One sentence in the languages you know

[nike]

Hey there,

amazed to see the topic I opened over a year ago is still discussed... back with an easier project. This time, I have a friend who's planning to come to Germany and I've started to send him texts every day asking just that - "When are you coming to Germany?"
A couple of days back I started to vary the language I ask in, until I ran out and started to collect from friends and classmates.
I've got these so far, but I'm going to need a couple more in order not to repeat a language before he finally gets here (like Feb 25), so if you speak anything besides

Arabic (classical)
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
German (duh)
German Sign Language
Esperanto
French
Greek (modern)
Hebrew (modern)
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Lithuanian
Nahuatl
Norwegian
Russian
Swedish
Spanish
Turkish

I would love to know how you say "When are you coming to Germany?" (As in "finally??") . If it's required information for the the translation, I am in Germany, he isn't, and he's male.
Oh, and languages spoken in Pakistan (Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi etc.) would be especially welcome!
Enjoy! And thanks in advance.

[tesseraktik]

Klingon:

ghorgh DoyIchlan Dapaw.
"when? Germany (you-it)-arrive"

Remember not to change any lower-case letters to capitals or vice-versa, as Romanized Klingon is "case-sensitive" (for example, yesterday I misread jup vIvoqbogh ("a friend I trust") as jup vIvoQbogh, which means "a friend I choked").

Attaching an image of the text in the Klingon writing system pIqaD (although that's a bit hard to text).

Lojban:
In the interest of over-representing conlangs in this thread, here's the text in Lojban:

do klama le dotygu'e ca ma
"you go the Germany [present] [what]"

My Lojban is far from perfect, but that should be right. If this is not the first sentence of a conversation, add .i to the beginning if it's a continuation of a topic, and ni'o if you're introducing a new topic.

[Jplus]

Unfortunately I can't help you, however I have a slightly off-topic question: how do you send a text message in sign language?

[Nogg]

Portuguese:

Quando você virá para a Alemanha?

[nike]

Unfortunately I can't help you, however I have a slightly off-topic question: how do you send a text message in sign language?

you just send the gloss

[eSOANEM]

Not one of the languages you requested, but here's the Na'vi:

nga zìya'u txoitslan pehrr
You going-to-come Germany when
When are you coming to Germany

Also, I think the Spanish would be:

¿cuándo vendrás a Alemania?

Although that probably sounds a bit foreign, it's been a while since I did any proper Spanish.

[tesseraktik]

Not one of the languages you requested, but here's the Na'vi:

Actually, he requested all languages except those listed, so lena'vi fits the bill perfectly. Qapla'!

[dhokarena56]

Why are you missing Catalan?

Quan vindràs a l'Alemanya?

[eSOANEM]

Not one of the languages you requested, but here's the Na'vi:

Actually, he requested all languages except those listed, so lena'vi fits the bill perfectly. Qapla'!

*keystyokx* I guess the Spanish wasn't needed then.

[nike]

Why are you missing Catalan?

Quan vindràs a l'Alemanya?

Because I'd totally forgotten that I have friends who speak it. Seeing your pic, PIE would rock! Although the Germany bit might be a problem. (I guess "people's place" might do).

[Gigano]

Afrikaans

Wanneer kom jy eens na Duitsland?

[Maralais]

The Turkish would be "Almanya'ya ne zaman geliyorsun?", and the French would be "Quand est-ce que tu vas venir en allemand?"(though I'm uncertain)

[DianaDiana89]

you can also say in romanian Cand vii in Germania?
i forgot how to say in japanese ..

[Nagikami]

"Cathain a thiocfaidh tú go dtí an Ghearmáin?" should be the Irish, I think

[tesseraktik]

Thanks to a huge amount of help from Twitter user @Quenya101, I can now provide a Quenya version:

Mana i lú lelyuvatyë Liënórenna?
What the time go-future-you People-land-to?

For anyone interested, I'm attaching a Tengwar transcription (generated using this online Tengwar Transcriber).
[@Quenya101 points out to me that due to a slight problem with the font, one of the tehtar under the last symbol in the fourth word is barely visible; there should be two dots, not just one.]

The word used for Germany here is Liënórë, declined as a destination to Liënórenna. Literally, it's "People-land" or "People-country", owing to the roots of the name Deutschland.
I've gotta say, I really like the ring of it

[Eugo]

Hey there,

amazed to see the topic I opened over a year ago is still discussed... back with an easier project. This time, I have a friend who's planning to come to Germany and I've started to send him texts every day asking just that - "When are you coming to Germany?"

Serbian: Kad dolaziš u Nemačku? / Кад долазиш у Немачку?
To make it "when are you finally coming": Kad ćeš već doći u Nemačku?

Croatian: replace Nemačka with Njemačka.

[nike]

Thank you so much, @everyone who's helped! I think I've got exactly the amount of languages I need right now, but I'm a linguist after all and I'd appreciate any other contribution!
Thanks especially for all non-indo-european translations. After too much PIE, everything just looks the same to you

[nike]

Not one of the languages you requested, but here's the Na'vi:

Actually, he requested all languages except those listed, so lena'vi fits the bill perfectly. Qapla'!

Also, I love how I can report to text someone one and the same question every single day for over a month and still be considered male.
(Not saying that I am, or am not!) Or maybe it's only that I prefer this interpretation to that of a "generic masculine".

[tesseraktik]

Also, I love how I can report to text someone one and the same question every single day for over a month and still be considered male.
(Not saying that I am, or am not!) Or maybe it's only that I prefer this interpretation to that of a "generic masculine".

The Language Council of Sweden has approved the use of "hen" as a gender-neutral third-person pronoun*; I wish English had that, as well

*Took'em long enough. The Klingons have had one for decades, at least!

Edit: I get it to Rhaeshvojinaan fini asshekh yer ajadae? in Dothraki, but that's very, very uncertain.

[xh'eishx'wyaxyatee]

In Russian: Когда вы приехали в Германию/Когда ты приехал(а) в Германию? (Kogda vy priyekhali v Germaniyu/Kogda ty priyekhal[a] v Germaniyu?). The first phrase is for a more formal question; the second, an informal one.

[hetas]

Finnish: Milloin tulet käymään Saksassa?
When are going to visit Germany?

You could also say "Milloin tulet Saksaan?", when are you coming to Germany but this could sound a bit ... abrupt?.

[tesseraktik]

Dothraki update:

@gussvenin on Twitter (who knows a lot more about Dothraki than I do) has suggested the following wording to me:

Affin yer ajadi Rhaeshvojinaan? - When will you come to the People's land?

[Amie]

Hindi:
Tum Germany aakhir kab aa rahé ho? (Can be apt for both formal/informal relationships)
Tu aakhir Germany kab aa raha hai? (Informal. Used among close friends)
Aap aakhir Germany kab aa rahé ho? (Very formal)

Punjabi (best guess):
Tussi kadon Germany aa rahé ho?

[hni]

Hindi:
Tum Germany aakhir kab aa rahé ho? (Can be apt for both formal/informal relationships)
Tu aakhir Germany kab aa raha hai? (Informal. Used among close friends)
Aap aakhir Germany kab aa rahé ho? (Very formal)

Actually, Gernamy in Hindi/Urdu is 'Almania' (borrowed from Arabic, and sometimes considered archaic, as Hindi/Urdu speakers these days are exceptionally lazy and mix every sentence with some English, but for a pure Hindi/Urdu sentence, use 'Almania')

'Aap aakhir Germany kab aa rahé ho?', the 'ho' should be 'hain', with the n pronounced nasally.

And 'aakhir' by itself doesn't work as 'finally', it means last. The correct phrase for 'finally' is 'bil-aakhir', lifted completely from Arabic, where it means 'in the end'.

Furthermore, the sentences given all imply that he hasn't yet made plans for going to Germany, the more appropriate sentence would use the verb 'to reach/arrive' (Pohonchna), rather than 'to come' (Aana).

So, considering everything above, the best sentence to use would be:
1. 'Tu Almania kab pohonch raha hai?' If you're quite close friends.
[too | ul (as in hull) maan (like 'man' in a Jamaican accent) ee (short) aa | cub | po (like 'pot' without the t) hon (like 'horn' in a really posh British accent, or 'fawn' with an h) ch | ra (same vowel as 'maan', but short) haa | hai (ai is like the e in 'hell', but long)]

2. 'Tum Almania kab pohonch rahé ho?' If you're not so close/unsure and want to err on the side of politeness.
[tum (I can't think of ANY equivalent in Enligish, maybe like a short version of the German 'ü') | ul maan ee aa | cub| po hon ch | ra hey | hoe] (All pronunciations are the same as above, except where changed).

Written Urdu:
1. تم المانیہ کب پہونچ رہے ہو؟
2. تو المانیہ کب پہونچ رہا ہے؟

[Amie]

And 'aakhir' by itself doesn't work as 'finally', it means last. The correct phrase for 'finally' is 'bil-aakhir', lifted completely from Arabic, where it means 'in the end'.

Furthermore, the sentences given all imply that he hasn't yet made plans for going to Germany, the more appropriate sentence would use the verb 'to reach/arrive' (Pohonchna), rather than 'to come' (Aana).

"Aakhir kab" would make it to mean, "Just when are you coming to Germany?" which implies, "When are you finally just coming over here?"
"Pohonch rahe ho" would make the sentence to mean "When are you arriving?" which when spoken in Hindi, makes it sound like the recipient of that question not far away actually going out there... like they've booked the tickets and then you're just discussing the arrival/departure schedules or something.

[hni]

And 'aakhir' by itself doesn't work as 'finally', it means last. The correct phrase for 'finally' is 'bil-aakhir', lifted completely from Arabic, where it means 'in the end'.

Furthermore, the sentences given all imply that he hasn't yet made plans for going to Germany, the more appropriate sentence would use the verb 'to reach/arrive' (Pohonchna), rather than 'to come' (Aana).

"Aakhir kab" would make it to mean, "Just when are you coming to Germany?" which implies, "When are you finally just coming over here?"
"Pohonch rahe ho" would make the sentence to mean "When are you arriving?" which when spoken in Hindi, makes it sound like the recipient of that question not far away actually going out there... like they've booked the tickets and then you're just discussing the arrival/departure schedules or something.

'Aakhir kab' just doesn't sound right, maybe 'aakhir mein' would work, but it still doesn't sound correct to me.

And by reading the topic, we can deduce that this friend has in fact booked his tickets and set an arrival date.

[Amie]

I thought that it was precisely because he hadn't that the OP has been sending him messages everyday asking when he would do so.

[Scales]

There're dozens of ways to ask in Ancient Greek, and I'm no expert on it. Here's one I like:

τήν Γερμανίαν εἰς ἐπει βαινείς;
ten Germanian eis epei baineis?
accusative-Germany into when you-will-walk

Any of those words can be put in any order you prefer except that "την" must directly proceed "Γερμανια". And, yeah, the verb isn't strictly correct, but it's not wrong. It's poetic (Note: the actual verb come/go is hella irregular and this was easier to conjugate).

[levantis]

Latvian: Kad tu nāksi uz Vāciju? [cud (like in cuddle) tu (like you'd read it in french, spanish or portuguese) naaksi (as if it was german) uz (like ooze, but the "u" is hard again) Vaacijoo]

Ukrainian: Коли ти приїдеш до Німеччини? [Coly tee preedjosh do Nimecheenee]

P.S: I wish I knew IPA to explain the right way to say all this

[Sean of the Dead]

Here's Basque:

Noiz (hi) etorriko haiz Alemaniara?

"Hi" slightly stresses you, which in this sentence is informal.

[Tuatara]

In Maori:

Ahea koe e haramai nei ki Tiamani?
when(future) 2sg futuretense come here to Germany

[Dantez]

Czech:
"Kdy už přijedeš?" or "Kdy už přijedeš do Německa?" (second one has added "in Germany", but it can stand alone as well and still it makes sense)

[sxbennett]

In Old English: Hwonne cymst þu tó Seaxe-land? Literally, "When come you to Saxon land?" Unable to figure out how to say "Germany", "Seaxe-land" is literally "Saxon land" or "Land of the Saxons".

[susan12]

As far as I know, the sentence "When are you coming to Germany" in Turkish would be "Ne zaman Almanya'ya geliyor".

I am not good at Turkish, but a professor at my uni comes from Turkey and she suggest me that translation.

[adam01]

Tamil

Neengle Germanee Yeppo Varringla (familiar friendly)

or as the translator says: Neengle Germanee Varraviaahgal

நீங்கள் ஜெர்மனி வருகிறார்கள்

and to answer:

Ich habe keine verdammte Ahnung, wann die Tickets sind teuer und ich habe einige reiche Irren Stalking mich!!!

[adam01]

Kannada

Neevoo Germanigay Yavaga Bharteera?

and I'd have to update my fonts (ugh) to do the squiddlies for ya

[milom]

Când vii şi tu în Germania?

You may also write (for commodity) : Cand vii si tu in Germania?

Oh, the language is Romanian.

[goofy]

Kannada

Neevoo Germanigay Yavaga Bharteera?

and I'd have to update my fonts (ugh) to do the squiddlies for ya

ನೀವು ಜರ್ಮನಿಗೆ ಯಾವಾಗ ಭರತೆರ

How many mistakes did I make?