Is there any Dutch speaker here on yahoo?

Question

Few questions first how do you say hi, thank you, you are welcome and happy birthday to you?

Answer 1

hi - hoi, dag
thank you - dank je wel, bedankt
welcome - welkom
happy birthday to you - gelukkige verjaardag

Martha P! - Do you really speak Dutch?

Answer 2

Here are my versions. I've included a few pointers concerning usage and pronunciation. Dutch, like many other languages such as German and certainly Japanese, has an informal and formal mode of addressing people. There are no strict rules; the formal mode is used when speaking to your CEO, the elderly (often including your grandparents. However, some conservative communities still use it as the preferred mode for addressing one's parents), official dignitaries, or strangers on formal occassions.
The informal mode is usually reserved for friends, equals, and informal settings in general. Here goes:

Hi = hoi (informal pron.: hoy), hallo (informal/neutral)

Thank you = bedankt (equiv. to 'thanks'), dank je (thank you; familiar usage) or dank je wel (thank you very much), or dank u/dank u wel (thank you/, formal polite use; "u" pron. as u in french "la lune")

You're welcome = Graag gedaan (no lit. translation, but idiomatic usage, equiv. to "glad to be of help'', g's are pronounced as -ch in Scots Eng. 'loch', double a's somewhat equiv. to long-drawn open a as in aaargh!). 'You're welcome' as in 'you're welcome to come and stay' would be something like 'Je [informal] / U [formal] bent van harte welkom' (You're cordially invited to...')

Happy birthday = lit. translation would be 'gelukkige verjaardag', but nobody says that. When you want to congratulate someone on the occassion of his\her birthday, the expression is 'Gefeliciteerd' (congratulations) or 'Van harte gefeliciteerd' (lit. transl.: congratulations from the heart, cordial congratulations)

Answer 3

hi = hallo, dag

thank you = bedankt, dank je wel, dank u

welcome = welkom

happy birthday = gelukkige verjaardag