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| Cyrus Diglot Newbie France Joined 5317 days ago 39 posts - 70 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 1 of 20 05 September 2010 at 4:09pm | IP Logged |
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What do you say in your own language when someone sneezes ? What's its meaning ? And what is the sound you
use to describe it ? For example, in French people says "À vos souhaits !" which basically means that you wish the person realized his/her wishes. And to describe the sound of a sneeze, we use the word "Atchoum !". Edited by Fasulye on 05 September 2010 at 6:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5365 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2 of 20 05 September 2010 at 4:57pm | IP Logged |
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List of responses to sneezing in various languages Onomatopoeia for Sneeze Bless you! :) Edited by Teango on 05 September 2010 at 5:00pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cyrus Diglot Newbie France Joined 5317 days ago 39 posts - 70 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 20 05 September 2010 at 5:11pm | IP Logged |
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Kind of you, thanks ^^
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| Lexii Senior Member United States Joined 5031 days ago 162 posts - 194 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 4 of 20 05 September 2010 at 5:45pm | IP Logged |
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After looking at the picture in the second link, I feel the urge to bathe in Purell...
Thanks for the links, Taengo. Quite informative. As an added benefit, I got two new Japanese words to add to my vocab list! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| blasius Newbie Italy Joined 5017 days ago 14 posts - 19 votes Studies: English | Message 5 of 20 05 September 2010 at 5:46pm | IP Logged |
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In Italian: "Salute!" (I think in French it's "Santé!").
As to the sound of sneezing, in Italian it's "Etcì". Edited by blasius on 05 September 2010 at 5:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5144 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 6 of 20 05 September 2010 at 6:10pm | IP Logged |
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In Dutch the sound of sneezing is called "hatsjoe". When someone sneezes we wish them "gezondheid" (like German "Gesundheit" and also meaning health) or "proost" which means cheers. If someone sneezes three times in a row we might say "Morgen mooi weer" meaning "Nice weather tomorrow" which refers to a piece of superstition that says that if someone sneezes three times it will be nice weather the following day.
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5656 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 20 05 September 2010 at 6:32pm | IP Logged |
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If someone sneezes you say "Gesundheit!" in German to that person. And the sound of the sneeze is called "Hatschi!" in German.
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| Angie Bilingual Triglot Newbie Spain Joined 5000 days ago 5 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Spanish*, CatalanC2*, EnglishB2 Studies: Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Greek | Message 8 of 20 08 September 2010 at 7:25pm | IP Logged |
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In Spanish the sound is written "¡achús!" and we say "Jesús" or "salud" to the person who sneezes.
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