Tuesday, March 21, 2017

My One Dozen Words in Ten Languages (in the order that I learned them)

Waray Waray
Filipino
English
Cebuano
Japanese
Hawaiian
Turkish
Indonesian
Spanish
Korean
siyensya
agham
science
siyensya
kagaku
nauka
bilim
ilmu
ciencia
gwahag
oo
opo
yes
oo
hai
‘ae
evet
iya ni
si
ye
dire
hindi
no
dili
eie
‘a’ole
hayir
tidak
no
anyo
salamat
salamat
thanks
salamat
arigatou
mahalo
tessekur
terimakasi
gracias
khamsahamnida
ano
ano
what
unsa
nani
ka mea
ne
apa
que
mwo
ha-in
saan
where
asa
doko
kahi
nerede
dimana
donde
eodie
ngaran
pangalan
name
ngalan
namae
inoa
isim
nama
nombre
ileum
gugma
pag-ibig
love
gugma
ai
aloha
aşk
cinta
amor
aejeong
nanay
nanay
mother
nanay
otousan
makuahine
anne
ibu
madre
omoni
tatay
tatay
father
tatay
okaasan
makuakane
baba
ayah
padre
aboji
sangkay
kaibigan
friend
amigo
tomodachi
hoaloa
arkadaş
teman
amigo
chingu
usa
isa
one
isa
ichi
ekahi
bir
satu
uno
hana