alright so help me out here.. those of you who are bilingula... i was wondering how to say grandma in different languages.. i am mexican so i know grandma and abuela... how do you say it in other languages?
2006-11-09 04:19:54 · 17 answers · asked by Chris 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Arabic: جدة (jadda)
Bulgarian: : баба (baba)
Catalan: àvia
Dutch: grootmoeder
Finnish: isoäiti
French: grand-mère
Hebrew: סבתא savta
Hungarian: nagyanya
Icelandic: amma
Japanese: お婆さん (obaasan)
Korean: 할머니 (halmeoni)
Latin: avia
Mandarin Chinese: father's side: 奶奶 (nainai); mother's side: 外婆 (waipo)
Portuguese: avó
Russian: бабушка (babushka)
Swedish: mormor (mother's side), farmor (father's side)
Tagalog: lola
Thai: ย่า (ya)
Turkish: büyükanne
Ukrainian: бабуся (babusia)
2006-11-09 13:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by ako lang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angrezi Mein Kehta Hai ki "I Love You' Gujrate Mein Kehte Hai 'Tane Prem Karoo Choo' Aur Bengali Mein Kehta Hai 'Tummi Ami Ke Bhalo Bachi' Punjabi Mein Kehte Hai "Mein Taino Pyar Karta Haan' In Hindi 'Mujhe Tumse Prem Hai'
2016-09-01 09:48:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Hungarian, its either "nagymama" or "nagyanya", stress on the first syllable, a-s pronounced... well... with lips more rounded than with Spanish a-s (though I'm not that good at Spanish). "Gy" is pronounced (how the hell should I explain this on a computer screen?) something like "dy", "ny" is... well, a short ñ, if you are Mexican, you probably know that sound ;)
BTW, "nagy" means great(or various synonyms of that), "anya" means mother, "mama" is pretty obvious... So Hungarian grannies are perfect linguistic analogues for English-speaking grandmothers :)
Shorter, informal version is "nagyi". Pretty much like "granny".
2006-11-09 06:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Russian (in english letters) would be babushka (pronounced babooshka).
In Italian it's nonna.
and in French it's Grand-mere.
2006-11-09 04:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Büyükanne (can be used for both maternal and paternal grandmas)
Babaanne (only for paternal grandma)
Anneanne (only for maternal grandma)
Turkish
2006-11-09 08:09:58 · answer #5 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one on which side?
Father's side: 祖母
Mother's side: 外婆
That was Chinese, in tradtional Chinese.
German: Oma
English: Grandma, well I guess you know...
2006-11-09 10:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mysterious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French is grandmere
japanese is obaasan
german is Großmutter
italian is nonna
dutch is De grootmoeder
portugeuse is avó
Norwegian is bestemor
2006-11-09 04:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by AHHH CHOOOOOOOO (sneeze)! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Filippino-- LOLA
2006-11-09 04:30:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in filipino it's lola..it's not pronounced as the name Lola. It's pronounced like lohla. The 'o' is pronounced flatly.
2006-11-10 18:12:24 · answer #9 · answered by tinkerbell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Greek: γιαγιά (yaya)
2006-11-09 08:29:37 · answer #10 · answered by Kavliaris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋