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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 | Long time no see |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Ka një kohë të gjatë ku s'jemi parë |
| Amharic | ረጂም ጊዜ ከተያየን |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (lam naraka mundhu muddah) لم نرك منذ مدة |
| Azerbaijani | Nə zamandır görüşməydik |
| Basque | Aspaldiko! |
| Bhojpuri | बड़ा दिन से देखले ना हई (bada din se dekhale na haii) |
| 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) От доста време не сме се виждали (Ot dosta vreme 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 (Hakka) |
好久冇見你 (ho3 kiu3 mo kien5 ngi2) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
好久不見 [好久不见] (hǎojǐu bújiàn) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
长远勿看见侬 (ssang2 yyu4 vak2 koe5 ji3 nong1) |
| Croatian | Dugo se nismo vidjeli |
| Czech | Dlouho jsem Tě neviděl (inf/m) Dlouho jsem Tě neviděla (inf/f) Dlouho jsem Vás neviděl (frm/m) Dlouho jsem Vás neviděla (frm/f) |
| 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) |
| Fijian | Sa dede da sega ni sota |
| Finnish | Pitkästä aikaa |
| French | Ça fait longtemps ! Ça fait longtemps qu'on s'est pas vu ! |
| Galician | Canto tempo sen verte / Canto tempo sen te ver |
| 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 |
| Greenlandic | Qangali takugakkit |
| Gujarati | આપનો દિવસ શુભ રહે (aapno divas shubh rahe) |
| Haitian Creole | Sa fè lontan / Sa fe lon temps nou pa we |
| Hausa | Kwana biyu |
| Hebrew | (Mizman loh hitraehnu) מזמן לא התראנו |
| Hindi | बहुत समय से देखा नहीं (bahut samay se dekhā nahīṅ) |
| 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 (sg) / sibh (pl) |
| Italian | Quanto tempo! |
| Japanese | 久しぶり (hisashiburi) お久しぶりですね (o hisashiburi desu ne) |
| Kannada | ತುಂಬಾ ದಿವಸಗಳಿಂದ ಕಾಣಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ (tumba divasagalinda kānisalilla) |
| Kazakh | Көрмегелі қанша болды
(Körmegeli qanşa boldı) Көрмегелі қай заман (Körmegeli qay zaman) |
| Korean | 오랜만이다 (orenmanida) |
| Latin | Quantum tempus! |
| Latvian | Sen neredzēts / Sen neredzēta |
| 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 |
| Malayalam | വളരെ നാളായി കണ്ടിട്ട് (valarenalayi kandittu) |
| Maltese | Kemm ili ma ma narak |
| 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! |
| Pashto | دیړوخت وشو نہ خکاری (deer wakht wosho na khary) |
| 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 | Dawno się nie widzieliśmy! (no see) Dawno się nie słyszeliśmy (no hear) Kopę lat! (inf) |
| Portuguese | (Nossa!) Quanto tempo! |
| Punjabi | ਬੜੀ ਦੇਰ ਤੋਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਏ ! / بڑی دیر توں تُسیں نظر نہیں آئے! (thaṛī der tong tusī̃ naśar nahī̃ āe!) |
| Russian | Сколько лет,
сколько зим!
(Skol'ko let, skol'ko zim) How many years/summers, how many winters! Давно не виделись (Davno ne videlis') |
| Samoan | Ua leva tele ona o'u le toe va'ai ia oe |
| Serbian | Дуго се нисмо видели
(Dugo se nismo videli) Дуго се нисмо чули (Dugo se nismo čuli) |
| Shona | Ko, vemakore! |
| Somali | Wakhti dheer kuma arag |
| Swedish | Det var länge sedan vi sågs sist! |
| Spanish | ¡Cuánto tiempo! ¡Tanto tiempo sin verte! |
| Tagalog | Tagal na ah! Long time no see! Grabe ang tagal na nating di nagkita! |
| Tamil | உங்களை பார்த்து ரொம்ப நாள் ஆகிவிட்டது (Ungalai paarthu romba naal aagivittadhu) |
| Tatar | Küptännän kürgän yuq ide sezne |
| Tetum | Kleur ona la hetan ita |
| Tongan | Fuoloa 'e fepulingaki |
| Tswana | Ke kgale re sa bonane |
| 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) |
| Venetian | Quanto tenpo che no se vedemo! |
| 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 לאַנג ניט געזען |
| Yorùbá | O to ọjọ mẹta o / O pẹ ti a ri ara wa o |
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