Monday, December 30, 2013

Summary "sea, mar, and hai (海)"

Here is a summary of words meaning "ship."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- m --

Welsh: môr

Breton: ar mor

Russian: море

Serbian: more

old Gallic: more

Slovak: mora/more

Bosnian: more

Czech: moře

Slovene: morje

Polish: morze

Portuguese: mar

Spanish: mar

Langue d'Oc: la mar

Rumantsch: la mar

Italian: mare

Romanian: marea (mare)

Corsican: mari

Esperanto: maro [ˈmaro]

French: mer

Kreol Morisyen: lamer

Usik (conlang): mer

German: Meer [meːɐ̯]

Alsatian: s' Mèèr

Belis (conlang): mani

Finnish: meri [ˈmeri]

Estonian: meri

Irish: muir (ocean, old word)

Scottish Gaelic: muir

-- b --

Korean: 바다 [bada]

Somali: badda

Arabic: بحر[bahr(un)]

Maltese: baħar

Afganistan: Bahr

Swahili: bahari

Vietnamese: Biển

Klingon(Star Trek): bIQ'a' [bɪq͡χˈʔɑʔ]

-- z --

Georgian: ზღვა [zghwa/zghva]

Dutch: zee

-- s --

English: sea

Afrikaans: see

Frisian: see

Danish: sø

Hindi:  समुद्[samdra]/ समुंदर [samundar]

Urdu: samundar

Indonesian: samudra (ocean)

Malayalam: സമുദ്രം[samudram]

Telugu: samudram, sagaram

Bengali: সমুদ্র [shomudro]

Khmer សមុទ [sàk mort/sámort]

Thai: สมุทร[sà mùt]

Lao: samoot (ocean)

Bengali: সাগর [sagar]

Assamese: sagar

Hindi: sagar

Javanese: segara

Malayalam: സാഗരം[saagaram]

Faroese: sjógvur

-- t --

Hungarian: tenger [ˈtɛnɡɛr]

Thai: ทะเล [tʰáleː]

Lao: tarle

-- th --

Greek: θάλασσα [thálassa]

-- d --

Turkish : deniz

Azerbaijani: deniz

Uzbek : dengiz

Filipino: dagat

Cebuano: dagat

tagalog: dagat

Hiligaynon: dagat

Farsi: دريا [darya]

-- h --

Danish: Hav [haw]

Faroese: hav

Chinese: 海 [hǎi]

Nahuat(Mexico): huey atl

-- k --

Kannada: Kadalu

Malayalam: കടല്‍ [kadal]

Tamil: kadal

Hawaiian: Ke kai

-- g --

Wolof(senegal): gueth

-- u --

Dargi (Sanzhi dialect): урхьу ['urxu]

Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]

-- f --

Irish/Gaeilge: farraige

-- l --

Malay: laut

Indonesian: laut

-- r --

Tsez: ралъад / raład [rɑˈɬɑd]

-- y --

Hebrew: ים [yam]

Latvian: jūra

Lithuanian: jūra

-- i --

Nahuat: ilhuicaatle

-- a --

Irish/Gaeilge: aigean (ocean)

Armăneashce: amare

-- w --

Nahuat(El Salvador): wey at





Thursday, December 26, 2013

Summary "ship"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

Here is a summary of words meaning "ship."

-- s/sh --

English: ship

Dutch: schip

Norwegian: skip [ʃip]

Afrikaans: skip

Danish: skib

German: Schiff

Alsatian : s' Schiff

Old Italian: schifo

Polish: statek

Esperanto: ŝipo ['ʃipo]
                                     
Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]

Hebrew:  ספינה [sfina]

-- n --

Rumantsch: la nav

Italian: nave

French: navire

Langue d'oc: naviri

Portuguese: navio

Romanian: nava (navă)
     
Langue d'Oc : la nau

Usik(conlang): Nabi

-- b --
   
Spanish: barco

Czech: bárka

Slovene: barka (small one)

Filipino: barko

French: bateau

Kreol Morisyen: Bato
           
Corsican: batéllu

Breton: batimant

Breton: bag
               
Korean: 배 [bae]

Klingon (Star Trek): bIQ Duj [bɪq͡χ ɖuʤ]

-- v --

Maltese: vapur

Breton : ar vag

-- p --

Greek: πλοίο ['plio]

-- m --
                                   
Swahili: meli

Arabic: مركب‎

Somali: markab (dooni (small))

-- k --

Russian: корабль

Indonesia: kapal (kapal laut)

Greek: καραβι

malayalam: കപ്പല്‍

Tamil: கப்பல[: kʌ'p]

Dari: کشتی [keshti]

-- g --

Cornish: gorhel

Tsez: гама [ɡama]

Turkish: gemi

Hausa: girgin ruwa

-- ch --
                                   
Chinese: 船 [chuán]

Shona (Zimbabwean): chikepe

-- j --
   
Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]

Bhojpuri: जहाज [jahāz]

-- h --

Hungarian: hajó [hˈɑjoː]

Hawaiian: he moku

Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]     

-- u --

Bemba:  ubwato

SiSwati: umkhumbi

-- o --

Basque: ontzia(vessel)/itsasontzia(sea-vessel)

Hebrew: אוניה [onniya]

-- l --

Irish: long

Scottish Gaelic: long

Welsh: llong

Czech: loď

Slovak: loď

Finnish: laiva

Slovene: ladja (big one)

-- r --

Thai: เรือ [rɯ:a]






Monday, December 23, 2013

Sea, mar, and hai (海)

--To read this post in Japanese, click here. 

Huge, enormous and immense.

Where the moon rises, and where the sun sets.

Portuguese: mar

Spanish: mar

French: mer

German: Meer

Dutch: zee

English: sea

Hindi: समुद [samudra]

Chinese: 海 [hǎi]

Japanese: 海(うみ) [umi]

Korean: 바다 [bada]

Arabic: بحر [bahr(un)]

Swahili: bahari





Sunday, December 22, 2013

On the water

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The best way to take a leisurely trip.

English: ship

Dutch: schip

German: Schiff

Italian: nave

French: navire

Portuguese: navio

Spanish: barco

Korean: 배 [bae]

Swahili: meli

Russian: корабль

Chinese: 船 [chuán]

Hindi: जहाज [jahāja]

Arabic: سفينة [safina(tun)]

Japanese: 船(ふね) [hune]     





Thursday, December 19, 2013

Summary "tower"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

Here is a summary of words meaning "tower."

-- t --

English: tower

Irish: túr

Scottish Gaelic: tùr

Breton : tour

French: tour

Kreol Morisyen: tour

Scots: toor

Sesotho: tora

Corsican: Torra

Italian: torre

Spanish: torre

Portuguese: torre

Scots: Touer

Langue d'Oc: tourre

Catalan: torre

Tagalog: tore

Dutch: toren

Romanian: turn

Icelandic: turn [tʰʏrtn̥]

Hungarian: torony [tˈoroɲ]

Finnish: torni [tˈornɪ]

Swedish: torn [tʰʊɳ]

Danish: tårn [tˢɒːˀn]

Afrikaans: toring

German: Turm

Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]

Chinese: 塔 [tǎ]

Cantonese: 塔 [tap3]

Vietnamese: tháp (塔)

Korean: 탑 [tab]

-- d --

Alsatian: Durm

-- m --

Hindi: मीनार [minar]

Swahili: mnara

Romani: minar

Urdu: مینار [minar]

Bahasa Indonesia: menara

Malaysian: menara

Hebrew: migdal

-- b --

Russian: башня

Ukrainian: башта [bášta]

Czech: bašta

Arabic: برج [burj(u)]

-- v --

Ukrainian: вежа [véža]

Slovak: veža

Czech: věž

-- w --

Old East Slavic: вѣжа [wiéža]

Polish/Polski: Wieża

-- p --

Greek: Πύργος

-- k --

Turkish: kule

Serbo-Croatian: Kula [kǔːla]

Georgian: კოშკი [k'oshk'i]

Old East Slavic: костьлъ [kóstĭlŭ]

-- h --

Thai: หอคอย

-- g --

malayalam: ഗോപുരം [gopuram]

-- s --

Old East Slavic: стълпъ [stŭlpŭ]

Slovenian: stolp

-- z --

Old East Slavic: забороло [zaborólo]

-- ts --

Mongolian: цамхаг

-- a --

Armenian: աշտարակ [ashtarak]

-- u --

Kirundi: umunara




Saturday, December 14, 2013

From ancient times

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

What men have built here and there,  and people have looked up and climbed.

English: tower

Italian: torre

Dutch: toren

Spanish: torre

German: Turm

French: tour

Portuguese: torre

Japanese: 塔(とう)[tou]

Chinese: 塔  [tǎ]
 
Korean: 탑[tab]

Hindi: मीनार   [ Mīnāra]

Swahili: mnara

Russian: башня

Arabic: برج [burju]


Saturday, December 7, 2013

Quiz

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

????? bulb

candle ?????

????? emitting diode

traffic ?????

Now you know what it is.


 Hindi: प्रकाश [prkash]

 Chinese: 光[guāng]

 Italian: luce

 Dutch: licht

 English: light
 
 German: Licht

 Spanish: luz

 Portuguese: luz

 French: lumière

 Russian: свет

 Korean: 조명 [jomyeong] / 빛 [bich]

 Arabic: إضاءة[ida'a]

 Japanese: 光(ひかり) [hikari] / 明かり[akari]

 Swahili: mwanga



Saturday, November 30, 2013

Summary "language"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
Here is a summary of words meaning "language."

-- l --

Portuguese: língua (linguagem, fala, idioma)    
                                 
English: language    
                                 
Italian: lingua (linguaggio)
                                 
French: langue    

Spanish: lengua (lenguaje)

Catalan: llengua

Vannetais Breton: langaj
   
Arabic: لغة [luga(tun)]    
                                 
Swahili: lugha    

Usik: lan

Breton: ar langaj

Esperanto: lingvo

Langue d'Oc: la lengo (often [lìngo])

Hebrew: la'ashon

Wolof: laka

Romanian: limbă

-- b --
   
Hindi: भाषा [bhāṣā]    

Indonesian: bahasa

Malayalam: ഭാഷ  [bhaasha]

Malay: bahasa

Telugu: basha

Banyumasan: basa

Sundanese: basa

Javanese: basa [bõsõ]

Balinese: basa [ba:seh]

Panjabi: ਬੋਲੀ

-- p --

Thai : pah sar

Sotho: puo

-- t --
   
Dutch: taal    

West-Frisian: taal

Afrikaans: taal

Cornish: tavas (tongue)

Irish: teanga [tjong-ga]

Donegal Irish: teangaidh

Nahuatl: tlahtōlli [t͡ɬaʰ.ˈtoːl.l]

Mayan: t'aan

-- d --

Turkish: dil

-- s --
                                 
German: Sprache    

Swedish: språk

Norwegian: språk

Alsatian : d'Sprooch

-- z --

Dari: زبان [zaban]

Farsi: zaban

Urdu: zabaan

-- j --

Macedonian: јазик [jazik]

Albanian: gjuha

-- i/y --

Welsh: iaith
       
Spanish: idioma    

Portuguese: idioma

Kirundi: imvugo
   
Russian: язык    

Polish: język

Bosnian: jezik

Serbian: језик

Slovene: jezik

Cornish: yeth

Chinese: 语言/語言 [yǔ yán]  

-- e --

Georgian: ენა [ena]

Bulgarian: език [ezik]

-- k/c --

Scottish Gaelic: cànan

Lithuanian: kalba

Wolof: kalama

Finnish: kieli

Estonian: keel

-- g --

Greek: γλώσσα [glóssa]
   
Japanese: 言語(げんご)[gengo] 

-- n --

Old Tupi: nhe'enga

Vietnamese: ngon ngu

Hungarian: nyelv

-- m --

Lingala: monoko (also mouth)

Ukrainian: мова

Nyandja: mutundu

Chewa: mutundu

Shona: mutauro

-- a --

Kapampangan: amanung sisuan (mother language)

-- o --
   
Korean: 언어[eon eo]    

Zulu: olimi (tongue)

-- w --

Tagalog: wika

-- f --

Portuguese: fala

-- r --

Maori: reo

Bodo: Raao

Shona: rurimi

-- p --

Thai: ภาษา [pha sar]




Saturday, November 16, 2013

Love difference

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

So fascinating.

Portuguese: língua

English: language

Italian: lingua

French: langue

Arabic: لغة [luga(tun)]

Swahili: lugha

Hindi: भाषा [bhāṣā]

Dutch: taal

German: Sprache

Spanish: idioma

Russian: язык

Korean: 언어[eon eo]

Chinese: 语言/語言 [yǔ yán]

Japanese: 言語(げんご)[gengo]






Friday, November 15, 2013

Summary "Life"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.
Here is a summary of words meaning "life."

-- l --

English: life

Dutch: leven

Afrikaans.: lewe

German: Leben

-- v --

Spanish: vida

Portuguese: vida

Italian: vita

French: vie

Romanian: viață

-- b --

Usik: Bis

Greek: βίος [bios]

Welsh: bywyd (masc.) ['bəwɪd]

Vannetais Breton: buhé

Tabalog: buhay

Lingala: bomoyi

Setswana: Botshelo

Irish: beatha
(a concept...as that which separates living things from dead or inanimate things)

Scottish Gaelic: beatha
(a concept)

Iloko: Biag

-- p --

Iloko: Panagbiag

-- j --
Russian: жизнь

Ukrainian: життя

Hindi: जीवन [jīvana]

Malayalam: ജീവിതം [jeevitham]

Japanese: 人生(じんせい) [jinsei]

Angloromani: jiaben

-- z --

Urdu: ذندگی [zindgi]

Dari: زندگی

Greek: ζωή [zoe]

Croatian: život

-- ch --

ไทย (Thai) : ชีวิต [chīwit]

-- s --

Irish: saol
(one's existence)

Scottish Gaelic: saoghal
(one's existence)

-- sh --
Chinese: 生活/生活 [shēnghuó]

Chinese: 生命 [sheng ming]

-- i --

Korean: 인생 [insaeng]

Japanese: 命(いのち) [inochi]

-- y --

Nahuatl: Yolli
-- u --

Chewa: umoyo

Bemba: ubumi

Kirundi: ubuzima

-- h --

Arabic: حياة [hayat]

Azerbaijan: Heyat

Shona : Hupenyu

Welsh: hoedl
(one's existence)

Malay: hidup
(We life in this world is to worship God.)

-- k --

Quechua: Kawsay

Hawaiian: Ke ola

Vietnamese: cuộc đời (局𠁀), cuộc sống (局𤯨)

-- m --
Swahili: maisha

Angloromani: merripen

-- n --

Malay: nyawa
(Your life is in my hand. I can stab you anytime!)

-- d --

Vietnamese: đời (𠁀), đời sống (𠁀𤯨)

-- a --

Egyptian: ☥

-- e --

Hungarian: élet





Saturday, November 9, 2013

Ordinary day

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Just an ordinary day again.

Perhaps life is a collection of ordinary days.

To relish my one and only life,

maybe I have to commit to something every ordinary day,

or I have to cherish small things in an ordinary day.


English: life

Dutch: leven

German: Leben

Spanish: vida

Portuguese: vida

Italian: vita

French: vie

Russian: жизнь

Hindi: जीवन [jīvana]

Chinese: 生活/生活 [shēnghuó]

Japanese: 人生 (じんせい) [jinsei]

Korean: 인생 [insaeng]

Arabic: حياة [hayat]

Swahili: maisha



Monday, November 4, 2013

Summary "seasons"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page
Here is a summary of words meaning "seasons."

-- s --
                         
English: seasons

Dutch: seizoenen

Afrikaans: seisone
               
French: saisons

Italian: stagioni

rumantsch : las stagiuns

auvergnat (langues d'oc) : lei sazous

provençal (langues d'oc) : li sesoun

cévenol (langues d'oc) : las sasous

gascon (langues d'oc) : erai sasous

-- c (s) --

Russian: cезона

-- e --
                                   
Spanish: estaciones

Catalan: estacions [esta'sions]

hungarian: évszakok

-- h --

breton : ar hourz (the season)

-- a --

breton : ar pewar-amzer (the four times)

swedish: årstiderna

romanian : anotimpurile

-- m --

Hindi: मौसमों[mausam]
                                   
Arabic: مواسم [mawasim]
                                   
Swahili: misimu

Indonesian: musim

Kyrgyz: мезгил [mezgil]

-- j (y) --
   
German: Jahreszeiten

alsatian : d'Johrszite

-- j (ch)--
                                   
Chinese: 季节/季節 [jìjié]

-- t --
                                   
Portuguese: temporadas

-- g/k --

Croatian: godišnja doba
   
Korean: 계절 [gyejeol]

Japanese: 季節(きせつ)[kisetsu]

-- r --

Malayalam: ഋതുക്കള്‍ [hrtukkal]

Sanskrit : ऋत ु[ritu/hrutu]

Irish: ráithí

-- f --

Dari:  فصل

-- y(u) --

Mongolian: улирлууд [ulirlud]




Thursday, October 31, 2013

The passage of seasons

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

The passage of seasons makes me feel like a philosopher.

Russian: сезонов 

English: seasons

Dutch: seizoenen

French: saisons

Italian: stagioni

Spanish: estaciones

Hindi: मौसमों[mausamō]

Arabic: مواسم [mawasim]

Swahili: misimu

German: Jahreszeiten

Portuguese: temporadas

Chinese: 季节/季節 [jìjié]

Korean: 계절 [gyejeol]

Japanese: 季節(きせつ)[kisetsu]


Sunday, October 27, 2013

Summary "colours"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "colo(u)rs."

-- c --

Italian: colori

Spanish: colores

French: couleurs sing. couleur)

English: colo(u)rs

Portuguese: cores (sing. cor)

Langue d'Oc: lei coulours (sing. la coulour)

-- k --

Dutch: kleuren

Afrikaans : kleur

Haitian Creole: koulé

Ukrainian: кольори [kol'ory]

Esperanto: koloroj

Tagalog/Filipino: mga kulay (sing. kulay)

Usik : Keli/kelu

Kapampangan: kule

-- ch (throat) --

Greek: χρώμα/χρώματα - chróma/chrómata

-- r --

Hindi: रंग [raṅg]

Swahili: rangi

Nepali: rang

Azerbaijan: reng

Turkish : renk

Somali: rinji

Dari: رنگ

Urdu: رنگ

-- l --

Breton : liwioù/ar liùaj (sing. al liw)

Vannetais Breton: liùajeu (sing. liù)

Welsh: lliwiau (sing. lliw )

Cornish: Liwyow (sing. Liw)

-- p --

Georgian: ფერები [pherebi] (sing. ფერი [pheri])

Finnish: päävärit (primary colours)

-- b --

Madurese: Bârna

Czech: barvy

Serbian: боја [boja]

-- w --

Bahasa Melayu (Malay): warna

Indonesian: warna

Javanese: Werna

-- v --

Finnish: värit

Sanskrit वर्ण [varNa]

-- f --

German: Farben

Slovak: Farby

Norwegian: farger (sing. farge)

-- s --

Hungarian: szinek

Korean: 색 [saeg]

Thai: สี [sĭ:]

-- ts --

Russian: цвета

-- t --

Nahuatl: tlapālli [t͡ɬa.ˈpʌ̞ːl.lɪ]

Náhuat de El Salvador: Tachishka

-- d --

Irish: Dathanna (sing. Dath)

Donegal Irish: dathannaí (sing. dath)

Scottish Gaelic: dathan (sing. dath)

Hiligaynon: duag

-- m --

Sotho: mmala

-- i --

Japanese: 色(いろ)[iro]

Kirundi (Burundi): irangi

-- y --

Chinese: 颜色/顏色 [yánsè]

-- a --

Arabic: الوان [alwan]







Sunday, October 20, 2013

So unreasonable

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Actually, I (as a native Japanease speaker) don't quite understand why it is always necessary to differentiate between one apple and more than one apple.

Anyway, Here is a list of words meaning "colo(u)rs"

Italian: colori

Dutch: kleuren

Spanish: colores

French: couleurs

English: colo(u)rs

Portuguese: cores

Hindi: रंग [raṅg]

Swahili: rangi

Arabic: الوان [alwan]

German: Farben

Russian: цвета

Chinese: 颜色/顏色 [yánsè]

Korean: 색 [saeg]

Japanese: 色(いろ)[iro]


Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Summary "orange (colour)"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning the colour "orange"


-- o --

English: orange                  
                                       
German: orange    
   
French: orange    

Swedish: orange

Russian: оранжевый
                                       
Dutch: oranje    

Afrikaans: oranja

Norwegian: oransj(e)

Czech: oranžový/á/é (m/f/n)

Alsatian (France): vùn Orangefàrb, orangefärbi(g)

rumantsch (Switzerland): culur d'oranscha [orànža]

-- a --
                                       
Italian: arancione    

Puerto Rican Spanish: Anaranjado

Faroese: appilsingulur

Danish: appelsingul

Langue d'Oc (France) : coulour d'arange.

-- n --
   
Spanish: naranja

Hungarian: narancs    
   
Hindi: नारंग [nāraṅgī]    

Malayalam: നാരങ്ങ [Naranga]

Dari:  نارنج  [narenji]

-- l --

Portuguese: laranja

-- b --
       
Arabic: برتقالي [burtuqali]

Swedish: brandgul

-- p --

Turkish : Portakal

Romanian : portocaliu

Piemontese (Italia) : giaun pourtigal.


-- ch --
   
Chinese: 橙色 [chéngsè]    

Puerto Rican Spanish: China

-- m --
 
Swahili: rangi ya machungwa            

-- j --

Korean: 주황색 [juhwangsaeg]    

-- d --
                                       
Japanese: 橙色(だいだいいろ) [daidaiiro]

Usik: Dam ( also Damel)


-- z --

Piemontese (Italia) : grousoun, giaun pourtigal

Haitian Creole: zoranj
   
-- s --

Thai: สีส้ม [sǐ sôm]
       
Nepali: suntala

-- g --

Piemontese (Italia) : grousoun

-- k --

Vietnamese: (màu) cam 牟柑



Sunday, October 13, 2013

Fruit or ... ?

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

The color orange reminds me of ...
an orange (fruit), a persimmon, a papaya, a carrot, a pumpkin,
Chinese lantern plants, autumn leaves, a sunset, and the Netherland.

English: orange                     
                                          
German: Orange      
     
French: orange      

Russian: оранжевый  
                                          
Dutch: oranje      
                                          
Italian: arancione      
     
Spanish: naranja      
     
Hindi: नारंग [nāraṅgī]      

Portuguese: laranja  
    
Swahili: rangi ya machungwa               
         
Arabic: برتقالي [burtuqali]
     
Chinese: 橙色 [chéngsè]      
     
Korean: 주황색 [juhwangsaeg]      
                                          
Japanese: 橙色(だいだいいろ) [daidaiiro] 



Sunday, October 6, 2013

Summary "leaf"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "leaf"


-- b --

German: Blatt  
                                      
Dutch: blad 

Swedish: blad

Norwegian: blad

Alsacian : Blàtt  

Afrikaans: blaar

Bemba: bula

Thai: ใบ [bai]

Lao: ໃບໄມ [້[baimai]

Kapampangan: bulung

Dari: برگ

-- f --
 
Portuguese: folha                     
                                      
Italian: foglia  

catalan : fulla [fulyë]

greek: φύλλο [filo]

Usik : fol

French: feuille
                                      
Langue d'oc of Provence : fueio [fœyo]

Langue d'oc of Auvergne (in the Massif Central in France) : fueio [fœyo]

Langue d'oc of Gascogne: huèlho [huèlyo]

-- l --
                                      
English: leaf  

Hungarian: levél
 
Russian: лист [list]  

Ukrainian: листок [lystok]

Tsez: лIеIб  [ƛˁeb]

Polish: liść

Vietnamese: Lá 蘿

Hawaiian: Lau 
(or a prefix lā-)

Latvian: lapa

Swedish: löv

Norwegian: løv

-- i --

Malayalam: ഇല [ila/ela]

Tamil: ilai

Nahuatl: izhuatl [ˈɪs.watɬ]
 
Korean: 잎[ip]  

-- p --
                                      
Hindi: पत्ती [patti]  

Georgian: ფოთოლი [potoli]

-- h --
                                      
Japanese: 葉っぱ (はっぱ) [happa]  
                                      
Spanish: hoja

Basque: hosto  

-- j --
                                      
Swahili: jani        

-- g --

Javanese: Godhong

Kurdish Sorani: Gaalah

-- k --

Lingala: kasa

Wolof: khop

-- d --

Vietnamese: diệp 葉

Indonesia: daun

Tagalog: dahon

Cebuano (visayan): dahun

Breton: délienn

Vannetais Breton: délen

Welsh: Deilen

Irish: duilleog

Malayalam: ദളം [dhalam]

-- w --
                                                                               
Arabic: ورق [waraku]

Hausa: war̃ƙā
(pl.: warƙoƙi?)

Sranantongo (Surinaams): w'wiri

-- o --

Basque: orri, orbel (when fallen)

-- y --

Azerbaijani: yarpaq
 
Chinese: 叶子/葉子 [yèzi]

-- r --

Malagasy: ravina/ravin-kazo

Iloko: rabong 

-- s --

Santali: Sakam



--------
POSTCARD 
--------

English: postcard

Japanese: 葉書(はがき)  [hagaki]

Swedish: Vykort








Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Leaf writing

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

"Hagaki" (leaf writing) means a postcard in Japanese.

German: Blatt

Dutch: blad

French: feuille

Portuguese: folha

Italian: foglia

English: leaf

Russian: лист  [list]

Korean: 잎 [ip]

Hindi: पत्ती  [patti]

Japanese: 葉(は) [ha] /葉っぱ (はっぱ)  [happa]

Spanish: hoja

Swahili: jani

Arabic: ورق  [waraku]

Chinese: 叶子/葉子 [yèzi]




Sunday, September 29, 2013

Summary "autumn/fall"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "autumn"

-- a/o --

English: autumn

Italian: autunno

French: automne

Spanish: otoño

Russian: осень

Portuguese: outono

Japanese: 秋(あき) [aki]

-- h --
(harvest)

German: Herbst

Dutch: herfst

Norwegian: høst [ˈhœst]

Welsh: hydref

-- kh --

Arabic: خريف [kharif]

Dari:  خزان

-- k --

Kapampangan: kalagas

Korean: 가을 [ga-eul]

-- f --

Irish: fómhar

Scots Gaelic: fòghar

Manx: fouyr

Greek: φθινόπωρο [fθiˈnɔpɔrɔ]
(φθίνω (to decay, decline, die out) + οπώρα (fruit))
(literally it designates the period where the fruits are scarse... φθίνω: to scarse + οπώρα: fruit)

English: fall

-- s --

Myanmar (Burmese) : Saung Oo (ေဆာင္းဦး)

Malayalam: ശരത്‌ [sarath]

Hindi: शरत्/शरद [sharath/sharad]

Georgian: შემოდგომა [shemodgoma]

German: spätjahr
(spät(late) + jahr (year))

-- t --

Catalan: Tardor

Hiligaynon: tagragas

-- ch --

Chinese: 秋 [Qiū]

-- j --

serbian: (cyr) јесен (lat) jesen [jese:n]

-- r --

Thai: ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง

-- d --

Vannetais Breton: diskar-hañ

-- i --

Tamil: இலையுதிர்காலம் [ilaiyuthirkaalam]

-- e --

Danish: efterår [ˈɛfd̥ɐˌɔːˀ] 
(efter (after) + år (year))

-- n --

Dutch: najaar
(na(after)+jaar(year))

-- m --

Vietnamese: mùa thu (務秋)

-- p --

Iranian Persian: پاييز (pâ'īz)



Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Grapes, pears, persimmons, chestnuts, leaves...

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Now it has come.
A beautiful and delicious season.

Russian: осень

Spanish: otoño

French: automne

Italian: autunno

Japanese: 秋(あき) [aki]

German: Herbst

Dutch: herfst

English: fall/autumn

Korean: 가을 [gaeul]

Arabic: خريف [kharif]

Chinese: 秋 [qiū]

Hindi: शरद [sharada]


Sunday, September 22, 2013

Multilingual Birds

Four birds are tweeting in English, Czech, French, and Slovak. Cute!

1

1
EN: It is hot.
CZ: To je horko.
FR: Il fait chaud.
SK: To je teplo.

2
EN: I am thirsty.
CZ: Mám žízeň.
FR: J'ai soif.
SK: Som smädná.

3
EN: We are going for an ice-cream.
CZ: Letíme na zmrzlinu.
FR: Nous allons prendre de la glace.
SK: Letíme na zmrzlinu.

4
EN: Are we there?
CZ: Už tam budeme?
FR: Sommes-nous encore là?
SK: Už tam budeme?

5
EN: You are slow like a turtle.
CZ: Ty jsi pomalá jako želva!
FR: Vous ralentissez comme une tortue.
SK: Si pomalá ako korytnačka!

6
EN: Look, plane!
CZ: Hele letadlo!
FR: Tenez, un avion!
SK: Aha lietadlo!

7
EN: I am afraid.
CZ: Já se bojím.
FR: J'ai peur.
SK: Bojím sa.

8
EN: Don´t be afraid.
CZ: Neboj se!
FR: N'aies pas peur!
SK: Neboj sa!

9
EN: We are already here.
CZ: Už jsme tady!
FR: Nous somme déjà ici
SK: Už sme tu!

10
EN: It´s good. Yummi.
CZ: To je dobré. Mňam.
FR: C'est très bon! Miam !
SK: To je dobré. Mňam.

The script is provided by Jan and the Multilingual Families team
http://www.multilingual-families.eu/

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Summary "summer"


Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "autumn"

-- s --

English: summer

German: Sommer

Dutch: zomer

Arabic: صيف [saifu]

Scots Gaelic: samhradh

Irish: samhradh

Manx: sourey

-- sh/x --

Chinese: 夏天 [Xiàtiān]

-- g --

Hindi: ग्रीष्म  [grīśm]

Malayalam: ഗ്രീഷ്മം (Greeshmam)

Sri Lanka: greeshma

-- h --

Welsh/Cymraeg: haf

Breton : hañv [ˈhã(w)]

Vannetais Breton: hañ

-- e --

Italian: estate

French: été

-- n --

Japanese: 夏(なつ) [natsu]

yanmar (Burmese) : Nway Yarti (ေႏြရာသီ)

-- v --

Spanish: verano

Portuguese: Verão

-- l --

Russian: лето

Croatian: Ljeto

-- t/th --

Persian: Tabestan

SENEGAL: TANGAYE

Karen : tha hgo karr

Tagalog: Tag-init

Ancient Greek: θέρος [tʰéros]

-- k --

manipuri: kalen tha

Modern Greek: καλοκαίρι [kalokéri]

Finish: kesä

-- m --

Indonesian: musim panas

-- u --

Basque : uda

-- y --

Korean: 여름 [yeoleum]

Turkish: Yaz




Friday, September 20, 2013

Now I miss it

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

It is almost over in the northern hemisphere.
A fascinating and passionate season.

English: summer

German: Sommer

Dutch: zomer

Italian: estate

French: été

Arabic: صيف [saifu]

Chinese: 夏天 [Xiàtiān]

Japanese: 夏(なつ) [natsu]

Korean: 여름 [yeoleum]

Spanish: verano

Hindi: ग्रीष्म  [grīśm]

Russian: лето



Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Summary "circle"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "sand."

-- c --

English: circle

Italian: cerchio

Spanish: círculo

Português: círculo

Dutch: cirkel

Danish: cirkel [siɐ̯ɡ̊əl]

French: cercle [sɛʁkl]

Irish: ciorcal

-- s --

Kreol Morisyen: Serk

-- ts --

Georgian: წრე [ts're]

Hindi: चक्र

-- q --

Chinese:圈 [Quān]

-- k --

Hungarian: Kör

Polish: koło

Ukrainian: коло [kolo]

German: Kreis

Russion: круг

Czech: Kruh

Greek κύκλος [kýklos]

-- g --

Hindi गोल [goal], गोलाकार

Bhojpuri: गोल [gol]

Wolof: géew

-- d --

Arabic: دائرة [da'ira(tun)]

Urdu: daerah/daira

Korean: 동그라미 ['doŋgrami/dongrami]

-- v --

Tamil : வட்டம் [Vaṭṭam]

Hindi: वृत् [vrtta]

Marathi वृत्त [vrʊtˈə]

Malayalam: വൃത്തം [vrʊtˈəm/vrttam], വട്ടം [vʌtˈʌm]

Viet: vòng tròn (𠺯𧷺)

-- b --

Bengali: britto

Javanese (boso Jowo): bunderan

-- m --

Kapampangan: mabilug

Kiribati: Mironron

Japanese: 丸(まる) [maru]

-- l --

Bahasa Indonesia: lingkaran

-- e --

Japanese: 円(えん) [en]

-- a --

Burmese (Myanmar): Awine အဝိုင္း

-- w --

Korean: 원 [won]

Thai: วงกลม [wongglom]

-- u --

Ikirundi: Umuzingi

-- y --

Finnish: ympyrä




Friday, September 6, 2013

Going round in ...

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

There is no starting point or ending point.

English: circle

Italian: circhio

Spanish: círculo

Dutch: cirkel

French: cercle

German: Kreis

Russion: круг

Arabic: دائرة [da'ira(tun)]

Hindi: वृत्  [vrtta]

Japanese: 円(えん) [en] /丸(まる) [maru]

Korean: 원 [won]/동그라미 ['doŋgrami/dongrami]

Chinese:圈 [quān]



Monday, September 2, 2013

Summary "sand"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page

Here is a summary of words meaning "sand"

-- s/sh --

English: sand

German: Sand

Norwegian: sand [sɑnː]

Afrikaans: Sand

Danish: sand

kabalasan: sands

Faroese: sandur

Scots: saund

lingua lisia:sando

Batie: sansan

Italian: sabbia

French: sable

Esperanto: sablo

Catalá: sorra

Latvian: smilts/smiltis

Japanese: 砂 (すな) [suna]

Cantonese: 砂 [saa1]

Chinese: 沙 [sha]

Persian: shen

-- z --

Dutch: zand

Lingala; zelu

-- r --

Arabic: [ramla/rmal] رمل

Hindi: रेत [ret]

Farsi (Persian): ریگ [reg]

-- a --

Spanish: arena

Portuguese: Areia

Baoule: aougnan

Quechua: aqu

Greek άμμος [ámmos]

Armenian: ավազ [avaz]

-- e --

linge ense:essent

-- p --

Indonesian : pasir

Javanese: pasir

Russion песок

polish: piasek

Slovak: piesok

Bulgarian: Pyasak

Czech: písek

-- f --

Malagasy: fasika

-- k/c --

Turkish: Kum

Kyrgyz: кум [kum]

Azerbaijan: qum

Kiswahili: kichanga

Georgian: ქვიშა [kwisha]

Hawaiian: Ke one

Vietnamese: cát (𣻅)

-- g --

Irish: Gaineamh

Scottish Gaelic: gainmheach

Manx Gaelic: geinneagh

-- t --

Malay : Tanah

Kiribati: Tano

Welsh: tywod.

Malinke: tchintchin

Cornish: Treath

-- l --

Sonrai: Labou tashi

manipuri: lei-ngoi

-- b --

Bengali: বালি [bəli]

Assamese: Baali

Cebuano: Balas

Visaya: balas

Hiligaynon: balas

Tagalog: buhangin

-- v --

Dhivehi: veli

-- d --

Morisyen: Disab

Bete: dodo

Ilocano: darat

-- h --

Hungarian: homok

Finnish: hiekka

Hebrew: חול

Tigrina: Hutsa

Basque: hondar, harea

-- m --

Tamil : மணல் [maṇal]

Korean: 모래 [more]

Persian: maseh

-- u --

Chamorro: Unai

Kirundi: Umusenyi

Kinyarwanda: umucanga

-- n --

Romanian: nisip

-- w --

basa jawa: wedhi



Saturday, August 24, 2013

Dolphin

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

clay < silt < sand < gravel < cobble < boulder


English: sand

German: Sand

Dutch: zand

Italian: sabbia

French: sable

Spanish: arena

Arabic: [raml] رمل

Hindi: रेत [ret]

Russion песок

Japanese: 砂 (すな) [suna]

Chinese: 沙 [sha]

Korean: 모래 [more]



Friday, August 23, 2013

Summary "bridge"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page
Here is a summary of words meaning "bridge."

-- b --

English: bridge

Scots: Brig

German: Brücke

Dutch: brug

Afrikaans: brug

Swedish: Bro

Danish: bro

Norwegian: bru/bro

Sesotho: Borokho

Setswana: Borogo

Gilbertese: Buri'ti


-- p --

French: pont

Welsh: pont

Catalan: pont

Breton : pont

Ticinées: poont

Italian: ponte

Portuguese: ponte

Spanish: puente

Esperanto: ponto

Seychellois creole: pon

Latin: Pons

Cornish: pons

Hindi: पुल [pula]

urdu: پل [pul]

Dari Persian: pul

Persian: pol

Tamil: Palam

-- t --

Malagasy : tetezana

Kapampangan: Tete

Latvian: tilts

chamorro: tollai

Tagalog : tulay

manipuri: thong


-- d --

Irish: Droichead

Gaelic: drochaid

Manx: droghad [drɔxəd]

Korean: 다리 [dari]

-- k/g --

Turkish: Köprü

Azerbaijan: korpu

Kyrgyz : копуро [kopuro]

Georgian: ხიდი [khidi]

Ancient Greek: Γέφυρα ['gefyra]


-- q/c/ch

Quechua: Chaka

Chinese: 桥/橋[Qiáo]

Vietnamese: cầu (橋 )


-- j --

Indonesian : Jembatan

Arabic: جسر [jisr]

-- h --

Hungarian: híd

Japanese: 橋 (はし) [hashi]

-- m --

Czech: most

Russion: мост

Serbian: мост/most

-- y --

Modern greek : γέφυρα [ˈʝɛ.fi.ɾa]

-- r --

Usik : Ribno

-- i --

Kirundi: Ikiraro






Thursday, August 22, 2013

Summary "flower"

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page,
here is a summary of words meaning "flower."


-- FL --

English: flower

French: fleur

Spanish: flor

Portuguese: flor

Morisyen: Fler

Most Occitan: flor [flu], [flur]

Latin: FLOS

-- F --

Italian: fiore

lumbard: fiùr

Lingala: fololo

Awadhi: फूल fool فول

cantonese: Fa

-- HL --

Gascon hlor

Gascon Occitan: hlor [hlu].

-- BL --

Gol: blath

Gaeilge(Irish): Bláth

German: Blume

Dutch: bloem

Afrikaans: Blom

Swedish: Blomma

Norwegian: blomst

Cebuano: bulak

--B --

Khmer: បុប្ផា Bopha

Indonesian: bunga

Vietnamese : bông

Boro: bibar

-- T/TS/C --

sicilian: ciure

Russion цветок

Bulgarian: цвете [tsvete]

Serbian: cvet/цвет [tsvet]

Turkish: çiiçek

Kadazandusun: tusak

Mongolian: цэцэг - [ˈt͡sit͡sɪk]

-- Z --

Arabic: زهرة [zahra]

-- K --

Korean: 꽃 [kot]

Polish: kwiat

Java : kembang

-- L --

Basque lore, lili
("lore" comes from Latin FLOREM)

Modern Greek: λουλούδι [lu'luði]

Estonian: Lill

-- G --

Persian: [gol] گل

Uzbek: Gul

Kyrgyz. Гул [gul]

Kazakh: Gül

Lithuanian: Gele

Tsez: гагали [ga'galɪ]

-- H --

Chinese: 花 [Huā]

Vietnamese : hoa

Japanese: 花 (はな) [hana]

-- P --

Khmer: ផ្កា [Phka]

Hindi and Bhojpuri: फूल [Phool]

Urdu: Phool

Bengali: ফুল [Phool]

sesotho: Palesa

Latvian: Puke

Sanskrit: pushpa

Kerala: poov,

Hindi: pushpak.

Tamil: பூ [Pū]

-- S --

Kapampangan: sampaga

Setswana: Sethunya

Javanese: sekar

Genoese: scjôa ['ʃu:a], plural scjoî ['ʃwi:]

-- V --

Hungarian: virág

malagasy: voninkazo

-- K --

Petya Kundurjieva

Javanese: kembang

Indonesian: kembang

Polish: kwiat

-- M --

Swahili: mauwa

Dhivehi: maa / mau

-- I --

kikuyu: ihua

Kirundi: Ishurwe.

-- A --

Modern Greek: άνθος ['anθos]

Ethiopia Amharic :abeba

-- U --

Somali : ubax

Gilbertese: Ue


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Let's cross the bridge when ...

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

"Let's cross the bridge when we come to it." means
"Let's not worry about what has not happened yet."

English: bridge

German: Brücke

Dutch: brug

French: pont

Italian: ponte

Spanish: puente

Japanese: 橋 (はし) [hashi]

Chinese: 桥/橋[Qiáo]

Korean: 다리 [tali]

Arabic: جسر [jisr]

Russion: мост

Hindi: पुल   [pula]


Saturday, August 10, 2013

Little airy happiness

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

One of those that makes me happy.

English: flower

French: fleur

Spanish: flor

Italian: fiore

Chinese: 花[Huā]

Japanese: 花 (はな) [hana]

German: Blume

Dutch: bloem

Russion цветок

Arabic: زهرة [zuhra]

Korean: 꽃 [kot]









Thursday, August 8, 2013

A little bit explanation

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.


Here is an explanation for the previous post on July 27

If you cut a square by a straight line, you will get:

two rectangles;

two triangles;

two trapezoids;

one triangle and one trapezoid; or

one triangle and one pentagon.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Goal

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Reaching a goal is exciting.
The process of trying to solve it is also exciting.

English: labyrinth

Italian: labirinto

French: labyrinthe

Spanish: laberinto

German: Labyrinth

Dutch: labyrint

Russion лабиринт

Japanese: 迷路(めいろ) [meiro]

Korean: 미로 [milo]

Chinese: 迷宮 [Mígōng]

Arabic: تيه [taiyah]


Saturday, July 27, 2013

If you cut a square


If you cut a square by a straight line, you will get:
two rectangles;
two triangles;
two trapezoids;
one triangle and one trapezoid; or
one triangle and one pentagon.

English: square

French: carré

Italian: quadrato

Spanish: cuadrado

German: Quadrat

Russion квадрат

Dutch: vierkant

Arabic: مربع [murubaA]

Japanese: 四角形 (しかくけい) [shikakukei]

Korean: 사각형 [sakak hyong]

Chinese: 方[fāng]



Ting ting ting

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

There is a musical instrument called a triangle, which is shaped as a triangle.
In Japanese, the shape triangle is called "sankaku"
but the musical instrument triangle is called "toraianguru".

English: triangle

Italian: triangolo

French: triangle

Spanish: triángulo

German: Dreieck

Dutch: driehoek

Arabic: مثلث

Russian: треугольник

Japanese: 三角形(さんかくけい)[sankakukei]

Korean: 삼각형[samkakuhyong]

Chinese: 三角形[Sānjiǎoxíng]


Sunday, July 7, 2013

When you hit the wall

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

You still have options.

You can climb over it,
take another route to avoid it, or
may be it is a time for a change.

English: wall

German: Wand

Italian: muro

French: mur

Dutch: muur

Spanish: pared

Japanese: 壁 (かべ)[kabe]

Korean: 벽[byok]

Chinese: 墙/牆[Qiáng]

Arabic: [ha:'it]حَائِطٌ

Friday, June 28, 2013

Between red and blue

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.


A noble color.

English: purple/violet

French: pourpre/violette

Spanish: púrpura/violeta

Dutch: paars/violet

German: lila/Violett

Italian: viola

Japanese: 紫(むらさき) [murasaki]

Korean: 보라색 [borasek]

Chinese: 紫色 [zisè]

Arabic: أرجواني [urujuwani]




Friday, June 21, 2013

Green green green.

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Reap Greek reed.
Greet your dream.
Breathe green breeze.

English: green

German: grün

Dutch: groen

Italian: verde

French: vert

Spanish: verde

Japanese: 緑(みどり)[midori]

Korean: 녹색 [noksek]

Chinese: 綠色/绿色 [luse]

Arabic: ['akhdaru] أَخْضَرُ

Saturday, June 15, 2013

You find it everywhere

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

An ordinary, yet special color.

English: white

German: weiß

Dutch: wit

French: blanc

Spanish: blanco

Italian: bianco

Japanese: 白(しろ) [shiro]

Korean: 흰색 [huansek]

Chinese: 白 [bei]

Arabic: أبيض ['abyadu]