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How many languages can you speak? (or say hello in)

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Just a curiosity... I just wanted to know all of the different languages everyone speaks! Just write down your nationality and then the languages you can speak... then write hello in that language next to it.

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updated Oct 13, 2012
posted by yfsoccer8
Good! - diagonx, Jun 1, 2012
Almost forgot to vote! :-) - 0095ca4c, Jun 1, 2012
I'm Algerian girl.i speak four langiages,which are:Arabic Language السلام عليكم.French language Salut.English language Hello.Spanish language Hola. - catou87, Jun 1, 2012
i from Malaysia.i can speak 6 languages.mandarin,bahasa melayu,english,kantonis,hokkien,spanish..some of the languges are dificult to express by using alphabets - hansonhow, Jun 1, 2012

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IM de namibia y puede hablar 6 idioma inglés-Hola, hallo Afrikaans, español - hola, alemán guten tag y 2 idioma africano, que es oshiherero-moshavii, damara nama-matisa,

im from namibia and can speak 6 languages english-hello afrikaans-hallo spanish-hola german-guten tag oshiherero-moshavii damara nama-matisa

updated Oct 12, 2012
posted by merlyn0
Namibia, where the san whistles and sings.... Hoe gaan dit? - katydew, Oct 12, 2012
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English- Hello/Hi

Spanish- Hola

Some Italian- Ciao


Inglés - Hello/Hi

Español- Hola

Un poco de italiano- Ciao

updated Jun 12, 2012
posted by PumpkinCalabaza
Ciao means hello and goodbye - 0066cfd7, Jun 1, 2012
I know...It's a useful little word :) - PumpkinCalabaza, Jun 11, 2012
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Hey guys I have already posted on this thread but as an update I have just enrolled in the local government funded catalan classes here in Barcelona. Jo em dic Ken. My name is Ken or Jo soc ell Ken. I am Ken, bon dia for good morning and hello is Hola as in Spanish. Jo tinc setanta-sis anys, I am 76 years old so it's never too late to learn a new language.

updated Oct 15, 2012
edited by kenwilliams
posted by kenwilliams
You will be supporting Barca next amigo :) - ian-hill, Oct 12, 2012
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English : Hello French : Bonjour Spanish : Hola Japanese : Ohio gazaimas and Conitua, these are the phonetic sounds meaning good morning and good afternoon and Sayonara is goodbye, ardigatto is thank you and I think watashiwa anatoul ishimasu or something like that was I love you, I used to know more but it is a long time ago that I was there in 1956.

updated Oct 13, 2012
edited by kenwilliams
posted by kenwilliams
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Australian : G'day owyrgoin oriteryuz ?

updated Oct 13, 2012
posted by ray76
G'day Mate!! :). - shish75, Jun 9, 2012
No worries shish , have a good one ! - ray76, Jun 10, 2012
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Syrian = Arabic : Marhaba.

English : Hi , hello

French : Salut.

Spanish:Hola

updated Jun 11, 2012
posted by shish75
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Arabic(I'm Lebanese) marhaba / ahlan

French Bonjour / bon après midi / bon soir (depends on the time of the day)

English Hello / Hi

Spanish Hola

updated Jun 11, 2012
posted by Allouch
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syrian marhaba

updated Jun 11, 2012
posted by fadi1988
Ahlain !!:) - shish75, Jun 9, 2012
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arabic : marhaba english and spanish you know it ....

updated Jun 11, 2012
posted by fadi1988
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Just Spanish and English hello/hola

updated Oct 15, 2012
posted by BellaMargarita
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I am from Hong Kong. I speak four languages, English-Hello Spanish Hola Cantonese-?? Chinese(Putonghua)-N? h?o

updated Oct 15, 2012
posted by mcs-chloe
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Fluent English, reasonably good German, and some Spanish (but I am trying). As for "hello", well...

Hello (English)

Hola/Buenos Días/Buenas Tardes (Español)

Bonjour/Bonsoir (French)

Guten Tag/Guten Morgen/Guten Abend/Gruss Gott (German)

Buongiorno (Italian)

Zdravo (Serbian)

Kaliméra/Kalispéra (Greek)

Konnichiwa (Japanese)

and finally Ni Hao (Chinese Mandarin)

updated Oct 15, 2012
posted by Scribe-Lady
I was wondering what it was in Mandarin. Thanks! - SaigeSmith, Oct 12, 2012
I'm also fluent in complete rubbish, or so I'm told XD XD - Scribe-Lady, Oct 12, 2012
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As a Canadian I can speak both British and American English. That is all Lol. But I can understand simple French and I can say hello comfortably in a few languages.

French - bonjour, bonsoir, salut, allo

Swedish - god dag

Spanish - hola

Pig Latin - ellohay, ihay

updated Oct 15, 2012
edited by andrewandrew599
posted by andrewandrew599
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Native American - O si yo - Namasta

English - Hello

Spanish - Hola

updated Oct 13, 2012
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
Jaja - sinsonte, Jun 1, 2012
What are you laughing at Sinsonte? - rac1, Jun 1, 2012
We are kin folk. I'm Cherokee;) - Ranman, Jun 1, 2012
Me too, Ranman!!! :):):) - rac1, Jun 1, 2012
Actually, I left one out......Bonjour!! - rac1, Jun 1, 2012
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English - Hello

Spanish - Hola

Portuguese - Olá

Turkish - Merhaba

updated Oct 13, 2012
edited by Uciki
posted by Uciki