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| Europe (60) |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
English
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I am crazy
more (5)
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Gàidhlig (Scots Gaelic)
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Is mithear |
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Gaeilge/Irish  |
Ta me as mo mheabhair more (4) |
Pronounced taw MAY os mu vyower. Literal translation: i'm out of my mind. |
Manx  |
S'treih keoie | |
Breton  |
Me bezañ sot | |
Welsh  |
Rydw i'n wallgo'
more (3) |
Ruh-doo een
wah-ll-gore. The first R is rolled. The letter 'll' is hard to pronounce but is basically blowing air out between your teeth while your tongue is pressed against the inside of your top teeth. |
| Basque | Zoraturik nago more (3) | |
German (Hoch Deutsch)  |
Ich bin verrückt |
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Low German (Low Saxon)  |
Ik bün mall | Ik bYn 'mal |
| Swabian (Southern German dialect) |
I be verrukt | |
Kölsch (Norhein-westfallen)  |
Isch bin jeck |
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| Austrian | I bin varuckt | |
| Swiss German/High Alemannic | ych by voruckt | pronounced "�ch b� for�gd", with "ch" like in "Loch Ness" |
Alsatian/elsässisch (France)  |
Ich bin verruckt | |
Dutch  |
Ik ben gekmore (14) |
Ig bEn Qek |
Luxembourgian  |
Ech si geckeg | |
Yiddish  |
Ikh bin meshuge | meSHUgeh |
Danish  |
Jeg er sindssyg
more (2) |
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Norwegian (book language)  |
Jeg er gal
more (8) |
Yei Er Gal |
| Norwegian (new norwegian) |
Eg er galen more (8) |
Eg e GaaleN |
Icelandic  |
Ég er brjalaður | Ye er Bryaulathuer |
| Faroese (Føroyskt) | Eg eri svakur | |
Swedish  |
Jag är tokig
more (2) |
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Finnish  |
(Minä) olen hullu |
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Sámi (north sami Norway) |
Mun lean jalla | |
Estonian  |
Ma olen hull | |
Lithuanian  |
Ađ esu pamiđćs (m.) Ađ esu pamiđusi (f.) more (2) |
ash esu pamishes ash esu pamishusi |
Latvian  |
(Es) esmu traks (m.) (Es) esmu traka (f.) |
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Hungarian  |
Bolond vagyok |
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Latin  |
Insanus sum (m.) Insana sum (f.) |
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Italian  |
Sono pazzo (m.) Sono pazza (f.) |
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Sardinian (sardu)  |
Deo so maccu (m.) Deo so macca (f.) |
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French  |
Je suis fou(m.)
Je suis folle(f.) |
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Corsican (corsu)  |
Só pazzu (m.) Só pazza (f.) more (2) |
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Spanish (Castilian)  |
Estoy loco(m.)
Estoy loca(f.) more (2) |
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| Valencian (in Spain) |
Yo estic foll
more (1) |
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Catalan (in Spain) |
Estic boig (m.) Estic boja (f.) more (4) |
bodge ("boig": b- is a very soft be, like in Spanish, -o- is an open o, as in bottle, and -ig is like in fridge). |
Aragonese (in Spain)  |
Soi barrenau | The language is spoken at the Autonomous Community of Aragon, in the Spanish State. |
Galician (northwest of Spain) |
Estou tolo (m.)
Estou tola (f.)
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Portuguese  |
Eu sou louco(m.)
Eu sou louca(f.)
more (4) | Portugal (m.) Brazil (m.) |
Romanian  |
Sunt nebun (m.) Sunt nebuna (f.) |
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| Bulgarian | Az sum lud | |
Maltese  |
Jien mignun more (7) | |
Czech |
Jsem blázen | "semm blaazen". The pronounciation of "y" in the beginning of the word "jsem" is archaic. |
Slovakian  |
Som blázon | |
Slovenian  |
Jaz sem nora | |
Serbo-Croatian   |
Ja sam lud (m.) Ja sam luda (f.) |
They can be shorted to "Lud
sam" or "Luda sam" as well. The "J" is
pronounced as "Y" in English. "Ya sam lood",
"Ya sam luda" would be the pronunciation written in English Note: There are basically 3 main dialects (old Yugoslavia):
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| Ijekavski (Serbo-Croatian dialect spoken in Bosnia) | Ja sam mahnit |
yaa summ makh-knitt |
| Macedonian (Former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia - FYROM) | Jas sum nenormalen | |
Albanian  |
Jam i cmendur(m.) Jam e cmendur(f.) more (2) |
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Polish  |
Jestem szalony
more
(4) |
yestem shalony |
Russian  |
Я сошёл с
ума (m.) Я сошла с ума (f.) more (3) |
Ja soshiol s uma (m.) Ja soshla s uma(f.) |
Ukrainian  |
Ya z gluzdu zhyihav | |
Greek (modern)  |
Eimai trellos (m.) Eimai trelli (f.) |
*Ime trell*OS (m.) *Ime trell*I (f.) stress after asterix |
| Greek (parts of mainland) |
Eimai mourrlos (m.) Eimai mourrli (f.) |
*Ime mourrlOS (m.) *Ime mourrl*i(f.) |
Greek (Cypriot)  |
Eimai ppellos (m.) Eimai ppellI (f.) |
Ime ppellOS (m.) Ime pprelll (f.) |
| Ancient greek |
ειμι ϕρεν οβλαβηζ | eimi phrenoblabês |
Romani (Gypsy)  |
Me som Radge | Enraged, excited,crazy |
| Bergitka Roma (Carpatian Gypsies) |
Me dilinialilom | |
| Kalderash Romani |
Me som dinilo (m.) Me som dinili (f.) |
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| Middle East (6) | |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
Hebrew  |
Ani meshuga (m.) Ani meshuga'at (f.) more
(2) |
meshuGAH, meshuGA'at |
| Turkish | Ben manyaðým more (2) | "ð" is a "g" with a "-" on it so you can also write "ben manyagým." its something like i'm mad.. |
Kurdish  |
Mein skjttem | |
Arabic  |
 more (3) |
Aná Mâdjnón á = Long A as in (clArk),â = Short A as in (sUn), ó = Long O as in (mOOn), Dj = J as in (Jack) |
| Persian/farsi (Teheran) | Divaneh hastam more (1) | The "v" is pronounced midway between an English "v" and "w." |
| Persian/dari (Afganistan) | Divaneh astum | The "v" is pronounced midway between an English "v" and "w." |
| Americas (9) | |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
Central Yup'ik (Eskimo language, southwest Alaska)  |
Usviitua | lit: I lack sense, mind |
Chinook Jargon (old Seatle dialect)  |
Naika lemolo Naika Pelton |
wild, deranged, perhaps violent. Alternative: Naika pelton ("foolish, deranged, simple")the 'k' in naika is unaspirated, so is more like a very hard 'g'. Pelton was a real-life, crazy mountain man that lived around here long ago, and his name became incorporated into the major trade language of the entire territory, to mean "crazy." |
Chahta (Choctaw) |
Sa okpulot taha | |
Cherokee  |
Nagwadantuhna | out of my mind agilulotsa - is more violent than the one above |
Canadian french (Joual)  |
Chui fou (m.) Chui folle (f.) more (3) |
To pronounce "chui" say "shsw ee" " but with your lips rounded like saying "oo". In QuÈbec French, the "u" is whispered or even not pronounced at all when it's near certain vowels <g. A growing number of people pronounce the "u" in "chui". |
| Quebec french |
Je suis capoté | |
Mi'kmaq (Nova Scotia)  |
lwachiowiae | ill-watch-hey-oww-he-aay |
| Ottawa-Anishnaabe Nation |
Ndoo-giiwnaadzi | ndough geeunodzi |
Inuktitut (Greenland)  |
? tunga | |
| Asia (17) | |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
Chinese  |
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wo feng le |
Japanese  |
Boku, ikareta n da (m.) Atashi, ikareta n da (f.) more (5) |
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Korean  |
 more (4) |
na mee-chuh-suh. both 'u' are pronounced as in 'bug'.. ...means idiot, not crazy - anyone who knows the word for crazy? |
Vietnamese  |
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Hindi (India)  |
Main Pagal Hoon | Me pagal ho |
Punjabi (India,
Pakistan) |
Main Pagal Haan | Me pagal ha |
Urdu (Pakistan)  |
Main pagal hoon | Less emphasis on the n's! |
| Bengali (Bangladesh) |  |
Amee Pagol |
| Tamil (India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia) | Ennakku Paiththiyam | |
| Malayalam (Kerala in India) | Ennakku Praanthu | |
| Telugu (Andhra in India) | Nakku Pichchi | |
| Singalese (Sri Lanka) | Mata pissu
more (6) |
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Indonesian  |
Saya Gila | |
| Tok Pisin (Pidgin English from Papua New Guinea) | Mi longlong | |
Tagalog (Phillipines)  |
Sira-ulo ako | I am broken head/crazy. see-RA OO-loh ah-KOH Stress the capitalized syllables, and the "r" is "flapped". |
| Bisayan dialect (from Cebu City area, Philippines) | Ako buang | |
| Thai | Phom ben paa
more (2) |
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| Africa (8) | |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
| Kiswahili/Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya) | Umetupe mbao more (2) | |
| Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) | Nini ni Jinga | |
| Luganda (Uganda) | Ndi mutabufu wa mutwe | My head is mixed up |
Amharic (Ethiopia) |
Ebd Negn |
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Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)  |
Warasaze uri umusazi |
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Afrikaans |
Ek is mal | |
Xhosa  |
Ndiphambene | |
Somali  |
Waan waalanahey more (2) |
| Australia (1) | |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay (Aus.aborigonals) |
Wamba ngaya ginyi | Mad, silly |
| Other (3) | |
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| Language | Phrase | Pronounciation/Comment |
Esperanto  |
Mi estas freneza
more (2) |
mee ·ystas fayn·ysa |
Lojban  |
Mi jai fenki | |
| American Sign Language (ASL) | 
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To say
"crazy" in ASL: handshape "1", movement:
"circle", frequency twice. (click to enlarge images). |
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