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



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POSTCARD 
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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]