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Arabic translation: Salam aleikum (Arabic)

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English term or phrase:	hello
Arabic translation:	Salam aleikum (Arabic)
Entered by:	Сергей Лузан

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16:14 Jul 15, 2003

English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: hello

Doing project for Womens Mission group at church - need to know how to say "Hello" in as many languages as possible. Please include phonectic spelling. Thanks!

Dee

Salam aleikum (Arabic)

Explanation:
Privet (Russian). Other languages will follow below.

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Note added at 2003-07-15 16:36:23 (GMT)
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Stressed in the 2nd syllable [privEt] in Russian in Cyrillic \"دًèâهٍ\". Witaj (Polish), Ciao (Italian), Hola (Spanish, pronounced Ola), Ahoj [akhOy] Czech, sveikinimas [Lithuanian], bonjour (French), ShalOm (Hebrew), velcommen (Norwegian), welbecome (Danish as far as I remember), Gruss, Hallo (German for Germany), servus ((German for Austria. Hungarian as well as far I have heard).
Use www.yourdictionary.com & http://dict.leo.org also. Hope it helps you. Good luck, Dee!

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Note added at 2003-07-22 05:52:37 (GMT) Post-grading
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Thanx for grading, Dee!

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Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:34

Grading comment

Thank you so much!
Dee
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +8

marhaba, or marhaban : مرحباً

Mumtaz

Parev - ARMENIAN

Dikran

4 +1

Salam aleikum (Arabic)

Сергей Лузан

1- مرحباً 2- اهلاً 3- يا هلاّ

ALI HASAN

Hej - Hallo - Jasu

NormaJean

Discussion entries: 1

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Salam aleikum (Arabic)

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:34
Native speaker of:

Russian

Grading comment

Thank you so much!
Dee

59 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

marhaba, or marhaban : مرحباً

Explanation:
meanwhile alsalamo alaykom means: may peace be upon you.

Mumtaz
Jordan
Local time: 09:34
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in pair: 169

1 hr confidence:

Hej - Hallo - Jasu

Explanation:
I can supply: Swedish - Hej (like the English "hey"), German - Hallo (this is more common than "Gruك"), Greek - Jasu

NormaJean
Germany
Local time: 08:34

2 hrs confidence:

Parev - ARMENIAN

Explanation:
Pa-rev: stress on 2nd syllable.

The "a" is pronounced as in "arm"

The "e" is pronouned as in "get"

HTH

Dikran

Dikran
Canada
Local time: 02:34
Native speaker of:

Arabic,