How to say "It's a small world" in various languages. This is an idiom you might use when you find connections between people you weren't aware of, e.g. when you discover that someone knows a person that you know, or you see a familiar face in an unexpected place.
| Language | It's a small world |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Die wêreld is klein |
| Arabic | (al'aalam sagheer!) العالم صغير! |
| Basque | Ze txikia den mundua! Hau bai mundu txikia! Ze mundu txikia! |
| Belarusian | Свет цесны (Śv′et ćesny) |
| Bulgarian | Светът е малък! (Svetãt e malãk!) |
| Catalan | Qué petit és el món! |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 這世界真小啊! [这世界真小啊] (zhè shìjiè zhēn xiăo ā) |
| Croatian | Svijet je mali! |
| Czech | Svět je malý! |
| Dutch | De wereld is zo klein! De wereld, mijn dorp! |
| Estonian | Maailm on väike! |
| Finnish | Maailma on niin pieni! Maailma on pieni! |
| French | Le monde est (vraiment) petit Quel petit monde, hein ? |
| German | Wie klein die Welt doch ist! Die ganze Welt ist ein Dorf! Unsere Welt ist ja so klein! |
| Greek | Τί μικρός που είναι ο κόσμος! (Ti mikros pou ine o kosmos!) |
| Gujarati | સંસાર કેટલુ નાનું છે! (sansaar ketlu naanu Che!) |
| Hebrew | (zeh olam katan!) עברית: זה עולם קטן! |
| Hindi | संसार कितना छोटा है! (sansaar kitnaa Chotaa hai!) |
| Hungarian | Ez egy kis/kicsi világ! Milyen kicsi a világ! A világ kicsi! |
| Italian | Il mondo è piccolo! Com'è piccolo il mondo! Tutto il mondo è paese! |
| Kapampangan | Kalati na ning yatu! |
| Kurdish | (donyayeeki bechuka!) دونياييکي بچوکه! |
| Lithuanian | Pasaulis mažas! Koks mažas pasaulis! |
| Macedonian | Светот е мал! |
| Perian | (donyaye kuchaki ast!) دنياي کوچکي است! |
| Polish | Świat jest mały Jaki ten świat mały! |
| Portuguese | O mundo é pequeno! |
| Russian | Мир тесен! (Mir tesen!) |
| Serbian | Свет је мали! (Svet je mali!) |
| Slovak | Svet je malý! |
| Slovenian | Svet je majhen! |
| Spanish | ¡Qué pequeño es el mundo! ¡El mundo es un pañuelo! |
| Tagalog | Mundong maliit! Daigdig na maliit! Maliit na daigdig! Ang kaliitan ng mundo! Maliit ang daigdig! |
| Turkish | Dünya küçük! |
| Urdu | (duniyaa kitnii Chotii hai!) دنيا كتنى چهوٹى ہے! |
| Vietnamese | Thế giới thật nhỏ bé! |
| Welsh | Mae'r byd yn fach! |
Source: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=34874
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