Translations: Words of encouragement
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Afrikaans:
Komaan!
Albanian:
Arabic:عـربـي
أهلا و سهلا -> ahlan oua sahlan
مرحبا -> marhaban
إذهب -> ithhab
تعال -> taal
دعنا نذهب -> daana nathhab
أبقه فوق -> abkihi faouk
Armenian:
Asturian:
¡Venga! -> Come on!
¡Vamos, ho! -> Let's go!
¡Pues facelo! -> You can do it!
¡Faelo! -> Do it!
Basque:
aurrera!
eutsi gogor!
eutsi goiari!
Tira! Aupa! Benga!
Jo ta ke!
Jo ta fuego!
Berber:
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian:
Breton:
Bulgarian:
Singular:
Давай! Хайде! [Davai! Haide!] - Come on!
Можеш да го направиш. [Možeš da go napraviš.] - You can make/do it.
Направи го! [Napravi go!] - Do it!
Давай напред! [Davai napred!] - Go ahead!
Plural:
Давайте! Хайде! [Davaite! Haide!] - Come on!
Можете да го направите. [Možete da go napravite.] - You can make/do it.
Направете го! [Napravete go!] - Do it!
Давайте напред! [Davaite napred!] - Go ahead!
Others:
Хайде! [Haide!] - Come on!
Горе главата! [Gore glavata!] - Cheer up!
Браво! [Bravo!] - Bravo!
Опитай пак! (Opitai pak!) - Try again!
Продължавай да пробваш! (Prodalžavai da probvash!) - Continue trying!
Не се отказвай! (Ne se otkazvai!) - Don't give up!
Catalan/Valencian/Balearic:
Chinese:
加油 [jiā yóu]
Czech:
Snaž se! - (lit. Try!) - Come on!
Vydrž! - Keep up!
To zvládneš! - (lit. You'll manage!) - You can do it!
Do toho!
Danish:
Du skal nok klare det - You can make it
kom så! (lit. Come so) - Come on!
Bliv ved (lit. stay at) - Keep going / keep it up
Op med humøret (lit. Up with (your) mood) - Cheer up
Dutch:
Je kan het! (lit. You can it!)
Ga ervoor
Zet hem op
English:
go!
Come on!
You can make/do it.
do-it!
go-ahead!
let's-go!
come-on!
keep-going!
cheer-up!
Keep it up!
Esperanto:
Vi povas fari! - You can do it! (lit. You can do!)
Kuraĝon! - (Have) courage! (lit. Courage!)
Ek! - Come on!
Estonian:
Pane! (lit. Put!)
Lase käia! (lit. Let go!)
Sa saad hakkama küll! - You can make it!
Tee ära! - Make it!
Lähme! - Let's go!
Tule! - Come!
Edasi! - Go on!
Ära muretse! - Don't worry!
Pea püsti! - Head up!
Faroese:
Finnish:
Ota, ota! (lit. Take, take!)
Mene, mene! (lit. Go, go!)
Yritä, yritä! (lit. Try, try!)
hyvin menee (lit. it goes well)
Siitä vaan/vain! - Go ahead!
hyvä (name) - Well done (name) / Doing good (name)
Niin sitä pitää! - That's the way to do it!
Anna palaa! - to encourage one person
Antaa palaa! - to encourage a group
French:
Ça va marcher
Ça va aller
Ça va le faire
Tu vas y arriver
Tu vas réussir
Ça ira
Allez!
Vas-y!
Allons-y!
On y va!
C'est parti!
Friulian:
Gaelic:
Dèan do dhìcheall Do your best
Siuthad Go on!
Eisd Siuthadaibh Go on (to more than one)
Feuch e Try it
Georgian:
German:
Los! - go!
Du schaffst/packst es!
Du kannst es!
Das wird [schon].
Gib alles! (lit. give everything)
Lass den Kopf nicht hängen! (lit. let the head not hang)
Kopf hoch! (lit. head up)
Greek:
Haïtian Créole:
w ka fè sa! (lit. you can do that)
fè sa! (lit. do that)
annou fè sa! (lit. to us to do that)
Hawaiian:
‘A‘a i ka hula, waiho i ka hilahila i ka hale. (Dare to dance, leave embarrassment at home. Meaning, don’t let embarrassment of not succeeding prevent you from trying something.)
‘A‘ohe inoa komo ‘ole o ka ‘ai. (No name prevents food from entering the mouth. Similar to saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but words shall never hurt me.”
‘A‘ohe pu‘u ki‘eki‘e ke ho‘ā‘o ‘ia e pi‘i. (No hill is too high to be scaled.)
Mai maka‘u i ka hana, maka‘u i ka moloā. (Don’t be afraid of work, be afraid of laziness.)
Nānā ka maka a hana ka lima. (Look with the eyes and work with the hands. Meaning, watch how something is done properly and do it, or, don’t just watch, get to work.)
Pa‘a ka waha, hana ka lima. (Keep the mouth shut and the hands busy at work.)
Hebrew:
קדימה! [qadima!] (lit. forward!) - "go on!"
!אל תפסיק/י [Al Tafsiq/i]- "Don't stop!" (In the meaning of "Don't stop, you can make it!")
!המשך/י הלאה [Hamshekh / Hamshikhi Hal'ah] - "Keep on!"
!יאללה [Yalla] - "Come on!" (In the meaning of "Come on, you can make it!", derived from arabic and is pretty much slang language.)
!את/ה יכול/ה לעשות זאת [At/a yakhol / yekhola la'asot zot] - "You can do it!"
חזק ואמץ [chazak ve-ematz] - "Be strong, fear not!" (slightly archaic)
Hungarian:
Meg tudod csinálni. - You can make it.
Hajrá! - Go-ahead!
Előre! - Ahead!
Gyerünk! - Go!
Indonesian:
Ayo!
Ayo, kamu bisa! (lit. You can)
C'mon! - You can (do it)!
Italian:
dai! -
su! -
ce la puoi fare! - you can do it!
non mollare! - don't peg away
tieni duro! - stay strong
coraggio! - (lit. courage!)
vai! - go!
sei tutti noi! (lit. you are all of us!) - We're all behind you!
Japanese:
がんばって Ganbatte (informal) Do your best
がんばれ Ganbare (informal: used during sports events or Sumo wrestling contests) Do your best
がんばりなさい Ganbarinasai
頑張ってね Ganbatte ne (feminine sounding) (lit. do your best)
頑張れよ Ganbare yo (masculine)
頑張って下さい / がんばって下さい Ganbatte kudasai (formal, polite) Please do your best.
Korean:
Kurdish:
Latin:
perge! - carry on!
age! - act!
id facere potes! - You (sing.) can do it!
agedum - come on!
Latvian:
Aiziet - Go
Sarauj, Latvija - Go Latvia
Tu to vari - You can do it
Uz priekšu - Go ahead
Ejam - Let's go
Tā tik turēt - Keep going
Pasmaidi - Cheer up
Tā turpini - Keep it up
Limburgish:
Kom op - Let's go
Laot gaon - Go go go
Hieël good - Very good
Blieve doorgaon - Keep up
Doe kèns 't - You can do it
Allez - Go
Lithuanian:
Nenuleisk rankų -- don't give up
Nenukabink nosies -- don't lose hope
Viskas bus gerai -- everything is gonna be allright
Tu sugebėsi -- you can make it
Dar ne viskas prarasta -- it's not hopeless, you still have a chance
Low Saxon:
Man to! - Go ahead! Keep going! Go on!
Do dat man! - Do it!
Laat den Kopp ne hangen! (lit. let the head not hang) - Keep your head up!
Dat kriegt wi torecht! - We can make it!
Wees ne bang! - Don't be afraid!
Loos! - Go!
Luxembourgish:
Allez-hop! - Come on!
Du kanns dat! - You can do it!
Gudd! - Good!
Tiptop! - Very Good!
Malay:
Bagus! - Good!
Tahniah! - Congratulations!
Anda boleh lakukannya! - You can do it!
Senang sahaja! - It's easy
Tiada yang mustahil! - Nothing is impossible
Anda akan berjaya jika berusaha! - You will succeed if you try harder!
Manx:
yindyssagh - wonderful
jeant dy mie - well done
mie dy liooar - good enough
braew - fine
Maori (Cook Islands):
Maori (New Zealand):
Nahuatl:
Norwegian:
kom igjen! (= go ahead!)
gå! (= go!)
Bare gå på! (= keep going!)
Du kan gjøre det! (= you can make it!)
Papiamento:
Si bo por! = "Yes you can!" or "You can make it!"
Dal bai! = "Go-ahead!"
Sigui! = "Continue!" or "Go!"
Persian:
Polish:
Poradzisz sobie! = You can do it!
Dasz radę! = You can do it!
Dawaj! (informal) = Come on!
Uda ci się! = You'll succeed!
Portuguese:
Força! (lit. strength) (with the ç pronounced as [s])
Vamos! = Let's go!
Tu consegues! = You can do it!
Prussian:
Jaīs – go!
Tū mazzi di (segītun)- You can make / do it
Dāis wissan – let's-go!
ēmpirsin! – Go ahead!
Labban! - Good!
Segēis! - Act!
Galwan aūktais! - Head up
Romanian:
Singular:
Hai! Haide! - Come on!
Poţi să o/s-o faci! Hai că poţi!- You can make/do it.
Fă-o! - Do it!
Dă-i (înainte/bătaie)! Hai! Haide! - Go ahead!
Plural:
Hai! Haide(ţi)! - Come on!
Puteţi să o/s-o faceţi! Haideţi că puteţi! - You can make/do it.
Făceţi-o! - Do it!
Daţi-i (înainte/bătaie)! Hai! Haide(ţi)! - Go ahead!
Others:
Hai! Haide! - Come on!
Capul sus! - Cheer up!
Bravo(s)! - Bravo!
Super! Perfect! Tare! Excelent! - Super! Excelent! Cool!
Bagă! (between friends) - Go on!
Haide, mă(i)! (between friends) - Cheer up! Come on!
Russian:
Молодец [Molodets] (молодцы! [molodtsy!]) Молодчина! [Molodchina!] - Well done! Well said!
Отлично! [Otlichno!] - Perfect!, Excellent!
Ты ведь умеешь! [Ty ved' umesh'!] - You can make it!
Давай! [Davai!] - Go!
Давай, вперед! [Davai, vpered!] - Go ahead!
Так держись! [Tak derzhis'!] - Come on! Keep going!
Не падай духом! Не унывай! [Ne padai lukhom! Ne unyvay!] - Cheer up!
Поехали! [Poekhali!] - Let's go!
Sami/Lappish:
Scots:
Hae faith in yersel! - Have faith in yourself!
Ye can dae it! - You can do it!
Slovak:
Dokážeš to (You can do it).
Zvládneš to (You can do it).
Do toho! (Go for it).
Máš na to (Go for it).
Slovanian:
Spanish:
¡vamos! - Come on!
¡Vamos!¡tú puedes! - Come on! you can do it!
¡Arriba! - come on!
¡tú puedes! - Go ahead!
¡puedes hacerlo! - You can do it!
¡puedes lograrlo! - You can make it.
¡Muéstrales de lo que eres capaz! - Show them what you can do!
¡Anímate! - cheer-up!
¡sigue así! - keep-going!
¡Excelente! ¡perfecto!
¡da lo mejor de tí! - give the best from you
¡Hazlo lo mejor que puedas! - do the best you can
¡dale! - go!
Hazlo lo mejor que puedas - Do it the best you can
Haz lo mejor que puedas - Do the best you can
¡bravo!
¡olé! / ¡ole!
Swahili:
Swedish:
Kom igen! - come-on!
Du [kan] klara det! // Ja! Ja! Det går nog! - You can make/do it.
Fara! / Gå! - go!
Gör det! / Strax! - do-it!
Det är bara att börja! / Det är bara att göra! - go-ahead!
Nu far vi! / Nu åker vi! - let's-go!
Fortsätt! / Kämpa på! - keep-going!
Upp med hakan! - cheer-up!
Fortsätt så! / Vackert så! - Keep it up!
Tagalog:
sigi or sigi na = Go ahead
Thai:
pai leow = Go ahead
Tok Pisin:
Tongan:
Tupi:
Turkish:
Hadi! = haydi!= come on !
Ukrainian:
Давай! Давайте! (trans. Davay! Davayte!) - Come on!
Вперед! / Уперед! (trans. Vpered! / Upered!) - Go ahead!
Ти зможеш (це)! Ви зможете (це)! (trans. Ty zmozhesh (tse)! Vy zmozhete (tse)!) - You can do it!
Молодець! Молодці! (trans. Molodets’! Molodtsi!) - words of praise also used for encouragement
Покажи клас! / Покажіть клас! (trans. Pokazhy klas! Pokazhit’ klas!) - Show your skill!
Нумо! (trans. Numo!) – an interjection meaning something like Let’s do it!
Vietnamese:
Gioi qua! Well done! Well said!
Tuyet voi! Perfect! Excellent!
Anh (chi, em ...) se thanh cong! You can make it!
Tiep tuc! Go ahead!
Welsh:
Lakota:
Greenlandic:
