How to say Hello in the Epcot Nations

[Gator]

For those of you who speak these other languages, I was wondering how to say hello to all the nations of the World Showcase. I've got the UK and the USA down pretty well I think It's "hola" in Mexico. After that, I'm done. Anyone know the other greetings?

[disneydeb]

How about bonjour or hello for Canada?

[Zawadi]

France - Bonjour (good day)

Italy - Buongiorno (good day) Buonasera (good evening)

China - Nín hǎo (hello)

Germany - Guten Tag (good day) Guten morgan (good morning) Guten Abend (good evening)

[Zawadi]

Japan - Kon Ni chi Wa (hello) Kon Ban Wa (good evening)

[andreallybadeggs]

Morocco:
Es salaam aleykum
(my own phonetics)
UK:
bet they'll understand no matter what you say as long as you don't
have too much of an accent

[dumbo_buddy]

USA: Yo!

kidding

[fielin]

USA : Hi / Hello / Good Morning / Good Evening
France : Salut / Salut / Bonjour / Bonsoir
Spain : Hola / Hola / Buenos Dias / Buenas Tardes
Italian : Salute / Salute / Bonjurno

[TheRustyScupper]

How about bonjour or hello for Canada?

Raise your hand and loudly say. "Eh!".

[CanadianWDWFan]

Raise your hand and loudly say. "Eh!".

If anyone can remember Bob and Doug Mackenzie, it is "How's it goin' EH?"

Germany: Guten Tag wie gehts also works. Means literally Good day how are you.

[Ian]

Mexico - Hola.

Norway - Hei

China - Ni hao

Germany - Guten tag

Italy - Buongiorno

France - Bonjour

Japan - Konnichiwa

Morroco - Salam

Canada - It would either be hello in the English speaking parts or bonjour in French Canada.

England - Hello!

[Buttercup]

I would just say "Hello" or "Hi" in Canada... French is our second language (sort-of like how the USA has a lot of Spanish speaking citizens, you're still considered an English speaking nation).
If I wanted to get really nit-picky, "Bonjour" actually means "Good Day". It's sort-of a formal greeting - how often do you say "Good Day" to people?
"Hello" in French is "Allo" (basically "Hello" without the "H" sound).

And be sure to ask the Canadians in the pavillion about how we all wear red lumberjack shirts, snowmobile everywhere, live in igloos and have totem poles in our front yards. "How's it goin' eh, ya hoser!"

My question is regarding China. "Ni Hao" is actually Mandarin... what if the castmember is Cantonese?

[mom2morgan]

Raise your hand and loudly say. "Eh!".

LOL - and the better choice for French Canada is "Salut". very informal and works for both "Hi" and "bye".

[PAYROLL PRINCESS]

Japanese for Hi: yā

[Melanie]

Japan:

Good morning - ohayo gozaimasu (sounds basically like Ohio go-zai-mus)

Good afternoon - konnichiwa gozaimasu

Good evening - konbanwa gozaimasu

[garymacd]

Raise your hand and loudly say. "Eh!".

Eh?

[MushuGrl]

Buttercup has a good point, because the two ladies that waited on me last year were from Hong Kong!

The Cantonese hello is "nay hoh" with in translation really means "You good".

[Scar]

In my experience with Norwegian, which is really just listening to my Father and Uncle pretend to know how to speak Norwegain, "God Dag" pronounced "gudog" which means "Good Day" is a much more common greeting than "Hello" And they often repeat it - God dag god dag."

[Imagineer1981]

For China, its Ni Hao (pronounced Knee How)

[brad192]

In Germany, an informal way of saying goodbye to family, friends, and coworkers is "Chuss", with a long U (ooo). It's slang, and the equivalent in english is "Later".

[Buttercup]

Ah that's right! Chuss!
My husband is Austrian but I always assumed he and his relatives were saying "Cheers" as a goodbye, just with their German accents!
Well now I know it's an actual German word!