Useful foreign phrases |
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Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs |
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Useful foreign phrases |
Numbers |
Colours |
Kinship |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs |
Other multilingual pages
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 |
| Amharic | ስለተዋወቅን ደስ ብሎኛል (siletewaweqin dess bilognal) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(fursa sa'ida) فرصة سعيدة response - (ana al'asad) أنا الأسعد |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Tcharrafna |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
m (motasharefon bema'refatek) متشرف بمعرفتك f (motasharefatun bema'refatek) متشرفة بمعرفتك |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(metšerrfīn) متشرفين |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Շատ հաճելի է: (Shat hatcheli e) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Շատ հաճելի է: (Shad hajelee e) Ուրախ եմ քեզի հանդիպելու: (Oorakh em kezi hanteebeloo) |
| Assamese | আপোনাক লগ পাই ভাল লাগিল (aapunaak loge pai bhaal lagil) |
| Asturian | Encantáu de conocete (m) / Encantada de conocete (f) |
| Azeri | Tanış olmağıma çox şadam, Çox şadam (reply) |
| Basque | Urte askotarako / Pozten naiz zu ezagutzeaz |
| Belarusian | Прыемна пазнаёміцца (Pryiemna paznajomicca) |
| Bengali | আমি ... থেকে আসছি (ami ... theke ashchhi) |
| Bhojpuri | तोसे मिल कर अच्छा लगल (tose mil kar achchha lagal) |
| Bosnian | Drago mi je / Drago mi je da sam vas upoznala/o |
| Breton | Plijet bras on oc'h ober anaoudegezh ganeoc'h |
| Bulgarian | Радвам се да се запознаем (Radvam se da se zapoznaem) Приятно ми е да се запознаем (Prijatno mi e da se zapoznaem) Приятно ми е (Prijatno mi e) Драго ми е (Drago mi e) Драго ми е да се запознаем (Drago mi e da se zapoznaem) |
| Burmese | ေတွ ရတာ ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။ (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) |
| Chechen | Хьо гайна хаза хетта |
| Cherokee | ᎦᎵᎡᎵ ᏥᏕᎾᎸ (Galiheli tsidenalv) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
好開心認識你
(hóu hòisàm yihngsīk néih) 好開心見到你 (hóu hòisàm gindóu néih) 好高興認識你 (hóu gòuhing yihngsīk 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 (Shanghainese) |
我看到侬真高兴 (ngu23 koe3 dao5 nong1 zen51 gao5 xin1) 看到侬真的老开心 (koe3 dao5 nong1 zen51 de lok ke xin1) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
我真歡喜及你熟似 (góa chin hoaⁿ-hí ki̍p lí se̍k-sāi) |
| Cimbrian | Ich han liip ségan-ach! (Formal) |
| Cornish | Da yw genev metya genes |
| Corsican | Un piacè d'incuntravvi / Mi Face Piacè |
| Croatian | Drago mi je |
| Czech | Těší mě Těší mě, že Tě poznávám (inf) Těší mě, že Vás poznávám (frm) Jsem (moc/strašně) rád, že Tě poznávám (inf/m) Jsem (moc/strašně) ráda, že Tě poznávám (inf/f) Jsem (moc/strašně) rád, že Vás poznávám (frm/m) Jsem (moc/strašně) ráda, že Vás poznávám (frm/f) |
| Danish | Rart at møde dig |
| Dutch | Aangename kennismaking Aangenaam kennis te maken Aangenaam kennis met u te maken Prettig kennis 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) |
| Frisian (North) | Nat de tu drååwe |
| Friulian | Plasint di cognošiti |
| Galician | Moito gosto / É un pracer |
| Georgian | სასიამოვნოა თქვენი/შენი გაცნობა (sasiamovnoa tkʼveni/sheni gacnoba) |
| German | Es freut mich, dich kennen zu lernen (inf) Es freut mich, Sie kennen zu lernen (frm) Schön, dich kennen zu lernen (inf) Sehr erfreut (frm) |
| Greek (Modern) | Χάρηκα για την γνωρημία
(Hárika ya tin gnorimía) - frm Χάρηκα (Hárika) - inf |
| Haitian Creole | Anchante / M'kontan fè konesans ou Mwe kontan fe konesana ou Se youn plaisir fè konesans ou! |
| Hausa | Ina farin cikin haduwa da kai |
| Hawaiian | Hauʻoli kēia hui ʻana o kāua |
| Hebrew | (na'im me'od)
נעים מאוד |
| Hindi | आप से मिलकर ख़ुशी हुई (āp se milkar khushī 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 (sg) / libh (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) |
| Kannada | ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂತೋಷ (nimmannu bheti mādiddakke santosha) |
| Kazakh | Танысқанымызға қуаныштымын! (Tanısqanımızğa qwanıştımın!) |
| Khmer | ខ្ញុំត្រេកអរណាស់ដែលបានស្គាល់លោក (kh'nyom trawk aw naa dael baan skoal loak) |
| Kinyarwanda | Ndabishimiye (sg) Nishimiye kuba menya (pl/frm) |
| Korean | 만나서 반갑습니다
(Mannaseo bangapseumnida) [frm polite] 만나서 반가워요 (Mannaseo bangawoyo) [inf polite] |
| Lakota Sioux | Wíyuškiŋyaŋ waŋčhíŋyaŋke ló (ló used only by men) |
| Lao | ດີໃຈທີ່ຮູ້ກັບເຈົ້າ (di̖i ja̖i thii hûu káp jâo) |
| Latin | Libens sum / Mihi placet / Placet |
| Latvian | Priecājos ar Jums iepazīties |
| Lithuanian | 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 |
| Malayalam | കണ്ടതില് സന്തോഷം (kantathil santhosham) |
| Maldivian | Baddhalu vee thi varah ufavejey |
| Maltese | Għandi pjaċir (bil-konoxxenza) |
| Manx (Gaelic) | 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 |
| Oriya | ନମସ୍କର (namascara) ନମସ୍ତେ (namaste) ଶୁଣିବେ (sunibe) |
| Papiamento | Contento di mira bo / Ta un plaser di conocebo |
| Pashto | خوښال شوم په ليدو دی (khushala shum pa li do di) |
| Persian (Farsi) | از ملاقات شما خوش وقتم (az molaghat-e shomâ khosh vaghtam) |
| Polish | Bardzo mi miło Miło mi (inf) Miło mi Pana poznać (frm>m) Miło mi Panią poznać (frm>f) Miło mi Was poznać (inf sg>pl) Miło mi Państwa poznać (frm sg>pl) |
| 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) |
| Punjabi | ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਹੋਈ / نہانوں مل کے بہت خوشی ہوئی (tuhānū̃ mil kē bāhut khushī hōī) |
| Quechua | Anchatam kusikusani riqsisuspayki |
| Romanian | Îmi pare bine de cunoştinţă Încântat de cunoştinţă |
| Romansh | Fa plaschair |
| Russian | Очень приятно
(Očen' prijatno) Приятно познакомиться (Prijatno poznakomit'sa) |
| Samoan | Ua ou fiafia ua ta feiloa'i |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Piaghere |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha mi toilichte ur coinneachadh (frm/pl) Tha mi toilichte do choinneachadh (inf/sg) |
| Scots | Pleased tae meit ye |
| Serbian | Драго ми је (Drago mi je) |
| Shona | Ndafara kukuziva (sg) Ndafara kukuzivai (pl) |
| Sicilian | Piaciri di canuscirvi |
| Sinhala | ඔබ දැනගන්න ලැබිම සතුටක් (oba dhanagana lakēma sathutak) |
| Slovak | Teší ma |
| Slovenian | Me veseli |
| Somali | Barasho wanaagsan Waan ku farax sanahay la kulan kaaga |
| Spanish | Mucho gusto Encantado |
| Swahili | Nafurahi kukuona, Nimefurahi kukutana nawe |
| Swedish | Trevligt att träffas, Trevligt att råkas, Angenämt (vfrm) |
| Swiss German | Fröit mi |
| Tagalog | Kinagagalak kong makilala ka |
| Tamil | உங்கள பார்த்தது ரொம்ப சந்தோஷம் (unggala paatthadhu romba santhosham) |
| Tatar | Tanışuıbızğa şatmım |
| Thai | ยินดีที่ได้รู้จัก (yin dee têe dâi róo jàk) |
| Tibetan | ཁྱེད་རང་མཇལ་པ་དགའ་པོ་བྱུང་ (kayrang jel-pa gawpo chung) |
| Tigrinya | ጽቡቕ ሌላ (SbuQ liela) |
| Tok Pisin | Gutpela long bungim yu |
| Tswana | Ke itumelela go goitsi |
| Turkish | Tanıştıǧımıza memnun oldum / Memnun oldum |
| Ukrainian | Приємно познайомитися (Prijemno poznajomytysia) |
| Üqoi | 
Zhoonamlei dhnuu'uz'ök (sing)
Zhoo'oonamle'ei dhnuu'uz'ök (pl)
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| Urdu | (āp se milker khushi huwi!) آپ سَے ملکر خوشی ہوًی! |
| Uzbek | Tanishganimdan hursandman |
| Venetian | Piasser de conosserte! |
| Vietnamese | Hân hạnh gặp ông |
| Võro | Torrõ tutvas saadaq |
| 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 |
| Yucatec Maya | Jach ki'imak in wóol in wilikech |
| Zazaki | Ez memnun biya Ez şa biyan ke ma yewbini şınsana |
| Zulu | Ngiyajabula ukukwazi |
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