How do you say 'Thank You' in your language, dialects?

In addition to this, we usually greet our friends from abroad with "MABUHAY!" Mabuhay means welcome in our dialect by the way.:)

mabuhay actually means long live... and its just an expression we use in welcoming our guests here in the Philippines... like: Mabuhay! Maligayang Pagdating sa Pilipinas! (Mabuhay! Welcome to the Philippines!)

good afternoon is actually "magandang hapon" not hapin.. sheilla had a typo. Sorry when translated to Filipino would be "paumanhin". I'm alright and happy to meet new friends here in mylot would go like this: "Maayos(alright) ako(me) at(and) masaya(happy) ako(me) na(to) makakilala(meet) ng(a) bagong(new) kaibigan(friend) dito(here) sa(in) mylot." The grammar is kinda crooked but acceptable.

Sa wat de ka, busky and Iriene! I love to learn Thai language. It is so unique. In my country, we have 3 big races which are Malays, Chine and Indian. So far I could only manage to speak Bahasa Melayu and not a single word from Tamil ( language for Indian ) And I am a Chinese I normally speak Cantonese and Mandarin with friends and family. Here I want to share some Hakka dialect with mylotters : Hakka : Ngi hao mao, hao kien mao ken? English : How are you , long time no see! Happy mylotting!

Dear Vingyan, Wow, your hakka is perfect '10'... I find it very difficult to pick up Hakka dialects. I think I must stay with you during holidays to pick up some conversational Hakka...lol Being Hakka is good, normally their skin complexion very fine and beautiful... I heard Hakka drinks a lot of herbal soup..is it true??? I only know the broken one like : Ngai (I). Ngee (is it you?), shik fun (eat rice)...OMG..failed-lah! Do share more Hakka here when you are free, so I can pick up some.. be my mentor...Xie Xie (Thank you)..btw, how to say TQ in Hakka?

Dear busky5, Sa-wat-dee-ka, thanks for your wonderful greetings! I heard from someone that this greeting was spoken slightly different between a lady and a man! The tone will be different too? Is it true? Kob-kun-ka, Terima kasih (Thank you in Bahasa Malaysia)

Bonjour, Iriene...How wonderful to be able to speak and understand several languages, as you do. I took one year of French years ago in high school, and still remember some of it :) But not enough to be fluent.

Dear Karen, You have make a right choice to learn French.. French is widely use in Europe, great job! So, converse in French with your friends and acquaintance whenever possible, practice makes perfect! Merci mille fois! Warmest regards, Iriene

Dear PeacefulWmn9, Hello, how are you? (Hai, apa kahabar ~ in Bahasa Malaysia) In Malaysia we have many races and ethnics..therefore the languages and dialects spoken varies...I only know how to converse in main 3 languages and a few Chinese dialects. I can read and write in English and Bahasa Malaysia. I can understand and speak Mandarin (Chinese) I can converse in Hainanese and Hokkien (Chinese dialects) The phrase ' God Bless you' was widely use by Christians in Malaysia. The Islam followers of Muslims, they do have their greetings too! Tks a lot..Gracias (Spanish), Epharisto (Greece), Nandree (Tamil-India)

Dear tomjoad, Hi, we meet again in another fun & exciting topic of discussion! My favourite greetings that I learned from you is : malipayong pag-myLot....I can used this everytime ~ to you and other myLotters from the Philippines. I am so happy to learned tagalog...one thing I really admire is that most singers from the Philippines can sing extra well, what's the secret?...lol Thanks for sharing...salamat (thanks!)

hi iriene! i'm glad to hear from you again. let me first clarify things. well, "malipayong pag-mylot" is CEBUANO. it's NOT TAGALOG. here in the philippines we have so many languages and the two official major dialects are TAGALOG and CEBUANO. tagalog/filipino is our national language. it's what we use more often here as the central government is located in the tagalog-speaking region. as for me, my native tongue is cebuano. about the singing thing. well, i don't know what's their secret too. i think if i knew, i would be one of those famous filipino singers that you see on tv. hehehe! if you do find out the answer, please share it with me. i wouldn't mind being famous too.

Dear tomjoad, Tks for clarify the different languages used in the Philippines! So, does every Philippinos understand Cebuano? If, yes, then I can use the phrase here.. Wow, that's means I have to learn Cebuano to get some discounts when I shop around at Cebu..lol or you are good at bargaining? Then I will tack you along...just joking Thanks and hope to hear about your "DREAMS" at my latest topic of discussion! All the best!

Who is Noordin M. Top? And why isn't he been caught yet?? 'he hasn't been caught yet' That's the meaning of the last sentence, hahahha...

Dear advokatku, Apa khabar? ~ How are you? That's interesting..who's Noordin M. Top? Is he in the'wanted' list in Indonesia? I am curious! I thought we should reply as " Khabar baik! " ~ Fine (actual word by word translation will be : Khabar = News, Baik = Good) Khabar Baik = Good News...but it is commonly used for : FINE I have not been to the main cities in Indonesia like Jakarta, Bali or Medan. I went to the island near to Singapore in December 2007 ~ Bintan Island, there are many tourist resorts there. Thanks and hope to hear your views on my other topics..

Dear chi2nasrin, I am confused too...who is Noordin M. Top? Thanks for translating the sentence! I hope you have a wonderful time learning all the international greetings here at this topic...Happy myLotting and hope to hear from you on my other topics too!

Dear JoelleRenee, 'Saya sangat gembira' (I am so happy ~ in Bahasa Malaysia) to see you here at myLot. Nice to have someone from Ukraine here at myLot. Few years back, I managed to snap photo with your beautiful Miss Ukraine/Miss Universe in one of the Mega Mall in Malaysia. She is gorgeous and friendly too! So, how do you say in Ukraine for this greeting :- 'Hello, how are you?' Thanks for sharing and hope to hear more views from you in my other topics....'Dyak-o-you!'

Dear JoelleRenee, Thanks for your prompt reply. Really appreciate it! Wow, that's amazing! Yahk Spravi ~ means 'Hello, how are you?' that is very simple and short, I think it is very practical too! It is really fun to learn so many greetings in so many languages from all over the world, right here at myLot. I hope you do enjoy pick up a few greetings in other foreign laguages too! Perhaps you can use some of them when you visit their countries...lol Tks and all the best...happy myLotting!

thank you :) in ukrainian there is a couple ways you can say that. i usually say yahk spravi

no problem, happy to know other language too!

Dear strawberrychocodahi, Kamusta po kayo? Apa khabar (How are you?) It is amazing that you can speak some Hindi.. all my favourite Hindi stars are there, you are so lucky to be there, I wish I can visit India too! I heard my sister's friend mentioned 'shukriya', but I did not know what language is that neither do I know the meaning. Thank you for solving this puzzle word for me! Salamat po & malipayong pag-myLot! (Thank you & happy myLotting )

Dear thea09, Oh Yes... Epharisto = Thank You! My son managed to find its meaning via Greece dictionary with pronounciation...I like this word! Tks and best regards, Iriene

Yes,Come over to the Philippines and experience our hospitality and richness of our culture

Dear mimiang, Kumusta ka? (How are you?) ~ Apa Khabar? (in B. Malaysia) I am very happy to hear from you. It is really a great feeling to be able to share with each other some wonderful and useful greetings in our own national language. Tagalog is a very beautiful language and I really hope to be able to use some when I am visiting the Philippines in the future.... Maraming salamat ~ Thank you very much ~ Terima kasih banyak-banyak!

Dear cwong77, "ua cin ho, kam siah"...translated from Hokkien to English as I am fine, thank you! Actually Hokkien dialect and Hainanese dialect are very similar. Generally Hainanese can understand Hokkien, vice versa. But because of the tonage...it sounds different. Hokkien sounds softer and more rythmic whereas Hainan dialect the tone drop down and short. As your example above, Lu Ho Bo? & Kam Siah! is exactly the same as Hainanese. Oh yes, pertaining to your blog...what is the url? http? interested to read that particular topic on languages..thanks All the best and 'tahn tua lui!' ~ Earn Big Money!..take care.

Iriene, you can view the one in my blog, www.cynselfblog.blogspot.com under the label language. Despite I am a hainanese, we don't speak this dialect though.. We speak hokkien, cantonese, hakka, teochew.. but not my own dialect... sigh..

Dear BloodTypeO, Thanks for telling me your name. Nice Name! I am a Malaysian-Chinese. I do not read and write Chinese because I do not go to Chinese school. Those people who attended Chinese School, can write, read and speak Mandarin. I just learn to listen and speak from watching the Singapore and Taiwan movies and tv dramas...hahaha..now I learned from Korean Love Dramas (it is translated to Mandarin/Chinese/Kuo Yi in Malaysia) All the best and hope to meet you again here in myLot!

Dear BloodTypeO, Hi, nice to meet you here and I really appreciate that you have try your best to write the greetings in Chinese words...No, it can't read / show 'Chinese characters' here. I got no idea whether it can be read or not, so what we did is we write in 'romanised' eg. ' Ni ciao sherm mok ming?' ~ What is your name? Something like that... Thanks for sharing and hope to hear from you again! All the best!

hey pel ! where are you come from , i saw you write chinese! my name in chinese is : YUELIN LUO! it's nice to meet you

Dear philip, Vanakam.. Yes, it is not easy to learn Tamil but amazingly Indian who can speaks Tamil can pick up other languages much easy, Indian can speak very fluent English, Spanish and other European languages! I really admire this abilities..it is so natural... There are some words that I picked up from friends.. not sure whether it is correct, you can be my teacher here : tanni = water wangeh = come ko li = chicken pei yi = ghost kuo renge = monkey yinge po renge = where are you going? hahaha, do not laugh at me... All the best and do keep in touch!

Ha ha ha....Thats really awesome. Great you are well-versed in these too. Great.. I really admire you. Cheers

Dear shravandone, Wow, there are so many languages in India...22..how to learn all?? So how many Indian languages that you can converse (speak)? India have so many culture, variety of food, Northern Indian cuisine, Southern Indian cuisine, beautiful costumes, awesome architectures...a country that is full of cultural treasures! I hope one day I can visit India.. dhanyavaadagalu (thank you) for sharing this beautiful language. Appreciate it very much..hope to hear from you again in my other topic of discussions.

Dear shravandone, It is so sweet of you to be my tour guide... appreciate it very much! dhanyavaadagalu (tks) 1600 dialects...it will take a life time to learn all! Wow, fantastic, God is Great, how He make so many languages and dialaects in this world... Tks and all the best!

sure Iriene..if u give a visit PM me..i ll be glad guiding u to tour here... well..what i meantined was the number of main languages spoken..but actually there are over 1600 regional dialects...

Dear kennishababy, Hola.... (Hello!) ?Como estas (How are you?) Gracias (Thank you) for sharing with us the wonderful greetings here. I love to learn Spanish...it is fun I have visited Malaga and Granada (Spain) in August / Sptember 2008! It is a wonderful country full of delicious delicacies & seafood, beautiful cultures like music and dance, fantastic architectures and superb historical sites! I visited Pablo Picaso Museum of Art! The Tivoli World theme Park was very exciting and enjoyable! My family and I enjoyed our trip in Spain very much! We hope in the future we can visit Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao... The Spanish words that we can still remember is Entrada (Entry) and Extrada (Exit) from Tivoli World..lol All the best and hope to hear your views on my other topic of discussions, happy myLotting and do keep in touch!

Dear kennishababy, Which part of Spain are you from? Terima kasih (Thank you) Jumpa lagi! (See you again!)

Dear kennishababy, (and other myLotters who read this post) Oops...Sorry The words that I remembered learning from Tivoli World was : Entrada = Entry / Entrance Salida = Exit ** I was confused at the above post...my mistake, sorry! There is no extrada. SORRY Tks and best regards,

Dear 308369666, 'Kong Xi ni!' Congratulations on achieving your 'star' rating! I'm glad to know you here and I'm happy to be your myLot friend By the way, which part / province of China are you from? I have been to Beijing ( year 2000) and Shanghai (year 2007), Your country is very beautiful and I like to eat the food there! My father came from China too...from Hainan Island...now has become a popular tourist attraction. I really hope one day I can go and cisit Hainan Island and back to see the cultrue of my family root. All the best and hope to hear more views from you at my other topic of discussions...happy myLotting and do keep in touch :)

Dear ucue2008, Hello my Malaysian friend, glad to hear from you! Thanks for sharing the most polite word that speaks gratitude and appreciation ~ Terima Kasih ~ Thank you! It is true That Bahassa Malaysia is very easy to learn, 'what you see is what you get, how you read it, is how you pronounce it'...lol ...'Bahasa Baku'. Many new Bahasa Malaysia Vocabulary are borrowed words from English. Some example : Innovasi = Innovative, diskriminasi = Discrimination. Thanks for sharing, hope to hear from you again in my other topics.

Dear omiami, Wow, that's absolutely interesting...your language itself have wonderful mixed cultures. That will be an advantage coz it will be much easier for you to pick up Italian, English and Arabic languages since there are some similarities! I truly hope that I can visit the beautiful land of Malta...and have the chance to practice those beautiful greetings that you share with us! Grazzi hafna (Thank You very much) and truly hope to hear your views on my other topics :) All the best and happy myLotting!

Hi, You are a Hokkien, so from the Northern part or from the Southern part? You seems to be able to speak both slangs..good job, keep it up Do you speak Hokkien at home with your family? It is good to speak own dialects at home in order to carry on the tradition and dialect to the new generation. Many new generation now could not speak their 'mother tongue' / dialects. Most of them speak English or Mandarin. Thanks for sharing and cheers!

Dear gracefuldove, What a wonderful family you have.. You all can converse in another foreign language, that is superb! Good job, keep it up! Japanese language is also widely use in Asia especially at holiday resorts...thank you so much for sharing some of the daily usage words used in Japan.. Arigato gozaimasu (thank you - in Japanese) all the best and do keep in touch!

Dear ypyanyan, Welcome to myLot (Huan yin ni!) Thank you for sharing a very polite phrase : xiexie (thank you)! Mandarin is widely used worldwide. In Malaysia the Chinese school is highly in demand. Parents registered the 'soon to be schooling' children as early as possible just to secure a place in Chinese school. Even other races like Indians and Malays also interested to study in Chinese school! So, it is an asset to be able to converse, write and read in Chinese :) Btw, I noticed you are new here at myLot. It is a great journey that you can make new friends from all over the world here! Just a little advise to you since you are new...every responses you write will earn you some money...BUT it is better when you response, please write minimum 3 relevant sentences pertaining to the discussion! All the best, hope to hear your views on some other topics that I have started!, 'Xiexie' and do keep in touch!