Useful foreign phrases |
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Idioms |
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Useful foreign phrases |
Numbers |
Colours |
Kinship |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs |
Other multilingual pages
I use this phrase as the subtitle of my blog and change the language(s) every week. Corrections and additional translations are very welcome.
| Language | One language is never enough |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Een taal is nooit genoeg nie |
| Albanian | Një gjuhë asnjëherë nuk është mjaft |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
لغة وحدة بس ماتكفيش ابداً (lo3'a wa7da bass matkafeesh abdan) |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Logha we7de ma btekfi |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(lugha wāhidah lā takfī) لغة واحدة لا تكفي |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
մի լեզուն երբեք հերիք չէ (Mee lezown erbeq heriq che') |
| Armenian (Western) |
Մէկ լեզուն բնաւ հերիք չէ: (Meg lezoon puhnav hereek che) |
| Azeri | Bir dil əsla kafi deyil |
| Basque | Hizkuntza bat ez da inoiz nahikoa |
| Bengali | মাত্র একটি ভাষা যথেষ্ট নয়। (matro ekṭi bhasha jôtheshṭo nôe) |
| Bhojpuri | एक भाषा कब्भो काफी न होले (ek bhaasha kabbho kafi na hole) |
| Black speech | Gurb "sta-gûmat-krogor" ti gûkatul gulb gajarpan-poshaki |
| Breton | Ur yezh hepken n'eo ket a-walc'h |
| Bulgarian | Един език никога не е достатъчен (Edin ezik nikoga ne e dostatãčen) Един език никога не стига (Edin ezik nikoga ne stiga) |
| Catalan | No n'hi ha prou amb una llengua |
| Chamorro | Ni ngai'an nahong un linguåhe |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 一種語言永遠不夠
[一种语言永远不够] yātjúng yúhyìhn wíhngyyúhn bātgau |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 一種語言永遠不夠
[一种语言永远不够] yīzhǒng yǔyán yǒngyuǎn bùgòu |
| Chinese (Hakka) | 一種語言永遠不夠 (jit7zung3 ngi1ngien2 jun1jen3 but7kieu5) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
一種語言永遠無夠 (chi̍t-chéng gí-giân éng-óan bô-kàu) |
| Corsican | Una ligua sola ùn basta mai! |
| Croatian | Jedan jezik nikad nije dovoljan |
| Czech | Jeden jazyk nikdy nestačí |
| Danish | Ét sprog er aldrig nok |
| Dutch | Eén taal is nooit genoeg Een enkele taal is nooit genoeg |
| Esperanto | Unu lingvo neniam sufiĉas Unu lingvo neniam estas sufiĉa |
| Estonian | Ühest keelest ei piisa kunagi |
| Faroese | Eitt mál er als ikki nóg mikið! |
| Finnish | Yksi kieli ei ikinä riitä / yksi kieli ei koskaan riitä |
| French | Une seule langue n'est jamais suffisante |
| Frisian (North) | Ån spräke as uler nooch |
| Friulian | Une lenghe no bastâ mai |
| Galician | Unha lingua non chega Unha lingua nunca é abondo |
| Georgian | ერთი ენა არასოდეს არაა საკმარისი (Erhti ena arasodes araa sakmarisi) |
| German | Eine Sprache ist niemals genug |
| Greek (Modern) | Μία γλώσσα δεν είναι ποτέ αρκετή (Mía glóssa then íne poté arketí) |
| Greenlandic | Oqaatsit ataasiinnaat naammanngillat |
| Gujarati | એક ભાષા ક્યારેય પણ પુરતી નથી (ek bhasha kyarey pan purti nathi) |
| Haitian Creole | Yon sèl lang se janm ase |
| Hawaiian | ʻAʻole nō e lawa ka mākaukau ma hoʻokahi wale nō ʻōlelo |
| Hebrew | ידיעת שפה אחת אינה מספיקה (Yediat safa ahat eina maspika) |
| Hindi | एक भाषा कभी भी काफ़ी नहीं होती (ek bhāshā kabhī bhī kāphī nahī hotī) |
| Hungarian | Egy nyelv sosem elég |
| Icelandic | Eitt tungumál er aldrei nóg |
| Indonesian | Satu bahasa tidak pernah cukup |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ (Uqauhiq atauhiq naammayuittuq / Uqausiq atausiq naammajuittuq) |
| Iñupiaq | Uqautchiq atausiq naammalaittuq |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Ní leor teanga amháin |
| Italian | Una sola lingua non è mai abbastanza |
| Japanese | 言語を一つは決して足りない (gengo o hitotsu wa kesshite tarinai) 言語は一つだけでは足りない (gengo hitotsu dake de wa tarinai) |
| Kannada | ಒಂದೇ ಭಾಷೆ ಸಾಲಲ್ಲ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಲೋದಿಲ್ಲ (onde bhaashe saalalla athavaa saalodilla) |
| Kazakh | Бір тіл білген жеткіліксіз (Bir til bilgen jetkiliksiz) Бір тіл білген аз (Bir til bilgen az) |
| Klingon | not yap wa' Hol |
| Korean | 한 가지 언어는 충분하지 못 해 (Han gaji un u nun chung boon ha ji mot hae) |
| Lakota Sioux | Tóhaŋni waŋžíla iyápi iyóhi šni (yeló) |
| Latin | Una lingua numquam satis est |
| Latvian | Ar vienu valodu nekad nepietiek |
| Lithuanian | Vienos kalbos niekada negana Mokėti vieną kalbą neužtenka |
| Luxembourgish | Eng Sprooch ass ni genuch / Eng Sprooch geet ni duer |
| Malay | Satu bahasa tidak pernah cukup |
| Malayalam | ഒരു ഭാഷ ഒരിക്കലും മതിയാവില്ല (oru bhasha orikkalum mathiyavilla) |
| Maltese | Dejjem tajjeb li tkun taf iżjed minn ilsien wieħed |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Cha nel un çhangey dy liooar rieau |
| Māori | Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi |
| Marathi | एकच भाषा कधीही पुरेशी असत नाही (ekach bhasha kadhihi pureshi asat nahi!) |
| Marshallese | Joun kajin ejar bwe |
| Mongolian | Нэг хэл хэзээ ч хангалтгүй (Neg hel hezee ch hangaltgui) |
| Nepali | एउटामात्र भाषा कहिल्यै पर्याप्त हुँदैन। (euṭāmātra bhāṣā kahilyai paryāpta huṃdaina) |
| Norwegian | Ett språk er aldri nok |
| Occitan | Una soleta lenga basta pas jamai |
| Papiamento | Un lenguage nunka ta sufisiente |
| Pashto | یوه ژبه هیڅ کله بس نده (yawa zhaba heskla bus nada) |
| Persian (Farsi) | (yek zabân kâfi nist) يک زبان کافي نيست |
| Polish | Jeden język nigdy nie wystarcza |
| Portuguese | Uma só língua nunca basta |
| Punjabi | ਇੱਕ ਹੀ ਭਸ਼ਾ ਜਾਣ ਕੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਰਦਾ। / ک ہی بھاشا جان کے نہیں سردا۔ (ikk hī pàshā jaɳ kē nahī̃ sardā) |
| Romanian | O singură limbă nu ajunge niciodată |
| Russian | Одного языка никогда недостаточно (Odnovo jazyka nikogda nedostatočno) Знать один язык никогда недостаточно (Znatʼ odin jazyk nikogda nedostatočno) Знать один язык - это недостаточно (Znatʼ odin jazyk - eto nedostatočno) |
| Samoan | O le gagana e tasi e le lava |
| Scottish Gaelic | Chan eil aon chànan gu leòr |
| Serbian | Знати један језик није довољно (Znati jedan jezik nije dovoljno) |
| Sinhala | එක භාෂාවක් දනගෙන කවදාවන් මදි (eka bhāṣawak danagena kawadāwan madi) |
| Slovak | Jeden jazyk nie je nikdy dosť |
| Slovenian | En jezik ni nikoli dovolj |
| Somali | Hal luuqad marna kuma filna |
| Spanish | Un idioma nunca es suficiente Un solo idioma nunca es suficiente |
| Sranan | Wan tongo no de nofo |
| Swahili | Lugha moja haitoshi |
| Swedish | Ett språk är aldrig nog |
| Swiss German | Ai Sprooch isch nie gnueg |
| Tagalog | Hindi sapat ang isang wika lamang Hindi sapat ang isang lengguahe lamang |
| Tamil | ஒரு மொழி மட்டும் தெரிந்தால் போதாது (oru mozhi mattum therindhaal podhaadhu) |
| Tatar | Ber tel genä citmi |
| Telugu | ఒక భాష సరిపోదు ! (oka bhaasha saripoadhu!) |
| Tetum | Lian ida deit la to'o |
| Thai | ภาษาเดียวไม่เคยพอ (paa-săa dieow mâi koie por) |
| Tibetan | སྐད་རིགས་གཅིག་གིས་གདེང་ཐབས་མི་འདུག |
| Tongan | He'ikai fe'unga ke 'ilo ha lea 'e taha. |
| Tsotsil | Jun k'op mauk ja' no'ox |
| Tswana | Laleme le le lengwe ga le a lekanela |
| Turkish | Bir dil asla yeterli değildir |
| Ukrainian | Однієї мови ніколи не досить (Odnijeji movy nikoly ne dosyt') Однієї мови ніколи не достатньо (Odnijeji movy nikoly ne dostatn'o) |
| Urdu | ایک زبان کبہی بھی کافی نہیں ہوتی (ek zabān kabhī bhī kāfi nahīn hotī) |
| Uzbek | Bir til aslo yetarli emas / Bir til bilish kamlik qiladi |
| Venetian | Na ƚengua soƚa no ƚa xé mai bastansa |
| Vietnamese | Một thứ tiếng thì không bao giờ đủ |
| Võro | Üts' kiil olõ-i kunagiq küländ |
| Welsh | Annigonol ydy un iaith / Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon |
| Xhosa | Ulwimi olunye zange lonela |
| Yiddish | אײן לשון איז קײנמאָל נישט גענוג (Eyn loshn iz keynmol nisht genug) |
| Yorùbá | Ede kan ko to ri rara |
| Yucatec Maya | Jun t'aan ma'u tsook t'aano'obi |
| Zulu | Ulwimi ululodwa alonelanga |
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Welcome | Hello | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | How are you? | Long time no see | Please | Thank you | Excuse me | Sorry | Goodbye | Bon voyage | Pleased to meet you | What's your name? | Where are you from? | I (don't) understand | Please say that again | Please speak more slowly | Please write it down | Do you speak English? | Do you speak ...? | Speak to me in ... | How do you say ... in ...? | I don't know | Go away! | Leave me alone! | Help! Fire! Stop! | Call the police! | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday | Good luck | Cheers! | Bon appetit | Would you like to dance? | How much is this? | Have a nice day | Where's the toilet? | Get well soon | I love you | I miss you | My hovercraft is full of eels | One language is never enough