Say " HELLO" and " THANKYOU " in you native tongue.

United States

October 8, 2006 4:09pm CST

Hi , I'm Fijian and we say "Bula" (boolaa) for hello, and " Vinaka"( vee-naa-car) for thankyou in Fijian.From the Fiji Islands. We have other tongues that is native to our islands and they have their own ways of saying hello and thankyou but Bula and Vinaka is very common. Hope you all join in. Vinaka.

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@Lackingstyle (7509)

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9 Oct 06

In proper English it would be "Hello" and "Thankyou" In my local dialect it wouldn't be out of place to hear "Ey, up m'duck" and as for thankyou, the slang being "Tar" (which I hate to hear) or "Cheers".

• United States

9 Oct 06

Hey thanks......that's nice to hear, I know in Australia and N.Z they have their own way too, so I'm also expecting different ways of saying it in English too......... I like the cartoon character one...Watz up doc... Then again I hope to get a lot of ways of saying " hello'" and "Thankyou" and don't to say where you from even if you are from parts of the a particular country. Thankyou, Vinaka, Tar/Cheers.

• United States

9 Oct 06

Plz do say which part of the country you are from. How can I edit my work????

@Lackingstyle (7509)

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9 Oct 06

I don't think you can edit just yet, though I get what you meant! I must of forgotten to actually put where! England as you've guessed but more specifically East Midlands; Derbyshire.

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@mahapingo (212)

• Madagascar

12 Oct 06

Heloo: "Manaona" (ma-na-ô-nn) and Thank you : "Misaotra" (mi-sô-tr'). Malalgasy (from Madagascar)

• United States

12 Oct 06

Oooh...Manaona/Bula( boo-laa) I love your island, something like Fiji. If I ask my kids today about Madagascar, all they will say is " I like to move it , move it, Move it!" lol... They love that movie.....and can't get over it. It has replaced Nemo, now. Anyway, Nice to hear from someone from Madagascar. " Misaotra " / Vinaka ( Vee - naa- kaa)

• United States

12 Nov 06

lol.....Bula, I understand the kicking part from the friends...of course they don't expect us to say thankyou but hey, nice to know that you would still use it. Vinaka/ Thanyou.

@anurag_0824 (33)

• India

14 Oct 06

my native toungue is english .I say "hello" for hello and "thankyou" for thankyou.Between frends i say "hi man!!"for hello and if i say thankyou my frends will kick me!! so i dont use thank you between frends!!!

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@johnnyz_xr6t (753)

• Australia

12 Nov 06

italian CIAO [hello] GRAZIE [thank you] Australian/english G'DAY mate [hello] thanks/ta [thank you]

• United States

12 Nov 06

" Ciao "/ " bula " Now you are my neighbour if you are from Aussie... G' day mate........ Nice to hear from someone close to home... " Grazie " / Vinaka / Tar. I'm sure you'll be familiar with some Fijian words...the most famous... BBBUULA!.Do you watch Rugby? Any latest?Just asking...

@sweet4ever (41)

• Qatar

11 Oct 06

i am from qatar and we speak arabic. Hello is ?????? ????? ((alsalamualaikum)) and thank you is ???? ((Shukran))

• United States

12 Oct 06

"Alsalamualaikum"/ Bula Is Qatar a country or city? Uuu I like the arabic text. " Shukran "/ Vinaka (Vee-nar-ka)

• United States

12 Oct 06

Oh Shukran.....Nice to hear from someone as far as that country. What is the main source of income in your country ? Shukran / Vinaka.

@sweet4ever (41)

• Qatar

12 Oct 06

Qatar is a small country in the middle east beside saudi arabia and bahrain

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• South Africa

12 Oct 06

I'm from South Africa and my mother tongue is Afrikaans. Hello would be "Hello" :) but with an Afrikaans acent and Thank You is "Dankie".

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• United States

14 Oct 06

Bula/ Hello Thanks, hopefully, one day I'll get to visit your country. " Dankie " / Vinaka.

• United States

12 Oct 06

Thankyou, Which part of Africa , are you from? Are you in Africa now ? "Dankie" / Vinaka( vee - nar- car )

• South Africa

13 Oct 06

I'm in South Africa, it's the most southern point of africa. I live in Pretoria which is 30 minutes drive from Johannesburg which is our capital city... :)

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@jennp204 (231)

• Canada

12 Nov 06

Here we say 'hey you' as hello (or atleast I do lol) and for thank you its usually 'thanks' or 'spank you' (the latter is supposed to be a 'funny' way lol)

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• United States

12 Nov 06

lol.....Hey.....Bula to you..... That is funny....yeah.Fiji H2O.if you like it a bit salty... but fiji water is from the springs in the interior of Fiji....please don't change it for a leg...lol...it really is not worth loosing a leg...Nice chatting with you. Vinaka / Thankyou.

@jennp204 (231)

• Canada

12 Nov 06

I forgot to add a remark to my last post Your from Fiji? I love the water from there, they charge an arm and a leg for it here but it tastes so good!

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@amitavch3 (436)

• India

9 Nov 06

namashkar and dhannabad

• United States

12 Nov 06

Namashkar / Bula, Thanks for replying. Dhannabad / Vinaka.

@MamaAfrika (168)

• Belgium

25 Oct 06

hallo dank u in flemish (Belgium) bonjour (morning hello) or bonsoir (evening hello) merçi in french

• United States

9 Nov 06

That is interesting to know.So you have Time greetings. Do you stress the "s" and " j " ? What's Goodbye like? In Fijian it's Moce- The " c " sounds like " th " and not " k " and " e " in egg.

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@evil_little_bitch420 (1046)

• United States

26 Oct 06

hello

• United States

12 Nov 06

Hi, Thanks for posting. Vinaka / Thankyou.

@mimitherat (309)

• Canada

26 Oct 06

"Bonjour" et "Merci" in french

• United States

12 Nov 06

" Bonjour ", " Bonjour ", Bula, Thanks for the response.Very grateful. Vinaka Vakalevu,/ Thankyou very much.

@kckalesh (1181)

• India

27 Oct 06

hi friends ,Iam kerala in India .In my language say "namaskaram" for hellow and "nandhi" for thank you

• United States

12 Nov 06

" Namaskaram " / " Bula " Kerala is a nice name. Thanks for responding. " Nandhi " / " Vinaka "

• Portugal

25 Oct 06

hello in portuguese is "olá" thank you is "obrigado" :D

• United States

12 Nov 06

Ola / Bula, That's nice to know. Obrigado / Vinaka. Goodbye / Moce

@margieanneart (26423)

• United States

9 Nov 06

Hello and thank you....English

• United States

12 Nov 06

Bula, Thankyou for posting. Vinaka / Thanks

@bishu_sinha (1457)

• India

9 Nov 06

I am Indian, Eih, Dhanyabad. What will be "love" in your language?

• United States

12 Nov 06

Bula, Oh...love.... we have general love..i.e...LOLOMA....something like regards to all at home, love to your family...... But...love as in, in-love, or girlfriend/ lovers...i.e...DODOMO...so it's noqu dodomo, my love... DODOMO- to be in- love Loloma- general love. Hope that helps.... Vinaka / Thankyou / Dhanyabad.

@diju03 (534)

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12 Oct 06

namaskaram nandi

• United States

12 Oct 06

Namaskaram Nandi, I konw you are from India. Hopefully guessed right. Thankyou/ Vinaka.

@rahul_krish (355)

• India

20 Oct 06

namaskaram for hello... and nandi for thank you... this language is malayalam used in "gods own country"...

• United States

22 Oct 06

Namaskaram, Nandi for your response.

@LovingIt (5396)

• United States

22 Oct 06

"Hi" and "Thanks"

• United States

9 Nov 06

Hey, Thanks for responding, Vinaka/Thankyou.

@smohanrajes (32)

• India

14 Oct 06

In Tamil(TamilNadu: SouthIndia): To greet/send off a person we say "Vanakkam"; To thank a person we say "Nandri" Nandri

vanakkam nandri in tamil

• United States

12 Nov 06

Bula / Vanakkam, Thanks for the response, Vinaka / Nandri

@praveenkumar06 (4077)

• Hyderabad, India

12 Oct 06

namaskar and shukriya

• United States

12 Oct 06

" Namaskar "/ Bula Now this is a familiar Indian name that we have in Fiji. Are you FijianIndian? " Shukria " / Vinaka.

@roselupe (257)

• United States

22 Oct 06

in spanish "hello" is "hola" and "thank you" is "gracias"

• United States

9 Nov 06

Hola,/Bula Is it Senor or Senorita? Gracias./Vinaka. How about Goodbye? Fijian is Moce....it can also mean sleep in Fijian.