How to say “tomorrow” in 45 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 明天 is the 74th most used word.
- Afrikaans môre #154
- Albanian nesër #233
- Arabic غدا #450
- Armenian վաղը #174
- Basque bihar #153
- Bengali কাল #336
- Bosnian sutra #246
- Bulgarian утре #219
- Catalan demà #295
- Chinese 明天 #74
- Croatian sutra #274
- Czech zítra #355
- Dutch morgen #298
- Esperanto morgaŭ #209
- Estonian homme #322
- Finnish huomenna #314
- French demain #271
- Galician mañá #160
- Georgian ხვალ #367
- German morgen #174
- Greek αύριο #270
- Hebrew מחר #244
- Hungarian holnap #250
- Italian domani #335
- Korean 내일 #189
- Latvian rīt #292
- Lithuanian rytoj #230
- Macedonian утре #210
- Malay esok #338
- Malayalam നാളെ #93
- Persian فردا #234
- Polish jutro #290
- Portuguese amanhã #308
- Romanian mâine #303
- Russian завтра #275
- Serbian sutra #237
- Slovak zajtra #214
- Slovenian jutri #169
- Spanish mañana #172
- Tagalog bukas #201
- Tamil நாளை #212
- Telugu రేపు #196
- Turkish yarın #247
- Ukrainian завтра #185
- Urdu کل #199
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.