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Off topic: How to say "Mama" in foreign languages Thread poster: Isabel Hohneck
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LUANADC 
Italy
Local time: 18:24
Spanish to Italian
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In Venice area dialect: mare
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jacana54 (X)
Uruguay
English to Spanish
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| love this topic | Dec 13, 2008 |
That makes a lot of us who will respond instinctively to shouts of "Ma...!!!!!" and wonder "Was that for me?", regardless of the language.
Lucía
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Nurzhan KZ
Local time: 21:24
English to Kazakh
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In Kazakh - ана, анашым (ana / anashym)!!!!!!
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Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 13:24
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| American English | Dec 13, 2008 |
Mom, mommie (mommy), ma, marm, marmie.
I like the British English "mum."
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Mama, mana, mitera, manoula!
Μαμά, μάνα, μητέρα, μανούλα
I love this topic, too!
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Christine Schmit (X)
Luxembourg
German to French
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| Luxembourgish | Dec 13, 2008 |
Mamm (means mother as well as mama), Mamma, Mammi
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In Bengali it is: amma, ammu (mother to child)
The funny thing is that mothers also call their children ammu. Nobody call anybody else with their proper names in this country!
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Tsogt Gombosuren
Canada
Local time: 10:24
Member (2004)
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| in Mongolian | Dec 13, 2008 |
ээж - eej
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carly kelly
Italy
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Italian to English
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| In Ireland... | Dec 13, 2008 |
...we say "mammy" (often abbreviated to "mam" or "ma").
Although we live in Italy my 2 year-old son calls me "mammy", much to the amusement of all our neighbours.
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It is mata.
It is interesting to note that most of the languages have a ma sound in the word for mother. What is the word for mother in Latin? Does it also have the ma sound?
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| In Singhalese | Dec 13, 2008 |
No reply yet from Sri Lanka, but in their language it is 'amma' as well..
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| Danish: "moar" | Dec 13, 2008 |
That's how small (and sometimes not so small) Danish kids call their mother.
It's in two syllables - "mo-ah" - and you don't roll the r's in Danish.
Mor just means "mother".
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Zdenka Ivkovcic
Croatia
Local time: 18:24
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Mama, mamica (deminutive/endearing)
Majka (mother), majčica (deminutive/endearing)
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Helena Genel
United States
Local time: 09:24
English to Spanish
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| In Spanish (Mexico) | Dec 13, 2008 |
Madre (formal)
Mamá, Mama, Mami, Mamita, Amá, Amita, Ma.
And I'm sure there are others that I can't remember just now.
[Edited at 2008-12-13 18:09 GMT]
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Αlban SHPΑTΑ
United States
Member (2008)
English to Albanian
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"Mami" or "Ma"
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