English
English phrasebook
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Phrase
this is a book
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see this, is, a, book: Indicates to the interlocutor that the indicated object is a book
Translations
a sample phrase to indicate an object (here: a book) and explain what it is
- Albanian: ky është libër
- Arabic: هٰذَا كِتَاب (hāḏā kitāb) (هٰذَا (hāḏā, “this”) is used for singular masculine nouns, need to use appropriate pronouns for other objects)
- Egyptian Arabic: ده كتاب (da kitāb)
- Moroccan Arabic: هاد كتاب (hād kitāb)
- Armenian: սա գիրք է (sa girkʻ ē)
- Asturian: esti ye un llibru
- Azerbaijani: bu kitab
- Belarusian: гэ́та кні́жка (héta knížka), гэ́та кні́га (héta kníha)
- Bengali: এটি বই (eṭi boi), এটা বই (eṭa boi) (informal)
- Bulgarian: това́ е кни́га (tová e kníga)
- Burmese: ဒါ စာအုပ်ပါ။ (da cauppa||)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 呢本係一本書 / 呢本系一本书 (ne1 bun2 hai6 jat1 bun2 syu1)
- Mandarin: 這是一本書 / 这是一本书 (zhè shì yī běn shū)
- Czech: toto je kniha
- Danish: dette er en bog
- Dutch: dit is een boek
- Estonian: see on raamat
- Finnish: tämä on kirja
- French: c'est un livre
- Georgian: ეს წიგნია (es c̣ignia), ეს არის წიგნი (es aris c̣igni)
- German: das ist ein Buch
- Alemannic German: das isch es Buech
- Greek: αυτό είναι βιβλίο (aftó eínai vivlío)
- Hebrew: זֶהוּ סֵפֶר (zéhu séfer)
- Hindi: यह एक किताब है (yah ek kitāb hai), यह किताब है (yah kitāb hai)
- Icelandic: þetta er bók
- Indonesian: ini buku
- Irish: seo leabhar
- Italian: questo è un libro
- Japanese: これは本です (これはほんです, kore wa hon desu) (polite), これは本だ (これはほんだ, kore wa hon da) (non-polite)
- Kazakh: бұл кітап (būl kıtap)
- Khmer: នេះសៀវភៅ (nih siəw phɨw), នេះគឺជាសៀវភៅ (nih kɨɨ ciə siəw phɨw)
- Korean: 이것은 책입니다 (igeos-eun chaeg-imnida) (formal, polite), 이것은 책이에요 (igeos-eun chaeg-ieyo) (informal, polite), 이건 책이야 (igeon chaeg-iya) (informal, non-polite)
- Lao: ນີ້ແມ່ນປຶ້ມ (nī mǣn pưm)
- Latvian: šī ir grāmata
- Lithuanian: tai knyga
- Luxembourgish: dëst ass e Buch
- Macedonian: ова е книга (ova e kniga)
- Malay: ini buku
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: энэ ном (ene nom)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dette er en bok
- Nynorsk: dette er en bok
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: این کِتاب اَسْت (in ketâb ast), این کِتابِه (in ketâb-e) (colloquial)
- Polish: to jest książka
- Portuguese: este é um livro
- Romanian: aceasta este o carte
- Russian: э́то кни́га (éto kníga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ово је књига
- Roman: ovo je knjiga
- Slovak: toto je kniha
- Slovene: to je knjiga
- Spanish: este es un libro
- Swedish: detta är en bok
- Tajik: ин китоб аст (in kitob ast)
- Tatar: бу китап (bu kitap)
- Thai: นี่คือหนังสือ (nîi kʉʉ nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ)
- Turkish: bu kitap
- Turkmen: bu kitap
- Ukrainian: це кни́жка (ce knýžka), це кни́га (ce knýha) (elevated)
- Urdu: یِہ ایک کِتاب ہَے (ye ek kitāb hai), یِہ کِتاب ہَے (ye kitāb hai)
- Uyghur: بۇ كىتاب (bu kitab)
- Uzbek: bu kitob
- Vietnamese: đây là một cuốn sách
- Yiddish: דאָס איז אַ בוך (dos iz a bukh)
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