OddVisions Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 What's this or what is this? This is something necessary to know in any language one is trying to learn. I thought it might be a fun exercise for all of us to share how to write or say it in our native tongues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikolic993 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 "Šta je ovo?" - Serbian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveSundays Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 "Co to jest?" - polish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verba Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 What is this? - Ano ito? in Filipino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muthoni Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 “What is this? in my native language would be translated into “ino ni nduu” the dot in the I is replace by this sign ~ . When I was growing up, our native language was included in the school syllabus. They have removed it today. Most kids do not understand or speak the native language. This is very sad as far as I am concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosa Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Other than English, I speak Jamaican Creole. "What is this" happens to be said in different ways depending on where on the island you are from. Some of these ways are: Wah dis? A wah? Wah iy bi? A wah it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baburra Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Here it would be said as "ano Ito" or "ano 'to" for something more informal. Ano is the Filipino word for what and this is translated as ito. If you are speaking to elders though it is considered to be much more polite to put in "po" in the middle - "ano po Ito". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takibari Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 For the Cebuano (a Philippine dialect), it would go like this:Unsa ni? ORUnsa diay ni? Cebuanos have a penchant to omit a word or a letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clod Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Cos'è questo? -Italian- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celinehazel Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Korean이거 뭐예요? (ee-guh-mo-eh-yo?) - Polite form이거 뭐야? (ee-guh-mo-ya?) - Informal form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrooke02 Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 "Que es esto?"- Spanish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elenamarie Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 “What’s this?” in my native tongue would be “uno ‘di? or uno adi?” I am from Bicol, Philippines and my native dialect is Rinconada. It is way different than our national language which is Tagalog/Filipino. Our intonations are terrible that if someone listen to us talk who doesn’t know our dialect would instantly think we are fighting or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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