How to say “still” in 46 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 Turkish, where daha is the 19th most used word.
- Afrikaans nog #48
- Albanian akoma #149
- Armenian դեռ still, yet #35
- Bengali এখনও #229
- Bosnian ipak still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #389
- Bulgarian стоя to stand still, to stay #1,133
- Chinese 仍然 still; yet; as before #255
- Croatian ipak still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #391
- Czech ještě #71
- Danish stille still, quietly, silently #295
- Dutch nog still, as before #43
- English camera A device for taking still or moving pictures… #947
- Esperanto ankoraŭ #84
- Estonian veel yet, still #51
- Finnish yhä #246
- French encore #120
- Galician aínda still, yet #88
- Georgian მაინც still, anyway #98
- German noch still, yet #42
- Greek ακόμα yet, still #90
- Hebrew עוד still, longer, more; no longer, no more, any… #73
- Hungarian még still, yet #24
- Icelandic enn #97
- Indonesian masih #88
- Italian ancora #99
- Korean 아직 #77
- Latvian joprojām still, on, forth #233
- Lithuanian dar yet; still #34
- Macedonian уште still, yet #67
- Malay masih #82
- Norwegian fortsatt #277
- Persian هنوز still, yet #74
- Polish nadal #262
- Portuguese ainda still, yet #101
- Romanian tot #71
- Russian однако however, yet, still #1,232
- Serbian ipak still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #370
- Slovak naďalej #979
- Slovenian še #24
- Spanish aún still, yet #222
- Swedish än still, yet #94
- Tagalog palang just yet; only; still; only still #938
- Tamil இன்னும் still, yet #47
- Turkish daha more, still, yet, in addition #19
- Ukrainian все-таки still, all the same, nevertheless, for all… #1,782
- Vietnamese còn yet; still #62
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.