1. European Day of Languages
September 26th 2011

2. European Day of Languages
There are 27 countries in the EU. That means a lot of languages.
Learning a foreign language will help us when we travel abroad or meet people from foreign countries.
Here, you will learn how to say hello, goodbye and thank you in various European languages.
There will be a few phrases too!
Take a look at the lovely posters promoting European Day of Languages next......

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5. Saying Hello in a few languages
Ahoj – Czech
Tere - Estonian
Bonjour – French
Szia – Hungarian
Labas – Lithanian
Hola - Spanish

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Saying Goodbye in a few European Languages
Sahha – Maltese
La revadere – Romanian
Adios – Spanish
Adijo – Slovenian
Adeus – Portuguese
Do widzenia – Polish

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Saying Thank You in a few of the languages
Danish – Tak
Dutch – Bedankt
Finnish – Kiitos
French – Merci
German – Danke
Italian – Grazie
Latvian – Paldies
Portuguese - Obrigado

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Can you say ‘Well done’ in Gaeilge? Maith Thú

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Can you say ‘hand ball’ in French?! It’s ‘handball’ but with a French accent!!!

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Counting 1 – 10 in Polish 1 - jeden 2 - dwa 3 - trzy 4 - cztery 5 - pięć 6 - sześć 7 - siedem 8 - osiem 9 - dziewięć 10 - dziesięć
Counting 1 – 10 in Spanish 1 - uno 2 - dos 3 - tres 4 - cuatro 5 - cinco 6 - seis 7 - siete 8 - ocho 9 - nueve 10 - diez

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