Cheers !

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The List of Cheers !
Here is a list of how to say "Cheers !" in 66 languages. The list is compiled by me, Morten Larsen, who had a very pleasant time compiling it since it involved both fine beer and good wine in order to learn all the languages. I started compiling the list in 1991. You should try to memorise the list. You never know when you will need to say "Cheers !" in another language. Additions and corrections are welcome. Please use the comments form.

Language
Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bahasa (Indonesia) Baluchi (Iran) Basque (Spain, France) Bulgarian

Cheers !
Gzuar Fisehatak (*) Shucram (United Arab Emirates) Genatsoot ("Life") ? Afiyt oslun Pro Vashi On egin Topa Na zdrave (*) Salut Txin txin Sant Hilari, Sant Hilari, fill de puta qui no se l'acabi ("Son of a bitch the one that does not finish the cup", vulgar) Yung sing ("drink and win") Gom bui ("dry the cup") Gan bei ("dry the cup") Zivjeli (write a small v above the Z) Na zdrav (*) Skl Proost Gezondheid (*) Bisochtak Cheers Cheerio (UK) Here's mud in your eye (UK,

Pronunciation
Gschuar Fiseh'atak ? Gen-ots-it Sorlchrian ? Pro Vashi On egn ? Na zdrave Salut ? ? Yung sing Gom bui Gan bei ? Na zdravi Skl Prowst Rhe'sondheid Bi'sochtak Cheers Cheerio Here's mud in your eye

Source
N 3 3 3 N W 3 N N W NS NS N N N N NS W NS NDS NS NS N NDS N N

Catalan (Spain)

Chinese (Cantonese) Chinese (Mandarin) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch (Flemish) Egyptian English

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Esperanto (constructed) Estonian Faroese Finnish French Frisian (Netherlands) Gaelic (Ireland)

vulgar)(expr. may be from Bible, John 9:1-41) Bottoms up (USA) Down the hatch (vulgar) Hey howdy (Arizona, informal) Je via sano (*) Toston ("(I propose) a toast") (Teie) terviseks (*) Skl Kippis Terveydeksi (formal) (*) ( votre) sant (*) la votre (response "And to yours") Tsjoch

Bottoms up Down the hatch Hey howdy YEH VEE-ah SAH-no Tston 'Terviseks Skol 'Kippis ? A votr songt A la votr 'tsjo' like 'cho' in 'chocolate', 'ch' like 'j' in Spanish 'Jose', except that 'o' should be more closed like in German or Danish Slorntche ? ? ? Vakh-tahn-GOO-ree ('akh' like Bach) Proost Tsum vool . Stin i'jiasas ? 'Gasss-udda ? 'kl ma'luna L'khayim 'Eh-geyss-shey-geh-dreh 'Eh-geyss-shey-geh-tek-reh Skawl A 'vostre sani'tate ? Tjin Tjin Sa'lut Kampai Rathima andu atene 'Chukbae ? ? Uz vese'libu Kesak Keskun

N N N 3S 3 N N NS NS NDS W NS NS 3 W W 3 NS NS N D 3 N N N NS 3 3 N 3 W NS NDS 3D 3 N W W N N N

Slinte (*) Slaandjivaa (*) Gaelic (Scotland) Slainte mhoiz Galician (Spain) Sade Georgian Vakhtanguri Prost (beer) German Zum Wohl (wine) (*) Hau weg den Scheiss (vulgar) Stin ijiasas Greek Jamas Kassutta ("Let our glasses meet") Greenlandic Imeqatigiitta ("Let's drink together") Hawaiian Okole maluna Hebrew L'chaim ("To life") Egszsgedre (sing.) (*) Hungarian Egszsgetekre (plur.) (*) Icelandic Skl Interlingua A vostre sanitate (*) (constructed) A vostre salute Cin cin (formal) Italian Salute (informal) Japanese Kampai Kikuyu (Kenya) Rathima andu atene Korean Chukbae Sanitas bona (*) Latin Bene tibi Latvian Uz veselibu Kesak (sing.) Lebanese Keskun (plur.)

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Lithuanian Maltese Norwegian Persian (Iran) Polish Portuguese Rhaeto-Romanic (Switzerland) Romanian Russian Scottish Serbian Slovak Slovenian Somalian South African (Afrikaans)

I sueikata Cheers Aviva (old fashioned) Skl (Be) salam ati (*) Nush ("Enjoy it, and let it be part of your body") Na zdrowie (*) Saude (*) Tchim-tchim Sade (Brazil)(*) Tim-tim (Brazil) Viva Noroc ("Good luck") Na zdorovje (*) Here's tae ye Zivio Ziveli Na zdravie (*) Na zdravje (*) Auguryo Gesondheid (*) Salud Chin chin Arriba, abajo, al centro, para adentro ("Up, down, center, inside", vulgar) Skl Mabuhay ("Long life")

I sueikata Cheers A'viva Skl B salam ati Nush Na zdrowie Sauth ? ? ? ? Noroc Na zda'rovye Here's tae ye Zivio ? Na zdre'vie ? A-u'gurrjo Rhe'sondheid Salud ? ...padentro Skl Ma'buhay

N N N NS NS NS NDS NS W W W 3 NDS NS N N W NS W N NS NDS 3 3 NS NS 3 NDS N N N N D D 3 3 W

Spanish

Swedish Tagalog (Philippines) Thai

Turkish

Urdu (Pakistan)

Vietnamese

Welsh Yiddish

Choc-tee ? Serefe (write cedille under S) ("To honor") Scherefe Sagligina (sing.) (write bars over ? g's, remove dots over i's) (*) ? Sagliginiza (plur. or polite) (*) Djam Djam Chia Can chn (write dot under a) Gia (North V.N.) Can jn Can ly (write dot under a) (South Can li V.N.) Iechyd da Iechyd da Mazel tov ? Lechaym ?

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The toasts marked with (*) can be translated as "To your health" or "To health". An apostrophe in the pronunciation denotes that the following syllable should be emphasized. Sources of information: N = Native speaker, 3 = Through 3rd person (i.e. non-native speaker), W = Found on web (most likely incorrect), D = Found by me in dictionary, S = Spelling confirmed. Additions and corrections are welcome. Please use the comments form. Back to my home page This page was last updated 20 September 2001

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