How to say “times” in 33 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 Macedonian, where те is the 27th most used word.
- Arabic مرات several times #458
- Armenian քանիցս how many times? #1,100
- Bengali সর্বদা always, at all times, all the time #1,008
- Bosnian puta #238
- Catalan aleshores then, back then, in those times #407
- Chinese 以前 earlier times; formerly; previously #84
- Croatian puta #255
- Czech kolikrát how many times #1,871
- English always At all times; throughout all time; since the… #178
- Esperanto ĉiam at all times, always #99
- Finnish kertaa #308
- French fois times, multiplied by #131
- Georgian რამდენჯერ how many times #707
- German mal #57
- Hebrew לפעמים sometimes, at times, every so often,… #358
- Hungarian sokat many times, frequently, often, a lot #294
- Icelandic sinnum times, by #484
- Indonesian kali times; multiplied by #173
- Korean 요즘 recent times; recently #361
- Macedonian те at times... at other times #27
- Malay kali times; multiplied by #171
- Norwegian iblant at times, occasionally, sometimes #824
- Polish razy #383
- Portuguese vezes #227
- Romanian câteodată sometimes, at times, occasionally, now and… #1,142
- Russian иногда sometimes, at times #406
- Serbian puta #230
- Slovak krát times, multiplied by #346
- Spanish veces by, times #237
- Swedish gånger #432
- Turkish defalarca many times, again and again, time and again #2,455
- Ukrainian часом sometimes, at times, now and again, now and… #643
- Vietnamese lần #162
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.