Monthly Archives: June 2013

Jun21

“Ich lebe hier” and other updates – Tagalog, Visaya, Mauritian creole

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“Ich lebe hier” and other updates – Tagalog, Visaya, Mauritian creole

That’s “I live here” in German, spoken by someone who lives in Queens.  Keep them coming!  I am hoping to post videos of the words for “I live here” in all the languages spoken in Queens – well, as many as possible.

And these are the latest written versions added to the site:

– Tagalog (one of the Philippines’ two official languages along with English, spoken by over 30,000 people in Queens):

Dito ako nakatira

– Visaya (also spoken in the Philippines):

Dinhi ako nakapuyo

– Mauritian creole:

Mo reste ici

Anyone know how “I live here” is said in Haitian creole?

 

Jun15

New York Daily News article – and new translations in Burmese and Estonian

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New York Daily News article – and new translations in Burmese and Estonian

A big thank you to Tom Baker of New York Daily News for today’s article about the “I live here” project.  It starts:

“Do they have a Rosetta Stone for Samoan?

Transplanted Briton Annabel Short, 36, wants to provide one, launching a project to inscribe on a wall the phrase ‘I live here’ in the 160-plus languages spoken in Queens.

‘The key thing to make the project happen will be participation from the community,’ said Short, an Astoria resident.

Read the full article here.

And the two latest translations of “I live here” added to this website are in Burmese and Estonian:

Burmese:

Burmese

Pronounced “Ngar Dee Hmar Nay Dae”

Estonian:

Ma elan siin

The current (and growing!) list of languages spoken in Queens is here.  Get in touch with translations, short videos, suggestions.  Thanks!

Jun11

New translations of “I live here” – Catalan, Lithuanian, Marathi and Japanese

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New translations of “I live here” – Catalan, Lithuanian, Marathi and Japanese

Since launching this site and asking people to send their translations of “I live here” in languages spoken in Queens, many have got in touch.

Most recently, for example:

Catalan: Jo visc aquí – sent by a mother-tongue speaker who lives in Astoria.  Catalan was not on the most recent American Community Survey list of languages spoken at home in the borough – a reminder that there are probably many languages out there which are not on that list.

Lithuanian: Aš čia gyvenu

Marathi:   Marathi Verbs in Marathi are gendered, so “live” here is as a woman would say it.

And Korean, which has an informal version: 私はここに住む and formal: 私はここに住みます

And here’s a video of my husband saying “I live here” in Spanish – as in, “Vivo aquí”.  Videos for other languages spoken in Queens are welcome!  I’ll post them on this site along with the translations.