Saying Hello in EPCOT! =0) - The DIS Discussion Forums

Baloo · 04-16-2003, 01:47 PM

Here's something fun we started when Erich was around 6yrs old.He's since taught his step brother Jonathan too.I thought y'all might enjoy it.

They practice saying hello in the WS languages before we go to WDW.The first time Erich was so excited about going to each country and talking to a CMs!The CM's seem to be really happy when you greet them in their native langauage!! So here's a few that I know!

Mexico...Hola (OH-lah)

Norway...god dag (goo-DAHG)

China...Ni hao (nee HOW)

Germany...gutten Tag (GOOT-en tahkh)Good Day

Italy...buon giornio (boo-on JOR-no)Good Day
or ciao (chow)hello or good bye

Japan...ohayo gozaimasu (oh-hi-yoh-goh goh-zy-ee-mahs) Good Morning

Morocco... Salam alekoum (sah-LAHM wah-LAY-koom)

France...Bonjour (bohn-ZHOOR)

There's also a place in Innoventions West Side that you can send an e-mail hello back to family and friends at home! Be sure to check out the IBM e-mail postcards while there! There was no wait while we were there this past October.The best thing is if ya don't like the picture it took you can keep taking one until you get it right!

Journey Into the Imagination also has several computers that you can send a photo and email greeting home.This is really fun because you can "play" with your picture.Turn yourselves into cartoons or animals.Personalize your greeting several different ways.

Enjoy! Ciao!
Alicia aka Lisa =0)

GlennandAnn · 04-20-2003, 09:25 AM

What a great idea, Baloo!!

Ann

ricky.martin4545 · 11-01-2010, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by GlennandAnn

What a great idea, Baloo!!

Ann

Printed your idea about saying hello in native language for something to do in our 14 hour car trip.

pezheadval · 04-20-2003, 08:07 PM

This is a great idea!
I'll do this with my daughter when she gets older!

Baloo · 04-27-2003, 11:05 PM

We have some newbies here so I just wanted to bump this up!

Baloo · 05-03-2003, 02:04 PM

Can y'all tell this is one of our favorite things to do?!?!

.... cause I'm bumping it again!!!

Cthia · 05-03-2003, 08:33 PM

Thank you for the languages. I will have to teach my DD how to say those when we go again. That would be nice to be able to say hello.

cart-mom · 05-03-2003, 11:27 PM

This is a cool idea! My oldest DS is into new languages since I speak to people from all around the globe for my job. He's always asking where I talked to after I worked then goes into school and tells the kids how to say things in other languages.

This would be a great way to reinforce his diversity. Thanks for the tip!

Baloo · 05-26-2003, 05:51 PM

BUMP!!!

crazymomof4 · 05-26-2003, 10:04 PM

that when my kids were age 4+ I would do this starting several weeks before a WDW trip:
Put the name of each WS country on a piece of paper and place in a "hat". Each week the kids would pick a country from the hat. For that whole week we learned about that country. We went to the library and got books and videos, we learned a few words in the language ("hello"), and eat a sample of the food of the country (if available).
This really enhanced the kids enjoyment of the WS.

okmommy · 11-07-2011, 07:18 PM

Love this idea!

Baloo · 06-04-2003, 06:21 PM

When I saw Rhony51 post about the passports I thought this idea went right along with it!

Gomez Gang · 05-11-2007, 06:15 AM

we do the same thing and my kids love it! Thanks for the moroccan and japanese.......didn't know those-have added them to our greetings list!
only 7 more days till the gomez gang is in the world..........
woo hoo!!!!!!!

DizzieDizney · 06-04-2003, 07:06 PM

What a great idea!!! We will be there in 11 days!!!

This will be fun for the kids. I have 2 boys.. 5 (will be 6 june 13) and 2 (will be 3 june 20). My 2 yr old loves to talk! I know he will enjoy the new languages! I better get started tho.. don't have much time left..... yippeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

Baloo · 06-04-2003, 09:37 PM

WELCOME to the DIS DizzieDizney

I hope y'all have a magical trip!!!

04-16-2003, 01:47 PM	#1
Baloo Laughter is the bloom of a happy heart Italian pixie WARNING Wand is a wooden spoon! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,538	Saying Hello in EPCOT! =0) Here's something fun we started when Erich was around 6yrs old.He's since taught his step brother Jonathan too.I thought y'all might enjoy it. They practice saying hello in the WS languages before we go to WDW.The first time Erich was so excited about going to each country and talking to a CMs!The CM's seem to be really happy when you greet them in their native langauage!! So here's a few that I know! Mexico...Hola (OH-lah) Norway...god dag (goo-DAHG) China...Ni hao (nee HOW) Germany...gutten Tag (GOOT-en tahkh)Good Day Italy...buon giornio (boo-on JOR-no)Good Day or ciao (chow)hello or good bye Japan...ohayo gozaimasu (oh-hi-yoh-goh goh-zy-ee-mahs) Good Morning Morocco... Salam alekoum (sah-LAHM wah-LAY-koom) France...Bonjour (bohn-ZHOOR) There's also a place in Innoventions West Side that you can send an e-mail hello back to family and friends at home! Be sure to check out the IBM e-mail postcards while there! There was no wait while we were there this past October.The best thing is if ya don't like the picture it took you can keep taking one until you get it right! Journey Into the Imagination also has several computers that you can send a photo and email greeting home.This is really fun because you can "play" with your picture.Turn yourselves into cartoons or animals.Personalize your greeting several different ways. Enjoy! Ciao! Alicia aka Lisa =0) __________________ Last edited by Baloo; 05-26-2003 at 05:57 PM.

04-20-2003, 08:07 PM	#4
pezheadval Mouseketeer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Jersey Posts: 417	This is a great idea! I'll do this with my daughter when she gets older! __________________ ~ Val ~

04-27-2003, 11:05 PM	#5
Baloo Laughter is the bloom of a happy heart Italian pixie WARNING Wand is a wooden spoon! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,538	We have some newbies here so I just wanted to bump this up! __________________

05-03-2003, 02:04 PM	#6
Baloo Laughter is the bloom of a happy heart Italian pixie WARNING Wand is a wooden spoon! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,538	Can y'all tell this is one of our favorite things to do?!?! .... cause I'm bumping it again!!! __________________

05-03-2003, 08:33 PM	#7
Cthia DIS Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,697	Thank you for the languages. I will have to teach my DD how to say those when we go again. That would be nice to be able to say hello. __________________

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04-20-2003, 09:25 AM	#2
GlennandAnn If found, please return to Boardwalk Villas! "If you want to destroy my sweater, hold this thread as I walk away" Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orland Park, IL Posts: 1,626	What a great idea, Baloo!! Ann

05-03-2003, 11:27 PM	#8
cart-mom Busy Scout Mom Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 647	This is a cool idea! My oldest DS is into new languages since I speak to people from all around the globe for my job. He's always asking where I talked to after I worked then goes into school and tells the kids how to say things in other languages. This would be a great way to reinforce his diversity. Thanks for the tip! __________________ ______________________________

05-26-2003, 05:51 PM	#9
Baloo Laughter is the bloom of a happy heart Italian pixie WARNING Wand is a wooden spoon! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,538	BUMP!!! __________________

05-26-2003, 10:04 PM	#10
crazymomof4 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 2,272	I'll give this a bump and add.... that when my kids were age 4+ I would do this starting several weeks before a WDW trip: Put the name of each WS country on a piece of paper and place in a "hat". Each week the kids would pick a country from the hat. For that whole week we learned about that country. We went to the library and got books and videos, we learned a few words in the language ("hello"), and eat a sample of the food of the country (if available). This really enhanced the kids enjoyment of the WS. __________________ 1 trip to Disneyland CA in 1979. 8 visits to WDW since 1987

11-07-2011, 07:18 PM	#11
okmommy Earning My Ears Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 14	Love this idea!

06-04-2003, 06:21 PM	#12
Baloo Laughter is the bloom of a happy heart Italian pixie WARNING Wand is a wooden spoon! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,538	When I saw Rhony51 post about the passports I thought this idea went right along with it! __________________

05-11-2007, 06:15 AM	#13
Gomez Gang WDW Junkies! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lombard, IL (too far from the magic!) Posts: 303	we do the same thing and my kids love it! Thanks for the moroccan and japanese.......didn't know those-have added them to our greetings list! only 7 more days till the gomez gang is in the world.......... woo hoo!!!!!!! __________________ 1972 WDW-off site 1976 WDW-Polynesian 1980 WDW-Polynesian 1984 WDW-Polynesia 1986 WDW-Polynesian 1988 WDW-off site 1997 Disneyland 2001 WDW- Coronado Springs 2002 WDW - Port Orleans Riverside 2003 WDW- Beach Club Villas 2004 WDW- Boardwalk Villas 2006 Disney Cruise- The Wonder 2007 WDW- Old Key West 2008 WDW- Saratoga Springs 2009 WDW- Old Key West <a href="http://www.******************/timers/"><img src="http://www.****************/timers/tickers/amvv4v8uys2817b8.png" alt="**************** Ticker" border="0"/></a><br> <a href="http://www.******************/timers/"> <font size="-1">Free Disney Tickers</font></a>

06-04-2003, 07:06 PM	#14
DizzieDizney Hello, I know w/ the internet and all it's easy... So this is what heaven feels like I'm a milk chocolate girl Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 410	wow! What a great idea!!! We will be there in 11 days!!! This will be fun for the kids. I have 2 boys.. 5 (will be 6 june 13) and 2 (will be 3 june 20). My 2 yr old loves to talk! I know he will enjoy the new languages! I better get started tho.. don't have much time left..... yippeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! __________________

06-04-2003, 09:37 PM	#15
Baloo Laughter is the bloom of a happy heart Italian pixie WARNING Wand is a wooden spoon! Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,538	WELCOME to the DIS DizzieDizney I hope y'all have a magical trip!!! __________________

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