Greeting and goodbyes in different languages

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Scuzi

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I was thinking it would be a nice touch to learn how to say hello and goodbye in the various different languages of the pilots I speak to on a daily basis. So, in the following languages, how does one say hello, goodbye and good day etc.? You'll have to spell them phonetically too as I suck at foreign language pronunciation.

  • German
  • Danish
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Finnish
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Indian
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Dutch
  • Icelandic
  • Austrian
  • Swiss

Ta :)
 
"Awite mate?... I said awite mate?... AWITE?!"

That's all you need for international conversation
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Nozzer said:
"Awite mate?... I said awite mate?... AWITE?!"

That's all you need for international conversation
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Don't forget 'MIGUEL, TRES BEERS PORFAVOR!'
 
  • German - hello = guten tag, goodbye = tchuss
  • Danish
  • Swedish - hello = hei also i think
  • Norwegian
  • Finnish - hello - moi (pronouced mooey) or hei, goodbye = Näkemiin
  • Russian - wodka
  • Chinese
  • Japanese - konichiwa
  • Indian
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Dutch - hello = hallo, goodbye = doei
  • Icelandic
  • Austrian - same as german
  • Swiss - same as german
And thats all i know :p
 
Russian - priviet or Zdravstvuitye - hello
paka - Goodbye

You forgot French! Bonjour/Salut - hello
Au revoir or A bientot or A la prochaine or A plutard or Adieu - goodbye (see you some other time except Adieu which literally implies you will never see them again except when you are dead and with god.)

Indian - Namaste - hello and goodbye
 
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I don't know goodbye, but I know hello for all of those:

  • German - La mengen cuten comrade mer lesh viner snecksen friar lunchum
  • Danish - Bacon
  • Swedish - Blonnedebeauty
  • Norwegian - Sclopsh
  • Finnish - Iamdone
  • Russian - Ispie
  • Chinese - Harro
  • Japanese - Harro
  • Indian - Tooninetynine
  • Korean - Harro
  • Polish - Freekinscold
  • Dutch - La mengen cutenen comraded mer lesh viner snecksen friar lunchumise
  • Icelandic - Hoppipolla
  • Austrian - La mengen cutin comrade mer lesh viner snecksen friary lunchumise
  • Swiss - Tweasers

:)
 
iCraig said:
I don't know goodbye, but I know hello for all of those:

  • German - La mengen cuten comrade mer lesh viner snecksen friar lunchum
  • Danish - Bacon.
  • Swedish - Blonnedebeauty
  • Norwegian - Sclopsh
  • Finnish - Iamdone
  • Russian - Ispie
  • Chinese - Harro
  • Japanese - Harro
  • Indian - Tooninetynine
  • Korean - Harro
  • Polish - Freekinscold
  • Dutch - La mengen cutenen comraded mer lesh viner snecksen friar lunchumise
  • Icelandic - Hoppipolla
  • Austrian - La mengen cutin comrade mer lesh viner snecksen friary lunchumise
  • Swiss Tweasers

:)
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I don't believe you. :)
 
You should be able to get the majority of them here dude:

BBC - Languages. There are sound-bytes of how to pronounce them too!

To get you started, Danish:

Hello: Goddag.

Goodbye: Farvel.

Thank you: Tak (I love that, being so polite is so short in Danish :)).

Any more than that you could say "Undskyld, jeg kan ikke tale dansk =
I'm sorry, I don't speak Danish". :p
 
iBankAllDay said:
You should be able to get the majority of them here dude:

BBC - Languages. There are sound-bytes of how to pronounce them too!

To get you started, Danish:

Hello: Goddag.

Goodbye: Farvel.

Thank you: Tak (I love that, being so polite is so short in Danish :)).

Any more than that you could say "Undskyld, jeg kan ikke tale dansk =
I'm sorry, I don't speak Danish". :p
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Thanks, that BBC site is great. Thanks for the replies everyone, I've been trying to learn some of them (not iCraigs :p).

I don't very often speak to French, Greeks, Spaniards as they generally fly in the airspace to the south of Heathrow whereas I work the north sector.
 
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