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Journal Entry: Sun Feb 11, 2007, 12:29 PM
  • Mood: Thrilled

Everyone's collecting something, right? I am. One sentence in as many languages (and dialects) as I can find! Because, in case you didn't already know, I am a potato! Of course, I’m not an expert on all of these languages. If you see anything that’s wrong or you know a language that’s not here, please let me know!
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Number of languages: 45
Updated: June 21st, 2008

New:
Swiss German (Schaffhausen) - Ich bi en härdö;pfel
Thanks to *swissloko :blowkiss:

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Afrikaans - Ek is 'n aardappel

Austrian - Ich bin ein Erdapfel

Chinese - 我是土豆
Chinese (Cantonese) - Ngo hai to dou
Chinese (Mandarin) - Wo shi to dou
Chinese (Shanghai) - Ngo ts yanseeju

Croatian - Ja sam krumpir

Danish - Jeg er en potet

Dutch - Ik ben een aardappel

English - I am a potato
American slang - I'm a spud
Wiltshire, England slang - I'm a tater (I'm = oim a ta er = tater, dropping the second T)

Estonian - Mina olen kartul

Filipino - Ako ay isang patatas

Finnish - Minä olen peruna

French - Je suis une pommes de terre

German - Ich bin eine Kartoffel
Bavarian dialect - i bin a erdapfe
Swiss German (Schaffhausen) - Ich bi en härdö;pfel

Greek - είμαι μια πατάτα

Irish - Tá mé práta

Italian - Io sono una patata

Hebrew/Ivrit - Ani tapuah-adama

Japanese - Watashi wa Jyagaimo desu

Laol - E hamleta selenom

Latin - tuber sum

Macedonian - Jas sum eden kompir

Māori - Koriwai kia au

Norwegian - Jeg er en potet

Persian - Manjek sibzamini hastam

Polish - Jestem ziemniakiem

Portugese - Eu sou uma batata

Romanian - Eu sunt un cartof

Russian - я картошка (ya kartoshka)

Sami (Northern) - Mun lean budet

Serbian - Ja sam jedan krompir

Somali - Annia wan barando

Spanish - Soy una patata

Swahili - Mimi kura ugarie

Swedish - Jag är en potatis

Thai - มันฝรั่ง ฉัน คือ (man fa-rang chan keu)

Turkish - Ben bir patates yim

Urdu/Modern Hindi - Mey Aloo Houn

Zürich highland dialect - I bi en hördö;pfel

I also know how to say it using Swedish Sign Language. :aww:



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:iconprincesszyrtec:
This is a wonderful post. If I may add a related statement in Japanese? First a question: Have you heard of the term "emo"? It describes a young person who is in the throes of teenage angst and wears all black and revels in playing depressing music and in being depressed. Well, in the Japanese language, the "i" is pronounced like the long "e" sound. Thus "imo". Which means "sweet potato" in Japanese. So - watashi mo imo desu! 私 は いも です

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"I'll tumble for ya"
:iconprincesszyrtec:
I meant: 私 も いも です, which is I am also a sweet potato.

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"I'll tumble for ya"
:icontuberosum:
Thank you! :D Glad someone finds it worth reading ;}
That's very interesting! :thumbsup:

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:iconwieimmer:
hee hee, the Greek one is wrong, lol.

είμαι μια πατατά

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:iconwieimmer:
Ooops, it's "πατάτα" accent on the second alpha, lol. My bad :D

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:icontuberosum:
Hah ;)
Ok, changed it. Thank you! :dance:
:iconmajasan:
Kom precis på att jag fick det på ryska och ukrainska också...undrar jag var jag la den lappen. För de mejlade jag inte till dig va?
:icontuberosum:
Nee... tror jag inte...
Fick på ryska nångång på Chapman, men det var så snurrigt, så jag fattade aldrig riktigt :P Ukrainska har jag aldrig haft, tror jag inte? :confused:
...jag VET att jag frågade Baiba oxå, men jag kommer inte ihåg var den lappen kan finnas! :pissed:

Irrri!!!
:iconcenturyslayer:
ser ju heeelfränt ut dehär ju! :clap:
tycker dock att en viss avsaknad av mig(!) är lite för uppenbar ;P

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