Saying Hello and Thank You: Plurilingual Worksheet

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1 NEW INSPIRATION 2

PLURILINGUAL WORKSHEET
Saying hello and thank you
1 Work in pairs. Look at the greeting words in the speech bubbles. How many
languages do you know? Match the greetings to the languages in the box.

Good morning
Dobré Hello/Hi! ¡Hola!
Guete
ráno
Morge Zdravo!
Guten Morgen!
Hallo!
Ciao!
Dobro jutro God morgon
Bonjour Ahoj!
(Дoбро јутро)
Grüetzi!
Salut!
Buenos dias Olá
Bom dia Buongiorno Hej!

Czech  English   French  German   Italian  Portuguese   Serbian  Spanish   Swedish  Swiss German

2a Now write the greetings in English, German and Spanish in the table.

b Write the other greetings words in the table if they look or sound similar
to English, German or Spanish. If they are different, write them in the
last column.

English word German word Spanish word

Similar to English Similar to German Similar to Spanish Different

Hej Ahoj

3a Look at the different ways of saying Thanks.


Match the words to the languages in the box.

Thanks Merci Obrigado


Gracias Grazie Danke

Tack Díky Hvala (Хвала)


Tak Dzięki Danke

Czech  Danish  Dutch  English  French  German  Italian 


Polish  Portuguese  Spanish  Serbian/Croatian  Swedish

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1 NEW INSPIRATION 2

PLURILINGUAL WORKSHEET
3b Write the words for Thanks in the table.

English word German word Spanish word

Similar to English Similar to German Similar to Spanish Different

4 Write the words for Thanks on a map of Europe. Do countries which are
next to each other have similar words?

5 Do you know how to say Hello and Thanks in any other languages?
Do all languages have ways to say Hello and Thanks?

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