How do you say HELLO in your language?

Albania
June 30, 2008 11:04am CST
How can you say hello in your native language? and what language do you speak? my native language is albanian and in albanian you say hello in many forms. in formal you say "tungjatjeta" or "tung" for shkurt. but we also use other words such as "miredita", or foreing words like "ciao". (ciao is used less)
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youless
@youless (112621)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jul 08
I am from China. And we will say "ni hao" and it means hello. I love China
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pinkista
@pinkista (892)
• Philippines
2 Jul 08
I'm Filipino... when you say hello to a person.. It's "Kumusta?" or "Kumusta ka?" in Korean, when you say Hello.. it's "Annyeong" or "Annyeong haseoyo!"
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yasmina20_06
@yasmina20_06 (156)
• Belgium
30 Jun 08
Bonjour or salut in French
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snoopy88
@snoopy88 (452)
• Australia
3 Jul 08
Hey, I'm from Hong Kong and we speak cantonese as our main lanaguage, however this had change since the China hand-over. It's mandarin and cantonese. Anyway, there are a few ways to say HELLO in cantonese: "Nei Ho" - formal language, used when meeting new people "Wei..." - informal language, used when seeing friends. It's like saying "HEY!!!"
Jhordie
@Jhordie (5115)
• Philippines
30 Jun 08
KAMUSTA KA in Filipino language
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gentlespirit
@gentlespirit (42)
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3 Jul 08
In Philippines, we use HELLO in many ways - just like in many countries, when we answered phone calls; when we greet people whether an acquaintance or to someone we want to befriend; When we we to sound sarcastic - however, Filipinos have modified the word, and you say it as HALERRR instead of the usual HELLOOOO!