Broomsticks And Owls

by **Mistress Siana** » Monday 28 March 2005 4:57:18am

Jesus, I've learned french for five years, and now, a year after I graduated, I can hardly read 'le petit prince' without major problems. But I'm proud of myself, I've been to Amsterdam quite recently (Greetings to you, Hagger!), and for the first time, I haven't been recognised as a german at some point.

Ahoj meaning "Ad honorem Jesu" is interesting, that's possibly why the word has made it into so many languages.

Germans have this funny tendency to "americanize" everything, trying to use a lot of english words, but unfortunately, they do it wrong. For example, they call a mobile phone "Handy", and some time ago, there was this company that wanted to create a new word for the old-fashioned "rucksack". They seem to have thought something like "well, they're bags, they wear them close to the body, and, as english is in fashion, why don't we call them "bodybags"? *cough*
Do they do things like that in your countries, too?

by **Paulina** » Monday 28 March 2005 6:00:10pm

Эй,русские отзовитесь!
Привет(privet) means -hello- in Russia and До свидания(dosvidania)
means-Good bye-
I think it is simple to learn.
By the way,I have been learning french for three years....My mother is an English teacher so I know English rather well(but don`t pay attention to some mistakes,please!

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by **L'Oeil de Râ** » Thursday 31 March 2005 8:54:37am

In french, we can say "à plus" to a friend to say "good bye".

by **Broccoli** » Friday 1 April 2005 8:11:58am

In Austria you can also hear "Servus!" to meen hello or good-bye.

by **Hagger 9003** » Friday 1 April 2005 9:28:09am

i just visited malaysia, n i got some phrases from the native language there, bahasa malay

selamat= welcome
air= water

that last one was really confusing when i saw it on a bottle. "sellin bottles of air?!?!? whats going on?!?!?!?!?!?!" :grin:

nice one, siana! ive only just arrived bak from holiday to amsterdam. it feels so cold in comparison to malaysia.

by **Tween_Luv** » Sunday 10 April 2005 3:54:30pm

i live in America, but my native language is russian, i jsut dont know how to type in russian on the comp...and since i grew up here, i'm the most dreadful speller in russian...=\

by **Broccoli** » Tuesday 12 April 2005 10:38:22am

Yay! Another Russian! :grin:

by **Tween_Luv** » Tuesday 12 April 2005 2:58:53pm

and proud to be one.

by **eZe-m3r0-ChuCkY** » Friday 15 April 2005 10:11:18pm

DorkWad547?! wrote:just a question that i have always wondered.

In spain, they use:
Buenos Dias= good morning
Buenos Tardes= good afternoon
Buenos Noches= Good night
Hola=hello

mmm....not completely...

Buenos dias...good
Buenos Tardes...NO
it's Buenas Tardes...wit da "a"
Buenos Noches....No
it's also Buenas Noches...wit da "a"
Hola...good
Adios...Hasta La Vista Baby...without da baby!

well...the informal young "hip" way is
hello- que onda?...
bye-te veo, adios, hasta alrato..A LOT

AND the young hip english way..
hi- wadup
bye-peace, 1

Chinese-neehow..i dunno..the delivery gut said that 2 me...

alright..that's all I know..

by **eZe-m3r0-ChuCkY** » Friday 15 April 2005 10:16:15pm

Female_alien wrote:in croatian:

Hello: Bok! Zdravo!
Good morning: Dobro jutro!
Good day: Dobar dan!
Good evening: Dobro veče!
Good night: Laku noć!
Good bye: Doviđenja!

in italian:

Hello: Ciao!
Good morning: Bon giorno!
Good evening: Bona sera!
Good night: Bona notte!
Good bye: Arrivederci!

I AM NOT ITALIAN, BUT I DO TAKE IT!
isn't it buon giorno, buona sera, and buona notte..u know?..wit "u"
and by the way
http://www.freetranslation.com
they translate a lot of stuff into some languages...

by **eZe-m3r0-ChuCkY** » Friday 15 April 2005 10:26:32pm

eZe-m3r0-ChuCkY wrote:http://www.freetranslation.com
they translate a lot of stuff into some languages...

the following translations are in this order:
hello
good bye
good morning
good afternoon
good night
bye

languages:

traditional chinese
喂.
再見。
您好。
您好！
晚安。
再見.

simpified chinese:
喂.
再见.
早上好.
您好！
晚安.
再见.

portugese:
oi
bom tchau
bom dia
boa tarde
boa noite
tchau

Dutch:
Het hallo
Goede bye
Goede morgen
Goede namiddag
Goede nacht
bye

german:
Hallo
Gut tschüs
Guten Morgen
Guten Tag
Gute Nacht
Tschüs

norweigen:
hei
god bye
god morgen
god ettermiddag
god natt
bye

russian:
привет
хороший bye
доброе утро
добрый день
хорошая ночь
bye

french:
bonjour
bon au revoir
bonjour
bonjour
bonne nuit
au revoir

german:
Hallo
Gut tschüs
Guten Morgen
Guten Tag
Gute Nacht
Tschüs

well..done wit dat site!!!
lol
i have no idea how to pronounce anything though!!

by **Tween_Luv** » Friday 15 April 2005 11:29:29pm

why is there an extra "bye" at the end of the russian translation? bye in russian is (if you say it in english with russian letters) : dasvedanya

by **eZe-m3r0-ChuCkY** » Friday 15 April 2005 11:55:46pm

Tween_Luv wrote:why is there an extra "bye" at the end of the russian translation? bye in russian is (if you say it in english with russian letters) : dasvedanya

oops
guess i messed up!
Dasvedania!

by **Tween_Luv** » Saturday 16 April 2005 1:40:56am

ehh, i said that wrong. lol. Dasvedanya, is if you say it outloud in russian, and you write how it sounds in english. the russian letters are weird on this computer so,

by **Broccoli** » Monday 18 April 2005 8:44:47am

I think it adds an extra bye to all translations of good-bye, because it translates it literally: good + bye.

Broomsticks And Owls

How do you say hi and/or bye in your country??

What is your native language (please ignore any spelling errors)

Re: How do you say hi and/or bye in your country??

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