How to say “first-person” 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 Urdu, where میں is the 2nd most used word.
- Afrikaans onse alternative form of ons: first-person plural… #1,628
- Albanian ramë first-person plural simple perfect indicative… #2,290
- Arabic عليك first-person singular masculine of عَلَى #63
- Armenian լինեի first-person singular future perfect… #462
- Basque nire First-person singular personal pronoun; I #11
- Bosnian znam first-person singular present of znȁti #39
- Bulgarian ми Short form of the first-person singular… #16
- Catalan vam first-person plural present indicative of… #236
- Croatian ću first-person singular present of htȅti/htjȅti #38
- Czech já first-person pronoun; I #16
- Dutch we we; first-person plural subjective personal… #12
- Finnish mietin first-person singular present/past indicative… #909
- Galician meu First-person singular possessive determiner #35
- Georgian ვიცი first-person singular present simple of იცის:… #34
- Hebrew שלי Form of שֶׁל including first-person singular… #15
- Hindi हम we: first-person plural personal pronoun,… #21
- Hungarian kérlek first-person singular indicative present… #146
- Indonesian gua First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my #1,767
- Italian ho first-person singular present indicative of… #15
- Korean 나 I, me; the first-person singular plain pronoun #49
- Latvian esmu am; first-person singular present indicative… #33
- Lithuanian esu first-person singular present of bū́ti #111
- Macedonian прашав first-person singular imperfect/aorist of… #978
- Persian ما we, us; the first-person plural pronoun #12
- Polish mnie first-person pronoun; I #17
- Portuguese me first-person singular objective direct… #32
- Romanian primii first-person singular simple perfect… #1,907
- Russian хочу first-person singular present indicative… #73
- Serbian znam first-person singular present of znȁti #39
- Slovenian bom first-person singular future of bíti #22
- Spanish yo first-person singular pronoun in the… #30
- Telugu మేము first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we #6
- Turkish miyim first-person singular simple of mi #196
- Ukrainian знаю first-person singular present indicative of… #34
- Urdu میں first-person singular subjective personal… #2
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.