Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
Note: some of these phrases mean "Nice to meet you", "Honoured to meet you", or something similar.
| Language | Pleased to meet you |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bly te kenne / Aangename kennis (frm) Lekker om jou te ontmoet (inf) |
| Albanian | Gezohem qe te takova |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | m (motasharefon bema'refatek) متشرف بمعرفتك f (motasharefatun bema'refatek) متشرفة بمعرفتك |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (tašarrafna) تشرّفنا |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (metšerrfīn) متشرفين |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Շատ հաճելի է: (Shat hatcheli e) |
| Azerbaijani | Tanış olmağıma çox şadam, Çox şadam (reply) |
| Basque | Urte askotarako / Pozten naiz zu ezagutzeaz |
| Belarusian | Прыемна пазнаёміцца (Pryiemna paznajomicca) |
| Bengali | খুব ভালো লাগল পরিচয়/আলাপ হয়ে (khub bhalo laglo poricôe/alap hoe) |
| Bosnian | Drago mi je / Drago mi je da sam vas upoznala/o |
| Breton | Plijet bras on ober anaoudegezh ganeoc'h |
| Bulgarian | Радвам се да се запознаем (Radvam se da se zapoznaem) |
| Burmese | ေတၾႛ ရတာ ဝမ္းသာပၝတယ္။ (twé-yá-da wùn-tha-ba-deh) |
| Catalan | Encantat, Molt de gust, Tant de gust |
| Chamorro | Magof yo' sa' umali'e' hit (not commonly used) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 好開心認識你 (hóu hòisàm yahnsīk néih) 好開心見到你 (hóu hòisàm gindou néih) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 很高興認識你 [
很高兴认识你]
(hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ) 我很高興跟你見面 [我很高兴跟你见面] (wǒ hěn gāoxìng gěn nǐ jiànmiàn) 幸會 [幸会] (xìnghuì) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 我真歡喜及你認似 (Goa2 chin hoan-hi2 kap li2 sek8-sai7) |
| Cimbrian | Ich han liip ségan-ach! (Formal) |
| Cornish | Da yw genev metya genes |
| Croatian | Drago mi je |
| Czech | Těší mě |
| Danish | Rart at møde dig |
| Dutch | Leuk je te ontmoeten Aangename kennismaking Angenaam kennis te maken Aangenaam kennis met u te maken |
| Esperanto | Mi ĝojas, ke mi povas konatiĝi kun vi Agrablas renkonti vin Estas plezuro renkonti vin |
| Estonian | Meeldiv tutvuda |
| Faroese | Stuttligt at hitta teg |
| Fijian | Ia (ni) bula |
| Finnish | Hauska tavata |
| French | Enchanté(e), Je suis enchanté(e) |
| Friulian | Plasint di cognošiti |
| Galician | Moito gosto / É un pracer |
| Georgian | სასიამოვნოა თქვენი/შენი გაცნობა (sasiamovnoa tkʼveni/sheni gacnoba) |
| German | Schön, dich kennen zu lernen Sehr erfreut (frm) |
| German (Swiss) | Fröit mi |
| Greek | Χάρηκα για την γνωρημία
(hárika ya tin gnorimía) Χάρηκα (hárika) - inf |
| Hebrew | (na'im me'od)
נעים מאוד |
| Hindi | मिलकर ख़ुशी हुई (Milkar xuśī huī) |
| Hungarian | Örvendek / Örülök, hogy megismertelek |
| Icelandic | Gaman að kynnast þér / Gaman að hitta þig |
| Indonesian | Senang bertemu dengan Anda |
| Inuktitut | ᑲᑎᒐᒃᑭᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅ / ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᖅ (Katigatkit Quvianaq/Alianaiq) |
| Iñupiaq | Katigatchiarit |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Tá athas orm buaileadh leat/libh (sg/pl) |
| Italian | Piacere
Piacere di conoscerti (inf) Piacere di conoscerla (frm) |
| Japanese | 初めまして
(hajimemashite) 初めまして。どうぞ宜しく (hajimemashite. dōzo yoroshiku) reply お会いできて嬉しいです (oaidekite ureshii desu) |
| Kazakh | Танісқанімізга қуаныштымын (Tanisqanimizga qwanıştımın) |
| Korean | 만나서 반갑습니다
(Mannaseo bangapseumnida) [Formal polite] 만나서 반가워요 (Mannaseo bangawoyo) [Infrm polite] |
| Lao | ດີໃຈທີ່ຮູ້ກັບເຈົ້າ (di̖i ja̖i thii hûu káp jâo) |
| Latin | Libens sum / Mihi placet / Placet |
| Latvian | Priecājos ar Jums iepazīties |
| Lithuanian | Malonu tave matyti, Malonu susipažinti |
| Lojban | do selpe'i.ui |
| Luxembourgish | Et freet mëch, lech kennen ze léieren |
| Macedonian | Мило ми е што те запознав
(Milo mi e shto te zapoznav) - inf Мило ми е што Ве запознав (Milo mi e shto Ve zapoznav) - frm |
| Malay | Selamat berkenalan |
| Maltese | Għandi pjaċir (bil-konoxxenza) |
| Manx | S'mie lhiam çheet dty whail S'taittin lhiam çheet dty whail |
| Marathi | भेटुन आनंद झाला (Bheṭun ānaṅd jhālā) |
| Mauritian Creole | Mo kontan monne zwin u |
| Moldovan | Îmi pare bine |
| Mongolian | Тантай уулзсандаа баяртай байна (Tantai uulzsandaa bayartai baina) |
| Nepali | शी लाग्यो (tapaaiilaaii bhettera khushii laagyo) |
| Norwegian | Hyggelig å møte deg / Artig å treffe deg |
| Occitan | Encantat! Encantada! |
| Okinawan | Hajimiti uganabira |
| Persian | (az molaghat e sham khosh vaghtam) از ملاقات شما خوش وقتم |
| Polish | Bardzo mi miło Miło mi Pana/Panią poznać (frm) Miło mi (inf) |
| Portuguese | Prazer Prazer em conhecê-lo (>m) Prazer em conhecê-la (>f) Prazer em conhecê-los (>m / >mf) Prazer em conhecê-las (>ff) Encantado (m), Encantada (f) |
| Romanian | Îmi pare bine de cunoştinţă Încântat de cunoştinţă |
| Russian | Очень приятно
(Očen' prijatno) Приятно познакомиться (Prijatno poznakomit'sa) |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha mi toilichte ur coinneachadh (frm/pl) Tha mi toilichte do choinneachadh (inf/sg) |
| Scots | Pleased tae meit ye |
| Shona | Ndafara kukuziva (sg) Ndafara kukuzivai (pl) |
| Sicilian | Piaciri di canuscirvi |
| Serbian | Драго ми је (Drago mi je) |
| Slovak | Teší ma |
| Slovenian | Me veseli |
| Somali | Barasho wacan |
| Spanish | Mucho gusto Encantado |
| Swahili | Nafurahi kukuona, Nimefurahi kukutana nawe |
| Swedish | Trevligt att träffas Trevligt att råkas Angenämt |
| Tagalog | Kinagagalak kong makilala ka |
| Thai | ยินดีที่ได้รู้จัก (yin-dii thíi dái rúujàk) |
| Tibetan | ཁྱེད་རང་མཇལ་པ་དགའ་པོ་བྱུང་ (kayrang jel-pa gawpo chung) |
| Tigrinya | ጽቡቕ ሌላ (SbuQ liela) |
| Turkish | Tanıştıǧımıza memnun oldum / Memnun oldum |
| Ukrainian | Приємно познайомитися (Prijemno poznajomytysia) |
| Üqoi | 
Zhoonamlei dhnuu'uz'ök (sing)
Zhoo'oonamle'ei dhnuu'uz'ök (pl)
|
| Urdu | (āp se milker khushi huwi!) آپ سَے ملکر خوشی ہوًی! |
| Uzbek | Tanishganimdan hursandman |
| Vietnamese | Hân hạnh gặp ông |
| Welsh | Mae'n dda gen i gwrdd â chi
Neis cwrdd â chi
(frm) Mae'n dda gen i gwrdd â ti Neis cwrdd â ti (inf) |
| Xhosa | Ndiyavuya ukukwazi |
| Yiddish | (Es frayt mikh dikh tsu kenen) עס פֿרײַט מיך דיך צו קענען |
| Yorùbá | Inu mi dun lati mọ ọ |
| Zulu | Ngiyajabula ukukwazi |
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