How to say “thus” in 40 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 Ukrainian, where так is the 8th most used word.
- Afrikaans so so, like that/this, thus #25
- Albanian dot Expresses impossibility, thus it corresponds… #243
- Arabic هكذا so, thus, this way, like this #114
- Armenian այդպես so, that way, thus #79
- Basque horrela so, thus, in that way #66
- Bengali এভাবে in this way; thus #238
- Bosnian ovako in this way, thus, like so #296
- Bulgarian така that way, thus, so #32
- Catalan així so, thus, in this way #64
- Chinese 因此 because of this; thus; consequently #205
- Croatian dakle so, thus, therefore #250
- Czech tedy therefore, thus, so #390
- Dutch zo so, thus, like that/this #39
- Finnish näin in this way, like this, so, thus #108
- French donc therefore, consequently; thus #133
- Galician así so, thus #47
- Georgian ასე so, like this, like so, thus #40
- Greek έτσι thus; like this; like that #56
- Hebrew אז So, therefore, then, thus #26
- Hungarian így thus, in this way, like this #49
- Icelandic svona thus, like this #48
- Indonesian demikian so, such, thus #1,318
- Italian quindi therefore, hence, thus #113
- Korean 그렇다 to be thus, in that way; to be correct #1,008
- Macedonian така that way, thus, so #52
- Malay jadi so; therefore; thus; consequently #37
- Malayalam ഇതുവരെ yet, thus far #162
- Persian بنابراین thus, therefore #1,346
- Romanian astfel thus, in this way, so, like that #465
- Russian настолько so, so much, as much, thus much #828
- Serbian ovako in this way, thus, like so #286
- Slovak teda thus, so #150
- Slovenian tako #28
- Spanish así like this; like that; as such; thus; so;… #46
- Swedish ännu thus far, yet #424
- Tamil அனைத்து so much, thus far #37
- Turkish böylece in this way, thus, thence, so, like this, in… #450
- Ukrainian так so, thus #8
- Urdu لہذا therefore, thus, hence #305
- Vietnamese thế thus; so; like that #35
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.