Afrikaans vervolg | ||
Albanian vazhdoi | ||
Amharic ቀጠለ | ||
Arabic واصلت | ||
Armenian շարունակեց | ||
Assamese আগবাঢ়ি গ’ল | ||
Aymara sasaw sarantaskakïna | ||
Azerbaijani davam etdi | ||
Bambara a tɛmɛna a fɛ | ||
Basque jarraitu zuen | ||
Belarusian працяг | ||
Bengali অবিরত | ||
Bhojpuri आगे कहलस | ||
Bosnian nastavio | ||
Bulgarian продължи | ||
Catalan va continuar | ||
Cebuano nagpadayon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 继续 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 繼續 | ||
Corsican cuntinuò | ||
Croatian nastavio | ||
Czech pokračoval | ||
Danish fortsatte | ||
Dhivehi ކުރިއަށް ގެންދިޔައެވެ | ||
Dogri जारी रखा | ||
Dutch vervolgd | ||
English continued | ||
Esperanto daŭrigis | ||
Estonian jätkus | ||
Ewe yi edzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) patuloy | ||
Finnish jatkui | ||
French a continué | ||
Frisian ferfolge | ||
Galician continuou | ||
Georgian გაგრძელებული | ||
German fortsetzung | ||
Greek συνεχίζεται | ||
Guarani osegi | ||
Gujarati ચાલુ રાખ્યું | ||
Haitian Creole kontinye | ||
Hausa ci gaba | ||
Hawaiian hoʻomau ʻia | ||
Hebrew נמשך | ||
Hindi निरंतर | ||
Hmong txuas ntxiv | ||
Hungarian folytatta | ||
Icelandic hélt áfram | ||
Igbo gara n'ihu | ||
Ilocano intuloyna | ||
Indonesian dilanjutkan | ||
Irish ar lean | ||
Italian ha continuato | ||
Japanese 続く | ||
Javanese diterusake | ||
Kannada ಮುಂದುವರೆಯಿತು | ||
Kazakh жалғастырды | ||
Khmer បានបន្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda yarakomeje | ||
Konkani फुडें म्हणलें | ||
Korean 계속되는 | ||
Krio kɔntinyu fɔ tɔk | ||
Kurdish berdewam kir | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەردەوام بوو | ||
Kyrgyz улантты | ||
Lao ສືບຕໍ່ | ||
Latin continued | ||
Latvian turpinājās | ||
Lingala akobaki | ||
Lithuanian tęsėsi | ||
Luganda bwe yayongeddeko | ||
Luxembourgish weidergefouert | ||
Macedonian продолжи | ||
Maithili आगू बजलाह | ||
Malagasy foana | ||
Malay bersambung | ||
Malayalam തുടർന്ന | ||
Maltese kompla | ||
Maori haere tonu | ||
Marathi चालू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯥ ꯆꯠꯊꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo a ti chhunzawm a | ||
Mongolian үргэлжлүүлэв | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆက်ပြောသည် | ||
Nepali जारी | ||
Norwegian fortsatte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) anapitiriza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜାରି ରହିଲା | | ||
Oromo itti fufeera | ||
Pashto دوام لري | ||
Persian ادامه داد | ||
Polish nieprzerwany | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) contínuo | ||
Punjabi ਜਾਰੀ ਹੈ | ||
Quechua nispas hinalla rimarqa | ||
Romanian a continuat | ||
Russian продолжение | ||
Samoan faaauau | ||
Sanskrit अग्रे अवदत् | ||
Scots Gaelic a ’leantainn | ||
Sepedi a tšwela pele | ||
Serbian наставио | ||
Sesotho tsoela pele | ||
Shona akaenderera mberi | ||
Sindhi جاري آهي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දිගටම | ||
Slovak pokračovalo | ||
Slovenian nadaljevano | ||
Somali sii waday | ||
Spanish continuado | ||
Sundanese teraskeun | ||
Swahili iliendelea | ||
Swedish fortsatt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) patuloy | ||
Tajik идома дод | ||
Tamil தொடர்ந்தது | ||
Tatar дәвам итте | ||
Telugu కొనసాగింది | ||
Thai ต่อ | ||
Tigrinya ቀጺሉ። | ||
Tsonga ku ya emahlweni | ||
Turkish devam etti | ||
Turkmen dowam etdi | ||
Twi (Akan) toaa so | ||
Ukrainian продовжив | ||
Urdu جاری ہے | ||
Uyghur داۋاملاشتۇردى | ||
Uzbek davom etdi | ||
Vietnamese tiếp tục | ||
Welsh parhad | ||
Xhosa yaqhubeka | ||
Yiddish פאָרזעצן | ||
Yoruba tesiwaju | ||
Zulu kwaqhubeka |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "vervolg" also means "prosecution" or "legal action", with a similar meaning in Dutch. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "vazhdoi" comes from the Latin word "vado," which means "to go". In addition to its meaning of "continued," "vazhdoi" can also mean "to follow," "to pursue," or "to succeed." |
| Amharic | The word "ቀጠለ" can also mean "to last", "to be left over", or "to extend". |
| Arabic | The trilateral root of the word "واصلت" in Arabic is "وصل" which can also mean "to connect" or "to join". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "davam etdi" can also mean "continued" or "went on" in English. |
| Basque | The Basque word “jarraitu zuen” is a compound of “jarraitu” (to follow) and “zuen” (he/she/it had) and it can also mean to keep or maintain. |
| Belarusian | "Працяг" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "прѣтъгъ", meaning "stretch, continuation, extension." |
| Bengali | "অবিরাম" is a tatsama word, meaning "incessant", "unceasing" or "uninterrupted". |
| Bosnian | The term 'nastavio' may also refer to a method of preparing and preserving a traditional Bosnian dish called 'nastavak'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "продължи" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "prodъžiti", meaning "to stretch out" or "to reach out." |
| Catalan | The verb "va continuar" can mean either "continued" or "will continue" depending on the context. |
| Cebuano | "Nagpadayon" is derived from the root word "padayon" which means "to continue" or "to go on". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "继续" can also mean "again" or "once more". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "繼續" also means "continue to work or act even after a pause; resume." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "cuntinuò" can also mean "constantly" or "without interruption". |
| Croatian | Nastavio, which means "continued" in Croatian, also has the same meaning in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, while in Romanian it means "I was born." |
| Czech | The Czech word "pokračoval" can also be used to refer to something that is still happening or that has been recently completed. |
| Danish | The word "fortsatte" is derived from the Latin word "fortis," meaning "strong" or "brave". |
| Dutch | Despite the apparent similarity, the Dutch word “vervolgd” is etymologically unrelated to the English word “followed” and does not imply any pursuit or tracking. |
| Esperanto | "Daŭrigis" is the past tense of "daŭrigi", which can also mean "to endure," "to persist," or "to sustain." |
| Estonian | The word "jätkus" can also refer to "a fragment", "a remnant", or "a remainder". |
| Finnish | "Jatkui" is also a colloquial word for someone who talks excessively. |
| French | The French word "a continué" can also mean "extended" or "endured." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ferfolge" also means "to follow someone" or "to pursue". |
| Galician | The word "continuou" in Galician can also mean "continuous". |
| German | Fortsetzung is a German word derived from the Latin word 'fortasse' meaning 'perhaps' and used in Middle German as 'vortesehen' meaning 'to provide' or 'to take care of'. |
| Greek | The word "συνεχίζεται" comes from the Greek word "συνέχω", meaning "to hold together" or "to continue". |
| Gujarati | The word "ਚਾਲ਼ੁ" can also mean "beginning" or "to start" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | Kontinye, the Haitian Creole word for "continued," derives from the French word "continuer" and shares the same Latin root as the English word "continuous." |
| Hausa | Ci gaba also means 'to move forward' when used as a verb. |
| Hindi | "निरंतर" (continued) is an example of a Tatsuma compound. The root words of Tatsuma compounds are synonyms and repeat the meaning of the word. |
| Hmong | "Txuas ntxiv" literally means "tied together" in Hmong, suggesting a sequence or succession of events. |
| Hungarian | While the etymology of "folytatta" is unknown, it can also mean "proceeded" |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "hélt áfram" can also mean "kept going" or "persisted". |
| Igbo | The word "gara n'ihu" in Igbo also means "to continue doing something". |
| Indonesian | "Dilanjutkan" comes from the Indonesian word "lanjut," which means "continuing" or "progressing." |
| Irish | "ar lean" can also mean "on the march". |
| Italian | In Italian, "ha continuato" originates from the combination of "ha" ("has") and "-ato," a participial form denoting a completed action. |
| Japanese | 続く's original meaning referred to the sound of water flowing, and the Chinese characters were coined based on this sound. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "diterusake" originally meant "to make something happen" and could also refer to carrying on a pregnancy or lineage. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жалғастырды" can also mean "to join together" or "to attach." |
| Khmer | "បានបន្ត" in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "prasanna", meaning "well-favored, delightful, cheerful". |
| Korean | The term "계속되는" is derived from the root word "계속" (continue), and carries the implication of something that is ongoing or persisting over time. |
| Kurdish | Berdewam may mean "continuing," "lasting," "perpetual," or "permanent." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "улантты" in Kyrgyz can also refer to something that is sustained, prolonged, or extended. |
| Lao | The word "ສືບຕໍ່" can also mean "to continue to do something" or "to keep doing something". |
| Latin | The Latin word "continuatus" can also mean "extended" or "prolonged". |
| Latvian | The word "turpinājās" is derived from the verb "turpināt" (to continue) and the suffix "-jās" (passive), and can also mean "was continuing" or "had been continuing". |
| Lithuanian | "Tęsėsi" also means "duration" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "weidergefouert" can also refer to something that is repeatedly put through a furnace. |
| Macedonian | Продо́лжи (continued) comes from the Proto-Slavonic word *prodolžiti, meaning to lengthen or extend. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "foana" can also mean "forever" or "always". |
| Malay | "Bersambung" is a Malay word originating from the Sanskrit word "sambung" meaning "to join" or "to fasten". |
| Malayalam | The word "തുടർന്ന" has its roots in the Sanskrit word "तनु" (tanu), meaning "body" or "form". This suggests that the original meaning of the word was "to follow in form" or "to take the same form". Over time, the meaning evolved to include the idea of "continuation" or "sequence". |
| Maltese | Maltese "kompla" means both "continued" and "complained of" (as in "complained about"). |
| Maori | Haere tonu (continued) also means 'Carry on' and is a common Maori phrase that is used to provide encouragement and motivation. |
| Marathi | "चालू" (continued) also means "turned on, functioning, in use" in Marathi. |
| Nepali | The word "जारी" comes from Sanskrit and is also used in Hindi, Bengali, and Marathi, among other Indian languages. |
| Norwegian | Fortsatte is derived from the Old Norse word 'fortseta', which means to 'go on' or 'continue' |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "anapitiriza" can also mean "to repeat" or "to do again" in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | "دوام لري" is derived from the Arabic word "الدوام" (al-dawām), meaning "continuance" or "permanent activity." |
| Persian | The word "ادامه داد" in Persian also means "to continue" or "to pursue." |
| Polish | "Nieprzerwany" is composed of two parts, "nie" which is a negation and "przerwany" which means "broken". So "nieprzerwany" means "not broken" or "continuous". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "contínuo" can also mean someone who works continuously, such as an employee of a factory or store. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "a continua" not only means "to continue", but also serves as an adverb meaning "in succession" or "without interruption". |
| Russian | Продолжение means "continuation" but it can also refer to "an addition to something existing". |
| Samoan | The term "faaauau" also signifies "always" when describing a continuing action. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word ’leantainn means ‘to follow’ in the literal sense, i.e. ‘to go after’, and also ‘to follow’ in the metaphorical sense, i.e. ‘to continue’. |
| Serbian | The word "наставио" in Serbian, originating from the verb "ставити" (to put), can also mean "to begin doing something again after an interruption". |
| Sesotho | 'Tsoelapele' also refers to the act of 'pulling' or 'stretching' something. |
| Shona | The prefix aka can also refer to a progressive aspect in Shona, such as in the verb akaverenga (he is reading). |
| Sindhi | The word "جاري آهي" can also be used to mean "in progress" or "ongoing". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "දිගටම" is also used to mean "continuously" or "without interruption". |
| Slovak | The word "pokračovalo" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*pokračati", meaning "to step forward" or "to continue"} |
| Slovenian | The word "nadaljevano" is a past participle of the verb "nadaljevati", which means "to continue". |
| Somali | The term 'sii waday' in Somali, meaning 'continued,' also implies a sense of progression or furtherance of an action or event |
| Spanish | In archaic Spanish, "continuado" also meant "adjoining" or "connected". |
| Sundanese | The word "teraskeun" in Sundanese can also mean "to continue" or "to carry on". |
| Swahili | "Iliendelea" can also mean "it became" or "it continued to be" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Fortsatt is derived from the Swedish "fort", meaning "onwards" and "satt", meaning "placed, put". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Patuloy" in Tagalog can also mean "to keep at something" or "to persevere". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தொடர்ந்தது' can also mean 'continued to happen' or 'continued to exist'. |
| Telugu | The word "కొనసాగింది" is derived from the Sanskrit word "क्रम" which means "order, sequence" and "सागर" which means "ocean" or "vast expanse" |
| Thai | The word "ต่อ" can also refer to a joint or connection, a suffix, a kind of Thai fighting fish, or the number two. |
| Turkish | "Devam etti" originates from the Arabic word "devam", meaning "perseverance" or "persistence". |
| Ukrainian | The word "продовжив" in Ukrainian is a past tense form of the verb meaning "continue". |
| Urdu | Derived from Sanskrit प्रच्यवयति (pracyavayati), meaning "to set out, to depart, to issue, to start up, to commence." |
| Uzbek | The word "davom etdi" also means "kept going" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Tiếp tục" can also mean "continue doing something" |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "parhad" not only means "continued" but also "persistence" and "continuity" |
| Xhosa | The word "yaqhubeka" can also mean "to continue to be" or "to persist." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאָרזעצן" ("continued") derives from the German word "fortsetzen," meaning "to continue." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "tesiwaju" also means "to go forward" or "to continue in motion." |
| Zulu | Kwaqhubeka is sometimes confused with 'qhubeka' which means 'continue', but there is a subtle difference. Qhubeka simply means 'continue', whereas kwaqhubeka means 'continue in a different way' or 'change your approach and continue'. |
| English | The word "continued" comes from the Latin word "continere," meaning "to hold together," and can also refer to a state of unbroken connection or sequence. |