Monday 3 November 2014

Grog blog! Cheers!

CHEERS! Here’s to you! Bottom’s up! The clinking of glasses can help cement friendships and celebrate new ones — it’s an expression of goodwill and one that every traveler should know.
LanguageSpellingPhonetic Pronunciation
AfrikaansGesondheidGe-sund-hate
AlbanianGëzuarGeh-zoo-ah
Arabic (Egypt)فى صحتك: (literally “good luck”)Fe sahetek
Armenian (Western)ԿէնաձդGenatzt
AzerbaijaniNuş olsunNush ohlsun
BosnianŽivjeliZhee-vi-lee
BulgarianНаздравеNaz-dra-vey
BurmeseAung myin par sayAu-ng my-in par say
CatalanSalutSah-lut
Chamorro (Guam)BibaBih-bah
Chinese (Mandarin)干杯
gān bēi
Gan bay
CroatianŽivjeli /
Nazdravlje
Zhee-ve-lee /
Naz-dra-vlee
CzechNa zdraviNaz-drah vi
DanishSkålSkoal
DutchProostProhst
EstonianTerviseksTer-vih-sex




LanguageSpellingPhonetic Pronunciation
Filipino/TagalogMabuhayMah-boo-hay
FinnishKippisKip-piss
FrenchSanté /
A la votre
Sahn-tay /
Ah la vo-tre
GalicianSaludSaw-lood
GermanProst /
Zum wohl
Prohst /
Tsum vohl
GreekΥΓΕΙΑYamas
HawaiianÅ’kålè ma’lunaOkole maluna
HebrewלחייםL’chaim
HungarianEgészségedre (to your health) /
Fenékig (until the bottom of the glass)
Egg-esh ay-ged-reh /
Fehn-eh-keg
IcelandicSkálSk-owl
Irish GaelicSláinteSlawn-cha
ItalianSalute /
Cin cin
Saw-lutay /
Chin chin
Japanese乾杯
Kanpai (Dry the glass)
Kan-pie
Korean건배Gun bae
LatvianPriekā /
Prosit
Pree-eh-ka /
Proh-sit
Lithuanianį sveikatąEe sweh-kata
MacedonianНа здравјеNa zdravye
MongolianЭрүүл мэндийн төлөө /
Tulgatsgaaya
ErUHl mehdiin toloo /
Tul-gats-gAH-ya


LanguageSpellingPhonetic Pronunciation
NorwegianSkålSkawl
PolishNa zdrowieNaz-droh-vee-ay
PortugueseSaúdeSaw-OO-de
RomanianNoroc /
Sanatate
No-rock /
Sahn-atate
RussianБудем здоровы/
На здоровье
Budem zdorovi/
Na zdorovie
SerbianživeliZhee-ve-lee
SlovakNa zdravieNaz-drah-vee-ay
SlovenianNa zdravje (literally “on health”)Naz-drah-vee
SpanishSaludSah-lud
SwedishSkålSkawl
ThaiChok deeChok dee
TurkishŞerefeSher-i-feh
UkranianбудьмоBoodmo
VietnameseDô /
Vô /
Một hai ba, yo (one, two, three, yo)
Jou /
/ Dzo
Moat hi bah, yo
WelshIechyd daYeh-chid dah
YiddishSei gesundSay geh-sund

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