How do you say "friend" in your language?
By makingpots
@makingpots (11915)
United States
54 responses
@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Well other than "friend" in English I can say amie which is friend in French or amigo which is in Spanish.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
26 Nov 08
Thanks, Yaar.
Sweetness comes to mind when I think of your responses.
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@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
25 Nov 08
Dost (Male or female friend) - Hindi
Saheli (only for female friends) - Hindi
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Thanks, friend. From one crazy fool.
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@Llonorra22 (1150)
• Philippines
25 Nov 08
Hello, makingpots! Here in the Philippines, we say "friend" as "kaibigan", in Filipino. Actually there are a lot of terms say or call a friend here such as,"barkada" if you have group of friends, or 'pare' for a guy buddy, or "mare" for a girl buddy. I hope this tips will help you a lot in learning our language. And please don't hesitate to ask me if you still have a lot of questions. I'll try my best to answer you.. As for my best friend, she is a very honest, helpful, and a very trustworthy kind of a friend. Happy posting! Godspeed!
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
26 Nov 08
Hi, Llonorra. Thanks, kaibigan.
I would love to learn as much Filipino as you would have the patience to teach me.
Sounds like you have a wonderful best friend.
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@Llonorra22 (1150)
• Philippines
28 Nov 08
It's my pleasure makingpots! I'll be glad to teach you more..Here's another one, "salamat kaibigan" it means "thank you friend" Your right, I have a very wonderful best friend... Happy posting...
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
26 Nov 08
im a Filipino. in our place a friend is trnaslated into kaibigan.
@wfyin82 (159)
• Malaysia
14 Jan 09
I am a chinese live in Malaysia. Malaysia is a multiracial country. We live harmony and we respect each culture and religion here. Therefore, i learned to speak few languages like Malay Language, Indian Language beside my mother tongue. Here are some of the "friend" word in different language.
Friend : English
Peng You : Chinese
Kawan : Malay
Dost : Hindi
Chin Gu : Korean
I hope the above can add to your collection of FRIEND words.
Happy Mylotting!!!
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Oh I wish that it could. I would love to know how to say friend in chinese.
Thanks for trying.
By the way, welcome to myLot, grisson.
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@urbandekay (18278)
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26 Nov 08
I am English but in Kiswahili friend is 'rafiki' how cool is that? Somehow this word just fits with what a friend is, at least to my ears.
Although, Kiswahili is a Bantu language it has many loan words or words derived from Arabic and 'rafiki' is one of them; derived from the, not so elegant sounding. Arabic word 'rafiq.'
English has an abundance of words for friend, which have slightly different inferences and nuances.
Friend, chum, mate, buddy, bud, bro, pal, china, crony, cuz, peeps and probably others I can't bring to mind right now
all the best urban
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
3 Dec 08
Thanks, rafiki.
I like that word. I remember it from the movie The Lion King. I agree, the word just fits with what a friend is.
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@brian_s (570)
• United States
25 Nov 08
OK, so I guess this isn't technically "my language", but I spent some time in Vanuatu in the South Pacific with the Peace Corps.
Bislama is an English pidgin language that the people of Vanuatu speak, and in that language "friend" is "fren". And it is pronounced like "friend", but generally without the "D".
@6precious102 (4043)
• United States
25 Nov 08
I'm from the USA so friend is friend. A favorite characteristic of my best friend: humorously sarcastic.
@tiara50gorgeous (212)
• Indonesia
25 Nov 08
in Indonesia friend called 'teman'
when it's best friend it called 'teman baik' or 'sahabat'