How to say “always” in 53 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 Telugu, where ఎప్పుడూ is the 59th most used word.
- Afrikaans altyd #104
- Albanian gjithmonë always, all the time #169
- Arabic دائما #187
- Armenian միշտ #256
- Basque beti #72
- Bengali সবসময় all the time, always #757
- Bosnian uvijek #162
- Bulgarian винаги #143
- Catalan sempre #125
- Chinese 一向 always; consistently; all along #1,093
- Croatian uvijek #109
- Czech pořád always, constantly #133
- Danish altid #154
- Dutch altijd #140
- English usually Most of the time; less than always, but more… #1,097
- Esperanto ĉiam at all times, always #99
- Estonian ikka #152
- Finnish aina #96
- French toujours #119
- Galician sempre #110
- Georgian ყოველთვის #113
- German heim home, to the house; always as a direction,… #1,226
- Greek πάντα #109
- Hebrew תמיד Always, regularly #131
- Hindi हमेशा #173
- Hungarian mindig #61
- Icelandic alltaf #98
- Indonesian selalu always; forever; evermore #145
- Italian sempre #118
- Korean 항상 #118
- Latvian vienmēr always; permanently; constantly; at any time #135
- Lithuanian visada always, constantly #147
- Macedonian секогаш #133
- Malay selalu always; forever; evermore #222
- Malayalam എപ്പോഴും always; invariably, uniformly #99
- Norwegian alltid #152
- Persian هی repeatedly, continuously, always; keep #181
- Polish zawsze #105
- Portuguese sempre #122
- Romanian mereu always, ever, continuously, constantly #274
- Russian всегда #130
- Serbian uvek #123
- Slovak stále always, all the time #80
- Slovenian vedno #60
- Spanish siempre #125
- Swedish alltid #148
- Tagalog parati #226
- Tamil நின்று always, permanently #593
- Telugu ఎప్పుడూ #59
- Turkish daima #1,007
- Ukrainian завжди #143
- Urdu ہمیشہ #122
- Vietnamese luôn #191
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.