word translation => "read"

greenfieldlibrary · Post by **greenfieldlibrary** » 20 Apr 2005 21:58

I am at a public library, and we are trying to get the word "read" in as many languages as possible -- especially Romanian, Moldovan, Tibetan, Thai, Somalian, Urdu, Hindi, Hebrew, and Turkish.

Latinus · Post by **Latinus** » 20 Apr 2005 22:01

Title edited to elaborate.

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didine · Post by **didine** » 20 Apr 2005 22:04

I guess you mean the verb "to read" and not the past participle?

Bloodbrother · Post by **Bloodbrother** » 20 Apr 2005 22:05

Sorry but by saying "read", do you mean the noun or the verb ?
(roasted by didine)

ANTHOS · Post by **ANTHOS** » 20 Apr 2005 22:25

Or perhaps it is the imperative (although maybe there would have been an exclamation mark if this was the case)

Bloodbrother wrote: (roasted by didine)

Sorry to laugh - I think this is a very literal translation of 'griller'

Roast means 'rotir' actually. In slang it means 'engueuler/reprimander'

In English you could say 'beaten to it by Didine' for example.

Andreas

greenfieldlibrary · Post by **greenfieldlibrary** » 20 Apr 2005 22:26

Yes, sorry. We mean the verb. Read, as in "read this, you'll like it." Thanks for asking me to clarify.

Vikr · Post by **Vikr** » 20 Apr 2005 22:36

Hindi (and Urdu) imperative

(tū) paḌ (तू) पढ

(tum) paḌo (तुम) पढो [polite]

written in devanagari= hindi; not the same script for urdu

helena · Post by **helena** » 20 Apr 2005 22:37

in croatian: to read = pročitati / čitati
read!= pročitaj / čitaj (singular); pročitajte / čitajte (plural)

Bloodbrother · Post by **Bloodbrother** » 20 Apr 2005 22:40

ANTHOS wrote:Or perhaps it is the infinitive (although maybe there would have been an exclamation mark if this was the case)

Bloodbrother wrote: (roasted by didine)

Sorry to laugh - I think this is a very literal translation of 'griller'

I know, it was a kind of humor, and it did work well as I can see.

greenfieldlibrary wrote:Yes, sorry. We mean the verb. Read, as in "read this, you'll like it." Thanks for asking me to clarify.

Sorry to insist but you are looking for the imperative form, isn't it ?

Vikr · Post by **Vikr** » 20 Apr 2005 22:50

Tamil imperative

படி paDi

படிங்க paDi(n)ga [polite]

greenfieldlibrary · Post by **greenfieldlibrary** » 20 Apr 2005 22:54

Yes. We are looking for the imperative, rather than the infinitive.

Bloodbrother · Post by **Bloodbrother** » 20 Apr 2005 23:25

Ok, thank you.

In japanese : 読んで : yonde　or 読んでください : yonde kudasai (more polite)

In korean : 읽으세요 (irgeuseyo)

In chinese : 看 : kan or 请看 : qing kan (more polite)
If there isn't any complement after the verb : 看书巴 : kanshu ba or 请看书吧 : qing kanshu ba (more polite)

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » 20 Apr 2005 23:48

greenfieldlibrary wrote:Read, as in "read this, you'll like it."

In Hungarian: Read (this/it) = Olvasd! / Read (a book/indefinite) = Olvass!
-- Olivier

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 21 Apr 2005 02:22

Romanian (& Moldovan):
to read: a citi
read!: citeşte! (sg.) / citiţi! (pl.)

Brazilian Portuguese:
to read: ler
read!: leia! (sg.) / leiam! (pl.)

Swedish:
to read: att läsa
read!: läs! (sg. / pl.)

Danish:
to read: at læse
read!: læs! (sg. / pl.)

Hebrew:
to read: לקרוא [liqro'] (infinitive); root: קרא [Q-R-']
read!: ! קרא [qra'] (sg. masc.) ! קראי [qr'i] (sg. fem.) / ! קראו [qr'u] (pl.)

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » 21 Apr 2005 07:54

Bloodbrother wrote:(more polite)

zcalin wrote:(pl.)

Oh yes, do you mean imperative as
- singular (adressing one person) or plural (several people) ?
- familiar (relatives or friends like French "tu") or more polite ?
It makes a difference in many languages.
-- Olivier

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