Portuguese
O tempo perguntou ao tempo quanto tempo o tempo tem. O tempo respondeu ao tempo que o tempo tem tanto tempo quanto tempo o tempo tem.
Time asked time how much time time has. Time replied to time that time has as much time as time has
Portuguese
Três tristes tigres
Three sad tigers
Georgian
თეთრი თრითინა თეთრ თოვლზე თრთოდა
A white weasel was shivering on white snow.
Italian
Sopra la panca la capra campa, sotto la panca la capra crepa.
Above the bench the goat lives, under the bench the goat cracks.
Romanian
Un vultur sta pe pisc cu un pix in plisc.
An eagle sits on a peak with a pen in its beak.
Croatian
Na štriku se suši šareni šosić
colorful skirt is dried on the stove
Romanian
Oaia aia e a ei, eu i-o iau.
That sheep is hers, I will take it.
Serbian
на врх брда врба мрда.
(Na vrh brda vrba mrda) On top of the hill a willow is moving
Greek
Μια πάπια μα ποια πάπια μια πάπια με παπιά
A duck but what a duck, a duck with a duckling
Greek
Μια τίγρη μα ποια τίγρης - Μια τίγρη με τρία τιγράκια
A tiger, but which tiger? A tiger with three tiger cubs
Greek
Ανεβαίνω, κατεβαίνω, μπαινοβγαίνω κι ανεβομπαινοβγαινοκαταβαίνω. Βρίσκω πόρτες κλειδωτές, κλειδωμένες και κλειδαροαμπαρωμένες.
I go up, down, in and out and up and out and down. I find doors locked, locked and padlocked.
Lithuanian
Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais
Six geese with six goslings
Greek
Άσπρη πέτρα ξέξασπρη κι από τόν ήλιο ξεξασπρότερη (aspri petra xexaspri ki apo ton ilio xexasproteri)
White rock, a lot white and because of the sun whiter that before
Danish
Rød grød med fløde
Red pudding with cream
German
Fischer‘s Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischer‘ Fritz
a fisherman fishes fresh fish….
Estonian
Kummikutega kummitus kummitas kummutis
A ghost wearing wellies was haunting in the chest of drawers
Lithuanian
gervė gyrūnė gyrėsi gerą girą gėrusi geroj girioj gerai gėrusi
a good drinker boasted a good drink of good wood
French
Un chasseur sachant chasser sans son chien est un bon chasseur.
A hunter that knows how to hunt without his dog is a good hunter.
Polish
Stół z powyłamywanymi nogami
A table with broken legs
Hungarian
Egy icike-picike pocok pocakon pöckölt egy másik icike-picike pockot, erre a pockonpöckölt icike-picike pocok pocakon pöckölte a pocakon pöckölő icike-picike pockot
A teeny-weeny vole flicked another teeny-weeny vole on its stomach, so the stomach-flicked teeny-weeny vole flicked the stomach-flicking teeny-weeny vole on its stomach.
English
Betty bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter, so she bought some better butter than the bitter butter Betty bought before.
Irish
Na bac le mac an mbacaigh, 'gus ní bacaigh mac an mbacaigh leat!
Don't bother with the baker's son and the baker's son won't bother you!
Danish
Fem flade flødeboller på et fladt flødebollefad
Five flat cakes on a flat cakeboard
Croatian
Riba ribi grize rep,pa joj odgrizne rep.
Fish bite fish`s tail,then she bite it off.
Spanish
¿Cómo quieres que te quiera si el que quiero que me quiera no me quiere como quiero que me quiera?
How can I love you if the one I want to love me doesn't love me the way I want him to love me?