| All Languages | Ways to say once upon a time | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | një herë e një kohë | |
| Basque | behin batean | |
| Belarusian | аднойчы [adnojčy] | |
| Bosnian | jednom davno | |
| Bulgarian | имало едно време [imalo edno vreme] | |
| Catalan | hi havia una vegada | |
| Corsican | era una volta | |
| Croatian | Jednom davno | |
| Czech | bylo nebylo | |
| Danish | Der var engang | |
| Dutch | Er was eens | |
| Estonian | üks kord | |
| Finnish | olipa kerran | |
| French | il était une fois | |
| Frisian | ienris | |
| Galician | Érase unha vez | |
| German | Es war einmal | |
| Greek | μια φορά κι έναν καιρό [mia for ki énan kairó] | |
| Hungarian | egyszer volt, hol nem volt | |
| Icelandic | einu sinni var | |
| Irish | fadó fadó | |
| Italian | C'era una volta | |
| Latvian | sensenos laikos | |
| Lithuanian | Vieną kartą | |
| Luxembourgish | et wor eemol | |
| Macedonian | еднаш многу одамна [ednaš mnogu odamna] | |
| Maltese | darba waħda | |
| Norwegian | Det var en gang | |
| Polish | pewnego razu | |
| Portuguese | era uma vez | |
| Romanian | A fost odată ca niciodată | |
| Russian | давным-давно [davnym-davno] | |
| Scots Gaelic | Aon uair | |
| Serbian | у давна времена [u davna vremena] | |
| Slovak | kde bolo, tam bolo | |
| Slovenian | nekoč | |
| Spanish | érase una vez | |
| Swedish | det var en gång | |
| Tatar | борын-борын заманда | |
| Ukrainian | Одного разу [Odnoho razu] | |
| Welsh | unwaith ar y tro | |
| Yiddish | אמאל [amal] |
Saying Once upon a time in Asian LanguagesSaying Once upon a time in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say once upon a time | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | كان ياما كان [kan yaman kan] | |
| Hebrew | היה היה פעם | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | rojekê | |
| Persian | روزی روزگاری | |
Saying Once upon a time in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say once upon a time | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | eendag | |
| Amharic | ከእለታት አንድ ቀን [ke’iletati ānidi k’eni] | |
| Chichewa | padangokhala | |
| Hausa | sau daya a lokaci guda | |
| Igbo | o ruru otu mgbe | |
| Kinyarwanda | Rimwe na rimwe | |
| Sesotho | bare e n'e re | |
| Shona | pane imwe nguva | |
| Somali | hal mar | |
| Swahili | hapo zamani za kale | |
| Xhosa | ngeminazana ithile | |
| Yoruba | ni akoko kan sẹyin | |
| Zulu | Kwasukasukela | |
Saying Once upon a time in Austronesian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say once upon a time | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | kausa | |
| Filipino | Noong unang panahon | |
| Hawaiian | i kekahi manawa | |
| Indonesian | pada suatu ketika | |
| Javanese | jaman bien | |
| Malagasy | indray andro hono | |
| Malay | Pada suatu masa dahulu | |
| Maori | i tetahi wa | |
| Samoan | o Aso lava la ua leva | |
| Sundanese | dina hiji waktu | |
Saying Once upon a time in Other Foreign Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say once upon a time | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | Iam antaŭe | |
| Haitian Creole | yon l nan tan lontan | |
| Latin | olim | |
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