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570
Goodbye slang
To say goodbye in English, it is usually "later" or "bye"
What is it in other languages?

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ArchivedMember
March 12, 2002

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572
Re:Goodbye slang
Francais; salut, à tout à l'heure, à plus, ciao, au revoir.


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ArchivedMember
March 13, 2002

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576
Re:Goodbye slang
in deutsch: tschüss (tschuess), bis später, bis bald, auf Wiedersehen, bis dann, man sieht sich, leb wohl

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ArchivedMember
March 14, 2002

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581
Re:Goodbye slang
In Czech: na shledanou, naschle, tak priste, na videnou...

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March 14, 2002

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664
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
in Farsi you can say "taa bad", which is 'until later'

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ArchivedMember
March 26, 2002

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737
Re:Goodbye slang
in spanish it's-----adios, ay te wacho, chow, hasta luego.

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ArchivedMember
April 4, 2002

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885
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
Hey there, I just wanted to let you know it's arrivederci, (the spelling was a bit off :-)

Courtney

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ArchivedMember
April 18, 2002

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1003
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Since I am not a gold member, I cannot contact people that speak Farsi. I would really like to learn it. If you want, please check my profile and write me an email if you are willing to help me learn. I will help teach english if you need it. Thanks so much :-)

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Kereth
Withey

April 26, 2002

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1025
Re:Goodbye slang
In Kyrgyz it is pronounced "jock-shee call" if the person is remaining where they are and "jock-shee bar" if they are leaving. (I don't know how to put the kyrgyz alphabet in.) The first one means "good staying" and the second is "good going"

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ArchivedMember
April 28, 2002

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2433
Re:Goodbye slang
in mandarin goodbye is "zai jian"

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August 24, 2002

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5067
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
In Italian is arrivederci,a più tardi,ci vediamo,a presto,ciao...

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November 3, 2002

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7445
Re:Goodbye slang
a typical goodbye between friends in Russian would be said "pokA" usually sounds more like "bokA" (capital letter indicating stress)
a more formal way would be "do svidAniya!" or "proschItye!"

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January 11, 2003

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11848
Re:Goodbye slang
in Thai, 'Lar Korn' means 'Good Bye'

'Laew Cher kan mai na' = See you again

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ArchivedMember
April 14, 2003

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17364
Re:Goodbye slang
In Dutch it is "Dag"

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August 7, 2003

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36732
Re:Goodbye slang
it's kinda late, but i'd like to add...
generally,in indonesian you say 'sampai jumpa', wich literally means 'see you later'.
if you're the one going away, you can say 'selamat tinggal'
and if you're the one left behind you say 'selamat jalan' to the person who's going away.
as for the simple informal 'bye' you can use the word 'dag...', which read 'da..'

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September 17, 2004

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39146
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
in Serbian its:vidimo se,cao,zdravo,zbogom,dovidjenja

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Ana
Niketic

November 7, 2004

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48997
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
In Spain, you can also say for GOODBYE: Hasta otra, hasta pronto, hasta la vista. (We don't say "ay te wacho")

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April 4, 2005

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49034
Re:Re:Re:Goodbye slang
I see this expression Carmen refers to, "te wacho" a lot in hispanic North American slang. A little research I did on the Internet suggests it's a Spanglish expression. I've seen it written as "ay te wacho," "hay te wacho," and "alli te wacho." I lean towards the last one because I got it from a Mexican US journalist who was both formally educated and fluent in Spanglish. It felt like he was a pretty solid source. But it comes from the English word, "watch," as in, to keep an eye on, conjugated as a Spanish verb, "I watch you" -- te wacho. So I guess "Alli te wacho" is like saying I'm watching out for you.

Of course, I'm on the outside looking in. Any Spanglish speakers out there want to straighten us out?

Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA USA



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Re:Re:Goodbye slang Carmen Claudia

In Spain, you can also say for GOODBYE: Hasta otra, hasta pronto, hasta la vista. (We don't say "ay te wacho")

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Mark
Springer

April 5, 2005

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49035
Re:Goodbye slang
We actually have a lot more than that. We have many colorful, clever ones:

"Don't take any wooden (or any plug) nickels!"

"Catch you on the flip-flop!"

First person: "See ya later, alligator!"
other person: "After while, crocodile!"


Some insulting ones you can use with certain people who like to joke this way:
"Come back when you can't stay so long!"

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out"

"Well, it's been real. It's been fun. It hasn't been REAL fun..."


An R-rated version:
"Later days and greater lays!"


"Give my love to Irma and the kids," (a good and silly one to use with a bachelor)

I'm sure I'm not the only one who knows about these...Come on guys, cough 'em up!


Later days, everyone!

Mark
Sacramento, CA USA

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Mark
Springer

April 5, 2005

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57589
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
in farsi : you can say this sentencess
1- "be omide didar " such as : see you
2- "khoda hafez"
3-"taa baad"

and to answer you can say :
"be salamat" such as : god bless you

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August 2, 2005

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63347
Re:Goodbye slang
goodbye = adios, en español, I ´m mexican and I want learn english, you can teach me, and a
can teach you spanish

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October 18, 2005

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63400
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
is there another spanish word for goodbye other than adios???
can someone pls translate this "is this the residence of mr. paquito diaz?" in not so formal spanish..
can someone be my buddy in spanish, i also know english, i could help you with your english..

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ArchivedMember
October 19, 2005

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80736
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
Hi Marek,I can help you to learn Persian

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noushzad
bozorgmehr

June 29, 2006

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umm...we cant see your email on your profile....

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ArchivedMember
July 16, 2006

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92867
Re:Re:Re:Goodbye slang
In slovak it is ahoy

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October 31, 2006

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98813
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in estonian it is: "nägemiseni", "tsau" or "head aega!"

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Marta
January 13, 2007

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100827
Re:Goodbye slang
In "Bahasa Malaysia" bye woulds be
"chaw dulu" pronounced as Chao doo loo.[does that help?]its imformal.or just Bye.
the rest is quite the same as in indonesia.only the pronounciation a bit different.

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February 4, 2007

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106803
Re:Re:Goodbye slang
Hey Mark Springer ! I really enjoyed reading your message. These expressions are so funny! Thank you very much!

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ArchivedMember
April 13, 2007

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107030
Re:Re:Re:Goodbye slang
Hi Franciz !
You can say Goodbye in Spanish in many different ways. For example:
"Hasta Luego"
"Nos vemos"
"chau"
This are informal expressions.
"Adios" is a very formal expressions than we rarely use in spoken spanish..

Bye !
Vanesa.

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Vanesa
April 16, 2007

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107069
Re:Goodbye slang
veamos...en chile seria los belmon,chabela,chaolin,los cachamos,y muchos mas

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paolo
rossi

April 16, 2007

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117540
Re:Goodbye slang
In German we say: Tschüss or bis dann

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Loonie
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September 3, 2007

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169635
Re:Goodbye slang- Spanish
Hello, yes all of these phrases are very common to say when saying goodbye to someone in Spain, however you must remember that there are many other common phrases to say goodbye depending on location. A very common Mexican goodbye is indeed "hay te wacho". Which of course is very slang. It has north american influence as this is very close to the border slang. Kind of like hay te wacho [taken from the English word watch]. So thanks for reading this. . .

Hay Te Wacho 8^)

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Isaac
H

April 2, 2010

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188696
Re:Goodbye slang
in german you can also hear :

wir sehn uns ("we see us")
bis später (until later)
Ciao (we use that too)
Auf Widersehen (kind of formal)
servus (south german ;))
Ade (even more southern)
Lebe wohl ("a little bit" old fashion)


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Lisa
March 18, 2012

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