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Well, you don't. Most languages simply don't have a close equivalent.
The formal greetings in most European languages are related to time of day ("Good morning", "Good afternoon", etc.). Very formal greetings might simply be to address someone by their title ("Your excellency"). Some greetings express good wishes for the receiver (like good health). "Hello" doesn't seem to do any of that.
Informal greetings ("Hi" in English) are very common in most languages. For example, czesc (pronounced "Chesh!") in Polish, or Ciao in Italian. These are general words used interchangeably to say hello/goodbye/hi/how are you?/glad to see you, etc.
But a word like hello doesn't usually exist in most languages. That is why you'll so often find "hello" directly translated into other languages, or words that are distortions of hello and came from English influence (like hola in Spanish).
So where does Hello come from? It's Anglo Saxon, and it IS a shortened version of what was originally a blessing by way of friendly greeting, which was "Wes þu Hal", or "I hope that you are healthy").
The formal greetings in most European languages are related to time of day ("Good morning", "Good afternoon", etc.). Very formal greetings might simply be to address someone by their title ("Your excellency"). Some greetings express good wishes for the receiver (like good health). "Hello" doesn't seem to do any of that.
Informal greetings ("Hi" in English) are very common in most languages. For example, czesc (pronounced "Chesh!") in Polish, or Ciao in Italian. These are general words used interchangeably to say hello/goodbye/hi/how are you?/glad to see you, etc.
But a word like hello doesn't usually exist in most languages. That is why you'll so often find "hello" directly translated into other languages, or words that are distortions of hello and came from English influence (like hola in Spanish).
So where does Hello come from? It's Anglo Saxon, and it IS a shortened version of what was originally a blessing by way of friendly greeting, which was "Wes þu Hal", or "I hope that you are healthy").
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Danish: Goddag (go:da-) / Hej: (Hai)
Danish: Hvordan går det det? - How are you? (Vårda´n gour de?)
Danish: Hvordan går det det? - How are you? (Vårda´n gour de?)
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