Challenge 52 in 52: German

Wie eine Blume am Winterbeginn
Und so wie ein Feuer im eisigen Wind
Wie eine Puppe, die keiner mehr mag
Fühl' ich mich an manchem Tag

Like a flower at the beginning of winter

and like a fire in an icy wind.

Like a doll that nobody likes anymore,

this is how I feel on many a day.

Dann seh' ich die Wolken, die über uns sind
Und höre die Schreie der Vögel im Wind
Ich singe aus Angst vor dem Dunkel mein Lied
Und hoffe, dass nichts geschieht

Then I see the clouds, above us

and hear the cries of the birds in the wind

I'm singing because I'm afraid of the dark

and hope that nothing's going to happen.

Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Sonne
Für diese Erde, auf der wir wohnen
Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Freude
Ein bisschen Wärme, das wünsch' ich mir

A little bit of peace, a little bit of sun
on this earth, we all live on.
A little bit of peace, a little bit of happiness,
A little bit of warmth, is what I'm wishing for.

Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Träumen
Und dass die Menschen nicht so oft weinen
Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Liebe
Dass ich die Hoffnung nie mehr verlier'

A little bit of peace, a little bit of dreams
and that the people don't cry so often.
A little bit of peace, a little bit of love,
that I'll never lose hope again.

Ich weiß, meine Lieder, die ändern nicht viel
Ich bin nur ein Mädchen, das sagt, was es fühlt
Allein bin ich hilflos, ein Vogel im Wind
Der spürt, dass der Sturm beginnt

I know that my songs, won't change so many things
I am just a girl, who says what she feels
alone I am helpless, a bird in the wind
who feels that a storm is brewing.

Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Sonne
Für diese Erde, auf der wir wohnen
Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Freude
Ein bisschen Wärme, das wünsch' ich mir

Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Träumen
Und dass die Menschen nicht so oft weinen
Ein bisschen Frieden, ein bisschen Liebe
Dass ich die Hoffnung nie mehr verlier'

Sing mit mir ein kleines Lied
Dass die Welt in Frieden lebt

Sing with me a little song,
that the world lives in peace.

Singt mit mir ein kleines Lied
Dass die Welt in Frieden lebt

Challenge 52 in 52: Scots (Leid or Lallans)

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster in Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language which was historically restricted to most of the Highlands, the Hebrides and Galloway after the 16th century. The Scots language developed during the Middle English period as a distinct entity.

Scots is a recognised indigenous language of Scotland, a regional or minority language of Europe and as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.

As there are no universally accepted criteria for distinguishing a language from a dialect, scholars and other interested parties often disagree about the linguistic, historical and social status of Scots and particularly its relationship to English. Although a number of paradigms for distinguishing between languages and dialects exist, they often render contradictory results. Broad Scots is at one end of a bipolar linguistic continuum, with Scottish Standard English at the other.[16] Scots is often regarded as one of the ancient varieties of English, but it has its own distinct dialects. Alternatively, Scots is sometimes treated as a distinct Germanic language, in the way that Norwegian is closely linked to but distinct from Danish.

In the 2011 Scottish Census, 1.5 million people in Scotland reported to be able to speak Scots.

Scots at Omniglot
Scots at Wikipedia

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory!

Scots, who have with Wallace bled,

Scots, whom Bruce has often led,

Welcome to your gory bed

Or to victory.

Now's the day, and now's the hour;
See the front o' battle lour,
See approach proud Edward's power—
Chains and slavery!

Now is the day, and now is the hour:

See the front of battle lower (threaten),

See approach proud Edward's power –

Chains and slavery.

Wha will be a traitor-knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee!

Who will be a traitor knave?

Who will fill a coward's grave?

Who's so base as be a slave? –

Let him turn, and flee.

Wha for Scotland's king and law
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand or freeman fa',
Let him follow me!

Who for Scotland's King and Law

Freedom's sword will strongly draw,

Freeman stand or freeman fall,

Let him follow me.

By oppression's woes and pains,
By your sons in servile chains,
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!

By oppression's woes and pains,

By your sons in servile chains,

We will drain our dearest veins

But they shall be free.

Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in ev'ry foe!
Liberty's in ev'ry blow!
Let us do or dee!

Lay the proud usurpers low,

Tyrants fall in every foe,

Liberty is in every blow,

Let us do or die!

Challenge 52 in 52: Frisian

West Frisian, or simply Frisian is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the three Frisian languages.

For English linguists, West Frisian is notable as being the most closely related language to English outside of Britain, and it is often considered to be "in between" English and Dutch.

Omniglot West Frisian

Challenge 52 in 52: Dutch

Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people as a first language and 5 million people as a second language, constituting the majority of people in the Netherlands (where it is the sole official language) and Belgium (as one of three official languages). It is the third-most-widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives English and German.

Outside the Low Countries, it is the native language of the majority of the population of Suriname where it also holds an official status, as it does in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which are constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean. Historical linguistic minorities on the verge of extinction remain in parts of France and Germany, and in Indonesia, while up to half a million native speakers may reside in the United States, Canada and Australia combined. The Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa have evolved into Afrikaans, a mutually intelligible daughter language which is spoken to some degree by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia.

Dutch is one of the closest relatives of both German and English and is colloquially said to be "roughly in between" them. Dutch, like English, has not undergone the High German consonant shift, does not use Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker, has largely abandoned the use of the subjunctive, and has levelled much of its morphology, including most of its case system. Features shared with German include the survival of two to three grammatical genders — albeit with few grammatical consequences — as well as the use of modal particles, final-obstruent devoicing, and a similar word order. Dutch vocabulary is mostly Germanic and incorporates slightly more Romance loans than German but far fewer than English. As with German, the vocabulary of Dutch also has strong similarities with the continental Scandinavian languages, but is not mutually intelligible in text or speech with any of them.

Omniglot about Dutch

Some comparison:

English: one, two, tree, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Scots: ane, twa, three, fower, five, sax, seiven, echt, nine, ten

Frisian: ien, twa, trije, fjouwer, fiif, seis, sân, acht, njoggen, tsien

Dutch: een, twee, drie, view, vijf, zes, zeven, acht, negen, tien

Flemish: één, tween, drie, view, vijf, zes, zeven, acht, negen, tien

Afrikaans: een, twee, drie, view, vyf, ses, sewe, ag, nege, tien

German: eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn

Jiddish: eyns, tsvey, dray, fir, finf, zeks, zibn, akht, nayn, tsen

Challenge 52 in 52: North Germanic Languages, week IV

Asking Questions

E: who, what, why, when, where, how?
S: vem, vad, varför, när, var, hur
D: hvem, hvad, hvorfor, hvornår, hvor, hvordan
N: hvem, hva,  hvorfor, når, hvor, hvordan
I: hver, hvað, af hverju, hvenær, hvar hvernig
F: hvør, hvat, hvorfo, nær, hvar, hvussu

Yes/No questions: Invert the subject and verb so that the verb begins the question.

E: Can you help me?
S: Kan du hjälpa mig?
D: kan du hjælpe mig?
N: Kan du hjelpe meg?
I: Getur þú hjálpað mér?
F: kanst tú hjálpa mær?

E: Do you speak English?
S: Talar du engelska?
D: Taler du engelsk?
N: Snakker du engelsk
I: Talar þú ensku?
F: Dugir tú eingilskt?

Question Words: The question word begins the question, and the verb comes next, followed by the subject.

E: How are you?
S: Hur mår du?
D: Hvordan har du det?
N: Hvordan har du det?
I: Hvernig hefurðu það?
F: Hvussu gongur?

E: What is it?
S: Vad är det?
D: Hvad er det?
N: Hva er det?
I: hvað er það?
F: Hvat er tað

E: Where is Sten?
S: Var är Sten?
D: Hvor er Sten?
N: Hvor er Sten?
I: Hvar er Sten
F: Hvar er Sten?

E: What does Elsa do?
S: Vad gör Elsa?
D: Hvad gør Elsa?
N: Hva gjør Elsa
I: Hvað gerir Elsa
F: Hvat ger Elsa?

E: How old are you?
S: Hur gammal är du?
D: Hvor gammel er du?
N: Hvor gammel er du?
I: Hversu gamall (m) / gömul (f) ert þú?
F: Hvussu gamal (m) / gomul (f) ert tú?

E: What's your name? What are you called?
S: Vad heter du?
D: Hvad hedder du?
N: Hva heter du?
I: Hvað heitir þú?
F: Hvussu eitur tú?

Challenge 52 in 52: North Germanic languages, week III

English

I am
thou art
he/she/it is
we are
you are
they are

Swedish

jag är
du är
Han / hon/ det är ...
vi är
ni är
de är

Danish

jeg er
du er
han / hun / den er
vi er
I er
de er

Norwegian

jeg er
du er
han/hun/den er
vi er
dere er
de er

Icelandic

ég er
þú ert
hann / hún / það er
við erum
þið eruð
þeir / þær / þau  eru

Faroese

eg eri
tú ert
hann / hon / tað er
vit eru
tit eru
teir / tær / tey eru

English

I am called, my name is... Once upon a time this was "I hote" - I am called, I am named

Swedish

jag heter
du heter
han heter
vi heter
ni heter
de heter

Danish

jeg hedder
du hedder
han hedder
vi hedder
I hedder
de hedder

Norwegian

eg hetar
du hetar
han hetar
vi hetar
de hetar
dei hetar

Icelandic

ég heiti
þú heitir
hann heitir
við heitum
þið heitið
þeir heita

Faroese

eg heti
tú hetar
hann hetar
vit heta
tit heta
teir heta

Challenge 52 in 52: North Germanic Languages, week II

100 common words in the North Germanic languages... from 1000 Most Common Words.
I don't know where he got this list, and I'm pretty certain of that it's not accurate, but they are real words, and probably used quite often.

The missing numbers are "a", "an" and "set". I can't figure out which "set" they mean, and the indefinite article cannot possibly be one of the most common words of Icelandic considering that THEY DON'T HAVE THE WORD.
So I have added a couple of words I think fit the theme.

      

Swedish	Danish	Norwegian	Icelandic	Faroese
som	som	som	sem	sum
jag	jeg	jeg	ég	eg
hans	hans	hans	hans	hansara
att	at	at	að	at
han	han	han	hann	hann
var	var	var	var	var
för	for	for	fyrir	fyri
på	på	på	á	á
är	er	er	eru	eru
med	med	med	með	med
de	de	de	þeir	teir
vara	være	være	vera	vera
vid	ved	ved	við	við
ha	har	har	hafa	hava
detta	dette	dette	þetta	hetta
från	fra	fra	frá	frá
med	med	med	með	við
het	hed	het	heitt	heit
ord	ord	ord	orð	orð
men	men	men	en	men
vad	hvad	hva	hvað	hvat
några	nogen	noe	sumir	nakrir
är	er	er	er	er
den	det	den	það	tað
du	du	du	þú	tú
eller	eller	eller	eða	ella
hade	havde	hadde	hafði	hevði
den	den	den	sem	tann
av	af	av	af	av
till	til	til	til	til
och	og	og	og	og
i	i	i	í	í
vi	vi	vi	við	vit
kunna	kunne	kunne	geta	kunna
ut	ud	ut	út	út
andra	andre	andre	annað	annar
var	var	var	voru	var
som	som	som	sem	sum
göra	gøre	gjøre	gera	gera
deras	deres	deres	þeirra	teirra
tid	tid	tid	tími	tíð
om	hvis	hvis	ef	um
vilja	vil	vil	vilji	vilji
hur	hvordan	hvordan	hvernig	hvussu
sagt	sagt	sagt	sagt	sagdi
varje	hver	hver	hver	hvør
berätta	fortælle	fortelle	segja	siga
gör	gør	gjør	gerir	ger
vilja	ville	ville	vilja	vilja
luft	luft	luft	loft	luft
god	god	god	góður	góður
också	også	også	einnig	eisini
spela	spille	spille	spila	spæla
liten	lille	liten	lítil	lítil
ände	ende	ende	endir	endi
sätta	sætte	sette	setja	seta
hem	hjem	hjem	heim	heim
läsa	læse	lese	lesa	lesa
hand	hånd	hånd	hönd	hond
hamn	havn	havn	höfn	havn
stor	stor	stor	stór	stórur
stava	stave	stave	stafa	stavseta
tillsätta	tilføje	tilsette	viðbæta	samanseta
ens	endog	selv	jafnvel	eins
jämn	like	like	jafn	makað
land	land	land	land	land
här	her	her	hér	her
måste	måtte	måtte	mega	mega
stor	stor	stor	stór	stórur
hög	høj	høy	hár	høgur
sådan	sådan	slik	slíkur	slíkur
följ	følg	følg	fylgja	fylgja
gärning	gerning	gjerning	gerð	gerð
varför	hvorfor	hvorfor	Því	hví
fråga	spørge	spør	spyrja	spyrja
man	mand	mann	maður	maður
förändring	ændring	endring	breyting	broyting
gick	gik	gikk	gekk	gekk
ljus	lys	lys	ljós	ljós
slag	slags	slag	tegund	slag
av	af	av	af	av
behöva	behøve	trenge	þurfa	tørva
behov	behov	behov	þörf	tørvur
hus	hus	hus	hús	hús
bild	billede	bilde	mynd	mynd
försök	prøv	prøve	reyna	royna
oss	os	oss	okkur	okkum
igen	igen	igjen	aftur	aftur
djur	dyr	dyr	dýr	djór
punkt	punkt	punkt	punktur	stig
mor	mor	mor	móðir	móðir
värld	verd	verd	veröld	verð
nära	nær	nær	nálægt	nær
bygga	bygge	bygge	byggja	byggja
själv	selv	selv	sjálf	sjálvur
jord	jord	jord	jörð	jørð
far	far	far	faðir	faðir
dålig	dårlig	dårlig	vondur	illur
ny	ny	ny	ný	nýggjur
arbete	arbejde	arbeid	vinna	arbeiði