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I would like to say you have a nice arse in 50 languages

I have created a group called 'I would like to say "you have a nice arse" in 50 languages' on Facebook in reply to the more boring "I would like to say 'hello' in 50 languages group". I'm advertising the group here and would be very grateful if anyone could supply any other languages or correct/improve the ones I already have.

(1) LATIN - Sunt tibi nates pulchrae
(2) ANCIENT GREEK - Esti soi orros kalos
(3) GERMAN - Du hast einen tollen Arsch (Bavarian: du hast einen knackigen hintern)
(4) PROTOINDOEUROPEAN - *H1esti (H5)orsos tei/toi/tebhi ???
(5) SPANISH - Tienes buen culo
(6) ITALIAN - Hai un bel culo
(7) GREEK - Echis orea kolara
(8) SWEDISH - Du har en snygg häck
(9) NORWEGIAN - Du har en frisk esel
(10) DANISH - Du har en bahaglig äsel
(11) FRENCH - Vous avez un derriere extraordinaire
(12) RUSSIAN - oo vass horoshaya zadnitza
(13) POLISH - Masz fajną dupę
(14) JAPANESE - Ii ketsu desu nee
(15) GALICIAN - Tes un bo cu
(16) PORTUGESE - Tens um bom cu
- Brazilian tem uma bunda boa
(17) CATALAN - Tens un bon cul
(18) LUGANDA - Olina akabina akamalako
(19) MANDARIN - Ni3 de pi4 gu3 hen2 hao3 kan4
(20) WELSH - Ma' tin neis gyda ti
(21) ENGLISH - You have a nice arse
-American: that's a fine fanny you got there (archaic)
-Cockney: Ya 'ave a sugar Khyber (being a contraction of Ya 'ave a sugar and spice Khyber pass) OR You 'ave a apples an' rice sproose caboose, which when contracted would give You 'ave an apples caboose)
(22) OLD ENGLISH - thu haefst godne ears
(23) TAIWANESE - Li Eh Ka Tsung Jin Suie Ioh
(24) DUTCH - Jij hebt echt een lekker kontje
(25) HINDI - Tumhari gand mast hain
(26) BULGARIAN - Imash hubavo dupe
(27) IRISH GAELIC - Tá tóin deas agat
(28) ESPERANTO - Vi belan pugon havas
(29) ARABIC - Tizik taybe
(30) FARSI - Koun-e-toun Ghachangeh
(31) POKOMCHI' (A Mayan language from Guatemala): q'e tareet axuut
(32) KOREAN - Ung-dung-ee-ga Ye-poo-shi-ne-yo

Reply 1

shinyhappy

14

Haha, i've already seen this group, and used it to write 'you have a nice arse' on all my linguist friends facebook walls :P So thank you!

Reply 2

shinyhappy

14

Actually now I think about it, I'm told that 'tens boas nadegas' is better Portugese, by a native Portugese speaker.
Apparently 'ganbate kudasai' is what you'd normally say in Japanese too, although that's from a less reliable source!

Reply 3

Juwel

18

Surely a well-placed slap will do in any language.

Reply 4

pharmgirl

12

Hebrew
yesh lach tachat yaphah (to a girl)
Yesh lecha tachat yapheh (to a boy)

Reply 5

anjurdsg

11

you forgot Marathi, my mother tongue :s-smilie:

Spoiler

Reply 6

~Lc~

2

it's not tizak taybe in arabic;dry; not in my dilect at least!
we wouldn't say "you have a nice ass" literally... we'd say "sho hal teez" which is basically "what an ass!" tizak taybe sounds more like "your ass is tasty" :eek4:

Reply 7

Robob

17

In Imessinwidu (my native tongue), it's: ya die yar yar, nu ma nu ma iei

Reply 8

Lucia.

16

"Pòg mo thòin" is "kiss my arse" in Scottish Gaelic just in case anyone wanted to know :rolleyes:

Reply 9

o-e-s-j

2

Robob

In Imessinwidu (my native tongue), it's: ya die yar yar, nu ma nu ma iei

dammit, you've got the numa numa song in my head now! and the image of fat kids dancing *shudders*

Reply 10

wazza07

13

~Lc~

it's not tizak taybe in arabic;dry; not in my dilect at least!
we wouldn't say "you have a nice ass" literally... we'd say "sho hal teez" which is basically "what an ass!" tizak taybe sounds more like "your ass is tasty" :eek4: