Author	Thread: How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:)
Nkatty View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 16 Jul, 2010 01:29 AM Let me start:applause: I live in Kenya and we have 'swahili' being our national Language. 'Sasa'= 'Hi' 'Asante' = 'Thanks' My native language is 'Kimeru' cause am from the 'Meru' tribe.And you say 'Muga' to mean 'How are you?' or 'Hi' and 'Ibwega' to mean 'Thanks' Post Reply
Brownbunnie View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 18 Jul, 2010 04:15 AM Hi there NKatty! :waving: Nice to meet you. I'm from the United States and am from Hispanic decent. The majority of my ancestors are from Spain and Mexico...Mexican Indian, so since you already know English, I'll show you the words in Spanish. Hola ( h is silent ) = Hi Gracias = Thank you :winksmile: Muchas gracias = Thank you very much Have a great day and God bless! Adios (good-bye) :bunny: Post Reply
Nkatty View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 19 Jul, 2010 12:06 AM Holaaaa:waving: Muchas gracias Brownbunnie.:applause: Its nice to learn different languages. Post Reply
View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 20 Jul, 2010 06:21 PM Being American, I say Hi or Hello and Thanks or Thank you I can say both in Russian, also, though I can't spell it. :laugh: Post Reply
View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 20 Jul, 2010 08:36 PM My native language is English, but I am currently living in China. I don't know much of the language, but I can say "hi" and "thanks"! Hi - Ni hao (knee how) Thanks - Xie Xie (shay shay) Post Reply
Nkatty View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 21 Jul, 2010 12:51 AM xie xie..........:bowindown: to you katie and godslamb Post Reply
View Profile History	How do you say 'Hi' and 'Thanks' in your native language:) Posted : 24 Jul, 2010 09:53 AM from Malaysia: our national language: Malay but often speak English, and Chinese dialects with friends Hi and Thanks in: -------------- - Malay - Hai Terima kasih The chinese pronunciations are kinda difficult to write o'er here - i don't know how to spell them as same spelled words could be pronounced differently as the thank you for all 3 chinese dialects below): Cantonese (a chinese dialect) nei ho mm koi Hakka (a chinese dialect) ngi hau mm koi Mandarin (another chinese dialect) - as explained by another CDFF member above Tamil (an Indian dialect) (don't know how to say hi) nandri (thank you in Tamil) p.s. messin a bit with spanish also in my free time lol Post Reply