How to say “since” in 43 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 of is the 11th most used word.
- Afrikaans sedert #443
- Albanian meqë #633
- Armenian որովհետև because, since #792
- Basque zeren since, because #311
- Bengali যেহেতু because, since, as #531
- Bosnian od from, since #26
- Bulgarian защото because, for, since #76
- Chinese 因為 because; since; as #145
- Croatian od from, since #24
- Czech jelikož as, since, because #2,039
- Danish siden since, later, afterwards, in the time since… #152
- Dutch sinds #433
- English of Since, from #11
- Esperanto ekde #239
- Estonian alates since, from #751
- Finnish koska because, since #77
- French depuis #166
- Galician desde #255
- German denn for; because; since #101
- Hebrew כי because, for, since #65
- Hungarian óta #380
- Icelandic því because, for, since #145
- Indonesian sejak #310
- Korean 그동안 since our last meeting or conversation #510
- Latvian kopš #348
- Lithuanian nes because, since #74
- Macedonian бидејќи because, since #124
- Malay sejak #329
- Malayalam മുതൽ from; since; starting from #277
- Norwegian siden #133
- Persian چون because, since #63
- Polish skoro #406
- Portuguese desde #274
- Romanian deoarece since, because #724
- Serbian od from, since #26
- Slovak lebo as, since, because #148
- Spanish desde #162
- Swedish eftersom because, since, as #452
- Tagalog dahil because; since; for the reason that #60
- Telugu ఇటీవల since that time, lately, recently #681
- Turkish beri #276
- Ukrainian бо because, for, since, as #97
- Vietnamese từ from, since #89
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.