Showing posts with label T. Show all posts
Showing posts with label T. Show all posts

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Summary "Teatime, hora do chá, and Teezeit"


Here is a summary of words meaning "tea time."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- t --

English: teatime

Dutch: theetijd

Esperanto: teotempo

German: Teezeit

Swedish: tedags

Hungarian: teaidő

Armenian:  թեյի ժամը [tey jamë]

Spanish: hora del té

Italian: l'ora del the

French: l'heure du thé

Irish: Am tae

Malay: minum teh

Indonesia: saat minum teh, (waktunya minum) teh́,  waktunay)a nge-thé

Khmer: ពេលផឹកតែ

Usik (conlang): Tamja

-- ch/ts --

Portuguese: hora do chá

Zamboangueño: hora de chá

Russian: время чая

Thai: เวลาดื่มชา

Chinese: 下午茶时间/下午茶時間[xiàwǔ chá shíjiān]/喝茶时间

Cantonese: 下午茶 [ha6 ng5 tsa4]
       
Korean: 차 시간       [cha sigan]

Vietnamese: Giờ uống trà (𣇞㕵茶)

Japanese: お茶の時間(おちゃのじかん)[ocha no jikan]

Swahili: wakati chai

Uzbek: Choy vaqti

Hindi:  चाय के समय[cāya kē samaya]

Turkish: cay zamani/çay saati

Azerbaijani: cay zamani

-- sh --

Arabic: وقت الشاي [waktalshaai]

Amharic: Yeshay Se'at

-- h --

Polish: czas na herbatę

-- a --

Lithuanian: Arbatos valandėlė

-- f --

Swedish: Fika

-- m --

Kapampangan: merienda, minindal

Tagalog: merienda

Ilocano: merienda (snack time)

Zamboangueño Language: merienda (break time)

-- p --

Ilocano: panagkakafe (coffee break), panagiitsa, panagtsatsaa, panagtsatsa (tea break)






Saturday, August 16, 2014

Teatime, hora do chá, and Teezeit

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

If you feel like you are bogged down, perhaps it is time for a cup of tea.

English: teatime

Dutch: theetijd

German: Teezeit

Spanish: hora del té

Italian: ora del tè 

Portuguese: hora do chá

French: l'heure du thé

Russian: время чая

Chinese: 下午茶时间/下午茶時間[xiàwǔ chá shíjiān]
   
Korean: 차 시간 [cha sigan]

Japanese: お茶の時間(おちゃのじかん)[ocha no jikan]

Hindi:  चाय के समय[cāya kē samaya]

Arabic: وقت الشاي [waktalshaai]

Swahili: wakati chai



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, July 27, 2013

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]


Friday, May 31, 2013

Coffee time!

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

For me, three o'clock is time for tea or coffee and something sweet.

Spanish: las tres

Italian: le tre

French: trois heures

Dutch: drie uur

German: drei Uhr

English: three o'clock

Arabic: اَلسَّاعَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ’ [assa'atu thalitha]

Japanese: 三時(さんじ) [sannji]

Korean: 세시 [seshi]

Chinese: 三點鐘/三点钟 [santianzhong]

Friday, May 17, 2013

A riddle

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

It is something given to everybody.

You have to use it or lose it.

Japanese: 時間(じかん) [jikan]

Korean: 시간 [shikan]

Chinese: 时间/時間 [Shijian]

French: temps

Italian: tempo

Spanish: tiempo

English: time

Dutch: tijd

German: Zeit

Arabic: وقت [wakt]