How to say “already” in 42 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 English, where the is the 3rd most used word.
- Afrikaans al #59
- Albanian tashmë #395
- Armenian արդեն #57
- Basque jadanik #453
- Bosnian već #127
- Bulgarian вече #88
- Catalan ja already, any more #45
- Chinese 已經 already; anymore #240
- Croatian već #116
- Czech už again, already #26
- Danish allerede #291
- English the because it has already been mentioned, is to… #3
- Esperanto jam already, prior to some time #56
- Finnish jo #76
- French déjà already, before #165
- Galician xa #36
- Georgian უკვე #54
- German schon #54
- Greek ήδη #251
- Hebrew כבר Already: before now, or before then #74
- Hungarian már already, yet #23
- Icelandic þegar already, at once #234
- Indonesian telah #62
- Italian già already, yet #189
- Korean 이미 #134
- Lithuanian jau #43
- Macedonian веќе #106
- Malay telah already, has, have #52
- Norwegian allerede #378
- Polish już already; almost #36
- Portuguese já #40
- Romanian deja already, yet #216
- Russian уже already; carries the sense of the perfect… #63
- Serbian već #114
- Slovenian že #36
- Spanish comida having had lunch; having already eaten #481
- Swedish redan #236
- Tagalog na already; now; anymore #3
- Tamil ஏற்கனவே already, before #183
- Turkish zaten #176
- Ukrainian вже alternative form of уже́: already #56
- Vietnamese rồi #20
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.