Showing posts with label S. Show all posts
Showing posts with label S. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Stairs, Treppe, and 楼梯

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

It is fun to climb up, and it t is fun to climb down.

Spanish: escalera

French: escaliers

Portuguese: escada

English: stairs, steps, staircase

Italian: scala,  gradino

Hindi: सीढ़ी[srihi]

Arabic: سلالم ، الدرجات

Dutch: trap

German: Treppe

Russian: лестница

Chinese: 楼梯/樓梯 [lóutī]

Korean: 계단 [gyedan]

Japanese: 階段

Swahili: ngazi



Saturday, June 7, 2014

Summary "Street, calle, and barabara"


Here is a summary of words meaning "street."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.



-- s --

English: street

Dutch: straat

Esperanto: strato

Corsican: stretta

Italian: strada

Romanian: stradă

Welsh : stryd

German: Straße

Alsatian: d' Schtroos

Gaelic: sraid (street)

Irish: Sráid

Scottish: sràid

Germanic lowland Scots: Streit

Hindi: सड़क [saraka]

Bhojpuri: सड़क [sarak]

Turkish: sokak

Arabic:  شَارِعٌ[shariu(n)]

Dari Persian: sarak

-- th --

Malayalam: തെരുവ്‌[theruvu]

Greek: Δρόμος [thrOmos]

-- t --

Maltese: triq

-- d --

Romany: drom

Romanian: drum (from Greek)

Vietnamese: đường

Upper Sorbian: dróha

Lower Sorbian: droga

Cebuano: Dalan

Javanese: dalan

Kannada: Daari

-- j/ch --

Indonesian (Malay): Jalan

Chinese: 街 [jiē]

Chinese: 街头/街頭 [jiētóu] "outside on the street"

-- r --

Gaelic: rathad (road)

Javanese: ratan

French: rue

Portuguese: rua

Franco-Provencal: rua

Vannetais Breton: rhu

Hebrew:  רחוב [reĥóv]

Albanian: rrugë

-- l --

Kreol Morisyen: Lari

Haitian Creole: lari

Myanmar: lann [လမ္]

Tagalog: Lansangan

-- k/g --

Catalan: carrer [ka'reɾ]

Spanish: calle

Asturian/Leonese: cai/calli

Ilocano: kalsada
 
Papiamentu: kaya


Cebuano: Kalye

Finnish: katu


Kazakh: koshe

Uzbek: ko`cha

Georgian: ქუჩა [qucha]

Korean: 거리 [geoli]

Cantonese: 街 [Gaai1]

Norwegian (Bokmål): gate

Icelandic: gata

Swedish: gata

Danish: gade

Germanic lowland Scots: Gait

-- h --

Persian: خیابان
[khiyaban]

Welsh : heol

-- b --

Swahili: barabara

Lingala: balabala

kirundi: ibarabara

Irish: bóthar [road]

-- p --

Latin: platea

-- m --

Kannada: Maarga

-- u --
 
Russian: улица

Hungarian: utca

Slovak: ulica/ulice

Polish: ulica

Croatian: ulica


Bosnian: ulica

Serbian: ulica/улица

Romanian: uliţă (from Common Slavic)


Czech: ulice


Usik (conlang): Uli

-- y --

Uzbek: yul (way, route)

-- o --

Greek: οδό [othOs]

-- i --

Latvian: iela

-- e --

Javanese: embong

-- a --

Sardinian: Arrùga

-- v --

Latin: via

Norwegian (Bokmål): vei (road)

Tamil : வீதி[veedhi]

Japanese: 通り(とおり)




Sunday, May 25, 2014

Street, calle, and barabara

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

People are walking and cars are passing.

English: street

Dutch: straat

Italian: strada

German: Straße

Hindi: सड़क  [saraka]

Arabic:  شَارِعٌ  [shariu(n)]

French: rue

Portuguese: rua

Spanish: calle
   
Korean: 거리 [geoli]

Swahili: barabara
   
Russian: улица

Chinese: 街(头)/街(頭) [jiē(tóu)]

Japanese: 通り(とおり)






Saturday, January 11, 2014

Summary "snow, sneeuw, and neige"


Here is a summary of words meaning "snow."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- s --

Scots: snaw

English: snow

Hiligaynon: snow

Old English: snāw

Proto Germanic: snaiwaz

Gothic: snaiws

Swedish: snö [snøː]

Norwegian: snø

Danish: sne

Slovak: sneh

Czech: sníh

Icelandic: snjór

Dutch: sneeuw

Afrikaans: sneeu

Papiamento: sneu

German: Der Schnee

Alsatian: d'r Schnee

Shona: sino

Scottish Gaelic: sneachd

Scottish: sneachd

Irish: sneachta

Faroese: snjógvur [sɲjɛgvʊɹ]

Bosnian: snijeg

Polish: śnieg

Serbian: sněg

Russian: снег

Bulgarian: cняг

Ukrainian: cніг [snih]

Hebrew : sheleg

Maltese: silġ

Indonesian: salju

Malay: salji

Bahasa Melayu: Salji

-- th --

Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]

Malayalam: തുഷാര [thushaara]

Swahili: thaluji

-- t --

Vietnamese (Việt Nam): tuyết  (cf. tuyệt means 'wonderful')

Bengali: তুষার [tushar]

Georgian: თოვლი [tovli]

Aslanic (conlang): cnëk [tʃnɛkʰ]

-- d --

Armenian:  ձյուն [dzyun]

-- n --

French: neige

Haitian Creol: Lanèj

Esperanto: neĝo (negxo / negho)

Usik (conlang): nej

Franco-Provencal: nêf

Italian: neve

Portuguese: neve

Corsican: neve

Spanish: nieve

Chavacano: nieve

Ido (conlang): nivo

Filipino: niyebe

Tagalog: niyebe

Latin: nix

Romanian: ninsoare

Korean: 눈 [nun]

-- l --

Finnish: lumi

Estonian: lumi

Kreol Morisyen: lanez

-- r --

Quechua: rit'i

-- m --

Malayalam: മഞ്ഞ്  [mʌˈɲʊ]

Telugu: manchu

-- b --

Hindi: बर्फ[barpha]

Persian: برف [barf]

Urdu: برف

Kurdish Sorani: bahfr

Maltese: borra

Tagalog: busilak

-- p --

Tamil: பனி  [pani]

Khmer: ព្រ [prerl]

-- h --

Malayalam: ഹിമം [himam]

Sanskrit: हिम [hima]

Thai : หิมะ[hìʔ mʔ]

Hungarian: hó

Greek: χιόνι[hjOnee]

Maori: huka

Maori: hukapapa (on the ground)

Maori: hukarere (in the air)

-- k --

Turkish: kar

Kazakh: kar

Kyrgyz: кар [kar]

Aymara: khunu

Faroese:S kavi

-- y --

Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]

Tagalog: yelo

-- e --

Welsh: eira

Basque: elur

Breton: erc'h

Vannetais Breton: erh

Cornish: ergh

-- a --

Inuktitut: ᐊᐳᑦ [aput]








Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Snow, sneeuw, and neige

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

Wishing you a wonderful new year of peace and happiness

English: snow

Dutch: sneeuw

German: Schnee

Russian: снег

French: neige

Spanish: nieve

Italian: neve

Portugese: neve

Korean: 눈 [nun]

Chinese: 雪 [xuě]

Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]

Hindi: बर्फ[ barpha]

Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]

Swahili: thaluji




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

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

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]     





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]


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



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]



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]



Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Always

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

It has been there.
From ancient times.

English: sky

French: ciel

Italian: cielo

Spanish: cielo

Japanese: 空(そら) [sora]

Chinese: 天空 [Tiankong]

Korean: 하늘 [hanul]

German: Himmel

Dutch: hemel

Arabic: [sama'a] سماء

Monday, January 14, 2013

A walk in the snow

It is fun to walk in the snow, if it is a short distance.

It has snowed a lot in Tokyo today.

We Japanese say "snow falls" instead of "it snows."

<with formal subject>

English: it snows

Dutch: het sneeuwt

German: es schneit

French: il neige

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Spanish: nieva

Italian: nevica

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Japanese: 雪が降る (yuki ga huru)

Korean: 눈이 내린다

Chinese: 下雪

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert

Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert was conducted by
Mr. Welser-Möst.

First I got an impression of him as an elegant serious type.

In a middle of a tune, he took a stuffed animal from a box and
handed it to a performer who had just played a solo part.
He continued with a goose, an elephant, a viking cap, a wood spoon, etc.
He finished the tune with a chef cap on his head and
a wood spoon in his hand.

It was fun.

Japanese: ぬいぐるみ Nuigurumi

Korean: 봉제 인형 (縫製人形)

English: stuffed toy

Chinese: 充填玩具

French: peluches
"peluche" means plush.

Italian: animali di peluche
animals of plush

German: Kuscheltiere
"kuscheln" means to snuggle.

Dutch: knuffeltje
"knuffelen" means to hug.

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