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	普通话	عربي شامي	Español	廣東話	Kiswahili	Français	Pусский	Italian
this	这个 zhè ge	هذا/هاي هذا is used for masculine nouns and هاي for feminine nouns	este/esta este is used for masculine nouns and esta for feminine nouns	呢個 ni1 go3	hii Note there are nine different variations of "this" depending on noun class	ce/cette ce is used for masculine nouns and cette for feminine nouns		questo/questa questo is used for masculine nouns and questa for feminine nouns
good	好 hǎo	كويس	bien	好 hou2	nzuri	bon	хорошо	buono
yes	是 shì , lit. "is". Note Mandarin does not have words for yes/no, so responses depend on the question being asked.	إيوه	sí	係 hai6 , lit. "is". Same note applies as for Mandarin.	ndiyo	oui	да	sì
ok	好 hǎo , lit. good	طيب	bueno	好 hou2, lit. good	sawa lit. equal, same	d'accord		va bene
no	不是 bú shì , lit. is not. See note for 是.	لا	no	唔係 m4 hai6 , lit. is not. See note for 係.	hapana	non	Нет	no
please	请 qǐng	لو سمحت lit. if you allow it.	por favor	請 ceng2	tafadhali	s'il vous plaît lit. if it pleases you		per favore
not good	不好 bù hǎo	مش كويس	no bueno	唔好 m4 hou2	si nzuri	pas bon	не хорошо	non buono
thanks	谢谢 xiè xiè	شكرا	gracias	唔該 m4 goi1 . Also 多謝 (do1 ze6), though only when thanking someone for a gift	asante	merci		grazie
maybe	可能 kě néng		tal vez	可能 ho2 nang4	labda	peut être		forse
a little	一点 yī dǐan	شوي	un poco	少少 siu2 siu2	kidogo	un peu		un po
very	很 hěn	كتير	muy	好 hou2, lit. good	sana	très	очень	molto
a lot	很多 hěn dūo	كتير	mucho	好多 hou2 do1	mengi	beaucoup		molto
sometimes			a veces		mara kwa mara	parfois		a volte
nothing			nada		hakuna kitu	rien		niente
something			algo		chochote	quelque chose		qualcosa
always			siempre		kawaida	toujours		sempre
that	那个	(f) هَدَاكْ / هَدِيكْ (m)	ese (m) / esa (f)	嗰個 go2 go3	hiyo Same note applies from "hii"	ce / cette ce is used for masculine nouns and cette for feminine nouns		quello (m) / quella (f)
never			nunca		kamwe	jamais		mai

Foundational Vocab