How to say 'I am the king of the chickens/hens' in many languages. At the Polyglot Gathering in Berlin in 2016, this phrase appeared on a whiteboard. It was written by Martin Lelarge, who is obessed with chickens, imitates them, and calls himself 'the king of the chickens'. He decided, as a joke, to draw a chicken on the whiteboard and to write the phrase in the languages he knows. Other people wrote it in other languages.
The photo shows the whiteboard where the translations were written (click on it to see a larger version).
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| Language | I am the king of the chickens/hens |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ek is die koning van die hoenders |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
('inna malak alddijaj) انا ملك الدجاج |
| Basque | Oiloen erregea naiz |
| Belarusian | Я курыны кароль (Ja kuryny karoĺ) |
| Bikol | Ako an hade kan mga manok |
| Breton | Emaon ar roue an yer |
| Catalan | Sóc el rei dels pollastres |
| Central Dusun | Yoku nopo nga raja do manuk |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
我係雞嘅王 (ngóh haih gāi ge wòhng) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
我是鸡的王 [我是雞的王] (Wǒ shì jī de wáng) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
我是雞的王 (góa sī bó ĕ ŏng) |
| Coastal Kadazan | Izou nopo nga laja do manuk |
| Cornish | Myghtern an yer ov vy |
| Croatian | Ja sam kralj kokoši |
| Czech | Jsem král kuřat |
| Dutch | Ik ben de koning van de kippen |
| Estonian | Olen kanade kuningas |
| Finnish | Olen kanojen kuningas |
| French | Je suis le roi des poules |
| German | Ich bin der König der Hennen |
| Georgian | მე ქათმების მეფე ვარ (Me katmebis mepe var) |
| Gothic | 𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌴 (Im thiudans hanane) |
| Hebrew | אני המלך של התרנגולות |
| Hungarian | A tyúkok királya vagyok |
| Hunsrik | Ч sɛn’dэ ceeniч fωn’э hiŋklэ |
| Icelandic | Ég er konungur hænanna Ég er konungur hænsnanna |
| Iloko | Siak ti ari kadagiti manmanok |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Is rí na gcearca mé |
| Italian | Sono il re delle galline |
| Japanese | 私は鶏の国王です (watashi wa niwatori no kokuō desu) |
| Laz | მა მაფა ქოთუმეფეშ ვორე (Ma mapa kotumepeş vore) |
| Malay | Saya raja ayam Akulah raja segala ayam |
| Manx (Gaelic) | She mish ree ny kiarkyn Mish ree ny hein |
| Mirandese | You sou l rei de las pitas |
| Norwegian | Jeg er kongen av kyllingene (Bokmål) Eg er kongen av kjuklingane (Nynorsk) |
| Polish | Jestem królem kur |
| Portuguese | Eu sou o rei das galinhas |
| Rajasthani | Hoon' murgiyaan' go raja hun' |
| Russian | Я король кур (Ya korol' kur) |
| Scottish Gaelic | 'S e mise rìgh nan cearcan |
| Scots | Ah am the croun o the chickens |
| Slovak | Som kráľ sliepok |
| Spanish | Soy el rey de los pollos |
| Sranan | Mi de a kownu fu a den fowru |
| Swahili | Mimi ni mfalme wa kuku |
| Swedish | Jag är hönsens konung Jag är konungen av hönsen |
| Tagalog | Ako ang hari ng mga manok |
| Terengganu Malay | Ambelah Ghaje ayang |
| Turkish | Ben tavukların kralıyım |
| Värmlandic | Jé ä shôkklingans kong Jé ä höneras kong Jé ä hönsas kong |
| Welsh | Brenin y ffowls dw i Brenin yr ieir dw i |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Mi estas la reĝo de la kokinoj |
| Ido | Me es la rejulo dil hani |
| Interlingua | Io esse le rege de le pullos |
| Quenya | Nán aran porokeon |
| Toki Pona | mi jan lawa pi waso tomo |
| Volapük | Binob reg gokas |
Translations by Simon Ager, Igor Kusin, Jerson Partible, John K Auðunarson Vatterholm, Tyler Castaldo, Victoria Hernandez, Edith Gruber, Matthieu Desplantes, Adriano Steffler, Yogesh Solanki, Philip Newton, Amir Syafiq, Gareth MacColla, Timo Kalmu, Vaughn Oosthuizen, Charlie Aasen, Hugo Forss, Fábio Pereira, Ethan Hunt
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