Gijs Heerkens

Basic words in all languages 🌏

Gijs Heerkens

When traveling to a given country, I tend to learn the 10 basic words in the language they speak over there. It’s a matter of respect to know at least the very basics and it helps you a lot in getting around.

The 10 basic words are:

  1. Hello
  2. Goodbye
  3. Thank you
  4. You’re welcome
  5. How are you?
  6. OK
  7. Yes
  8. No
  9. Sorry
  10. Please

You can survive with these. Trust me.

I created a public spreadsheet with translations for these words for each country.

Note that Spanish in Spain is not the same as Spanish in Colombia, for example. There can be minor but important differences.

I’m crowdsourcing the translations, so if you want to help me and others filling the spreadsheet that would be great. Just add (or edit if necessary) the translations for your country. To keep it simple, try to use the most common word and only one translation, no variations.

I insert completed translations that are confirmed by a native into this table. Hope it’s helpful!

Country 🤝 👋🏻 👏🏻 ✌🏻 ❓ 👌🏻 👍🏻 👎🏻 ✋🏻 🙏🏻 Source
Argentina 🇦🇷 hola chao gracias de nada todo bien? dale sí no perdón por favor
Austria 🇦🇹 hallo tschüss danke bitteschön wie geht's? ok ja nein entschuldigung bitte
Belgium 🇧🇪 bonjour au revoir merci de rien ça va? ok oui non désolé s’il vous plaît
Bolivia 🇧🇴 hola chao gracias de nada ¿cómo estás? ya sí no perdón por favor
Cambodia 🇰🇭 soesadaai li haai arkun arkun cheran sok sabay ielprom bat tee som toh som
Cape Verde 🇨🇻 ola tchau de nada moh k bu sta? ok sin nou deskulpa por favor
Chile 🇨🇱 hola chao gracias de nada ¿cómo estay? ya sí no perdón por favor
Ecuador 🇪🇨 hola chau gracias de nada ¿cómo estás? ya sí no perdón por favor
Egypt 🇪🇬 al salamu a'alaikom ma'a al salama shukran a'afwan kayf halok? ok na'am la'a aseff min fadlak
France 🇫🇷 bonjour au revoir merci de rien ça va? ok oui non désolé s'il vous plaît
Germany 🇩🇪 hallo tschüss danke bitteschön wie geht's? ok ja nein entschuldigung bitte
Hungary 🇭🇺 szia szia köszönöm nincs mit hogy vagy? oké igen nem bocsánat légyszíves
India 🇮🇳 नमस्ते अलविदा धन्यवाद आपका स्वागत है आप/तुम कैसे हो ? अच्छा हाँ ना माफ कीजिये कृपया
Indonesia 🇮🇩 selamat tinggal terima kasih terima kasih sama sama bagaimana kabarmu? oke ya tidak maaf silahkan
Italy 🇮🇹 ciao arrivederci grazie prego come stai? va bene sì no scusa per favore
Mexico 🇲🇽 hola adíos gracias de nada ¿cómo estás? ok sí no perdón por favor
Monaco 🇲🇨 bonjour au revoir merci de rien ça va? ok oui non désolé s’il vous plaît
Netherlands 🇳🇱 hoi doei dank je geen dank hoe gaat het? ok ja nee sorry alsjeblieft
North Korea 🇰🇵 an-young-ha-se-yo gam-sa-ham-ni-da chun-man-e-yo jal-ji-ne-yo? ne ne a-ni-yo mi-an-ham-ni-da bu-tak-ham-ham-ni-da
Poland 🇵🇱 cześć żegnaj dziękuje nie ma za co jak się masz? dobrze tak nie przepraszam proszę
Romania 🇷🇴 halo la revedere mulțumesc sunteți bine veniți cum îți merge? bine da net îmi pare rău te rog
Russia 🇷🇺 privet poka spasibo ne za chto kak dela? horosho da net netizvini pojaluysta
San Marino 🇸🇲 ciao arrivederci grazie prego come stai? va bene sì no scusa per favore
South Africa 🇿🇦 hallo tot siens baie dankie jy is welkom hoe gaan dit? ok ja nee jammer asseblief
Spain 🇪🇸 hola adíos gracias de nada ¿qué tal? vale sí no perdón por favor
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 aayubowan stuthi obawa saadaren piligannawaa nawatha enna oba khomada nari nari naa samaavenna karunaakara
Sweden 🇸🇪 hej hejdå tack varsågod hur mår du ok ja nej förlåt snälla
Turkey 🇹🇷 merhaba güle güle teşekkürler rica ederim nasılsın? tamam evet yok pardon lütfen
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 hi bye thank you you're welcome how are you? ok yes no sorry please
United States 🇺🇸 hi bye thank you you're welcome how are you? ok yes no sorry please
Vatican City 🇻🇦 ciao arrivederci grazie prego come stai? va bene sì no scusa per favore
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