CHRISTOPHER
STEFANI MAYROEIDI.
PANOS  KOLETTAS.
Dimitra Tsiami 11 years old
Fotis Karkatsoulis 16 years old.
MARIANTHI BOLOVINA 12 years old
EMMANOUELA KOMIANOU 12 years old

PS. Happy Summer Holidays from Demetre Valaris

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From Australia
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Nathan Willis  nwillis@scu.edu.au

Hi Patti,
I thought I would tell you that in Australia a common 
greeting is "G'day" you might want to add that to your 
home page.

Nathan

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From Bangladesh
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From: SIKDER ABDUL M    sikd6213@cslabs2c4
Subject: Greetings from Bangladesh

Hi Patti

In Bengali Language:
How are you = Kamon Acho
Good-bye = Shuva-bidhai
Thank you = Dhanabad

Best Wishes
Abdul Sikder

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[Abdul, Thank you for your greetings!  You must
have read my pages here and responded.  I have
tried to (r)eply to your message but the mail
bounces.  Sorry... cannot reach you.  Patti]

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From Wales
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From: Darren Rees merlin@aberdare.demon.co.uk
Dear Patti

Hi there! I've just spent what seems like ages surfin' your 
"global classroom" project... and I am genuinely impressed,
amazed.

For your pupils... a greeting in Welsh... "sut mae?"
We often say in Wales in Welsh "Sut mae?" or "Siwmae?" 
and it translates as "how are you?"  It's used as a 
greeting. 
And the person need not respond by saying how they are. 
They can simply say, "sut mae" back. 
"pob lwc gyda'r prosiect!" 

/ best of luck with the project!

Darren Rees
Aberdare, South Wales
ebost / email   darren@dewin.demon.co.uk
                darren@aberdare.demon.co.uk
                merlin@netlink.co.uk

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From Latvia
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Hi, Patty
Here some greetings in Latvian.
Hello-Sveiki.
Good Morning-Lab'rit('i' as 'ee').
Good afternoon-Lab'dien.
Good evening-Lab'vakar.
Good buy-A'ta(last 'a' as 'aa') or Sveiki.

Roberts
TA6S379@LVRTU11.CS.RTU.LV

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From Malaysia (by way of the UK)
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I thought the idea of having a multicultural 
greetings page is excellent. You may be interested
in adding a few typical greetings from my home 
country, Malaysia, to your list!

"a" is pronounced as in "car"; "g" as in "good";
 "e" as in "term"
Selamat Pagi - Good Morning
Selamat Petang - Good Evening
Selamat Malam - Good Night
Selamat Tinggal - Good-bye
Terima Kasih - Thank you

Selamat tinggal,
Elaine.Leong@cdtec.co.uk

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From Norway
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From: Leif Haugen leif@tor.ber.hs.nki.no

Hello Patricia

Here are some Norwegian greetings:
"Hello" is "hallo"
"Goodbye" is "farvel"
"Good morning" is "god morgen"
"Good day" is "god dag"
"Good evening" is "god kveld"

Other greeting words are "hei" when meeting 
and "ha det bra," "ha det
godt" and just "ha det."

Mail: leif@tor.ber.hs.nki.no
Sincerly Leif

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New Zealand
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From: Peter & Kay Wilson pk.wilson@xtra.co.nz

kia ora - Maori greeting
(key-a aura / kee-a or-rah)


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Austrian-German
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From: Katharina Karner 

greeting words such as hello = hallo, grüß dich
parting words such as good bye = auf wiedersehen, 
                             tschüß, servus, Baba

Greetings from Austria
Yours Katharina

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