How to say “already” in 42 different 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.
- уже[ʊˈʐɛ] Russian
- 已經/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 이미[ˈi(ː)mi] Korean
- ήδη/ˈi.ði/ Greek
- უკვე[ukʼʷe̞] Georgian
- արդեն/ɑɾˈtʰen/ Armenian
“already” in French: déjà · German: schon · Italian: già · Portuguese: já · Chinese: 已經 · Korean: 이미 · Russian: уже · Turkish: zaten
It is commonest in Tagalog, where na is the 3rd most used word.
Already in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans al/al/ #59
- Albanian tashmë/taʃmə/ #395
- Armenian արդեն/ɑɾˈtʰen/ #57
- Basque jadanik/ɟadanik/ #453
- Bosnian već/ʋêt͡ɕ/ #127
- Bulgarian вече[ˈvɛt͡ʃɛ] #88
- Catalan ja[ʒa] already, any more #45
- Chinese 已經/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ already; anymore #240
- Croatian već/ʋêt͡ɕ/ #116
- Czech už[ˈuʃ] again, already #26
- Danish allerede/ˈaləˌʁeːðə/ #291
- English the/ði/ because it has already been mentioned, is to… #3
- Esperanto jam/jam/ already, prior to some time #56
- Finnish jo/ˈjo/ #76
- French déjà/de.ʒa/ already, before #165
- Galician xa/ˈʃa/ #36
- Georgian უკვე[ukʼʷe̞] #54
- German schon/ʃoːn/ #54
- Greek ήδη/ˈi.ði/ #251
- Hebrew כבר/kvaʁ/ Already: before now, or before then #74
- Hungarian már[ˈmaːr] already, yet #23
- Icelandic þegar[ˈθɛːɣar] already, at once #234
- Indonesian telah/təˈlah/ #62
- Italian già/ˈd͡ʒa/ already, yet #189
- Korean 이미[ˈi(ː)mi] #134
- Lithuanian jau/jɛʊ̯/ #43
- Macedonian веќе[ˈvɛcɛ] #106
- Malay telah/tə.lah/ already, has, have #52
- Norwegian allerede/ɑləˈreːdɛ/ #378
- Polish już/ˈjuʂ/ already; almost #36
- Portuguese já/ˈʒa/ #40
- Romanian deja[deˈʒa] already, yet #216
- Russian уже[ʊˈʐɛ] already; carries the sense of the perfect… #63
- Serbian već/ʋêt͡ɕ/ #114
- Slovenian že/ʒéː/ #36
- Spanish comida/koˈmida/ having had lunch; having already eaten #481
- Swedish redan/ˈreːdan/ #236
- Tagalog na/na/ already; now; anymore #3
- Tamil ஏற்கனவே/eːrkɐnɐʋeː/ already, before #183
- Turkish zaten/ˈzaː.ten/ #176
- Ukrainian вже[wʒɛ] alternative form of уже́: already #56
- Vietnamese rồi[zoj˨˩] #20
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.