Hello

The epic ballad was written by Adele and Greg Kurstin (Pink's " 21, which was a breakup record, but this time it's the singer who has broken someone's heart: Hello from the other side I must've called a thousand times To tell you I'm sorry, for everything that I've done But when I call you never seem to be home On the surface Adele appears to be trying to get in touch with a former lover. However, despite her reputation for breakup anthems, Adele told Ryan Seacrest she is not addressing anyone specifically. "I have a little curiosity about my past now that I'm a grown up," the 25 singer explained. "We're not kids anymore and stuff like that. It's kind of a hello to all my old friends, all the relationships I've had, all my old teachers, my little me when I was 7 or 8, and also a bit of a hello to all my fans because I've been gone for so long." • The music video was filmed in the countryside near Montreal and directed by Canadian actor and director Xavier Dolan ( Mommy, Tom at the Farm). The clip features Adele picking over the pieces of a failed relationship. Tristan "Mack" Wilds (AKA Michael Lee from The Wire and Dixon Wilson from 90210) plays her ex in flashbacks. Speaking to the LA Times, Xavier Dolan, described the video as "highly unoriginal." He added: "The lyrics are 'Hello, it's me' and then you see someone picking up a phone. I'm not good at imagining super-conceptual videos. I just thought it would be nice to have her walk around the house and make phone calls a...

A greeting is often the first point of call for human communication, and should be the first phrase you learn from any foreign language. Opening a conversation with a greeting is polite and shows willingness to communicate. Don’t be nervous about saying hello as the effort will usually be appreciated even if you don’t get it quite right! Reading how to greet others in many languages is both rewarding and fun, so here’s a handy list of how to say hello in 100 languages, along with the phonetic pronunciation. Hello in 100 languages, sorted by continent in alphabetical order. Africa Spread over at least six major language families, Africa’s language diversity is incomparable to the rest of the world and includes huge tonal diversity, and even the use of clicks and unique mouth movements to help articulate phrases in certain contexts. Saying ‘Hello’ at least, is fortunately often easy to pronounce! Afrikaans • hallo (hah-loh) — hello Amharic • tena jistilign (teh-nah yihst-ihl-ihgn) — hello (formal) • selam (sae-lahm) — hello (informal) Chichewa • moni (moh-nee) / muli bwanji (moo-lee bwahn-jee) — hello Hausa • salama alaikum (sah-lahm-ah ah-lai-koom) — hello (formal) • sannu (sahn-noo) — hello (informal) Igbo • ndêwó (in-deh-woh) — hello (formal) • kèdú (keh-doh) — hello (informal) Kinyarwanda • muraho (moo-rah-hoh) — hello • bite (bee-teh) — hello (informal) Lingala • mbote (mboh-teh) — hello Luganda • ki kati (kee kah-tee) — hello (informal) Malagasy • manao ahoana (man-ow ...

You say ` hello!' to someone when you meet them. • American English: hɛˈloʊ/ • Arabic: مَرْحَبَاً • Brazilian Portuguese: olá! • Chinese: 您好！ • Croatian: bok! • Czech: ahoj! • Danish: goddag • Dutch: hallo! • European Spanish: ¡hola! • Finnish: hei! • French: • German: • Greek: γεια! • Italian: • Japanese: こんにちは！ • Korean: • Norwegian: hallo! • Polish: cześć! • European Portuguese: • Romanian: salut! • Russian: привет! • Latin American Spanish: ¡hola! • Swedish: hej! • Thai: สวัสดี • Turkish: merhaba! • Ukrainian: вітаю! • Vietnamese: xin chào!