How do you say "read" in other languages?

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How do you say "read" in other languages?

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2006-09-13 12:00:55 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

23 answers

Let's see. "To read" in different languages:
Catalan: llegir
Danish: læse
Dutch: lezen
Esperanto: legi
French: lire
German: lesen
Greenk: διαβάζω
Ido: lektar
Islandic: lesa
Inuktitut: uqalimaaqluni
Italian: leggere
Korean: 읽는
Latin: legere
Lojban: tcidu
Nahuatl: tlapohua
Norwegian: å lese
Polish: czytać
Portuguese: ler
Provencal: legir
Quechua: liyiyta
Romanian: a citi
Russian: читать
Spanish: leer
Swedish: läsa
Tagalog: bumasa
Toki pona: lukin
Ukrainian: читати

2006-09-13 13:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Hebrew
likro
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2006-09-13 20:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by yafit k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

French: lire
German: gelesen
Spanish: leÃdo
Latin: legere
Italian: colto
Portuguese: lido
Arabic: Ø§ÙØ±Ø§ (ekraa)
Japanese: èªã¾ãã
Chinese: éè¯»
korean: ì½ë
Afrikaans: skryf

but why would you want to know somthing like this ??

2006-09-13 19:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Italian: leggere
Sardinian: ligi
French: lire
Arabic: Iqra Ø¥ÙØ±Ø§

2006-09-14 00:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by Ema 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Well I knew right away somebody was gonna answer your question for spanish.
In my national language, Portuguese, it's ler (leh).

2006-09-13 21:25:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Leer is in spanish Likro is in hebrew and chitatz is in Russian

2006-09-13 19:06:50 · answer #6 · answered by Israelichick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

French= lire
Spanish= leer
german=gelesen
Italian=colto
Potuguese=lido

2006-09-13 19:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Rosita 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

in Mandarin: kan shu, du shu or nian shu
in Russian: tchitatch: to read
tchitayou: I read

2006-09-13 19:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by create232000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

spanish:
leer- to read
leo= i read
lee`is= you all read
leen= they (male/female) read
lees= you read
leemos= we read

pronunciations:
leer= leh air
leo= leh oh
lee`is= eh aye sss
leen= leh en
lees= leh es
leemos= leh eh mos

hindi:
pado= read
main padun gha= i will read

pronunciations:
pado= puh do
main padun gha= mehn(half silent n) puh doon(half silent n) gah

i hope i helped!

2006-09-13 19:15:00 · answer #9 · answered by skateme 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

to read: okumak (in infinitive form)

"read!" as in giving an order: oku

And it takes different forms in each tense and aspect.

Turkish.

2006-09-14 14:34:17 · answer #10 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋