How to say “ago” in 35 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Catalan, where fa is the 81st most used word.
- Armenian վաղուց a long time ago, long ago #976
- Basque duela #95
- Bosnian davno long ago #1,087
- Bulgarian някога once, some time ago #383
- Catalan fa #81
- Chinese 早就 long since; long ago; already at an earlier… #283
- Croatian davno long ago #1,025
- Czech dávno long ago #919
- Dutch geleden #277
- English lately Recently; not long ago; of late; not long… #1,662
- Estonian ammu long ago #663
- French voilà it has been, ago #183
- Georgian წინათ #1,108
- German längst long ago, long #1,734
- Greek πριν #108
- Hebrew מזמן Long ago, a long time ago #951
- Hungarian valaha once, formerly, long ago, a long time ago,… #404
- Italian fa #102
- Korean 방금 just a moment ago; just now #167
- Latvian sen long ago, for a long time; adverbial form of… #480
- Lithuanian seniai long ago #331
- Macedonian одамна long ago #653
- Malay lepas after, past, ago #347
- Malayalam പണ്ട് #438
- Norwegian nettopp just; moments ago, recently #339
- Polish temu #165
- Romanian demult long time ago #1,994
- Russian давно long ago #459
- Serbian davno long ago #1,069
- Slovenian pravkar just, moments ago #204
- Spanish hace #109
- Tagalog kamakailan some days ago #1,934
- Turkish çoktan a long time ago #677
- Ukrainian давно long ago, a long time ago, long since #299
- Urdu قبل previous, before, ago #665
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.