How to say “last” in 49 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 Korean, where 거야 is the 9th most used word.
- Afrikaans laaste #216
- Albanian vjet last year #238
- Arabic آخر last, ultimate, utmost, extreme #79
- Armenian անցյալ past, last #618
- Basque azken #136
- Bosnian sinoć last night, yesterday night; yesterday evening #560
- Bulgarian снощи last night #482
- Catalan última final, last #526
- Chinese 昨晚 last night #195
- Croatian sinoć last night, yesterday night; yesterday evening #516
- Czech poslední #278
- Danish sidste #187
- Dutch eindelijk at last, finally #640
- Esperanto finfine at last, finally #333
- Estonian viimane last, final #411
- Finnish viime last, past #339
- French dernière #313
- Galician última last; final; latest #503
- Georgian ბოლო #151
- German letzte the last one #377
- Greek τελικά finally, at last, after all, all things… #549
- Hebrew שעבר last, past, latest: the most recent #720
- Hindi पिछले previous, last #355
- Hungarian utolsó #300
- Icelandic síðast #1,787
- Indonesian terakhir Final; latest, last, ultimate #241
- Italian ultima #423
- Korean 거야 last night, yesterday evening #9
- Lithuanian pagaliau finally; at last #334
- Macedonian последен last, ultimate #472
- Malayalam അവസാന #220
- Norwegian jo yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's… #102
- Persian گذشته past, last #289
- Polish ostatni last, final, ultimate #617
- Portuguese última final; last #369
- Romanian ultima ultimate, final, last #336
- Russian последний last, latest, recent #460
- Serbian sinoć last night, yesterday night; yesterday evening #529
- Slovak posledný #469
- Slovenian končno at last #264
- Spanish última final; last #418
- Swedish sista #297
- Tagalog huli last; previously #241
- Tamil கடந்த past, last; preceding, previous #178
- Telugu చివరి last, final, ultimate #184
- Turkish son last, final #106
- Ukrainian останній last, final #693
- Urdu آخری final, last #221
- Vietnamese rốt #1,649
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.