Do more than smile and nod

The language of music is international; however, the language of the musicians this year at the band festival will include more than English. Band members will be speaking five languages in addition to English: Danish, German, Japanese, Italian and Ukrainian.

For those who want to be able to do more than nod to many of the musicians at this year's festival, there is a way to learn a few words. The Web site of travlang (http://www.travlang.com/languages/index.html) is especially useful if your computer has an audio file, such as RealAudio. Then you can hear each word pronounced and come up with your own fractured version.

The list below has been compiled from the travlang Web site; however, there is no guide here on how to pronounce the words. You might want to use these as a cheat sheet and you can at least show the phrase or word, such as "thank you," to the musicians.

Disclaimer: The writer of this article takes no responsibility for how the words come out of the speaker's mouth and assumes no responsibility whatsoever when one of the guests on our soil laughs out loud at the way his or her language is pronounced.

Danish
Hello < Goddag
What is your name? < Nice to meet you < Rart at mode dig/ Dem
Good < Godt
Thank you < Thank you very much < Mange tak
Goodbye < Farvel
Good morning < Godmorgen
Good afternoon < Goddag
Good evening -< Godaften

German
Hello -- Guten Tag
What is your name? -- Wie heissen Sie?
Nice to meet you -- Sehr erfreut.
Good -- Gut
Thank you -- Danke
Thank you very much -- Vielen Dank
Goodbye -- Auf Wiedersehen
Good Morning -- Guten Morgen
Good Afternoon -- Guten Tag
Good evening -- Guten Abend

Japanese
Hello < Kon-nichiwa
What is your name? < Anata no namae wa nan to iimasu ka?
Nice to meet you < O-ai dekite ureshii desu.
 Good < Ii or Yoi.
Thank you < Arigato
Thank you very much < Arigato gozaimasu
Goodbye < Sayounara
Good morning < O hayou gozaimasu
Good afternoon < Kon-nichiwa
Good evening < Konbanwa

Italian
Hello < Salve or Ciao
What is your name? < Come si chiama?
Nice to meet you < Felice di conoscerla.
Good < Bene
Thank you < Grazie
Thank you very much < Grazie Mille
Goodbye < Arrivederci or Ciao
Good morning < Buon giorno
Good afternoon < Buon pomeriggio
Good evening < Buona sera

Ukrainian
Hello < vitayu
What is your name? < yak vy nazyvayetesya
Nice to meet you < yak vy nazyvayetesya
Good < dobre
Thank you < dyakuyu
Thank you very much < duzhe dyakuyu
Goodbye < do pobachennya
Good morning < dobryy ranok
Good afternoon < dobryy den
Good evening < dobryy vechir