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List of common phrases in various languages
It is possible for a [[tourism|tourist]] in a country whose language she does not understand to get along with a surprisingly short list of phrases, combined with pointing, miming, and writing down numbers on paper.
Here is such a list of '''common phrases in different languages.'''

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''Words are accented on the first syllable.  Consonants are as in English; vowels are as in Italian.''
*Toki Pona: ''toki pona''
*hello: ''toki!''
*good-bye: ''mi tawa'' (said by person leaving); ''tawa pona'' (said by person staying)
*please: ''mi wile e ni''
*thank you: ''pona''
*that one: 
''ni''
*how much?: ''li sama mani seme?''
*English: ''toki Inli''
*yes: ''lon''<sup>4</sup>
*no: ''lon ala''<sup>5</sup>
*generic toast: 
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''If you speak Toki Pona, you can finish this section right now''telo nasa pona!''

=== [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) ===
*Welsh: ''Cymraeg'' /kum-REYEG/
*hello: ''s'mae?'' /smy/
*good-bye: ''hwyl'' /HOO-il/
*please: ''os gwelwch yn dda'' /oss GOOEL-ook 'n tha/
*thank you: ''diolch'' /DEE-olk/
(contracted; show full)or between white and black people, "Shikamoo" (reply "Marahaba") for a young person to an elderly person, "Hodi" (reply "Karibu") when in the doorway of a house. There are additionally numerous informal greetings such as "Mambo", "Safi", and many more. Curiously, farewells are abrupt or even non-existent.

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