Greetings all over the world....Welcome!
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (137215)
Philippines
September 9, 2012 9:19pm CST
It's been a while, when a friend of ours visited Philippines. We greeted "Maligayang Pagdating", she looks strange. Thus, I greeted her back again in English. "Maligayang Pagdating" means a warmth welcome for the visitors or tourists who set foot in the Philippines. I am sure, the other nations do the same thing. In Russia: dobro pokhalovat,Spanish: bienvenido, China: huanying, Hawaii: Aloha, etc. How about in your country? How do you address welcome to your visitors?
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12 responses
@redvakaurvaki (4216)
• Indonesia
10 Sep 12
In Indonesian, this would be "selamat datang". we also have popular local language in Javanese called "sugeng rawuh". it has similar meaning with "welcome" or 'selamat datang'
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
10 Sep 12
Wow, you know so many greeting ways in different countries,friend. You are amazing
. I only know how to greet people in Chinese and in English. Both ways you have known
.
. I only know how to greet people in Chinese and in English. Both ways you have known. 
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
14 Feb 13
Thanks for this discussion, you know i am from india but i have visited your country i was there for 2 months, i find the place and people so nice and frienly.
In hindi we say-'Swagatam'-means welcome.
HAPPY VALENTINE DAY.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
10 Sep 12
hi dear Shavkat, I am in Germany and we would say Willkommen in Deutschland thats Welcome to Germany.
Have a wonderful blessed week ahead and thanks for posting.
In that way, we will impress our guest and visitors from another country.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
12 Sep 12
For us, it was simply welcome. That was the last thing that the stewardesses on the plane that my brother and myself were on when we were coming back from our trip to France many years ago. I wish that there was a really fancy term that was used here to welcome friends and visitors to the country, but that just isn't something that is really done here.
But still, the welcome to the United States is very nice.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
11 Nov 12
hi,
we are definitely the same country,i thought you are from other country because of your name,well that is the exact words we are telling to welcome people who came from other nations in the world.and they said people in our country are very hospitable to those foreigner.
@pahak627 (4558)
• Philippines
10 Sep 12
Hello I come from Southern Philippines, and we welcome arriving guests as "Maayong Pag-abot" meaning, "Maligayang Pagdating". The latter are tagalog words tagalog is also called filipino which is our national language which we also speak in school and whenever we are in our capital city and in another places with different dialect. You know we have several dialects in the Philippines. I don't know how many but I guess, more than 10 dialects.
