French
Si six cent scies scient six cent saucisses,
If six hundred saws saw six hundred sausages
German
Acht alte Ameisen assen am Abend Ananas.
Eight old ants ate pineapple in the evening.
Spanish
Dime cuantos cuentos cuentas cuando cuentas cuentos.
Tell me how many stories you tell when you tell stories.
Swedish
Får får får? Får får inte får, får får lamm.
Do sheep get sheep? Sheep don’t get sheep, sheep get lamb.
Italian
Apelle, figlio di Apollo, fece una palla di pelle di pollo. Tutti i pesci vennero a galla, per vedere la palla di pelle di pollo fatta da Apelle, figlio di Apollo.
Apelle, son of Apollo, made a ball out of chicken skin. All the fishes came to the surface to see the ball made of chicken skin by Apelle, son of Apollo.
Portuguese
A aranha arranha a rã, a rã arranha a aranha.
The spider scratches the frog, the frog scratches the spider.
Turkish
Kirk küp, kırkının da külpu kırık kup.
Forty clay jugs, each with a broken handle.
Swahili
Kale kakuku kadogo ka kaka kako wapi kaka?
Where are your chickens, brother?
Dutch
Zeven zwarte zwanen zwemmen in de Zuiderzee.
Seven black swans swim in the South sea.
Greek
Μια πάπια, μα ποια πάπια; Μια πάπια με παπιά!
Mia papia, ma poia papia; mia papia me papia!
A duck, but which duck? A duck with ducklings!
