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Every wonder how to say "Welcome" in other languages?  On our E-Tailer's Digest forum we recently asked folks to tell us how to say welcome in their native tongue.  Here are the results.  Now, you can print print this list, tape it to the door of your store as customers enter, and on the back side, tape the "Thank You" list as they leave.  Or, you could simply help us roll out the welcome mat worldwide.

 
bulletAlbanian - Mire se vini
bulletArabic - Ahlan Wa Sahlan
bulletAruba(Dutch Carribean) - Bon Bini (Bong Be-knee)
bulletAustralia - Cooee Cobber
bulletAustralia - G'day Mate
bulletAustralia - Welcome
bulletCatalan Countries - Benvinguts
bulletChina -  huan ying
bulletCyprus - Kalosorisate
bulletCzech Republic - Vitame Vas
bulletCzech Republic - Vitejte
bulletDanish - Velkommen
bulletDutch (Netherlands) - Welkom
bulletEsperanto - Bonvenon
bulletEwe (pronounced "EVÉ" spoken in Ghana, Togo and Benin) - Woezor (pronounced WOÉZON)
bulletFlemish (Belgium) -  Welkom
bulletFrench (France, et.al.) - Bienvenue (the first 'n' is nasal)
bulletGerman - Willkommen
bulletGhana - Akwaaba
bulletGreek - and Kalos ilthes (singular)
bulletGreek - Kalos ilthate(plural)
bulletHawaiian - E komo mai (pronounced "eh como my" - literally, "come in")
bulletHindi - Swaa-gat hai
bulletIndonesian - Selamat Datang
bulletIrish - Cead Mile Failte ("One Hundred Thousand Welcomes")
bulletIrish - Failte romhat
bulletItalian - Benvenuto
bulletJapanese - Irasshaimase (weclome to our store, often shortened to Irasshai)
bulletJapanese - Yookoso (welcome to our city)
bulletKorean - Oh so, Osay-o (welcome to our store)
bulletKorean - Chun-manay-oh (your welcome)
bulletMalaysia - Selamat Datang
bulletNetherlands - Welkom
bulletNew Zealand - Kia Ora - Hello ("Key or ra")
bulletNorway - Velkommen ("Welkommen")
bulletPolish - Dzieñ dobry (daytime)
bulletPolish - Dobry wieczór (evening time)
bulletPortuguese - Bem Vinda- Female 
bulletPortuguese - Bem Vindo- Male (Bem vindos, plural "bain - same as in pain "VEEN-doe" Plural: "bain VEENdoes")
bulletPortuguese (Be Very Welcome) - Muito Bem Vindo ("MOO EEN toe bain VEENdoe")
bulletRomania - Multumesc
bulletSpanish - Bienvenido
bulletSchwiizer Duetsch (Swiss German) - Greuzi ("GREW-tzih")
bulletTagalog (Pilipino) - Mabuhay
bulletTwi (Ghana) - Akwaaba
bulletUkraine - Laskavo prosymo
bulletUnited States (South) - How Y'all Doin'?
bulletUrdu - Tash-reef Laa-i-ye
bulletUzbekistan (Uzbek) - Hush kelibsiz (Welcome)
bullet(Wales/Cymru - Croeso ("Croysso")
bulletYugoslavia (Serbia) - Dobrodosli

If your country is not listed, send us a note.   Include the country and how to say welcome.  If there are different words for gender or for more formal expressions, please let us know.  The phonetic pronunciation would also help.

Thank you.

 

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