Handy Vocab For the multilingual classroom

The Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service

Amharic

English Amharic Pronunciation

hello ታዲያስ tadiyas

goodbye ተሰነባበተ täsänäbabätä / ciao

thank you አመሰግናለሁ amäsägnalähu

good ጥሩ t'ru

very good በጣም ጥሩ betam t’ru

excellent ምርጥ mirit'

sorry ይቅርታ yqrta

copy ቀዳ qäda

listen አደመጠ adämät'ä

look ተመለከተ tämäläkätä

read አነበበ anäbäbä

write መጻፍ mäts'af

give me መስጠት mäst'ät

show me አመለከተ amäläkätä

tell me ነገረ nägärä

complete ፈጸመ fäts'ämä

continue/carry on ቀጠለ qät'älä

Arabic

English Arabic Pronunciation

hello مرحب merhaba

goodbye وداعا wad er an

thank you شكرا shokrun

good جيد jayed

very good جيد جدا jayed jedun

excellent ممتاز momtaz

sorry آسف asiff

copy نسخة nusska

listen استمع isstama

look بحث beh hed

read قرأ carra a

write أكتب iktob

give me ينيتعط a teeny

show me تبين لي a reeny

tell me تقول لي a gooly

complete كمل camill

continue/carry on تواصل / تحمل على tah wassal

Czech

English Czech Pronunciation

hello dobrý den dobree den

goodbye nashledanou nasledanou

thank you děkuli dyekuyi

good dobře

very good velmi dobře

excellent výborně veebornye

sorry promiň

copy zkopíruj

listen poslouchej

look podívej se podeevey se

read čti chti

write piš pish

give me dej mi dey mi

show me ukaž mi

tell me řekni mi

complete dokonči

continue/carry on pokračuj

French

English French Pronunciation

hello bonjour

goodbye au revoir

thank you merci

good bien

very good très bien

excellent excellent

sorry désolé

copy copie

listen écoute

look regarde

read lis

write écris

give me donne moi

show me montre moi

tell me dis moi

complete complète

continue/carry on continuer

Korean

English Korean Pronunciation

hello 안녕하세요 an yung ha sei yo

goodbye 안녕히 가세요 an yung hee ka sei yo

thank you 감사합니다 cam sa ham nee ta

very good 아주 좋은 a ju jo eun

excellent 우수한 oo su han

complete 완성한 wan song han

copy 복사 peuk sa

listen 듣기 dit kee

look 보기 bo gi

read 읽다 eak da

write 쓰다 sseu da

give me 좀 줘 jome jar

show me 보여줘 bo yeo jar

tell me 말해 mall hae

sorry 미안 해요 mee an hae yo

continue/carry on 계속 gey sok

Latvian

English Latvian Pronunciation

hello sveiki s-vey-key

goodbye at atarr

thank you paldies pal-dee-ess

very good loti labi loo-atay la-be

excellent ide li id-ee-arl-ay

complete pabeikts pa-bake-ts

copy kopija ko-pee-a

listen klausies clou-see-s ('clou' as in 'cloud')

look skaties scat-ee-s

read lasi la-see

write raksti rack-stee

give me iedod ee-a-doo-ad

show me par di par-rar-dee

tell me pa t ti pastas-di

continue/carry on pabeidz pa-bate

sorry piedod pee-adoo-id

Malay

English Malay Pronunciation

hello hello

goodbye goodbye

thank you terima kasih

goodbye bagus

very good bagus

excellent menarik

complete habis

copy tiru

listen dengar dinnar

look lihat le-hat

read baca ba-cha

write tulis tullis

give me bagi saya baggi-saiya

show me tunjuk saya tunjuk-saiya

tell me bagitahu saya

continue/carry on sambung sambun

sorry Mmaaf ma'af

Mandarin

English Mandarin Pronunciation

hello 你好 nee-hao

goodbye 再见 zai-djin

thank you 谢谢 shir-shir (soft final consonant)

very good 很好 hun-how

excellent 很棒 hun-ban

complete 完成 wan-chun

copy 抄 chow

listen 听 tin

look 看 can

read 读 du

write 写 shir

give me 给我 gay-war

show me 给我看 gay-war-can

tell me 告诉我 gao-su-war

continue/carry on 进行 jing-shin

sorry 抱歉 bao-tchien

Somali

English Somali Pronunciation

hello haye

goodbye nabadgalyo

thank you mahadsanid

good wanaagsan

very good aad u wanaagsan

excellent aad u fiican

sorry waan ka xumahay

copy koobiyee / xalil

listen maqal

look fiiri

read akhri

write qor

give me i sii

show me i tus

tell me Ii sheeg

complete dhamaystir

continue/carry on sii wadi

Spanish

English Spanish Pronunciation

hello hola

goodbye adiós

thank you gracias

good bien

very good muy bien

excellent sobresaliente

sorry triste

copy copia

listen escucha

look mira

read lee

write escribe

give me dame

show me muestrame

tell me dime

complete completo

continue/carry on continuar

Tagalog

English Tagalog Pronunciation

hello helo

goodbye magandang umaga

thank you paalam

goodbye salamat

very good napakabuti

excellent mahusay na mahusay

complete kopyahin

copy makinig

listen tumingin

look basahin

read isulat

write ilpakita sa akin

give me nagdaramdam

show me

tell me

sorry

continue/carry on

Tamil

English Tamil Pronunciation

hello vanakkam

welcome nalvaravu

thank you nanri

please thayavu seithu

well done mikavum nallathu

goodbye phoi varukiren

sorry mannikkavum

yes aamaam

no illai

come here inkey vaarunkal

Turkish/Azerbaijani

English Turkish/Azerbaijani Pronunciation

hello merhaba / salam

goodbye güle güle

thank you teşekkür ederim

good iyi / yaxşı

very good çok iyi / çox yaxşı

excellent mükemmel

sorry üzgünüm

copy kopya

listen dinle

look bak

read oku

write yaz

give me bana ver

show me bana göster

tell me söyle bana

complete tam

continue/carry on devam etmek

Urdu

English Urdu Pronunciation

hello ہيلو salam

goodbye الوداع kudha-fiss

thank you آپ کا شکريہ shukria

good اچھا achaa

very good بہت اچھا bo-hat achaa

excellent بہت اچھا bo-hat achaa

complete مکمل hatam

copy کاپی n-kill

listen اگر sun-u

look at کی طرف ديکھو day ku

read پڑھ perrna

write لکھيں lickna

give me مجھے دے دو mujee-doo

show me مجھے دکھا dee-can-aa

tell me مجھے بتاو ke-hna

sorry

continue/carry on