European Day of Languages offers the perfect opportunity to inspire a passion for languages in your students. To help you do just that, and to celebrate the linguistic diversity of Europe, we’ve created this poster with some key phrases from just some of the languages spoken on our incredible continent!
What’s on the poster?
On the map of Europe, you’ll find a number of key phrases in each language, including common greetings and how to say please and thank you!
France
Salut! – Hi!
Ça va? – How are you?
S’il vous plaît – Please
Merci – Thank you
Au revoir! – Goodbye!
Spain
Hola ! – Hi!
¿Cómo estás? – How are you?
Por favor – Please
Gracias – Thank you
Adiós! – Goodbye!
Germany
Hallo! – Hi!
Wie geht’s? – How are you?
Bitte – Please
Danke – Thank you
Tschüss! – Goodbye
Hungary
Szia! – Hello!
Kérem - Please
Köszönöm - Thank you
Viszontlátásra! – Goodbye!
Italy
Salve! – Hi!
Come stai? – How are you?
Per favore – Please
Grazie – Thank you
Ciao! – Goodbye!
Portugal
Olá – Hi!
Como vai? – How are you?
Por favor – Please
Obrigado – Thank you!
Netherlands
Hoi! – Hi!
Hoe gaat het? – How are you?
Alstublieft – Please
Dank je – Thank you
Tot ziens! – Goodbye!
Greece
Γειά σου (yassou)– Hi!
Τι κάνεις (Ti kánis)? – How are you?
Παρακαλώ (parakalo) - Please
Ευχαριστώ (efharistó)! – Thank you
Αντίο (adio)! – Goodbye!
Malta
Ħello! – Hi!
Kif int? – How are you?
Jekk jogħġbok (yek yoh-jbok) – Please
Grazzi – Thank you
Ċaw (chaw)! – Goodbye!
Turkey
Selam! – Hi!
Nasılsın? – How are you?
Lütfen - Please
Teşekkür ederim – Thank you
Görüşürüz! – Goodbye!
Ukraine
Привіт (pryv’it) - Hi!
Як справи (Jak spravy)? - How are you?
Будь ласка (bud’ laska) - Please
Дякую (d’akuju) - Thank you
Па-па (pa-pa) - Goodbye!
Poland
Cześć! – Hi!
Jak się masz? - How are you?
Proszę - Please
Dziękuję – Thank you
Cześć! - Goodbye!
Romania
Salut! – Hi!
Ce mai faci? – How are you?
Te rog - Please
Mersi – Thank you
Ciao! – Goodbye!
Sweden
Hej! – Hi!
Hur är det? – How are you?
Tack – Please and thank you
Hej då! – Goodbye!
If you liked this poster…
We hope you like this poster and that it helps to get your students excited about languages. If you liked this poster, you may also like some of our other language resources, including our Emoji Posters, Speaking Exam Tips Poster and our Idiomatic Phrases Activity.
We also have a few resources designed to encourage students to take their language studies further, including posters on how languages help in your career, and 5 reasons to study languages.