How to say “yet” in 49 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.
- 아직도[a̠d͡ʑik̚t͈o̞] Korean
- ακόμα/aˈkoma/ Greek
- অথচ/ɔt̪ʰɔt͡ʃo/ Bengali
- ഇതുവരെ/id̪uʋäɾe/ Malayalam
“yet” in French: or · Korean: 아직도 · Greek: ακόμα
It is commonest in Tagalog, where pa is the 28th most used word.
Yet in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans tog/tɔχ/ still, notwithstanding, yet, surely #87
- Albanian ende/ɛndɛ/ still, yet, therefore #192
- Arabic لما/lammaː/ not yet, but not, yet not #143
- Armenian սակայն/sɑˈkɑjn/ but, however, yet #25
- Bengali অথচ/ɔt̪ʰɔt͡ʃo/ #1,014
- Bosnian ipak/îpaːk/ still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #389
- Bulgarian още[ˈɔʃtɛ] yet, more #57
- Catalan encara[əŋˈka.ɾə] #109
- Chinese 仍然/ɻɤŋ³⁵ ɻän³⁵/ still; yet; as before #255
- Croatian ipak/îpaːk/ still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #391
- Czech přece[ˈpr̝̊ɛt͡sɛ] yet, in spite of that #415
- Danish endnu/eˈnu/ #216
- English children/ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ A person who has not yet reached adulthood,… #452
- Esperanto ankoraŭfoje/ankorau̯ˈfoje/ once again, once more, yet again #806
- Estonian veel/veːl/ yet, still #51
- Finnish vielä/ˈʋie̯læ/ #72
- French or/ɔʁ/ yet, however, now, that said, as it happens #823
- Galician aínda[aˈindɐ] still, yet #88
- German noch/no/ still, yet #42
- Greek ακόμα/aˈkoma/ yet, still #90
- Hebrew עדיין/aˈdajin/ Still, yet #89
- Hungarian már[ˈmaːr] already, yet #23
- Icelandic samt/sam̥t/ yet, still, anyway #233
- Indonesian tahu/ˈtahu/ once, yet #19
- Italian già/ˈd͡ʒa/ already, yet #189
- Korean 아직도[a̠d͡ʑik̚t͈o̞] yet, still #199
- Latvian vēl[ˈvɛ̂ːl] yet; again; in addition #48
- Lithuanian bet[ˈbʲɛt] but, yet, though #20
- Macedonian уште[ˈuʃtɛ] still, yet #67
- Malay belum/bəˈlom/ not yet #190
- Malayalam ഇതുവരെ/id̪uʋäɾe/ yet, thus far #162
- Norwegian ennå/ˈɛnɔ/ #303
- Persian هنوز[hæ.nuːz] still, yet #74
- Polish jeszcze/ˈjɛʂ.t͡ʂɛ/ #74
- Portuguese ainda/aˈĩ.dɐ/ still, yet #101
- Romanian încă/ˈɨnkə/ still, yet #129
- Russian но[no] but, yet #20
- Serbian ipak/îpaːk/ still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #370
- Slovak zatiaľ/ˈzaci̯aʎ/ so far, yet #300
- Slovenian vendar/ʋə̀ndar/ yet, though #97
- Spanish aún/aˈun/ still, yet #222
- Swedish än/ɛnː/ still, yet #94
- Tagalog pa/pa/ #28
- Tamil இன்னும்/ɪnːʊm/ still, yet #47
- Telugu ఇంకా/ˈinkaː/ more, some more, even more, yet, still #133
- Turkish daha/daˈha/ more, still, yet, in addition #19
- Ukrainian а[a] and, and yet, but #12
- Urdu تاہم/t̪ɑː.ɦəm/ however, yet, nevertheless, nonetheless #1,032
- Vietnamese nhưng[ɲɨŋ˧˧] but; yet #48
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.