Andrew Nguyen - Welcome* (ようこそ Xin Chao)

Welcome* (ようこそ Xin Chao)

Tuesday, 5. May 2009, 12:00:00

welcome, language, culture, meltingpot, multilingual

Xin chào! Welcome to my blog, please leave a message with how you say "hello" in your language!

In my dream to travel the world, especially the Oriental parts like Japan. Leave a comment below and tell me which 'hello' you are.

I'm "Xin chào!" (Vietnamese)

Languages so far:
Xin chào (Vietnamese)Hallo (Norwegian)Привет (Russian)Cześć (Polish)Salam (Urdu)Habari (Swahili)Sveiki (Latvian)Hola (Spanish)Mabuhay (Filipino)Привіт (Ukrainian)Здравей (Bulgarian)Niltze (Nahuatl)Bi’ix a beele’ex (Maya)Padioxh (Zapoteco)Bonjour (French)Hej, Dav, Hallo (Danish)やあ!(Yah!) (Japanese)Konichiwa (Japanese)My blog is best viewed in the Opera Web Browser:

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Vy Nguyen # 31. October 2009, 18:16

... Hey dude! Long time no see.

But what happened to your FANCY blog theme???

Andrew Nguyen # 1. November 2009, 16:07

I know!

...I'm prep-ing for another blog theme.

Vy Nguyen # 1. November 2009, 16:36

Okie dokie! ... Can't wait to see it!

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 14:12

வணக்கம் (Tamil)

Andrew Nguyen # 15. November 2009, 14:51

Arrgh, I can't decode the "வணக்கம" in any search engine.

...Nor with the Wikipedia link...

Either that, or I just don't work well in the morning.

Epic picture though.

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 14:57

http://www.google.com/search?q=%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D

Andrew Nguyen # 15. November 2009, 15:21

That's one catchy song!

Suntana # 15. November 2009, 15:49

Yep, that Penguin / Monkey Rumble Pic about sums you two up.

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 16:03

Suntana # 15. November 2009, 16:16

Did you create it? I can't believe there just happened to be a Penguin / Monkey Smackdown animated image somewhere on the Net.

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 16:18

Originally posted by Suntana:

Did you create it?

Nope.

Suntana # 15. November 2009, 16:24

Whoa! So it DID exist!

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 16:39

Suntana # 15. November 2009, 16:41

So then it's true. You can find ANYTHING on the Net.

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 16:47

http://my.opera.com/SqueakeyCat/blog/show.dml/4252122?startidx=150#comment10718072

Suntana # 15. November 2009, 20:22

So THAT's where you found it. Still, Jaxs had to have found it on the Net.

Tamil # 15. November 2009, 22:56

Leif Rømcke # 16. November 2009, 04:45

Anonymous # 22. November 2009, 12:33

Anonymous writes:

Jambo (Swahili)
Nikuega (Kikuyu)

Andrew Nguyen # 27. November 2009, 03:25

Vy Nguyen # 27. November 2009, 03:47

Happy Thanksgiving.

Andrew Nguyen # 27. November 2009, 03:52

You too!

Anonymous # 3. December 2009, 16:11

Polish 'Hello':) writes:

>>>Leave a comment below and tell me which 'hello' you are. :D

As for Polish greetings, you can also say "witaj":) "Cześć" is informal.
"Witaj" isn't super-formal but you can use it in a conversation with someone older whom you're not close to. It's actually imperative form of "witać" - "to greet":)
Teenagers shorten "cześć" into "cze" which is even more informal but very popular (although laughed at by old pricks:P).

"Siema" is a word used for "hello", too although it is actually a shortcut made from: "jak się masz?" - "how are you?" "Siema" itself lost its question-character and functions now as a "cześć" equivalent.

You can also say "niech będzie pochwalony":P Old(er) religious people still use it - it's like Austrian "Grüß Gott" ~"may god greet/bless you".

Andrew Nguyen # 4. December 2009, 00:11

Whoa awesome! ...Thanks for that short lesson.