I am compiling a list of sentences in any language I can find. Translations in any language you speak with mental fluency ideal. And help would be greatly appreciated. And Google Translate is a puck*
I am going to show you a good manoeuvre in chess.
Jazz is music.
Death is tragic.
The machine is broken.
*[(ME. devil.)]
Hi Johnny,
German:
Ich werde dir einen guten Schachzug zeigen.
Jazz ist Musik.
Der Tod ist tragisch.
Die Maschine ist kaputt.
Regards from Germany,
Kathi
Portuguese:
Vou-te mostrar um bom lance de xadrez.
Jazz é música.
A morte é trágica.
A máquina está avariada.
Fernanda in Portugal
Russian:
Я покажу вам хороший манёвр в шахматах
Джаз — это музыка
Смерть — это трагедия
Машина сломана
French :
Je vais vous montrer une bonne manoeuvre aux échecs.
Le jazz est une musique.
La mort est tragique.
La machine est cassée.
Danke, Obrigado, Спасибо, Merci, respectively.
My thought is, if you can learn these phrases in every language in the world, you could communicate at least one or two universal truths with anyone anywhere. And mildly gloat in chess.
Keep them coming. I will do Korean soon.
Cheers.
Mandarin Chinese:
我给你演示一招好棋。
Wǒ gěi nǐ yǎnshì yīzhāo hǎo qí .
爵士是音乐。
Juéshì shì yīnyuè.
死亡是悲惨的。
Sǐwáng shì bēicǎn de.
机器坏了。
Jīqì huài le.
Jazz is the music
Portuguese:
ou
A machina e variado.
Hi again,
I’m a beginner of Portuguese, but shouldn’t it be “não” instead of “nao” and “é” instead of “e” ? And “estar” (está) instead of “ser” (é)?
@synthpaintann and @Kathi_W
sim, deverá ser:
Esta máquina não está a funcionar/ a máquina está avariada.
Fernanda
English, Dutch, Icelandic, Afrikaan: manoeuvre, (a variety of spellings)
French: manœuvre
Spanish: maniobra [(hand, work)]
Portugese, Galician: manobra
German, Swedish: Manöver
Italian: manovra
Hungarian: manőver
Romanian: manevră
Maltese: manuvra
Indonesian, Malay: manuver
Latvian: manevrs
Russian: манёвр
Turkish: manevra
Lithuanian: manevras
Estonian: manööver
Haitian Creole: mannèv
Filipino: magpakana (?)
Azerbaijani: manevr
Esperanto: manovro
Belarusian: манеўр
Albanian: manovrim, manovër
Bulgarian: маневра
Macedonian, Serbian: маневар
Croatian: manevar
Slovak: manéver
Czech: manévr
Danish, Norwegian: manøvre
Polish: manewr
Welsh: symud
Just saying. Any corrections welcome.