| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 390 Given: 272 |
How do you say LEFT and RIGHT in various languages?
In Serbian:
Left: Levo
Right: Desno
Proto Indo-European:
'(on the) left' •laiuo-
'(to the) left' •seuio-
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 5,782 Given: 5,353 |
Hindi:
Left: Bayin (pron. ~ English " buyin' "
Right: Dayin (pron. ~ English " dyin' ")
The way to remember is, one can form a "b" and "d" with their fingers on each direction's respective hand.
Only butthurted clowns minuses my posts. -- Лиссиы
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 4,744 Given: 3,832 |
Italian:
left: sinistro
right: destro
Griko:
left: strao'
right: dorsio
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 2,389 Given: 1,217 |
In Chechen (probably also Albanian)
Right: Atto
Left: Aaro
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 40,070 Given: 10,740 |
Arabic --
Right -- اليمين (yamiin)
Left -- اليسار (yasaar)
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 276 Given: 159 |
Welsh:
Left: chwith
Right: hawl
“Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”
― Yukio Mishima, Runaway Horses
Mae bywyd dynol yn gyfyngedig ond hoffwn i fyw am byth.
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 192 Given: 96 |
Laz
Left: Uvarçxa
Right: Martgvani
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 7,898 Given: 4,604 |
Swedish
Left: Vänster
Right: Höger
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 390 Given: 272 |
You would think that it'd be close to English.Originally Posted by Dombra
Description of Serbs by Londoners in 1896
http://books.google.com/books?id=9Ph...6%2C790&edge=0
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...ditional-Music
| Thumbs Up |
| Received: 11,500 Given: 12,446 |
In Polish:
left: lewo
right: prawo
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks