How to say “therefore” in 44 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 Chinese, where 所以 is the 15th most used word.
- Albanian ende still, yet, therefore #192
- Arabic إذن then, therefore #108
- Armenian ուրեմն consequently, then, therefore #49
- Basque beraz #82
- Bengali তাই #46
- Bosnian zato so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo #111
- Bulgarian затова #179
- Chinese 所以 therefore; so; consequently #15
- Croatian zato so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo #119
- Czech takže therefore, so #59
- Danish derfor #266
- Dutch dus so, therefore, thus, ergo #86
- English so As a result; for that reason; therefore;… #38
- Esperanto do therefore, then, so, indeed, however #42
- Estonian seetõttu because of that, for that reason, therefore #1,088
- Finnish joten so, therefore, hence, whereupon, thus #125
- French donc therefore, consequently; thus #133
- Georgian იმიტომ therefore, because of that #121
- German also so, therefore #87
- Greek λοιπόν so, therefore, right, well, then #87
- Hebrew אז So, therefore, then, thus #26
- Hindi इसलिए therefore, hence #289
- Hungarian ezért #120
- Italian quindi therefore, hence, thus #113
- Korean 그래서 therefore, accordingly, because of that,… #52
- Lithuanian todėl therefore; so; that's why #131
- Macedonian затоа #100
- Malay jadi so; therefore; thus; consequently #37
- Malayalam അതുകൊണ്ട് therefore; consequently #80
- Norwegian derfor #290
- Persian پس then; so; therefore #33
- Polish więc so, therefore, ergo #42
- Portuguese portanto hence; therefore #615
- Romanian deci so, therefore #107
- Russian потому therefore, because of that, consequently #84
- Serbian zato so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo #107
- Slovak takže therefore, so #45
- Swedish därför #272
- Tagalog so so; therefore; hence #325
- Tamil எனவே therefore, as a result, that's why, hence #59
- Telugu కాబట్టి therefore, for that reason, consequently #75
- Ukrainian ну so, therefore #33
- Urdu لہذا therefore, thus, hence #305
- Vietnamese nên therefore; so #96
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.