“TANK”

Says “Hello” in DifferentLanguages

“TANK” shares how to say hello to people from different countries.

Author/Activist: Valerie Cheers-BrownIllustrations by: CA

Language Word PronunciationEnglish Hello he-loh, huh-, hel-oh

Language Word Pronunciation

ARABIC Al Salaam a’alaykum Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom

ARMENIAN Barev Bar-ev

BULGARIAN Zdraveite ZZ–DRA–veyt

CANTONESE Nei Hou Nay Hoe

CHEROKEE Oh-see-YOH

CROATIAN Bok BOHK

CZECH Dobry den DO-bry-den

DANISH Goddag Go dah

DUTCH Hallo Hal-low

FRENCH Bonjour Bohn-ZHOOR

GERMAN Guten Tag GOOT-en-Tahk

GREEK Kalimera Kah-lee-MEH-rah

HAWAIIAN Aloha Ah-LOH-hah

HEBREW Shalom Sha-LOHM

HINDI Namaste Nah-mah-STAY

HUNGARIAN Szia ZEE-yah

ICELANDIC Hallo Hal-lo

INDONESIAN Assalamu alai kum Ahl sah-LAHM ah-LAY-koom

Irish Dia Duit Pronounced: Dee-a-g

ITALIAN Buon giorno Bwohn JOR-noh

JAPANESE Konnichiwa Kon – NEE - chee wah

It means "Hello" in Japanese, but I can also mean "Good afternoon." (There are other ways to say "Good morning" & "Good night" but I'm pretty sure "Konichiwa" can be used as a sort of catch all phrase for "Hello.")

Konnichiwa means Hello or Good afternoonOhayou means Good morning or you could say Ohayou gozaimasu to make it formalKonbanwa means Good eveningSayonara means GoodbyeAnd Oyasuminasai means Good night

あなた男おそらくいけない知っているどのようなイムと言って限りあなた

さ日本またはあなた知っているザ言語も

KOREAN Annyong ha shimnikka An-YOH-HAShim-ni-kah

LITHUANIAN Labas Lah – bahs

MANDARIN Ni Hao Knee How

MOHAWK Sekoh SHE – goh

NAVAJO Ya at eeh YAH-AHT-AY

PERSIAN Selam She – lam

POLISH Czesc Chesht

PORTUGESE Oi Oy

ROMANIAN Buna ziua BOO – nuh – ZEE – wa

RUSSIAN Zdraustvuite ZzDRAST – VOYT – yah

SERBIAN Zdravo ZDRAD – vo

SLOVAK Dobry den Dobree – den

SPANISH Hola OH – la

SWAHILI Jambo JAM – bo

SWEDISH God dag Goo dag

UKRAINIAN Pryvit Pri – veet

TANK says “With a little thinking and using our brain, we can remember these greetings the next time we meet someone from that

country.”

Just in case he meets people from another land or country, he can say hello.

Languages of the World (Number of Countries)

Languages of the World (Speakers)

How can knowing different languages help

us?

Only by keeping ourselves culturally and mentally robust

through variability could we hope to help those in severe

situations here and now, and you-know-where-and-when.

“Tank” the dinosaur lived for helping people and he took the people to a place where they learned how to say hello in many different languages.

The End