I speak five different languages, so I get a choice; if I'm speaking in French, I say "Ferme la bouche!" When I speak in Spanish, I say "Cierra la boca!" In Latin, the Mother tongue, I say "Tace!", and in German, I say "Haut's Maul!" Of course, I'd be careful to speak any of these phrases to a native speaker, as it's considered extremely bad manners to say "Shut up" to even a child. Funny, it's not as bad in America ... that is, you can safely say it in English, without fear of being given the Death Stare. In fact, I routinely tell my sister to "Shut up"!
2007-07-16 22:57:58
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answered by Jewels 7
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Ferme la bouche- French
Cierre la boca- Spanish
Chiuda la bocca- Italian
2007-07-18 18:34:11
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answered by Anonymous
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éå´ï¼bi zui in Chinese.
A fun (but not well received) way in Chinese to tell people to shut up when they are carrying on is to say;
裹èå¸ãguo jiao bu
Which means, cloth used for wrapping bound feet.
This refers to something that is long and smelly, inferring their speech is the long stinky cloth used for bound feet.
2007-07-17 06:49:20
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answered by China Guru 4
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I have 2 languages in my country so I say in:
Swedish = håll käften
Finnish = pidä suusi kiinni
2007-07-20 17:36:41
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answered by Anonymous
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" Rakwa oari." That's in the language of Aroma (central) in Papua New Guinea.
2007-07-17 08:20:35
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answered by Irene 1
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In Icelandic:
Ãegiðu
Haltu kjafti
2007-07-17 06:28:27
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answered by undir 7
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Stai or Sta Zitto(Italian)
halt die Schnauze-German (hult dee shnow-zuh)
2007-07-17 13:08:23
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answered by Blackfire 6
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Nooru moosko
(Telugu)
2007-07-17 05:58:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Hou jou mond!
2007-07-17 08:31:03
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answered by cgroenewald_2000 4
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In Danish it's: Hold kæft!
2007-07-17 06:12:23
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answered by Joan79 3
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