Long time no see in many languages

How to greet people you haven't seen and/or heard from for a long time. The English phrase is a calque or loan translation of the Chinese phrase, 好久不見 (hǎojǐu bújiàn).

Language	Phrase
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(lam naraka mundu mudda(h)) لم نرك منذ مدة
Basque	Aspaldiko!
Bulgarian	Не съм те виждал много време (sg) Не съм ви виждал от много време (pl)
Catalan	Quant (de) temps!
Chamorro	Apmam tiempo ti uli'e hao (It's a long time since I've seen you) Apmam tiempo ti uli'e hit (It's a long time since we've seen each other)
Chinese (Cantonese)	好耐冇見 (hóunoih móuhgin)
Chinese (Mandarin)	好久不見 [好久不见] (hǎojǐu bújiàn)
Croatian	Dugo se nismo vidjeli
Czech	Dlouho jsem Vás neviděl
Dutch	Lang niet gezien
Esperanto	Dum longa tempo mi ne vidis vin
Finnish	Eipä ole nähty aikoihin (see) Eipä ole oltu puheissa aikoihin (hear)
French	Ça fait longtemps ! Ça fait longtemps qu'on s'est pas vu !
Gaelic (Irish)	Ní fhaca mé le fada thu
German	Lange nicht gesehen! (see) Lange nichts voneinander gehört! (hear)
Georgian	დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხართ (didi xania ar minaxixart) - frm/pl დიდი ხანია არ მინახიხარ (didi xania ar minaxixar) - inf
Greek	Καιρὸ εἶχα νὰ σᾶς δῶ (Keró íha na sas do) - frm Καιρὸ εἶχα νὰ σὲ δῶ (Keró íha na se do) - inf
Hebrew	(Mizman loh hitraehnu) מזמן לא התראנו
Hindi	बहुत समय से देखा नहीं (Bahut samay se dekhā nahīṁ)
Hungarian	Rég nem találkoztunk! Rég nem láttalak! (see) Rég nem hallottam rólad/felőled! (hear)
Icelandic	Langt síðan við höfum sést
Indonesian	Lama tidak berjumpa
Inuktitut	ᑕᑯᓇᓵᕐᓇᑯᓂ (Takunahaarnakuni)
Iñupiaq	Takunasaarnakuni
Italian	Quanto tempo!
Japanese	久しぶり (hisashiburi) お久しぶりですね (o hisashiburi desu ne)
Kazakh	Көрмегелі қанша болды (Körmegeli qanşa boldı) Көрмегелі қай заман (Körmegeli qay zaman)
Korean	오랜만이다 (o-ren-man-i-da)
Latvian	Sen neredzēts/ta
Lithuanian	Ilgai nematytas!
Macedonian	Долго не сме се виделе (Dolgo ne sme se videle) Одамна не сме се виделе (Odamna ne sme se videle)
Malay	Sudah lama tidak berjumpa
Norwegian	Lenge siden sist! Det er lenge siden sist vi møttes! Det var lenge siden (sist)!
Occitan	Fa bèla pausa!
Persian	خیلی وقته ازتون خبری نیست مدت زمان زیادی است که شما را ندیده ام
Polish	Wszelki duch! Dawno się nie widzieliśmy!
Portuguese	(Nossa!) Quanto tempo!
Russian	Сколько лет, сколько зим! (Skol'ko let, skol'ko zim) How many years/summers, how many winters!
Serbian	Дуго се нисмо видели / чули (Dugo se nismo videli / čuli)
Shona	Ko, vemakore!
Swedish	Det var länge sedan vi sågs sist!
Spanish	¡Cuánto tiempo! ¡Tanto tiempo sin verte!
Turkish	Ne zamandır/kaç zamandır görüşmedik (see) Ne zamandır/kaç zamandır haber yok (hear)
Ukrainian	Давно не бачились (Davno ne bačilisʼ)
Urdu	(kafi weqt se ap ko dekha nehin) کافی وقت سے آپ کو د‏یکھا نھیں
Uzbek	Anchadan beri ko'rishmadik! (frm) Ko'rinmay ketdingiz? (inf) Nega yo'q bo'lib ketding? (v-inf)
Vietnamese	Lâu quá không gặp
Welsh	Dw i heb dy weld ti ers talwrn! Dw i ddim wedi dy weld ti ers sbel
Xhosa	Kudala ndakugqibela
Yiddish	(Shoyn lang nit gezen) שוין לאנג ניט געזען

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Sources

http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php/t-256987.html
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/long_time_no_see

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