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                              Foreign Phrase Guide





                                                                 You’re       I don’t
               English  Hello     Goodbye    Please    Thank you
                                                                 welcome      understand
               Arabic   Marhaba   Masalamah  Min fadlak   Shukran  Ahlan wa sahlan La afham

                                                                              Wo bu ming
               Chinese   Ni hao   Zai jain   Xie xie   Xie xie   Bu ke qi
               (simplified)  (nee ha-ow)  (zay je-an)  (sheh sheh)  (sheh sheh)  (boo ker chi)  bai (war boo
                                                                              ming buy)
                                                                              Je ne
                                             S’il vous
               French   Bonjour   Au revoir            Merci     De rien      comprends
                                             plaît
                                                                              pas
                                                       Danke                  Ich verstehe
                                  Auf        Bitte     schön!    Bitte sehr   es nicht
               German   Hallo
                                  Wiedersehen  (BIT-tuh)  (DAN-keh   (BIT-tuh zayr)  (ich vershtee
                                                       shoon)                 ess nikt)
                                                       Shukriyaa              Mujhey
               Hindi    Namasté   Namasté    Kripaya   or        Koi baat nahin  samajh mein
                                                       Dhanyavad              nahi aataa

                                                                 Dōitashimashite  Watashi wa
               Japanese  Kon’nichiwa  Sayōnara  Dozo (doe-  Arigatō  (doo itashima-  rikai shite
                                             zah)
                                                                 shite)       imasen
                                                                 Dobro
                                  Do svidaniya  Pozhaluysta                   Ne ponimayu
                        Privet                         Spasibo   pozhalovat
               Russian            (doe see-  (poce-ha-                        (nay pon-ee-
                        (pree-vee-yet)                 (spa-see-ba)  (daw-brah pah-
                                  dahn-ya)   laweesta)                        my-oh)
                                                                 jhalavrah)
                                                                              Yo no
               Spanish  Hola      Adiós      Por favor  Gracias  De nada
                                                                              comprendo
                                             Tafadhali           Mwakaribishwa
                        Hujambo                        Asante (a              Sielewi
               Swahili            Kwa heri   (tah fah            (mwa-kah-ree-
                        (hoo jahm bo)                  sahn tee)              (see-eh-lev-ee)
                                             dah lee)            beesh-wah)
                        Sawatdee                       Kob kun
               Thai     (sah wah   Sawatdee  Kruna     kaa (kob nah   Mai pen rai  Mai khao chai
                        dee khaa)            (karunaa)  kahn)                 (mai kao jai kaa)
                                  Ho çakal!
                                  (hosh-cha-kal)
                                  said by person       Te ekkür
                        Merhabā   leaving    Lütfen    ederim    Bir  ey değil  Anlamıyorum
               Turkish                                                        (on lah may
                        (mare-ha-ba)  Güle!  (lut-fen)  (teh shek uer   (beer-shey dey-eel)  or um)
                                  (guu-leh)            eh der eem)
                                  said by person
                                  staying

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