My hovercraft is full of eels in many languages

This phrase is used in a sketch about a badly translated English-Hungarian phrasebook from the British TV comedy show, Monty Python's Flying Circus. There's a video of the sketch on youtube and a transcript on this site.

Language My hovercraft is full of eels
Afrikaans My skeertuig is vol palings
Albanian Hoverkrafti im është plot me ngjala
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
حَوّامتي مُمْتِلئة بِأَنْقَلَيْسون
(ḥawwāmtī mumtilah biānqalaysūn)
Armenian (Eastern) Իմ օդաթիռը լի է օձաձկերով
(Im odatirry li e odzadz.kerov)
Armenian (Western) Իմ սաւառնակս օձաձկներով լեցուն է:
(Eem savarrnaguhs otsatsknerov letsoon e)
Aromanian Pãmporea-a mea-i ãmplinã di uhelji
Avallaen My hovercraft is full of
 eels in Avallaen
(ägloinniyüvoih pōvlen üevs erüs)
Basque Nire aerolabangailua aingiraz beteta dago
Belarusian Мой паветраны човен поўны вуграмі
(Moj pavetrany čoven pouny vugramі)
Bulgarian Корабът ми на въздушна възглавница е пълен със змиорки
(Korabãt mi na v'zdyšna vãzglavnica e pãlen sãs zmiorki)
Catalan El meu aerolliscador està ple d'anguiles
Cebuano Puno ug kasili ang akong hoberkrap/hovercraft
Chamorro Bula hasuli gi halom hovercraft-hu
Chinese
(Cantonese)
我隻氣墊船裝滿晒鱔 (ngóh jek heijínsyùhn jòngmúhn saaisíhn)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚 [我的气垫船充满了鳝鱼]
(Wǒ de qìdiànchuán zhuāngmǎn le shànyú)
Croatian Moja je lebdjelica puna jegulja
Czech Moje vznášedlo je plné úhořů
Danish Mit luftpudefartøj er fyldt med ål
Dutch Mijn hovercraft zit vol palingen
Esperanto Mia kusenveturilo estas plena je angiloj
Estonian Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis
Finnish Ilmatyynyalukseni on täynnä ankeriaita
French Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles
Gaelic (Irish) Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn
Gaelic (Manx) Ta my haagh crowal lane dy astan
Gaelic (Scottish) Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan
German Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale
Mein Hovercraft ist voller Aale
German (Swiss) Miss Luftchüssiboot isch voll Aal
Greek Τὸ χόβερκράφτ μου εἶναι γεμᾶτο χέλια
(To hoverkráft mou íne gemáto hélia)
Hebrew הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים Click here to hear this phrase
(Harahefet sh'eli mele'ah betzlofahim)
Hindi मेरी मँडराने वाली नाव सर्पमीनों से भरी ह
(merī ṃḍarāne vālī nāv sarpamīnoṁ se bharī hai)
Hungarian A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal
Icelandic Svifnökkvinn minn er fullur af álum
Indonesian Hovercraft saya penuh dengan belut
Interlingua Mi hydroaeroplano es plen de anguillas
Inuktitut ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔫᑉ ᐳᓪᓕᓕᒫᐸᒐ ᑕᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᔭᖅ
(Umiaryuap Publimaaqpaga tattaurniq ammayaq /
Umiarjuap Pullimmaqpaga tattaurniq nimiraq)
Italian Il mio hovercraft/aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille
Japanese 私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです
(Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu.)
Klingon DujwIj naQ ghargh
Korean 내 호버크라프트는 장어로 가득 차 있어요
(Nae hoebuhkeurapeuteuneun changuhro kadeuk cha itseyo)
Latin Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat
Latvian Mans gliseris ir pilns ar zušiem
Lithuanian Mano amfibija su oro pagalve pilna ungurių
Lojban le mi varkiclaflo'i cu culno lo angila
Luxembourgish Mäi Loftkësseboot ass voller Éilen
Mäin Hovercraft ass voller Éilen
Macedonian Моето летачко возило е полно со јагули
(Moeto letačko vozilo e polno so jaguli)
Malay Hoverkraf saya penuh dengan belut
Malayalam എന്റെ പറക്കും-പേടകം നിറയെ വ്ളാങ്കുകളാണു
(ente prrakkum-paetakam niraye vlankukalanu)
Maltese Il-hovercraft tiegħi hu mimli sallur
Marathi माझी होडी मासळयांनी भरली आहे
(Majhī hoḍi māsaḷyaṅni bharlī āhe)
Norwegian Luftputefartøyet mitt er fullt av ål
Occitan Mon aerolisador es plen d'anguilas
Persian هواناو من پر مارماهى است
(havā-nāv-eh man por-eh mār-māhi ast)
Polish Mój poduszkowiec jest pełen węgorzy
Portuguese Meu hovercraft está cheio de enguias
Proto-Indo-European Dihskolmos-to-h1me hxVnghel plh1nos h1esti
Romanian Vehicolul meu pe pernă de aer e plin cu ţipari
Russian Моё судно на воздушной подушке полно угрей
(Moio sudno na vozdušnoy poduške polno ugrey)
Serbian Моја лебдилица је пуна јегуља
(Moja lebdilica je puna jegulja)
Shona Hovercraft yangu yakazara nemikunga
Slovak Moje vznášadlo je plné úhorov
Slovenian Moje vozilo na zračni blazini je polno jegulj
Spanish Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas
Swedish Min svävare är full med ål
Min svävare är full med ålar
Tagalog Puno ng palos ang aking hoberkrap/hovercraft
Thai โฮเวอร์คราฟท์ของผมเต็มไปด้วยปลาไหล
(hō woe khrāp kong phom tem pai duay pla lhai)
Toki Pona tomo tawa lon sewi supa telo mi li jo e kala linja lon insa ale
Tok Pisin Bilong me hangamapim bot stap pulap maleo
Turkish Hoverkraftimin ici yılan balıǧı dolu
Ukrainian Моє судно на повітряній подушці повно вуграми
(Moye sudno na povitryaniy podushtsi povno vuhramy)
Vietnamese Tàu cánh ngầm của tôi đầy lươn
Volapük Lutakujababot oba binon fulik senkafitas
Welsh Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn o lyswennod

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