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How to greet people you haven't seen and/or heard from for a long time. The English phrase is a calque or loan translation of the Chinese phrase, 好久不見 (hǎojǐu bújiàn).
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (lam naraka mundhu muddah) لم نرك منذ مدة |
| Azerbaijani | Nə zamandır görüşməydik |
| Basque | Aspaldiko! |
| Breton | Pell 'zo n'em boa ket gwelet ac'hanout N'out ket bet gwelet abaoe pell |
| Bulgarian | Не съм те виждал
много време (sg) (Ne sãm te viždal mnogo vreme) Не съм ви виждал от много време (pl) (Ne sãm vi viždal ot mnogo vreme) Отдавна не сме се виждали (Otdavna ne sme se viždali) |
| Catalan | Quant (de) temps! |
| Chamorro | Åpmam tiempo ti hu li'e hao (It's a long time since I've seen you) Åpmam tiempo ti umali'e' hit (It's a long time since we've seen each other) |
| Chechen | Дукха хан ю хьо ганза |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 好耐冇見 (hóunoih móuhgin) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 好久不見 [好久不见] (hǎojǐu bújiàn) |
| Croatian | Dugo se nismo vidjeli |
| Czech | Dlouho jsem Vás neviděl |
| Dutch | Lang niet gezien |
| Esperanto | Dum longa tempo mi ne vidis vin |
| Estonian | Pole ammu näinud (see) Pole ammu kohtunud (meet) Pole ammu (sinu) häält kuulnud (hear your voice) |
| Finnish | Eipä ole nähty aikoihin (see) Eipä ole oltu puheissa aikoihin (hear) |
| French | Ça fait longtemps ! Ça fait longtemps qu'on s'est pas vu ! |
| German | Lange nicht gesehen! (see) Lange nichts voneinander gehört! (hear) |
| Georgian | დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხართ (didi khania ar minakhikharth) - frm დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხარ (didi khania ar minakhikhar) - inf |
| Greek | Καιρό έχουμε να τα πούμε!
(keró éhume na ta púme! [lit "we haven't talked for a long time"]) Καιρό έχω να σας δω! (keró ého na sas do) – frm Καιρό έχω να σε δω! (keró ého na se do) – inf |
| Hebrew | (Mizman loh hitraehnu) מזמן לא התראנו |
| Hindi | बहुत समय से देखा नहीं (Bahut samay se dekhā nahīṁ) |
| Hungarian | Rég nem találkoztunk!
Rég nem láttalak! (see) Rég nem hallottam rólad/felőled! (hear) |
| Icelandic | Langt síðan við höfum sést |
| Indonesian | Lama tidak berjumpa |
| Inuktitut | ᑕᑯᓇᓵᕐᓇᑯᓂ (Takunahaarnakuni) |
| Iñupiaq | Takunasaarnakuni |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Ní fhaca mé le fada thu |
| Italian | Quanto tempo! |
| Japanese | 久しぶり (hisashiburi) お久しぶりですね (o hisashiburi desu ne) |
| Kazakh | Көрмегелі қанша болды
(Körmegeli qanşa boldı) Көрмегелі қай заман (Körmegeli qay zaman) |
| Korean | 오랜만이다 (o-ren-man-i-da) |
| Latin | Quantum temporem! |
| Latvian | Sen neredzēts/ta |
| Lithuanian | Ilgai nematytas! |
| Macedonian | Долго не сме се виделе
(Dolgo ne sme se videle) Одамна не сме се виделе (Odamna ne sme se videle) |
| Malay | Sudah lama tidak berjumpa |
| Manx | She tammylt liauyr neayr's honnick mee oo/shiu |
| Māori | He roa te wā kua kitea |
| Mongolian | Удаан уулзсангүй шүү (Udaan uulzsangui shuu) |
| Nepali | लामो समयसम्म हराउनु भयो नी! (lamo samaya samma haraunu bhayo ni!) |
| Norwegian | Lenge siden sist! Det er lenge siden sist vi møttes! Det var lenge siden (sist)! |
| Occitan | Fa bèla pausa! |
| Persian | خيلي وقته که ازت خبري نيست (kheili vaghte ke azat khabari nist) مدت زمان زيادي است که شما را نديده ام (moddate ziadi ast ke shoma ra nadideh am) |
| Polish | Wszelki duch! Dawno się nie widzieliśmy! |
| Portuguese | (Nossa!) Quanto tempo! |
| Russian | Сколько лет,
сколько зим!
(Skol'ko let, skol'ko zim) How many years/summers, how many winters! Давно не видились (Davno ne vidilis') |
| Serbian | Дуго се нисмо видели / чули (Dugo se nismo videli / čuli) |
| Shona | Ko, vemakore! |
| Swedish | Det var länge sedan vi sågs sist! |
| Spanish | ¡Cuánto tiempo! ¡Tanto tiempo sin verte! |
| Turkish | Ne zamandır/kaç zamandır görüşmedik (see) Ne zamandır/kaç zamandır haber yok (hear) |
| Ukrainian | Давно не бачились (Davno ne bačiliś) |
| Urdu | (kafi weqt se ap ko dekha nehin) کافی وقت سے آپ کو دیکھا نھیں |
| Uzbek |
Anchadan beri ko'rishmadik! (frm) Ko'rinmay ketdingiz? (inf) Nega yo'q bo'lib ketding? (v-inf) |
| Vietnamese | Lâu quá không gặp |
| Welsh | Dw i heb dy weld ti ers talwn! Dw i ddim wedi dy weld ti ers sbel |
| Xhosa | Kudala ndakugqibela |
| Yiddish | (Shoyn lang nit gezen) שוין לאנג ניט געזען |
| Yorùbá | O to ọjọ mẹta o / O pẹ ti a ri ara wa o |
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