Bula Fiji

Bula, like the Italian prego or the Spanish ola, is a word in the Fijian language that is most widely used and has  a variety of meanings, each of which depend on the given the situation. The word (pronounced as boolah) literally means “life” and is most commonly used as a greeting, meaning “hello!”

Using bula in this way is to express wishes for one’s good health; the full saying is “Ni sa bula vinaka,” (pronounced as nee-sahm-bula-veenaka) which equates to “wishing you happiness and good health.”

An appropriate response to bula in this context is “Bula vinaka.” The word is also used as a blessing when someone sneezes.


                         Listen to this... and get into the Fijian spirit....



At many resorts you will be greeted on arrival by the Fijian song - 'Bula Malaya' - a joyous song of welcome, which ends with an emphatic "BULA!" at the ending.

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Mirëdita (to our Albanian friends)

 Ahalan (to our Arabic speaking friends) 

Parev (to our Armenian friends)

 Zdravei / Zdrasti (to our Bulgarian friends)  

 Nei Ho (to our Cantonese speaking Chinese friends) 

Dobrý den / Ahoj (to our Czech friends) 

Goddag (to our Danish friends) 

Goede dag, Hallo (to our Dutch friends) 

Hello (to our English friends) 

Saluton (to our Esperanto speaking friends) 

Hei (to our Finnish friends) 

Bonjour (to our French friends) 

Guten Tag (to our German friends) 

 Gia'sou (to our Greek friends)

 

Aloha (to our Hawaiian friends)

 

 Shalom (to our Hebrew speaking friends) 

 Namaste (to our Hindi speaking friends) 

Jó napot (to our Hungarian friends) 

Halló / Góðan daginn (to our Icelandic friends) 

Halo (to our Indonesian friends) 

Aksunai / Qanuipit? (to our Inuit friends) 

Dia dhuit (to our Irish friends) 

Salve / Ciao (to our Italian friends) 

 Kon-nichiwa (to our Japanese friends)

 An-nyong Ha-se-yo (to our Korean friends)
 
Salve / Salvëte (to our Latin speaking ancient Roman friends)

Ni hao (to our Mandarin speaking Chinese friends) 

Kiaora (to our Maori friends)

Hallo (to our Norwegian friends)

Dzien' dobry (to our Polish friends)
 
Olá (to our Portuguese friends)
 
Bunã ziua (to our Romanian friends)

 Zdravstvuyte (to our Russian friends)

Hola (to our Spanish speaking friends)

Jambo / Hujambo (to our Swahili friends)

Hej (to our Swedish friends)

Iaorana (to our Tahitian friends)

 Sa-wat-dee (to our Thai friends)

Merhaba / Selam (to our Turkish friends)

 Vitayu (to our Ukrainian friends)

Xin chào (to our Vietnamese friends)

Hylo; Sut Mae? (to our Welsh friends)

 Sholem Aleychem (to our Yiddish speaking friends) 

Sawubona (to our Zulu speaking friends) 

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