The word “come” is a fundamental verb in many languages, conveying movement towards the speaker or to a specified place. It’s fascinating to see how this simple concept is expressed differently around the globe, reflecting the diversity of language and culture. Here, we explore “come” in 70 languages, highlighting the linguistic richness of our world.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Ej | Pronunciation: Ay
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – تعال (Ta’al) | Pronunciation: Tah-ahl
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Եկա՛ (Yeka) | Pronunciation: Yeh-kah
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Gəl | Pronunciation: Gehl
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Etorri | Pronunciation: Eh-tor-ree
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Прыходзь (Prykhodz’) | Pronunciation: Pree-khodz
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – এসো (Eso) | Pronunciation: Eh-sho
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Dođi | Pronunciation: Doh-jee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Ела (Ela) | Pronunciation: Eh-la
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Vine | Pronunciation: Vee-neh
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Přijď | Pronunciation: Preejt
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Kom | Pronunciation: Kom
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Kom | Pronunciation: Kom
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Come | Pronunciation: Kuhm
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tule | Pronunciation: Too-leh
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – بیا (Bia) | Pronunciation: Bee-yah
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tule | Pronunciation: Too-leh
- French (🇫🇷) – Viens | Pronunciation: Vyehn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მოდი (Modi) | Pronunciation: Moh-dee
- German (🇩🇪) – Komm | Pronunciation: Kohm
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Έλα (Ela) | Pronunciation: Eh-lah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – בוא (Bo) | Pronunciation: Boh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – आओ (Aao) | Pronunciation: Ah-oh
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Gyere | Pronunciation: Dye-reh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Komdu | Pronunciation: Kom-doo
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Datang | Pronunciation: Dah-tahng
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Tar | Pronunciation: Tahr
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Vieni | Pronunciation: Vee-eh-nee
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 来て (Kite) | Pronunciation: Kee-teh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Кел (Kel) | Pronunciation: Kehl
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – មក (Mok) | Pronunciation: Mawk
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 와 (Wa) | Pronunciation: Wah
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Bê | Pronunciation: Bey
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кел (Kel) | Pronunciation: Kehl
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ມາ (Ma) | Pronunciation: Mah
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Nāc | Pronunciation: Naats
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Ateik | Pronunciation: Ah-teyk
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Komm | Pronunciation: Kohm
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Дојди (Dojdi) | Pronunciation: Doy-dee
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Datang | Pronunciation: Dah-tahng
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ejja | Pronunciation: Ay-ya
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 来 (Lái) | Pronunciation: Lie
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – ये (Ye) | Pronunciation: Yeh
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Ир (Ir) | Pronunciation: Eer
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – आउ (Aau) | Pronunciation: Ah-oo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Kom | Pronunciation: Kohm
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – راشه (Raasha) | Pronunciation: Rah-shah
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – بیا (Bia) | Pronunciation: Bee-yah
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Chodź | Pronunciation: Hodj
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Vem | Pronunciation: Vehng
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Vino | Pronunciation: Vee-no
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Приходи (Prihodi) | Pronunciation: Pree-ho-dee
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Дођи (Dođi) | Pronunciation: Doh-jee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – එන්න (Enna) | Pronunciation: En-nah
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Poď | Pronunciation: Pohd
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Pridi | Pronunciation: Pree-dee
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Soo | Pronunciation: So
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Ven | Pronunciation: Vehn
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Njoo | Pronunciation: Njoh-oh
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Kom | Pronunciation: Kohm
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Биё (Biyo) | Pronunciation: Bee-yoh
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – வா (Vaa) | Pronunciation: Vah
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – రా (Raa) | Pronunciation: Rah
- Thai (🇹🇭) – มา (Ma) | Pronunciation: Mah
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Gel | Pronunciation: Gehl
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Іди (Idy) | Pronunciation: Ee-dee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – آؤ (Aao) | Pronunciation: Ah-oh
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Kel | Pronunciation: Kehl
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Đến | Pronunciation: Djen
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Dewch | Pronunciation: Deh-ook