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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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