Call it by its name
So, strawberries are your favourite fruit. You are travelling in a different country, and would love to try the home-grown strawberries, the local strawberry ice cream or that exotic pavlova topped with strawberries.
Do not get stuck, call it by its name. Here is a list of languages followed by the way to say strawberry in each:
European languages | |
Albanian | luleshtrydhe |
Corsican | fregola |
Check | jahoda |
Danish | jordbaer |
Dutch | aardbei |
Estonian | maasikas |
French | fraise |
German | erdbeere |
Italian | frogola |
Portuguese | morango |
Spanish | fresa |
Asian languages | |
Bengali | স্ট্রবেরি |
Chinese | 草莓 [cǎoméi] |
Hindi | स्ट्रॉबेरी |
Japanese | イチゴ |
Korean | 딸기 [ttalgi] |
Malayalam | സ്ട്രോബെറി |
Nepali | स्ट्रबेरी |
Thai | สตรอเบอร์รี่ |
Turkish | çilek |
Vietnamese dau | dâu |
Middle-Eastern languages | |
Arabic | الفراولة[alfarawila] |
Hebrew | תּוּת |
Kurdish | tû |
African languages | |
Afrikaans | aarbei |
Chichewa | sitiroberi |
Zulu | ijikijolo |
Austronesian languages | |
Filipino | presa |
Indonesian | stroberi |
Malagasy | frezy |
Maori | rōpere |
This simple guide should help you to get your way around your strawberry tasking in different countries. However, if all else fails and you find yourself in a market or shop where you see delicious strawberries, pointing and gesturing enthusiastically should also do the trick.