How to say “yet” in 49 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 а is the 12th most used word.
- Afrikaans tog still, notwithstanding, yet, surely #87
- Albanian ende still, yet, therefore #192
- Arabic لما not yet, but not, yet not #143
- Armenian սակայն but, however, yet #25
- Bengali অথচ #1,014
- Bosnian ipak still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #389
- Bulgarian още yet, more #57
- Catalan encara #109
- Chinese 仍然 still; yet; as before #255
- Croatian ipak still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #391
- Czech přece yet, in spite of that #415
- Danish endnu #216
- English children A person who has not yet reached adulthood,… #452
- Esperanto ankoraŭfoje once again, once more, yet again #806
- Estonian veel yet, still #51
- Finnish vielä #72
- French or yet, however, now, that said, as it happens #823
- Galician aínda still, yet #88
- German noch still, yet #42
- Greek ακόμα yet, still #90
- Hebrew עדיין Still, yet #89
- Hungarian már already, yet #23
- Icelandic samt yet, still, anyway #233
- Indonesian tahu once, yet #19
- Italian già already, yet #189
- Korean 아직도 yet, still #199
- Latvian vēl yet; again; in addition #48
- Lithuanian bet but, yet, though #20
- Macedonian уште still, yet #67
- Malay belum not yet #190
- Malayalam ഇതുവരെ yet, thus far #162
- Norwegian ennå #303
- Persian هنوز still, yet #74
- Polish jeszcze #74
- Portuguese ainda still, yet #101
- Romanian încă still, yet #129
- Russian но but, yet #20
- Serbian ipak still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #370
- Slovak zatiaľ so far, yet #300
- Slovenian vendar yet, though #97
- Spanish aún still, yet #222
- Swedish än still, yet #94
- Tagalog pa #28
- Tamil இன்னும் still, yet #47
- Telugu ఇంకా more, some more, even more, yet, still #133
- Turkish daha more, still, yet, in addition #19
- Ukrainian а and, and yet, but #12
- Urdu تاہم however, yet, nevertheless, nonetheless #1,032
- Vietnamese nhưng but; yet #48
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.