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| Language | Translations for "GOING TO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 要 (ask, coerce, demand, important, must, request, to be going to, to want, vital), 入學 (enter a school, first start going to school as a child), 將要 (be going to, shall, will), 將會 , 不為已甚 (not be too hard on subject, refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment). (various references) | |
Czech | chystat se nìco udìlat (be going to do smth.). (various references) | |
Estonian | pangaskäimise (going to the bank), pangaskäimine (going to the bank). (various references) | |
Finnish | olin aikeissa lähteä (I intended to leave, I was going to leave), mitä aiot panna yllesi (what are you going to wear?), minkä uran valitset (what profession are you going to choose?), menen uimaan (I am going to have a swim), hän matkustaa Amerikkaan (he is going to America), aikoa (intend). (various references) | |
French | je vais lui parler (I am going to have a word with him), avoir l'intention de faire (be going to do), aller faire (be going to do), être sur le point de faire (be going to do). (various references) | |
German | verlotternd (going to rack), vergammelnd (going to seed), Das geht zu weit. (That's going to far.). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עומד (about to, intending, platform, post, stand, stand up, standing, standing place). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szándékozik vmit csinálni (to be going to do sg), fog vmit csinálni (to be going to do sg). (various references) | |
Italian | intendere (intend, mean). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 避暑 (going to a summer resort, summering), 渡米 (going to U.S.A.), 就寝 (going to bed, retiring). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひしょ (going to a summer resort, secretary, summering), とふつ (going to France), とうじょう (boarding, cylindrical, embarkation, entry, going east, going to Tokyo), とべい (going to U.S.A.), とおう (going to Europe), よいね (a good price, going to bed early), ようたし (business, going about one's business, going to the washroom, purveyor), ゆきすぎ (going to extremes, going to far), いったりきたり (back and forth, going to and fro), いきすぎ (going to extremes, going to far), とえい (going to Britain, operated by the metropolitan government), さんらく (going to the capital, slump, sudden fall of market price), おきふし (daily life, rising and going to bed), ねげしょう (removal of make-up before going to sleep), しゅっこう (being transferred, clearance, departure, giving lectures, going to or leaving school, leaving for, proceeding, sailing), しゅっぷ (going to the capital, working in a government office), しゅっきん (at work, contribution, financing, going to work, investment, payment, withdrawal), しゅうみん (going to sleep, retiring), しゅうしん (attachment, devotion, ethics, final trial, going to bed, infatuation, moral training, morals, retiring, the whole life), しびれ (limbs going to sleep, numbness), ベッドイン (going to bed), おくりむかえ, つれしょん (going to the bathroom in a group). (various references) | |
Malagasy | aleha. (various references) | |
Manx | mooirjeenagh (cloud, cloudy, dull as day, going to be wet, looks like rain, murky, overcast, threaten). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | dey (am, are, day, do, doing, is, to accept, will). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oinggay otay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | indo a. (various references) | |
Romanian | fi gata sã (be going to, be prepared to), avea intenţia sã (be going to). (various references) | |
Russian | уговаривать пойти в (talk into going to). (various references) | |
Scottish | dol (about to do or say, going, proceeding). (various references) | |
Somali | tegista. (various references) | |
Spanish | caminante a. (various references) | |
Swedish | skola (school), ha för avsikt (contemplate). (various references) | |
Tagalog | papuntang. (various references) | |
Xhosa | ndiyemsebenzini (I'm going to work). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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