Pleased to meet you in many languages

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
Belarussian	Прыемна пазнаёміцца (Pryiemna paznajomicca)
Bosnian	Drago mi je / Drago mi je da sam vas upoznala/o
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	Ma'gof yu sa umali'i hit
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
Gaelic (Irish)	Tá athas orm buaileadh leat/libh (sg/pl)
Gaelic (Manx)	S'mie lhiam çheet dty whail
Gaelic (Scottish)	Tha mi toilichte ur coinneachadh (frm/pl) Tha mi toilichte do choinneachadh (inf/sg)
Galician	Moito gosto
Georgian	სასიამოვნოა თქვენი/შენი გაცნობა (sasiamovnoa tkʼveni/šeni gacʼnoba)
German	Schön, dich kennen zu lernen Sehr erfreut (frm)
German (Swiss)	Fröit mi
Greek	Χαίρομαι γιὰ τὴν γνωριμία (Hérome yia tin gnorimía)
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
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)
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)
Marathi	भेटुन आनंद झाला (Bheṭun ānaṅd jhālā)
Mauritian Creole	Mo kontan monne zwin u
Moldovan	Îmi pare bine
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 познакомится (Prijatno poznakomitsa)
Scots	Pleased tae meit ye
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 poznajomitisja)
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
Zulu	Ngiyajabula ukukwazi

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