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GREETINGS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

  Afrikaans — Hallo (hello) pronounced Hu-llo

  Albanian — Tungjatjeta (pronounced To-ngyat-yeta) means have a long life, or c'kemi (hi)

  Armenian — barev or parev  

  Azerbaijani — salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam

  Basque — kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; .pronounced egg-un own), gau

on (night; pronounced gow own)

  Belarusian — Вiтаю (pronounced Vee-tie-yu)

  Breton - Degemer Mad  

  Bulgarian — zdravei , zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning),Dobar 

den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)

  Bosnian — Hej? (Hey) "Dobar dan" (Good Afternoon) "Cao" (Hi) "Laku noc" (Good night)

  Catalan — hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah) good morning,bona

tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.

  Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra

večer (evening), laku nd (night)

  Czech — dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý 

večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy )

  Danish — hej (informal; pronounced hi ), goddag (formal), godaften (evening;formal), hey , hejsa, halløj (very informal).

  Dutch — hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)

  Estonian — tere päevast" (good day), Tere hommikust (morning), TereÕhtust(evening) Tere/tervist

  Finnish —

 hyvää päivää (formal), moi , terve or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)  French — salut (informal; silent 't'), allo,bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal

vowel, pronounced "bon-shore"), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel),bonne

nuit (good night)

  Frisian (A Language from northern Netherland, still spoken by many people)—Goeie

dei (Formal), Goeie (A bit more informal but still correct).

  Gaelic — dia duit (informal; pronounced dee-ah whu-it; literally "God be with you")

  Georgian — gamardjoba 

  German - Traditional — hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootantaag), Tag (very informal; pronounced tahg).

  German - Austrian and Bavarian - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess got), servus(informal; alsomeans "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)

  German - Northern — moin or moin moin (pronounced moyn), also moinsen 

  German - Swiss — hallo (informal), grüezi (formal, pronounced kind of like grew-tsi),grüessech (formal, used in the Canton of Berne, pronounced grewe-thech)

  Greek — Γεια ςου (pronounced YAH-soo; singular to greet a friend, informal), Γεια

ςασ (plural to be polite, formal) (meaning "health to you"), καλημέρα (pronounced kalee-

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ME-ra; good morning; formal), καλό απόγευμα (pronounced ka-LOH a-PO-yevma; goodafternoon; formal), καληςπέρα (pronounced kalee-SPE-rah; good evening; formal)

  Hebrew — shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma korae? (very

informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")

  Hungarian, Magyar —  jó napot (pronounced yoe naupote; daytime;

formal),szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal), szia (pronounced seeya; informal), oreven heló, like English hello but a longer "o"

  Icelandic — góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dahg), hæ (informal; pronounced hai)

  Irish — Dia duit (pronounced "Dee-ah ghwit"; also means "God Be With You")

  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) 

  Kurdish — choni , roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)

  Latin (Classical)— salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one

person), salvete(pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than oneperson), ave (pronounced ar-way; when talking to one person; when talking to someonerespected), avete(pronounced ar-way-tay; when talking to more than one respected

person)

  Latvian — labdien, sveiki , chau (informal; pronounced chow).

  Lithuanian — laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to amale), sveika (informal; when speaking to a female), sveiki (informal; when speaking tomore than one person).

  Maltese — merħba (meaning "welcome"), bnġu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-

tajjeb(evening)

 Mongolian 

—

 sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronouncedsay-noo; informal), ugluunii mend (morning; pronounced ohglohny mend), udriin

mend (afternoon, pronounced ohdriin mend), oroin mend (evening; pronounced or-oh-in

mend)

  Norwegian — hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), god morgen ("goodmorning"), god dag ("good day"), god kveld ("good evening").

  Persian — salaam or do-rood (salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-

aleykum in all Islamic societies)

  Polish — zieo bry (formal), witaj (hello) cześd (hi, pronounced, "cheshch")

  Portuguese — oi , boas, olá or alô (informal); bom dia or bons dias (good morning, good day,used before noon or before the noon meal); boa tarde or boas tardes(good afternoon, used

after noon or after the noon meal, until twilight); boa noite orboas noites (good evening andgood night, used after twilight).

  Romanian — salut , buna dimineata (formal; morning), buna ziua (formal; daytime),buna

seara (formal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a female pronounced boo-nah orbu-nah)

  Russian — Privet! (pronounced as pree-vyet; informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronouncedZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)

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  Serbian — zdravo, da (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro),dobar 

dan (afternoon), br veče (pronounced dobro vetcheah; evening), laku nd (night), do

viđen ja (see you soon)

  Slovak — brý ep (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), čau (pronounced chow)anddobrý (informal abbreviation)

  Slovenian —

 živj (informal; pronounced zhivyo), zdravo (informal), dobro jutro(morning), dober dan (afternoon), ber večer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)

  Spanish — hola (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, qué onda (South America; veryinformal, like "what's up"; pronounced keh ondah), qué hay , (South America; veryinformal), qué pasa (Spain, informal), buenos días ("good morning"), buenas

tardes (afternoon and early evening), buenas noches (late evening and night). These threeforms can be made informal by saying "buenas". Also Qué Transa(Mexico; very informal,like "what's up", pronounced keh trahansa). Qué tál (meaning "what's up", pronounced kaytal)

  Swedish —

 tja (very informal; pronounced sha), hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)

  Turkish — merhaba (formal), selam (Informal)

  Ukrainian — dobriy ranok (formal; morning), dobriy den (formal; afternoon), dobriy 

vechir (formal; evening), pryvit (informal)

  Welsh — shwmae (South Wales; pronounced "shoe-my"), "Sut Mae" North Wales(pronounced "sit my"), or S'mae (pronounced "S' my"), or simply Helo