Multilingual greetings

[Judy and George Stanton <gstanton@EARTHLINK.NET>]

Bonnie A Symansky wrote:
>
> Friends,
> I am trying to develop a display that greets students with hello in many
> languages.  Yes- Dewey 400 month!  I know how to say hello in Hebrew,
> Spanish, Hawaiian, and French. Any other languages would be greatly
> appreciated.

        Well, I can at least tell you German and Japanese.  German for "Hello"
is literally "Hallo", but "Guten Tag" (meaning literally 'good day') is
frequently heard instead and is a more suitable expression.  Japanese
has no true equivalent for hello, so "Konnichi wa" (meaning 'good day'
as well) is used instead.  I've been enlightened by a friend of mine
that in Pharci (sp?), the language used in Iran, it's "Shalom."
        That help?  Hope so.  Please post a HIT when finished - I'd love to see
the responses.

Geoff Stanton
c/o
Judith Stanton  |  gstanton@earthlink.net
ELMT graduate program / GSU / Atlanta, GA

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