Language Day celebrates L I F E - in these somewhat dismal times - big time! By rendering the word for it here in a few languages, and showing some titles of movies and videos (music in bold) where the word “Life” takes center stage. And, whenever possible, in the original language, and possibly even with the lyrics translated! The film links lead you mainly to Wikipedia, and the musical links to YouTube. And even if you don’t understand what the title of the songs are about, you may rest assured that the song is about Life, in these various parts of the world:
CHINESE ?? Shēnghuó 生活 - 生活 (shēnghuó) - 生活 (Vicky Chen)
DANISH ?? Liv - This is My Life (Kim Larsen 1977)
DUTCH ?? Leven - Leven (Maan 2021)
ENGLISH ????????????? Life - It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) - Life is Life (Opus 1985)
ESTONIAN ?? Elu - Elu on ilus (Mati Nuude 2001, “Life is Beautiful”)
FINNISH ?? Elämä - Elämäni valo (Light of my Life, 2019) - Rakastan elämää (Petrus Schroderus, “I love life”)
FRENCH ?? Vie - La Vie en Rose (Life in Pink, 2007) - La Vie en rose (Edith Piaf 1945)
GERMAN ?? Das Leben - Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006) - Das Leben ist ne Party (Isi Glück 2018, “Life is a party”)
GREEK ?? ζωή (zoii) - Μια ζωή την έχουμε (We Have Only One Life, 1958) - Όμορφη Ζωή (Thodoris Voutsikakis, “Beautiful life”)
HAWAIIAN Ola - Ōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian) - Oli ha Ola (Lei’ohu Ryder, Sing four lives)
HINDI - Jindagi जिंदगी - Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Pritam, “Tell me something about life”)
HUNGARIAN ?? Élet - Life (2017, dubbed in Hungarian) - Az élet íze (FankaDeli, “The Taste of Life”)
ICELANDIC ?? Lífið - Lífið er yndislegt (Klara Elias, “Life is wonderful”)
IRISH ?? Saol - Saol Clainne (Family Life)
ITALIAN ?? La Vita - La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful, 1997) - La vita mia (Amedeo Minghi 1989, “My life”)
JAPANESE ?? 生活 Seikatsu - 真生活 (Shin Seikatsu, “True life”)
KOREAN ?? Salm 삶 - 삶의 열매 (Cho Chan Mi, Salm-ui yeolmae, “Fruit of life”)
LATIN Vita -
LATVIAN ?? Dzīvi - Brāl' Ar Dzīvi Nekaulē (Bermudu Divstūris, “Brother don’t bargain with life”)
LITHUANIAN ?? Gyvenimą - Myliu gyvenimą (Katažina, “I love life”)
NORWEGIAN ?? Liv - Livet er herlig (TIX & El Papi “Life is wonderful”)
TAGALOG ?? Buhay - Ang Buhay Ko (Aegis, “My Life”)
POLISH ?? Zycie - Życie jest piękne (Łzy 2016, “Life is beautiful”)
PORTUGUESE ?? A Vida - A Vida da Gente (Our Lives) - A vida é um Rio (Raffa Torres, “Life is a river”)
RUSSIAN ?? жизнь (zheezn)
SPANISH ?? La Vida - La vida era eso (That Was Life, 2020) - Livin' La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin 1999, “Livin' the crazy life”)
SWAHILI Maisha - Maisha ni safari (“Life is a journey”)
SWEDISH ?? Liv - Mitt liv som hund (My Life as a Dog, 1985) - Livet är en fest (Nationalteatern 1972, “Life is a party”)
TURKISH ?? Hayat - Ben Yoruldum Hayat (Mümin Sarikaya, “I’m tired of life”)
WELSH Bywyd - Bywyd Caerdydd, Bywyd Cymraeg (Cardiff Life, Welsh Life) - Bywyd rhy fyr (“Life is too short”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE&ab_channel=BonJoviVEVO
Updated 29.8.2022