Learning a Language: Hello and Thank You

At the bare minimum, every traveler should learn at least two new expressions in every country. Hello and thank you are two of the most important words that you can learn and you will use them many times every day. They are the absolute minimum in terms of showing respect and will open many doors for you. You would be surprised at how far a little common courtesy will go.

This is a list of some of the most useful languages to know while traveling. If you master this list then you should be able to say hello and thank you to a huge percentage of the world’s population.

Good luck and happy travels.

–          The Essential Destination

Language

Hello

Thank You

French

Bonjour- (day)

Bonsoir –(evening)

Merci

German

Guten Tag- (day)

Guten Abend- (evening)

Danke

Spanish

Hola

Gracias

Portuguese

Bom Dia- (day)

Boa Tarde- (evening)

Obrigado- (man)

Obriganda- (woman)

Mandarin

Ni Hao

你好

Xie’xie

谢谢

Italian

Buongiorno- (day)

Buona Sera- (evening)

Grazie

Indonesian

Selamat Pagi- (day)

Selamat Malam- (evening)

Terima Kasih

Japanese

Konnichiwa

こんいちは

Arigatou

ありがとう

Russian

Privet

Привет

Spasiba

Спасибo

Thai

Sawdeekhrap (man)

Sawadeekha (woman)

Khapkunkhrap (man)

Khaphunkha (woman)

Xhosa

Molo (to one person)

Molweni (to more than one person)

Ndiyabulela

Hawaiian

Aloha

Mahalo

Swahili

Habari

Asante sana

Tagalog

Mabuhay

Salamat po

Vietnamese

Chào

Cảm on

Greek

Ya su

Γεια σου

Efharisto

Ευχαριστώ

Hungarian

Szia

Köszönöm

Arabic

As-salām ‘alaykum

Wa ‘alaykum is salām- (response)

Shukran

Norwegian

Hei

Takk

Dutch

Goeiedag

Dank u

Hebrew

Shalom

שלןם

Toda

תןדה

Hindi

Namaste

Dhanyavād

 Written by Joseph Ramsey for The Essential Destination

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