Can anyone tell me what 'hope' is in other languages?

Question

Not just the european langauges but some of the African ones, Persian, Asian, Australasian or even Native American!! (If you can - please can you also give me a guide to pronounciation?)

Answer 1

Hope-esperanza (spanish)

Answer 2

Spanish- Esperanza
German- Hoffnung
Arabic- الأمل
French- Espoir
Italian- Speranza
Portuguesse- Esperança
Russian- надеюсь

Answer 3

In the Sicilian language:
spiranza,
pronouced /shpirANTser/ (the "er" sound as in "father")

I think Sicilian is a most appropriate language in which to say "hope" ... historically, Sicily is the cultural crossroads of East, West and South, where three cultures lived in peaceful coexistence and mutual respect a thousand years ago.

Answer 4

Hi

I speak:

I know chaya is hope in Hebrew but I can't remember how to write it properly in Hebrew script.

In Italian sperare or speranza (male/female)

I learn:

In french it can be erspérer, espérance, espérer or espoir

Hoffnung in German

From books:

In an african language it's hoop but I'm not sure which

надежда in Russian

Dictionarys:

In danish it's håbe or håb (male/female)

mikomi, kibou, koumyou, esupowa-ru, kitai, ho-pu in Japanese

From Friends:

In dutch it's hopen (dutch speaking friend)

Scandinavien friend says it's:
toivoa in Finnish
håp or håpe (male/female) in Norwigen
förhasta, förhoppning or hoppas (male/female/neuter) in Swedish

In portugesse esperança (person who used to live in Madera, a portugese speaking island)


My Friends hollidays:

harap in Indonesian

esperanza in Spanish

smiles

Answer 5

Italian= Speranza speranzah

Arabic الامل al amal

Spanish= Esperanza esperanzah

french = Espe'rer sperance'

Answer 6

Scottish Gaelic.
Hope = Dochas.(DohCHus) The'D' is pronounced like 'Th' in 'That',only with less emphasis, The 'O' is like the 'O' in 'Dog' only with a lot more emphasis, The 'CH' is like the 'CH' in 'Loch' which is a bit more difficult to describe as the sound doesn't exist in English,but if you say a hard 'C' sound whilst lightly clearing your throat you'll get a close approximation of the sound.

Answer 7

In Finnish: toivoa
In French: espérance
In Indonesian: harap
In Italian: speranza
In Japanese: mikomi
In Norwegian: håpe
In Portugese: esperança
In Russian: надежда
in Spanish: esperanza
in Sweedish: hoppas

edit: technically, all of the way people said hope in Japanese is correct. there are many different ways to say hope.

Answer 8

Arabic= أمل /Ahmahl/
Japanese=Kiboo, nozomi
German= Hoffnung /hohfnung/
Spanish= Esperanza /ehspehraanzah/
Catalan= Esperança /ahspahraansah/
Italian= Speranza /ehspehraantsa/
Swedish=Hopp /hohp/
French= Espoir/ehspwag/

Answer 9

Hope in Welsh is Gobaith pronouced go biyth

Answer 10

Hungarian = remény