How to Say Sayings in Other Languages

Afrikaans: Spreuke (sprey-uh-kuh)

Albanian: Thënie (thuh-nee-uh)

Amharic: ንግግሮች (nig-gee-roch)

Arabic: أقوال (a-quawl)

Armenian: Ասույթներ (ah-sooyt-nair)

Azerbaijani: Məsəllər (meh-sel-lar)

Basque: Esamoldeak (eh-sa-mol-de-ak)

Belarusian: Прымаўкі (pree-mav-kee)

Bengali: বচনগুলি (bo-chon-gu-lee)

Bosnian: Izreke (eez-reh-kay)

Bulgarian: Пословици (pos-lo-vi-tsee)

Burmese: ဆိုရိုးစကားများ (so-yoe-za-gah-myar)

Catalan: Dites (dee-tehs)

Cebuano: Mga sulti (muh-ngah sool-tee)

Chinese (Mandarin): 谚语 (yàn-yǔ)

Croatian: Izreke (eez-reh-keh)

Czech: Rčení (r-cheh-nyee)

Danish: Ordsprog (ohrds-proh)

Dutch: Spreekwoorden (sprayk-woor-den)

English: Sayings (say-ingz)

Esperanto: Aforismoj (ah-fo-rees-moy)

Estonian: Ütlused (üt-loo-sed)

Finnish: Sananlaskut (sah-nahn-lah-skoot)

French: Proverbes (pro-vairb)

Galician: Refráns (reh-fransh)

Georgian: ანდაზები (an-da-ze-bi)

German: Sprichwörter (shprikh-vur-tur)

Greek: Παροιμίες (pah-ree-mee-yes)

Gujarati: કહેવતો (keh-vuh-toh)

Haitian Creole: Proverb (pro-verb)

Hausa: Karin magana (ka-reen ma-ga-na)

Hebrew: פתגמים (peet-ga-meem)

Hindi: कहावतें (keh-ha-va-tein)

Hmong: Lus Paj Ntaub (loo pah-n-dou)

Hungarian: Közmondások (kuz-mon-dah-shok)

Icelandic: Orðatiltæki (or-tha-til-taek-i)

Igbo: Ilu (ee-loo)

Indonesian: Peribahasa (puh-ree-bah-sah)

Irish: Seanfhocail (shan-oh-kil)

Italian: Detti (det-tee)

Japanese: ことわざ (ko-to-wa-za)

Javanese: Wangsalan (wahng-sah-lahn)

Kannada: ಗಾದೆಗಳು (gaa-de-ga-lu)

Kazakh: Мақал-мәтелдер (ma-kal-mah-tel-der)

Khmer: ស្លោក (sloh-ohk)

Korean: 속담 (sok-dam)

Kurdish: Gotinên Pêşiyan (go-teen-en pay-shee-yan)

Kyrgyz: Макал-лакаптар (ma-kal-la-kap-tar)

Lao: ຄຳພັດພົວເປັນສົມພັດ (kam-phat-phoua-pen-som-phat)

Latvian: Sakāmvārdi (sah-kam-var-di)

Lithuanian: Pasauliniai Posakiai (pa-sow-li-nay poh-sa-kee-ay)

Luxembourgish: Spréchwieder (shprekh-vee-der)

Macedonian: Изреки (iz-re-ki)

Malagasy: Ohabolana (o-hah-bo-lah-nah)

Malay: Peribahasa (pe-ree-ba-ha-sa)

Malayalam: പറിച്ചൊല്ലുകൾ (pa-ri-chol-lu-kal)

Maltese: Qwiel (kwee-l)

Maori: Whakatauākī (fa-ka-tau-a-kee)

Marathi: म्हणी (mhay-nee)

Mongolian: Зүйр үг (zoo-ir ooh)

Nepali: भनाइहरू (bhuh-nai-haru)

Norwegian: Ordspråk (ohrd-sprohk)

Odia: କହାଣି (ka-hani)

Pashto: متلونه (ma-tal-o-na)

Persian: امثال (am-thal)

Polish: Przysłowia (pshih-swoh-vyah)

Portuguese: Provérbios (pro-vair-bios)

Punjabi: ਕਹਾਵਤਾਂ (ka-ha-va-taa)

Romanian: Zicători (zee-ka-to-ree)

Russian: Поговорки (po-go-vor-kee)

Samoan: Faʻataoto (fa-ah-ta-oh-to)

Serbian: Пословице (pos-lo-vee-tseh)

Sinhala: ප්‍රසාද (pra-sa-da)

Slovak: Príslovia (pree-slo-vee-ah)

Slovenian: Pregovori (pre-goh-vo-ree)

Somali: Maahmaahyo (mah-mah-hoh)

Spanish: Dichos (dee-chohs)

Sundanese: Babasan (bah-bah-san)

Swahili: Methali (meh-tha-lee)

Swedish: Ordspråk (oh-rds-prawk)

Tagalog: Kasabihan (kah-sah-bee-han)

Tajik: Мақолҳо (ma-kol-ho)

Tamil: பழமொழிகள் (pazha-moli-gal)

Telugu: సామెతలు (saam-e-tha-lu)

Thai: สุภาษิต (soo-pah-sit)

Tigrinya: ኣርታዊታት (ar-ta-wee-tat)

Turkish: Atasözleri (ah-ta-sohz-leh-ree)

Ukrainian: Приказки (pree-kaz-kee)

Urdu: کہاوتیں (ka-ha-wa-ten)

Uyghur: ھېكمەتلەر (hik-met-ler)

Uzbek: Maqollar (ma-kol-lar)

Vietnamese: Tục ngữ (took-nguh)

Welsh: Dihareb (dee-har-eb)

Xhosa: Izaci (ee-za-kee)

Yiddish: שפּריכװערטער (shprikh-verter)

Yoruba: Òwe (oh-weh)

Zulu: Izisho (ee-zee-sho)

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