It’s World Hello Day.
Unlike a lot of odd holidays, this one was created in 1973 to promote world peace. I can get behind that. All you have to do is say hello to people, friends and strangers. I don’t say hello, but I always give a nod and a smile to people that I pass on the sidewalk. If they say hello, then I talk back.
Now that I think about it, I love it when people say hello to me. (Nothing else though. Let’s not get carried away.) Perhaps we need to say this friendly word more often.
To help you out, here is a list of how to say hello in several different languages. I truly believe that world peace will succeed when we travel and see how other people live. Ignorance is our downfall.
See if you can say hello to ten people today. A kind word can change a life.
Hello around the world
- Arabic: Formal: Asalaam alaikum (Peace be upon you), Informal: Ahlan
- Chinese: Formal: Nǐn hǎo, Informal: Nǐ hǎo
- Dutch: Formal: Goedendag, Informal: Hoi, Hallo
- French: Formal: Bonjour, Informal: Salut
- German: Formal: Guten Tag, Informal: Hallo, Hi
- Hebrew: Formal: Shalom, Informal: Hey
- Hindi: Formal: Namaste, Namaskar, Informal: Hai, Helo
- Indonesian: Formal: Selamat siang, Informal: Halo
- Italian: Formal: Salve, Informal: Ciao
- Japanese; Formal: Konnichiwa, Informal: Yā, Yō
- Korean: Formal: Anyoung haseyo, Informal: Anyoung
- Norwegian: Formal: God dag, Informal: Hei
- Spanish: Formal: Hola, Informal: ¿Qué tal? (What’s up?)
- Swahili: Formal: Shikamoo, Informal: Habari, Hujambo
- Turkish: Formal: Merhaba, Informal: Selam