'My hovercraft is full of eels' in 51 languages

[Oeditpus Rex]

Arabic — hawwāmtī mumtilah biānqalaysūn

Afrikaans — My skeertuig is vol palings

Armenian — Im savarnat'irum likʻĕ ojajuk ē

Aromanian — Pãmporea-a mea-i ãmplinã di uhelji

Avallaen — ägloinniyüvoih pōvlen üevs erüs

Belarusian — Мой паветраны човен поўны вуграмі (Moj pavetrany čoven pouny vugrami)

Bulgarian — Корабът ми на въздушна възглавница е пълен със змиорки (Korabãt mi na v'zdyšna vãzglavnica e pãlen sãs zmiorki)

Catalan — El meu aerodesllissador està ple d'anguiles

Cebuano — Puno ug kasili ang akong hoberkrap/hovercraft

Chinese (Cantonese) — Ngóh jek heijínsyùhn jòngmúhn saaisíhn

Chinese (Mandarin) — Wo de qìdiànchuán chōngmon le shànyú

Czech — Mé vznášedlo je plné úhořů

Danish — Mit luftpudefartøj er fyldt med ål

Dutch — Mijn hovercraft zit vol palingen

Esperanto — Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj

Finnish — Ilmatyynyalukseni on täynnä ankeriaita

French — Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles

Gaelic (Irish) — Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn

Gaelic (Manx) — Ta my haagh crowal lane dy astan

Gaelic (Scottish) — Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan

German — Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist mit Aalen voll

Greek — Το αεροστρωματόχημά μου είναι γεμάτο χέλια (To aērostrōmatókhēmá mou eínai gemáto khḗlia)

Hebrew — Harahefet sh'eli mele'ah betzlofahim

Hindi — Merī nāv machlīyon se bharī hai

Hungarian — Légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal

Icelandic — Svifnökkvinn minn er fullur af álum

Indonesian — Hoverkraf saya penuh belut

Interlingua — Mi hydroaeroplano es plen de anguillas

Italian — Il mio hovercraft è pieno di anguille

Japanese — Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi ga ippai desu

Latin — Mea navicula pendens anguillarum plena est

Lojban — le mi varkiclaflo'i cu culno lo angila

Malayalam — ente prrakkum-paetakam niraye vlankukalanu

Maltese — Il-hovercraft tiegħi hu mimli sallur

Marathi — Majhī hoḍi māsaḷyaṅni bharlī āhe

Norwegian — Luftputefartøyet mitt er fullt av ål

Persian — havā-nāv-eh man por-eh mār-māhi ast

Polish — Mój poduszkowiec jest pełen węgorzy

Portuguese — Meu hovercraft está cheio de enguias

Romanian — Vehicolul meu pe pernă de aer e plin cu ţipari

Russian — Моё судно на воздушной подушке полно угрей (Moio sudno na vozdušnoy poduške polno ugrey)

Serbian — Мој ховеркрафт је пун јегуља (Moj hoverkraft je pun jegulja)

Slovak — Moje vznášadlo je plné úhorov

Slovenian — Moje vozilo na zračni blazini je polno jegulj

Spanish — Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas

Swedish — Min svävare är full av ålar

Tagalog — Puno ng palos ang aking hoberkrap/hovercraft

Turkish — Hoverkraftimin ici yılan balıǧı dolu

Vietnamese — Tàu cánh ngầm của tôi đầy lươn

Volapük — Lutakujababot oba binon fulik senkafitas

Welsh — Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn o lyswennod

[NMMNG]

1. Did you take the time to translate that all 51 times?

:scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. It's actually listed here

Useful foreign phrases

I could not, of course, resist.

[KitchenWitch]

5. I wish they had Thai!

x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. That does seem odd

They got languages I never heard of. Hell, I've eaten Thai. :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

11. I have a personal reason for wanting Thai

I would love to be able to better understand my MIL.

[NMMNG]

6. Cool

Now I know how to ask "Must I swallow them whole?" in Portuguese :rofl:
(Devo engoli-los inteiros?)

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. I ain't gonna ask

But still...

:rofl: :yourock:

[NMMNG]

17. One of the links from the site in your link,

Was to "Unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks" http://www.zompist.com/thought.html

There are some really funny ones there.

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Cool, now I can impress MissHoneychurch

I want to rent a deck-chair.
Ich möchte einen Liegestuhl mieten.

Drive us around for one hour.
Fahren Sie eine Stunde herum!

Use insecticide.
Gebrauchen Sie Insektenvertilgungsmittel.

:rofl:

[NMMNG]

24. Oh yes, she'll be very impressed when you tell her

"Use insecticide"

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Better'n if I said

"I am no longer infected."

[NMMNG]

28. Or

"I have my own syringe."
Saya punya suntikan saya sendiri.

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Or

"Let it be well rubbed with a rag."
A e phimolwê thata ka sebata.

[NMMNG]

30. Or

"She has excellent breasts."
Mae bronnau ardderchog da hi.


On second thought, maybe you do want to say that. :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Just not on the first date

Or...

"I'm going to prescribe some suppositories."
Ik geef u een recept voor zetpillen.

[NMMNG]

32. Also not for a first date--unless you're with the NSA

"I want a specimen of your urine."
Ja vozjmu u vas mochu na analiz.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. But what if...

Nah, nemmind. I ain't gonna go there. :blush:

[KitchenWitch]

2. Lemme guess

You have that CD-ROM set of 51 Languages...

[stuckinlucky]

3. This has to be the most useful post I've ever seen on DU!

Thank you for providing me with something I can use in my day to day life.

[AlienGirl]

7. Your inbox is full of waffles!

[KitchenWitch]

10. ROFLMFAO

[stuckinlucky]

22. If it's not a sigline...

Is it a pipe?

[AlienGirl]

26. Yes!

[stuckinlucky]

35. Delete

Accidental duplicate post

[stuckinlucky]

36. Thank God (or whomever you worship or revere)

I've been wondering what a pipe was since I went to the Centre Pompidou a few years ago.

[KitchenWitch]

8. Here is a phrase from me to you!

In Serbian!

Хоћете да играте ову игру самном?
Могу ли имати ову игру?

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. The hell you say!

[KitchenWitch]

18. Huh?

I just asked you to dance with me...

:cry:

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Oh...

I...



Uh...



Aw, hell. :blush: :banghead:

[KitchenWitch]

23. S'alright!

:loveya:

[NMMNG]

13. "Oh my God, there's an axe in my head"

In 112 different languages, no less. :silly:

[Heidi]

16. That may come in handy next time

I have to describe my agony about grocery shopping. Thanks, Buffy! :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

20. But no Thai - dammit!

:P

[NMMNG]

25. They're obviously biased

Riot!

[Swamp Rat]

14. Eh, Cabeça-de-Bagre, o meu aerobarco tá limpo!

Olha! Não tem bicho, moleque pentelho. :D

[CanuckAmok]

34. How fucking handy!

:eyes:

[TheBaldyMan]

37. In Klingon ... lupDujwIj moHmo' ghaHommey

the literal translation is 'My shuttlecraft is full of serpent worms', serpent worms are an edible vermiform

[trogdor]

38. German translation is sloppy.

Original post: Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist mit Aalen voll.

Correct: Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aalen.

[ZombieNixon]

39. Ahhh, yes. At last, DU had discovered the wonderful world of internet

linguistics.

I've frequented that site, as well as Zompist for years. Oeditpus Rex, I salute ye! :yourock: