005: Say "hello" in ten languages

Today I become a citizen of the world with a tiny number of international greetings at my disposal. Persons of foreign cultures will look upon me with pity as I mangle their ancient languages with my Anglo-Saxon-driven tokenism.

(Unless you've got a decent set of language packs on your computer, some of these characters are going to display as squares.)

Buenos Días - Spanish

Bonjour - French

こんにちは [koh-ni-chi-wa] - Japanese

Guten Tag - German

你好 [nǐ hǎo] - Chinese

Ciao - Italian

안녕하세요 [ahn-young ha-seh-yo] - Korean

Bom dia [bone dee-ah] - Portuguese

Bore da [Borh-rle dah] - Welsh

Доброе утро [doh-braye oo-trah] - Russian

Now I can follow up conversations with a blank look instead of opening with one. Success!