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o Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
o Islamic Greeting - السّلام عليكم (peace be upon you) pronounced Assalamou Alykoum
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o Arabic - صباح الخير (good morning)pronounced sabahou el kheir , مساء الخير (good evening) pronounced masaou el kheir : note that Kh-خ is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAN-مرحبا (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban
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o Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day)("G'day mate")
o Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as 你好. Cantonese is nei* ho or lei ho (pronounced ne ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is nǐ hǎo (pronounced, nee how) (remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say 早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) for "Good Morning." *as in eee not a
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o English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,) yo (informal,)
o 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)
o German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).
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o Greek - γεια σου (pronounced yah-soo; singular to greet a friend, informal), γεια σας (plural to be polite, formal)(it means "health to you"), καλημέρα (pronounced kalimeera; good morning; formal), καλό απόγευμα (pronounced kalo apoyeevma; good afternoon; formal), καλησπέρα (pronounced kalispeera; good evening; formal)
o Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")
o Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)
o 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)
o Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").
o Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
o Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
o Islamic Greeting - السّلام عليكم (peace be upon you) pronounced Assalamou Alykoum
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o Arabic - صباح الخير (good morning)pronounced sabahou el kheir , مساء الخير (good evening) pronounced masaou el kheir : note that Kh-خ is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAN-مرحبا (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban
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o Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day)("G'day mate")
o Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as 你好. Cantonese is nei* ho or lei ho (pronounced ne ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is nǐ hǎo (pronounced, nee how) (remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say 早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) for "Good Morning." *as in eee not a
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o English - hello (formal), hi (informal), hey (informal,) yo (informal,)
o 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)
o German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).
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o Greek - γεια σου (pronounced yah-soo; singular to greet a friend, informal), γεια σας (plural to be polite, formal)(it means "health to you"), καλημέρα (pronounced kalimeera; good morning; formal), καλό απόγευμα (pronounced kalo apoyeevma; good afternoon; formal), καλησπέρα (pronounced kalispeera; good evening; formal)
o Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")
o Indonesian - halo (hello), selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)
o 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)
o Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("good morning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").
o Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
o Russian - Privet! pronounced as pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)