How to say “therefore” in 44 different 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.
- потому[pətɐˈmu] Russian
- 所以/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 그래서[kɯɾɛsʰʌ̹] Korean
- इसलिए/ɪs.lɪ.eː/ Hindi
- იმიტომ[imitʼo̞m] Georgian
- তাই/t̪ai̯/ Bengali
“therefore” in French: donc · Italian: quindi · Chinese: 所以 · Korean: 그래서 · Russian: потому · Hindi: इसलिए
It is commonest in Chinese, where 所以 is the 15th most used word.
Therefore in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian ende/ɛndɛ/ still, yet, therefore #192
- Arabic إذن/ʔiðn/ then, therefore #108
- Armenian ուրեմն/uˈɾemən/ consequently, then, therefore #49
- Basque beraz/beɾas̻/ #82
- Bengali তাই/t̪ai̯/ #46
- Bosnian zato/zǎtoː/ so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo #111
- Bulgarian затова[zɐtoˈva] #179
- Chinese 所以/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ therefore; so; consequently #15
- Croatian zato/zǎtoː/ so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo #119
- Czech takže[ˈtaɡʒɛ] therefore, so #59
- Danish derfor/ˈd̥eːɐ̯.foɐ̯/ #266
- Dutch dus/dʏs/ so, therefore, thus, ergo #86
- English so/soʊ/ As a result; for that reason; therefore;… #38
- Esperanto do/do/ therefore, then, so, indeed, however #42
- Estonian seetõttu/ˈseːtɤtːu/ because of that, for that reason, therefore #1,088
- Finnish joten/ˈjoten/ so, therefore, hence, whereupon, thus #125
- French donc/dɔ̃k/ therefore, consequently; thus #133
- Georgian იმიტომ[imitʼo̞m] therefore, because of that #121
- German also/ˈʔalzoː/ so, therefore #87
- Greek λοιπόν/liˈpon/ so, therefore, right, well, then #87
- Hebrew אז/ˈʔaz/ So, therefore, then, thus #26
- Hindi इसलिए/ɪs.lɪ.eː/ therefore, hence #289
- Hungarian ezért[ˈɛzeːrt] #120
- Italian quindi/ˈkwin.di/ therefore, hence, thus #113
- Korean 그래서[kɯɾɛsʰʌ̹] therefore, accordingly, because of that,… #52
- Lithuanian todėl[toː²ˈdʲeːl] therefore; so; that's why #131
- Macedonian затоа[ˈzatɔa] #100
- Malay jadi/ˈd͡ʒadi/ so; therefore; thus; consequently #37
- Malayalam അതുകൊണ്ട്/ɐd̪uɡoɳɖɨ/ therefore; consequently #80
- Norwegian derfor/ˈdærfɔr/ #290
- Persian پس[pʰæs] then; so; therefore #33
- Polish więc/ˈvjɛnt͡s/ so, therefore, ergo #42
- Portuguese portanto/poʁˈtɐ̃.tu/ hence; therefore #615
- Romanian deci[det͡ʃʲ] so, therefore #107
- Russian потому[pətɐˈmu] therefore, because of that, consequently #84
- Serbian zato/zǎtoː/ so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo #107
- Slovak takže/taɡʒe/ therefore, so #45
- Swedish därför[d̪æ̌rfœ̞r] #272
- Tagalog so/ˈso/ so; therefore; hence #325
- Tamil எனவே/ɛnɐʋeː/ therefore, as a result, that's why, hence #59
- Telugu కాబట్టి/ˈkaːbaʈʈi/ therefore, for that reason, consequently #75
- Ukrainian ну[nu] so, therefore #33
- Urdu لہذا/lɪ.ɦɑː.zɑː/ therefore, thus, hence #305
- Vietnamese nên[nen˧˧] therefore; so #96
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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