Posted by absinthebri
I'm doing a little project. Please tell me what the word is in your language for \"tea\" (the hot drink), and what the language is. Thank you.
Posted by Vlammetje
Thee
Dutch
I am certain you already knew this
Posted by Ayush
Chai ;-) how is that? Hindi.
Posted by Atlis
It's a name in Slovakia (short form of Timea I guess) ;-)
Posted by Rva@
The or Te , both is correct in Danish :-)
Posted by Wazuki
Chai. (Hindi? No, this time- russian) and its Ocha in japanese
Posted by whizkidd
Chaya in Malayalam, a language in southern india. :-D
Posted by Sir-SonyEricsson-man
"Tee" in norwegian
Posted by absinthebri
Thanks, everyone. We're doing well. I need a lot more languages, though... :-D
Posted by blackspot
tsaa - Philippines
Posted by BobaFett
Tea - hungarian
Posted by Ivan Kusturin
'Chai' on Serbian...
Posted by Wazuki
If my memory is ok its Cha in chinese. What is all that about?
Posted by blackspot
Japanese: (not my native language)
o-cha - green tea
koo-cha - Black tea
Posted by absinthebri
@Wazuki - It's a project I'm doing. I'll tell everyone what it's about later.
Posted by Tea1
Yeah.. it´s my nick!
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Posted by blackspot
... as long as it's not a psychology project and we're your subjects
Posted by Ayush
Lol
Posted by absinthebri
@blackspot - nothing to do with psychology or any related field. Nothing "sinister". Just for fun. Will explain all later.
Posted by masseur
forgive the off topic post but if you are in tea then you should check out the following site
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Posted by absinthebri
@mass. - Thanks, I'll check that link out when I get on PC. As it happens, I'm interested in tea, its history and its ceremonies.
Posted by vineet_d
Chaha - well that was in marathi language, a language spoken in india :-)
Posted by Ayush
[b]Cha[/b in bengali
Posted by Alf Nif
Te eller The in swedish, sometimes with an é
Posted by RichLok
Te - Spanish (Mexican).
Posted by djordje1yu
Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian: write 'caj', read 'chai'.
Posted by djpowelly
In english = Tea!
En français = Le Thé
(french)
Posted by boto43
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caj in slovak
Posted by remo74tg
Chai in Urdu (Pakistani)
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Posted by absinthebri
Now the reason for this thread... I've been told that there are only two basic ways of pronouncing tea no matter what language - tea/thee/thé or cha/chai. I'm trying to find exceptions to this theory.
Posted by plasmadog
oh i think you're right!!
most of the words used here are tea/thee/ or chai/cha/etc..
Posted by Guy89
ok sth diffrent Herbata in polish
Posted by absinthebri
Herbata! Thanks!
Posted by blackspot
interesting!
Posted by marceta
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seems to me all Slavic ppl,use the same word - caj |
u are correct!
Posted by wapt
Cha in Chinese.