How do you say that in...?

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How do you say that in...?

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I'm sure this must have been done already, but a stroll through the depths of the forum turned up nothing and the forum search function rejected every word of "how do you say that in", so.

:eng: How do you say that in English?

:deu: Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch?
:fra: Comment dites-vous ça en francais?
:ell: Πώς λέγεις αυτό στην Ελληνικά;
:nor: Hvordan sier man det på norsk?

:con: Vorynthel:

Alläs enwn svae Vorynthel?
[ˈɑlːæs ˈenʊn ˈsʋ̥ɑːe ˈʋoɾʉnˌθel]
DEM.ACC name-3.NPST Q.INS Vorynthel
How do you say that in Vorynthel? lit. "with what does Vorynthel name that?"

This would be used if you were pointing at some object and asking for the Vorynthel word for it. If someone said some word or phrase you didn't understand and you were asking for a translation, you'd ask them:

Alläs tewan Vorynthelave svae (hen)?
[ˈɑlːæs ˈtewɑn ˈʋorʉnˌθelɑʋe ˈsʋ̥ɑːe (hen)]
DEM.ACC say-3.NPST Vorynthel-INS Q.INS (one)
How is that said in Vorynthel? or How does one say that in Vorynthel? lit. "with what is that said with Vorynthel?" or "with what does one say that with Vorynthel?"
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Re: How do you say that in...?

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:con: Obulamga
Lamnoabon obulamgamorthim.
[ˈlamnɔˌabɔn ˈɔbulamgaˌmɔrðim]
lam-no-abon obulamga-mor-thim
say-PREC.POL-that.ACC obulamga-NEUT-by_using
Say(request)-that by-using-Godspeech.
(Please) say that in Godspeech.
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Toi hua pójot Valitaʃoj ɠwa?
that how say-1SG valitasoy SEMB
:nld: :eng: :hun: :fra: :deu:
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:con: Rireinutire

sakimu rireinutirepa yote sunokayo:
saki-mu rireinu-tire-pa yote suno-ka-yo
that-ACC Rireinu-language-ESS how.Q say-PRS-Q

How do you say that in Rireinutire?
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:con: Lonmai Luna/Liunan:
mak imon alen Lonmai Luna lekayot alor?
what of.INALIENABLE PND Lonmai Luna be.word that.NEUT.PRON?
how do you say that in Lonmai Luna(lit which of the words in Lonmai luna is the word for that?)

kat gailadekayot alor mak ik alen Lonmai Luna?
2.Sg call that.NEUT.PRON what using PND Lonmai Luna
how do you say that in Lonmai Luna

:con: Nevotak:
wa nuz hat taiz tar/enri Nefotak?
2.PRON say this/that what go.through/be.inside Nevotak?
how do you say that in Nevotak
I prefer to not be referred to with masculine pronouns and nouns such as “he/him/his”.
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Sangfroidish wrote: :fra: Comment dites-vous ça en francais?
Too direct a translation. If you're asking a specific person or people how they specifically say something, then it works, but this is more common:

Comment dit-on cela en français ?
/kɔmɑ̃ di‿tɔ̃ sla ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ/
How say.3SG-3SG that in French

How does one say that in French? / How is that said in French?

Selvesc goes with a plural verb because it has repurposed "hi end ha qui …" (there are those who …), which takes a third person plural conjugation, as its impersonal pronoun.

:con: Selvesc
Com dïon cuest en selvesc?
[ˈkɔm ˈdeɪ̯ɔn ˈkʊ̯ɛst ɛn ʃɛlˈvɛsk]
How say.3PL that in Selvesc

How do they say that in Selvesc.
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Seth lav che helkethset cha géarthnunsan cheveçö höngamath?
[sɛθ lav tʃɛ hɛlˈkɛθsɛt tʃa ˌge.aɾθˈnũsan ˌtʃɛvɛˈçø høˈŋamaθ]
3SG-NOM AUX.PRES.IMPERS DEF that-ACC DEF Géarthnuns-INSTR how say-INTERR
How do you say that in Géarthnuns?
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:lat: Latin

Quomodo hoc latine dicas?
what.ABL-way.ABL this.ACC Latin.ADV say.SBJV.PRS.2SG
How do you say that in Latin?


:con: Atlántiqa

¿Fas tus atlantiqaja fraste?
how it.NOM Atlántiqa.INSTR say.MEDIOPASS.PRS.3SG
How do you say that in Atlantean?
Երկնէր երկին, երկնէր երկիր, երկնէր և ծովն ծիրանի.
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Re: How do you say that in...?

Post by Sangfroidish »

Dormouse559 wrote:
Sangfroidish wrote: :fra: Comment dites-vous ça en francais?
Too direct a translation. If you're asking a specific person or people how they specifically say something, then it works, but this is more common:

Comment dit-on cela en français ?
/kɔmɑ̃ di‿tɔ̃ sla ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ/
How say.3SG-3SG that in French

How does one say that in French? / How is that said in French?
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:con: Nınuıntı

Rucaıanut utu muut guu Nınuıntı?
[ɾʊgɐjɐnʊt̚ ʊdʊ muːt̚ ŋuː nɪnwend͡zɪ]
ruca-ıan-ut utu muut guu Nınuıntı
speak-3pm=3sn become.PTCP what using Nınuıntı

How do you say that in Nınuıntı?

The 3rd person masculine plural is used for generic "you" in Nınuıntı.
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:con: Niijerj
Quo Õn dì co lo i Niijerj?
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nin fia jiutaralgä läino?
[how that zutan.INSTRUMENTAL say.3SG.PASS?]
[nin fja 'çjutɑrɑlga: 'lajno:]

how that in Zutan is said?
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:con: Miwonša

Cam salisjan sjai skažiwa Miwonšul?!
"how one-can this say in-Miwonša?"
how can-IMPERS-IPFV DET.ACC say-INF Miwonša-ADV
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:con: Sunbyaku:

iwa ne ha ma Sunbyaku deyo byata?
how TOP DEM PAT sunbyaku=INSTR say-2S Q
(Lit. "How does one say that with Sunbyaku?")
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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This is what I learned, but I could be wrong.
:esp:
¿Cómo se dice (word you want translated) en español?

I don't know how to gloss it...

This, however, is correct (hopefully). [:S]
:con:
Evol yte jas ljunts ar thu kjas?
[e.vo.ˈlɨ.te jas ʎət.ˈsaɹ tʰə ças]
One uses what word to say that?
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Post by Pirka »

:rus:
There are two common Russian variants to this phrase:

Как будет это по-русски?
how will-be that.NOM in-Russian

Как это сказать по-русски?
how that.ACC speak.INF in-Russian
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:got: Gothic

Ƕe qiþan þata Gutiskai?
[ʍe: ˈkʷiθɑn ˈθɑtɑ ˈgutiskɛ:]
how say.INF that.ACC-NEU gothic.DAT
How do you say that in Gothic?
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:con: Ular

字那得语咱对说怎?
Mô nà tā jōlár thŏ wŏ mán?

[mɔ̌̄ næ̀ tǣ jɔ̄ˈlǽɹ tʰɛ̂́ wɔ̂̄ mɑ́n]
word DEM.PROX PART Ular for say how
How do you say that in Ular?
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Re: How do you say that in...?

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Vålakil, Uralic conlang.

Kuhn våhlkkat Vålkakilak.
[ku:n vœ̈.l:k.kät vœ̈lkakilik]
kuhn våhl-k-ka-t Vålkakil-ak
how say-DEF.OBJ-FUT-SG2 V-TERM
'How do you say it in Vålkakil.'

-n is an old Genitive-Instrumental suffix. Kuhn is grammaticalized as 'how'.
'In a language' takes the terminative is Vålkakil.
I've to think about which TAM is used in such a generic meaning. Future is maybe not the choise.
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:jpn: Japanese

Formal:

それは日本語で何と言いますか。
Sore wa nihongo de nan to iimasu ka?
[soɾe ɰᵝa nihongo de nán to iːmasɯ̥ᵝ ka]
sore wa nihongo de nan to i-imasu ka
that TOP Japanese INSTR what with say-NPST.AFF.FORM Q

How do you say that in Japanese?

Informal:

それは日本語で何と言う(か)?
Sore wa nihongo de nan to iu (ka)?
[soɾe ɰᵝa nihongo de nán to iɯᵝ (ka)]
sore wa nihongo de nan to i-u (ka)
that TOP Japanese INSTR what with say-NPST.AFF (Q)

How do you say that in Japanese?
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