How to greet people you haven't seen and/or heard from for a long time. The English phrase is a calque or loan translation of the Chinese phrase, 好久不見 (hǎojǐu bújiàn).
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| Language | Long time no see |
|---|---|
| Albanian (Gheg) | Ka shum koh qê s'jemi pâ |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Ka shumë kohë që s'jemi parë |
| Aleut | Aduutal ukux̂talakan |
| Alsatian | Mir hànn ùns schon làng nemmi gséhn |
| Amharic | ረጂም ጊዜ ከተለያየን። (räǧǧim gize kätäläyayän) |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Elna zamen ma chefnek (>m) Elna zamen ma chefneki (>f) |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(lam naraka mundhu muddah) لم نرك منذ مدة |
| Aragonese | Quánto tiempo! |
| Armenian (Western) |
Երկար ժամանակ իրարու չենք տեսած: (Yergar zhamanag eeraroo chenk desadz) |
| Assamese | বহুদিন দেখা নাই (bôhudin dekha nai) |
| Asturian | Va munchu tiempu que nun mos veíemos |
| Azerbaijani | Uzun zamandır görüşmürdük |
| Basque | Aspaldiko! |
| Bavarian | Lång nimma gseng |
| Belarusian | Даўно не бачыліся! (Daŭno nie bachylіs′a) |
| Bengali | অনেক দিন দেখা হয়না। (Ônek din dekha hôyna) |
| Bhojpuri | बड़ी दिन से भेंट ना भईल ह (badi din se bhent na bhayil ha) |
| Bikol | Haloy na kitang dai naghilingan |
| Bosnian | Dugo se nismo vidjeli |
| Breton | Pell 'zo n'em boa ket gwelet ac'hanout N'out ket bet gwelet abaoe pell |
| Bulgarian | Не съм те виждал
много време (sg) (Ne sãm te viždal mnogo vreme) Не съм ви виждал от много време (pl) (Ne sãm vi viždal ot mnogo vreme) Отдавна не сме се виждали (Otdavna ne sme se viždali) От доста време не сме се виждали (Ot dosta vreme ne sme se viždali) |
| Burmese | ma twe tah kya bi |
| Catalan | Quant (de) temps! |
| Cebuano | Dugayng panahon wala ta nagkita |
| Central Dusun | Alaid kito no au nokopiruba |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Talda ya niso no ta mang-mirahan |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Hace mucho tiempo no hay mira yo contigo Por cuantos tiempo no hay mira |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Åpmam tiempo ti hu li'e hao (It's a long time since I've seen you) Åpmam tiempo ti umali'e' hit (It's a long time since we've seen each other) |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Apmam tiempo ti uli'e hao (It's a long time since I've seen you) Apmam tiempo ti uli'e hit (It's a long time since we've seen each other) |
| Chechen | Дукха хан ю хьо ганза (Duqa xan yu ẋo ganza) |
| Chichewa | Papita thawi tisanaonane |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
好耐冇見 (hóunoih móuhgin) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
好久冇見你 (ho3 kiu3 mo kien5 ngi2) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
好久不見 [好久不见] (hǎojǐu bújiàn) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
长远勿看见侬 (ssang2 yyu4 vak2 koe5 ji3 nong1) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
真久無看你 (chin-kú bô khòaⁿ lí) 誠久無看你 (chîaⁿ-kú bô khòaⁿ lí) 足久無看你 (chiok-kú bô khòaⁿ lí) |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
好久无睇 (ho2 gu2 bho5 toin2) |
| Coastal Kadazan | Ahaid kito au nokopisohovot Ahaid kito au nokopisoomo! |
| Cornish | Hirneth heb dha weles |
| Corsican | Face un pezzu |
| Croatian | Dugo se nismo vidjeli |
| Cuyonon | Bago kita reman agbagatan |
| Czech | Dlouho jsem Tě neviděl (inf/m) Dlouho jsem Tě neviděla (inf/f) Dlouho jsem Vás neviděl (frm/m) Dlouho jsem Vás neviděla (frm/f) |
| Duala | Na kandanɛ oa ka |
| Dutch | Lang niet gezien |
| Efik | Ikut enyin |
| Elfdalian | Eð war laindj sę |
| Estonian | Pole ammu näinud (see) Pole ammu kohtunud (meet) Pole ammu (sinu) häält kuulnud (hear your voice) |
| Ewe | Ɛdidi Ɛ nyteƒe (response) |
| Extremaduran | Qué de tiempu! |
| Faroese | Langt síðan seinast |
| Fijian | Sa dede da sega ni sota |
| Finnish | Pitkästä aikaa |
| Flemish (West) | Lange nie gheziejn Lange nie mì gheziejn |
| French | Ça fait longtemps ! Ça fait longtemps qu'on s'est pas vu ! |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Lung ai sänj |
| Frisian (West) | Lang net sjoen |
| Friulian | Ce tant che no ti viôt |
| Galician | Canto tempo sen verte Canto tempo sen te ver |
| Gascon | Que ha temps que n's'em pas vist Bèth temps a non t’èi pas vist (inf>m) Bèth temps a non t’èi pas vista (inf>f) Bèth temps a non v’èi pas vist (frm>m) Bèth temps a non v’èi pas vista (frm>f) |
| German | Lange nicht gesehen! (see) Lange nichts voneinander gehört! (hear) |
| Georgian | დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხართ (didi khania ar minakhikhart) - frm დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხარ (didi khania ar minakhikhar) - inf |
| Greek (Ancient) | Καιρὸς δέ! (Kairós dé!) |
| Greek (Modern) | Καιρό έχουμε να τα πούμε!
(Keró éhume na ta púme! [lit "we haven't talked for a long time"]) Καιρό έχω να σας δω! (Keró ého na sas do) - frm Καιρό έχω να σε δω! (Keró ého na se do) - inf |
| Greenlandic | Qangali takugakkit |
| Guaraní | Ymaitereí ndorohechavéi |
| Guernésiais | Y a énne achie qu'j't'ai pas vaeu (sg/m) Y a énne achie qu'j't'ai pas vaeusse (sg/f) Y a énne achie qu' j'vous ai pas vaeu (pl/frm/m) Y a énne achie qu'j'vous ai pas vaeusse (pl/frm/f) |
| Gujarati | ઘણા વખતે દેખના (ghana vakhate dekhana) - frm ઘણા સમય થી દેખાતા નથી (ghana samay thi dekhata nathi) - frm |
| Haitian Creole | Sa fè lontan Sa fe lon temps nou pa we |
| Hausa | Kwana biyu |
| Hebrew | (Mizman loh hitraehnu) מזמן לא התראנו |
| Herero | Atata twa haṋika orure |
| Hindi | बहुत समय से देखा नहीं (bahut samay se dekhā nahīṅ) |
| Hungarian | Rég nem találkoztunk! Rég nem láttalak! (see) Rég nem hallottam rólad/felőled! (hear) |
| Iban | Udah lama enda betemu |
| Icelandic | Langt síðan við höfum sést |
| Igbo | Anya ịị Anya gị Anya n'ibie (reply) Anya n'ibe ya (reply) |
| Indonesian | Lama tidak bertemu Lama tidak berjumpa |
| Inuktitut | ᑕᑯᓇᓵᕐᓇᑯᓂ (Takunahaarnakuni) |
| Iñupiaq | Takunasaarnakuni Qaŋa tai! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Ní fhaca mé le fada thú (sg) Ní fhaca mé le fada sibh (pl) |
| Italian | Quanto tempo! |
| Jamaican | A long time mi nuh si yuh |
| Japanese | 久しぶり (hisashiburi) お久しぶりですね (o hisashiburi desu ne) |
| Javanese | ꦱꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦔꦸꦧꦺꦴꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦏꦼꦥꦁꦒꦶꦃ (Sampun dangu bọten kepanggih) (Kromo Inggil) ꦮꦶꦱ꧀ꦱꦸꦮꦶꦲꦺꦴꦫꦏꦼꦠꦼꦩꦸ (Wis suwé ora ketemu) (Ngoko) |
| Jenesch | Tun vor promma |
| Kalmyk | Би кезәнәс нааран Таниг үзәд угав (Bi kezänäs naaran tanig üzäd ugav) |
| Kannada | ತುಂಬಾ ದಿವಸಗಳಿಂದ ಕಾಣಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ (tumba divasagalinda kānisalilla) |
| Kashmiri | Variya kaal gov na myelnasi! |
| Kazakh | Көрмегелі қанша болды?
(Körmegeli qanşa boldı?) Көрмегелі қай заман? (Körmegeli qay zaman?) |
| Khmer | ខានជួបយូរហើយ (khan chuŏb yu haeuy) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû si tama hâ (fm/sg) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû tsi tama hâ (m/sg) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû ro tama hâ (cm/dl) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû ro tama hâ (fm/dl) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû kho tama hâ (m/dl) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû du tama hâ (f/cm/pl) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû go tama hâ (m/pl) ǀHawe ǁae-e ta ge mû so tama hâ (fm/dl) |
| Kiribati | Ituai man nonooriko n taai aikai |
| Korean | 오랜만이다 (orenmanida) |
| Kumyk | Сизин гёрмегеним кёп бола (Sizin gyormegenim kyop bola) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Mi(n) te zood nedîtî ye! |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Demêke tum nebînîwe |
| Kyrgyz | Көрүшпөгөнүбүзгө канча болду (Körüshpögönübüzgö kancha boldu) - frm |
| Lakota Sioux | Théhaŋ waŋčhíŋyaŋke šni |
| Lao | ບໍ່ເຫັນໜ້າກັນດົນລະນໍ (bor hen naa gun don la nor) |
| Latin | Quantum tempus! |
| Latvian | Sen neredzēts Sen neredzēta |
| Lingala | Kala to monana |
| Lithuanian | Seniai nesimatėm Ilgai nematytas |
| Low Saxon | Lang nich sehn |
| Lozi | Ki kale lusa bonani |
| Macedonian | Долго не сме се виделе (Dolgo ne sme se videle) Одамна не сме се виделе (Odamna ne sme se videle) Долго време не сме видени (Dolgo vreme ne sme videni) Долго време не сме се виделе (Dolgo vreme ne sme se videle) |
| Magahi | बड़ी दिन से नयँ मिलालियो तोरा से /baɽɪ: d̪ɪn seː nəẽ mɪləlɪjoː t̪oːraː seː/ |
| Malagasy | Ela izay a! Ela tsy nihaonana |
| Malay | Sudah lama tidak berjumpa |
| Malayalam | വളരെ നാളായി കണ്ടിട്ട് (valarenalayi kandittu) വളരെ നാളായല്ലൊ കണ്ടിട്ട് (vaḷarēnāḷāyallo kanditt) കണ്ടിട്ടു വളരെ നാളായല്ലൊ (kandittu vaḷarēnāḷāyallo) |
| Maltese | Ilni ma narak |
| Manx (Gaelic) | She tammylt liauyr neayr's honnick mee oo (sg) She tammylt liauyr neayr's honnick mee shiu (pl) |
| Māori | He roa te wā kua kitea |
| Marathi | खूप दिवसात भेटलो नाही (khup divasāt bhetalo nāhi) बरेच दिवस झाले भेट नाही (barech divas zhāle bhet nāhi) |
| Mirandese | Aló? |
| Mongolian | Удаан уулзсангүй шүү (Udaan uulzsangui shuu) |
| Mossi | Yaa rasem yiibu ("It's been two days") |
| Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) | Cehecvkat hofones |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Kudala ngakucina |
| Nepali | लामो समयसम्म हराउनु भयो नी! (lamo samaya samma haraunu bhayo ni!) लामै हराउनुभयो नि ! (lāmai harāunubhayo ni!) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | गुल्लि दत मखंगु । (gulli data makhaṅgu) |
| Nkore | Buhoro? Buhorogye? Agandi? Nimarungi (reply) |
| Northern Sámi | Dat lea guhkes áigi |
| Northern Sotho | Ke kgale re sa bonane |
| Norwegian | Lenge siden sist! Det er lenge siden sist vi møttes! Det var lenge siden (sist)! |
| Occitan | Fa bèla pausa! |
| Okinawan | 長ーさやー nageesayaa 拝ん遠さいびーたん (wuganduusaibiitan) 拝ん遠さぬ (wuganduusanu) 拝ん遠ーさ(wuganduusa) 拝ん遠さいびーやー (wugandiisaibiiyaa) 見ー遠さんやー (miiduusanyaa) 見ー遠さいびーんやー (miiduusaibiinyaa) |
| Omaha | Gáshi witóⁿba-mazhi |
| Oshiwambo | Nde ku etha nale nee |
| Oriya | ବହୁତ ଦିନ ହେଲାଣି ଦେଖା ନାହିଁ (Bahut din helāṇi dekhā nāhĩ) |
| Papiamento | Hopi tempo sin wak bo |
| Pashto | دیړوخت وشو نہ خکاری (deer wakht wosho na khary) |
| Persian (Farsi) | خيلي وقته که ازت خبري نيست (kheili vaghte ke azat khabari nist) مدت زمان زيادي است که شما را نديده ام (moddate ziadi ast ke shoma ra nadideh am) |
| Polish | Dawno się nie widzieliśmy! Kopę lat! (inf) |
| Portuguese | Nossa! Quanto tempo! |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Nossa! Quanto tempo! Há quanto tempo! Há quanto tempo não nos vemos! Há quanto tempo não te vejo! Há muito não te via! Há tempos não te vejo! Há tempos não nos vemos! Há um longo tempo não nos vemos! |
| Punjabi | ਬੜੀ ਦੇਰ ਤੋਂ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਏ ! / بڑی دیر توں تُسیں نظر نہیں آئے! (baṛī der ton tusī̃ naśar nahī̃ āe!) |
| Romanian | Nu v-am mai văzut de mult (frm) Nu te-am mai văzut de mult (inf) |
| Russian | Сколько лет, сколько зим! (Skol'ko let, skol'ko zim!) How many years/summers, how many winters! Давно не виделись (Davno ne videlis') |
| Sakha | Көрсүбэтэх өр буолла (kørsubetex ør buolla) |
| Samoan | Ua leva tele ona o'u le toe va'ai ia oe |
| Samogitian | Ėlgā nesimatiem! |
| Sango | Aninga e wara tere ape! |
| Sanskrit | चिरान्न दृष्टम् (cirānna dṛṣṭam) |
| Scots | Lang time nae see It's been dunky's since a last saw ye |
| Scottish Gaelic | 'S fhada bho nach fhaca mi thu (inf) 'S fhada bho nach fhaca mi sibh (frm) |
| Serbian | Дуго се нисмо видели
(Dugo se nismo videli) Дуго се нисмо чули (Dugo se nismo čuli) |
| Shona | Ko, vemakore! |
| Sicilian | Assai avi ca nun ni videmu [av(i)assaj ka nun ni vidɛmu] or [av(i)asˈsaj kɔnni viˈɾɛmu] (Mi’) quant’avi ca nun nni videmu! [mi: kwanˈtavi kɔnni viˈɾɛmu] |
| Sindhi | ڏِسَڻَ من ئيِ نَٿا اَچو (Ddisarna men ii nathaa acho) |
| Sinhala | හුග කාලෙකින් දක්කෙ (huga kālekin dakke) |
| Somali | Wakhti dheer kuma arag |
| Spanish | ¡Cuánto tiempo! ¡Tanto tiempo sin verte! |
| Swazi | Mehlo madzala ("long eyes") |
| Swedish | Det var länge sedan vi sågs sist! |
| Swiss German | Mr hänn is schon lang nümme g'seh. |
| Tagalog | Tagal na ah! (inf) Grabe ang tagal na nating di nagkita! (inf) Ang tagal nating hindi nagkita (frm) |
| Tajik | Хеле вакт шуд надида будем (Hele vakt šud nadida budem) |
| Tamil (formal) | உங்களைப் பார்த்து நிறைய நாட்கள் ஆகிவிட்டது (ungalai paarttu niraiya naatkal aaki vittathu) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | ஒங்கள பாத்து ரொம்ப நாள் ஆய்டுச்சி (ongalai paathu romba naal aayduchchi) [fm] |
| Tatar | Küptännän kürgän yuq ide sezne |
| Telugu | చాలా కాలమైంది మిమ్మల్ని చూసి (chaalaa kaalamaiṅdhi mimmalni choosi) |
| Tetum | Kleur ona la hetan ita |
| Tibetan | ཡུན་རིང་འཇལ་རྒྱུ་མ་བྱུང་། (yün-ring je-kyu ma-joong) |
| Tigrinya | ነዊሕ ኮይኑ ካብ ዘይንረአአ (Newih Koynu Kab Zeynire’e) |
| Tok Pisin | Longpela taim mi no lukim yu |
| Tongan | Fuoloa 'e fepulingaki |
| Tsonga | IKhale hinga vonani |
| Tsotsil | K'uxa ora kilojbatik Vo'one xa kilojbatik |
| Tswana | Ke kgale re sa bonane |
| Tugen | Tomo akerin ing’ muta |
| Turkish | Ne zamandır/kaç zamandır görüşmedik (see) Ne zamandır/kaç zamandır haber yok (hear) |
| Tuvaluan | * Kō leva loa seki toe fetaui. |
| Twi | Yɛhyiaeɛ akyɛ |
| Ukrainian | Давно не бачились (Davno ne bačiliś) |
| Urdu | کافی وقت سے آپ کو دیکھا نھیں (kafi weqt se ap ko dekha nehin) |
| Uyghur | (Körüshmigili uzaq boptu) كۆرۈشمىگىلى ئۇزاق بوپتۇ |
| Uzbek | Anchadan beri ko'rishmadik! (frm) Ko'rinmay ketdingiz? (inf) Nega yo'q bo'lib ketding? (v-inf) |
| Venetian | Quanto tenpo che no se vedemo! |
| Vietnamese | Lâu quá không gặp |
| Võro | Olõ-i ammuq nännüq |
| Welsh | Dw i heb dy weld ti ers talwn! Dw i ddim wedi dy weld ti ers sbel |
| Westrobothnian | He va leng senn! |
| Wolof | Gej na la giis |
| Xhosa | Kudala sagqibelana 'Mehlo madala Ingc' inde |
| Yiddish | איך האָב דיך לאַנג נישט געזען (Ikh hob dikh lang nisht gezen) |
| Yolngu | Malk lambirri bäyŋu nhäma |
| Yoruba | O to ọjọ mẹta o O pẹ ti a ri ara wa o |
| Zazaki | Mi rewne ti nêdî |
| Zulu | Mehlo madala! (old eyes) |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Dum longa tempo mi ne vidis vin |
| Interlingua | Quante tempore! |
| Lojban | puzu prula'i jikca |
| Volapük | No elogob oli sis lunüp |
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