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gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
'No bananas today, then?' 'Yes' is the correct response if you have no bananas today, surely. Mint list, btw.
February 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we have no bananas
This is a great song. I knew someone years ago who taught it to me in Dutch.
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Did it go like this, c_b?
'Ja, wij hebben geen bananen, wij hebben geen bananen vandaag!'
February 27, 2008
reesetee commented on the word yes we have no bananas
In Dutch? Wow. Does it sound better than the English version?
Edit: I think it does!
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And here it is in Swahili -
'Ndio! Hakuna Ndisi, Hakuna Ndisi Leo!'
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And here it is in Serbo-Croat:
Da, nemamo banana; danas nemamo banana.
February 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Keep it up, gangerh. I'm going to love this page! :) Just think: A one-page, go-to reference for "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in almost any language! That's what Wordie is FOR!
February 27, 2008
muamor commented on the word yes we have no bananas
The Finns do it this way: ' kyllä, meillä ei ole banaaneja, meillä ei ole banaaneja tänään ' .
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Don't encourage me c_b, I'm too encourageable.
Here's a little Creole number ....
'Nou n' a pa des banaan, pas des banaan ozordi!'
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And one for fun - which tongue is this?
'Hai, banana wa arimasen; Kyo wa banana wa arimasen.'
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
You have Mandarin oranges but do you have Mandarin bananas . . . . wait for it . . .
是, 我们�?食用香蕉; 今天我们�?食用香蕉
February 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And in Italian:
'Sì, non abbiamo banane; Non abbiamo oggi banane.'
February 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Holy crap, gangerh. This after an earthquake? You're still posting lyrics? (context for Wordieternity: see teutonic plates.)
I love this page. :)
February 27, 2008
reesetee commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Gangerh's been working overtime on Babel Fish! ;-) Unless you really know all these languages, g.
February 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Indonesian:
Ya, tidak ada pisang, hari ini tak ada pisang.
February 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Yes, chained_bear, shaken, not stirred.
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
En francais, non?
'Oui, nous n'avons pas des bananes; Nous n'avons pas des bananes aujourd-hui'.
March 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word yes we have no bananas
So, the German for 'pineapple' is 'ananas'. Which seems to raise the possibility of a hilarious misunderstanding when singing the bananas song in German.
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
'Ja haben wir keine Bananen; Wir haben keine Bananen heute.'
And don't step on any pineapple skins.
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Ja haben wir keine ananas, sionnach. Jawohl!
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And the Russians sang:
'Da, u nas niet nikakih-to babanov, U nas niet nikakih-to babanov, cevodnia'.
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And this is what the Treorchy Male Voice Choir would sing:
'Nagyw, does gennym banana; does gennym banana heddiw'.
March 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And in the bullrings of Spain they sing:
'Sí, no tenemos plátanos; No tenemos plátanos hoy'.
March 2, 2008
cricket commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Egad, you guys must have way too much spare time! I don't even know how to say cricket in French!
March 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
French cricket, cricket.
March 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And Luciano Pavarotti would sing:
'Sì, non abbiamo banane; Non abbiamo oggi banane'.
March 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
From another list.
Yes, Ingrid. My first crush. Ingrid Bergman. Inn of the Sixth Happiness. She would have sung 'Ja, vi har inga bananer; Vi har inga bananer idag.' But not in this film. She sang 'Knick knack paddywhack give a dog a bone'. Still crushed.
March 3, 2008
skipvia commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Wow, gangerh. My first crush was Annette Funicello. Maybe we should have a list...
March 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And in Portuguese it's:
'Sim, nós não temos nenhuma banana; Nós não temos nenhuma banana hoje'.
March 4, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word yes we have no bananas
My Esperanto is a bit rusty, but I'm pretty sure it's...
"Jes, ni havas neniom da bananoj, ni havas neniom da bananoj hodiau."
March 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
So in Squidiolect:
'Yesquee have squat squananas, squee have squat squananas today!'
March 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
'bout 3 weeks ago I asked:
And one for fun - which tongue is this?
'Hai, banana wa arimasen; Kyo wa banana wa arimasen'?
Guess I have to tell you, it's more likely to be written:
�?��?��?�?ナナ�?��?�り�?��?�ん。今日�?��?ナナ�?��?�り�?��?�ん。
March 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And in The Philipinnes they sing:
'Oo wala na kaming mga saging, wala mang saging ngayon'.
March 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And on St Patrick's Day it went:
'Seadh, níl bananaí ar bith againn; Níl bananaí ar bith againn inniu'.
March 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Australian - Yeah mate, no bloody 'nanas today.
March 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Now unavailable in Hindi:
'Han, hamare pas kele nahin hain, hamare pas aaj kele nahin hain.'
March 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
'Tis time we were without again. This time in Flemish-
'Ja, wij hebben geen bananen; wij hebben geen bananen vandaag!'
April 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Ah, ya bilby - 'pisang'. Bahasa Banana!
April 24, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
How could I have missed this conversation so far?! Of course the "mysterious" language was Japanese!
April 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Emmo non amus bananas, non amus bananas òe!
(Sardu)
May 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Right on the banana, 'gus - Japanese.
I've just noticed we're out of stock in Catalonia:
'Sí, no tenim plàtans; no tenim plàtans avui.'
Ole!
May 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Seadh, níl bananaí ar bith againn; Níl bananaí ar bith againn inniu. Is Gaelic (Irish).
May 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Ja, nimamo banan; danes nimamo banan. As a Slovene might say.
May 13, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
They're hungry in Hungary because:
Igen, nincs banánunk, ma nincs banánunk.
May 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
그렇다, 우리�?는 바나나가 없다; 오늘 우리�?는 바나나가 없 다
- as sung in Korea.
June 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And you may hear a Pole singing -
Tak, nie mamy zadnych bananow; nie mamy zadnych bananow, dzisiaj.
June 8, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Interlingua:
Si, nos ha nulles bananas!
June 21, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Shouldn't that be banana's - grocer's apostrophe?
June 21, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Arabic: Na'am, la 'aindana mauzan, la mauzun al-yaum.
October 15, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And in north Cameroon they sing in Fulfuldé: Oho, min wala kodon, wala kodon handé.
October 15, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Persian: Bale, mouz ra nedashtim, emruz hitsh mouz.
Many thanks to Larissa (not a Wordie) for the last three translations.
October 16, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Well, without bananas you'll have to think of another technique to accelerate the ripening of your avocados.
November 25, 2008
dontcry commented on the word yes we have no bananas
I wonder if a banana would float?
November 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Not in the current bananking system.
November 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
C'mon, haven't you ever heard of a banana boat?
November 26, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Yes, I haven't.
November 26, 2008
dontcry commented on the word yes we have no bananas
So....if you can make a boat from bananas, then bananas are...
November 27, 2008
ampersandwich commented on the word yes we have no bananas
• Hows of warship, yesterday
• The sun was shrunk and also shrining
• Bananafish spoke, "Tell us, pray,
• "Give us a sliver'd silver twining
• "Far be we to disappoint
• "We're sure as shore that queensland hemp'll
• "By the shorn did we anoint
• "A bulletpoint through the right temple
November 27, 2008
sionnach commented on the word yes we have no bananas
We have no bananas, but we do have a Carmen-singing orange:
fruity Carmen
November 28, 2008
oroboros commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Bananaphone!
November 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Wholly oranges, 'nachman! Read her her Miranda wrongs!
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And use the Batnanaphone!
November 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word yes we have no bananas
'I think the best popular songs of our time belong to the middle twenties. I cannot give exact dates to "Ma, he's kissing me," "Why did I kiss that girl?" and "Maggie! Yes, Ma? Come right upstairs!" but they all belong around 1925.
But the three great smash-hits were: "Yes, we have no bananas" (1923), "T'ain't gonna rain no more" (1924) and "Show me the way to go home" (1925). The first two of these, at any rate, went round the world like an influenza epidemic and were sung even by primitive tribes in the remotest forests of Asia and South America.'
- George Orwell, Songs We Used to Sing, 1946
December 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word yes we have no bananas
'Ere 'tis.
March 21, 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word yes we have no bananas
For when you're out of stock in Georgia:
დი�?ხ, ჩვენ �?რ გვ�?ქვს ბ�?ნ�?ნები; დღეს ბ�?ნ�?ნები �?რ გვ�?ქვს.
(diakh, chven ar gvakvs bananebi; dghes bananebi ar gvakvs.)
September 17, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Oooh.... niiice!!
September 17, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And you can sing it!
September 17, 2009
reesetee commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Those sure are pretty bananas. :-)
September 17, 2009
oroboros commented on the word yes we have no bananas
This is probably more than you wanted to know, but what the hay!:
"Words and music by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn (1923). One of the most successful nonsense songs of the 1920s. The writers got their idea by overhearing a Greek fruit peddler tell a customer: "Yes, we have no bananas." Frank Silver and Irving Cohn introduced their song in a New York restaurant, but it failed to catch fire. Then, in 1923, Eddie Cantor saw the song in manuscript while Make It Snappy (a revue in which Cantor was then starring) was playing in Philadelphia. Held over in that city for an extended run, the show needed some new material, since people were coming to see it a second time. Cantor decided to interpolate "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in one of his routines, one Wednesday matinee. The audience response was so enthusiastic that Cantor had to sing chorus after chorus; the show was stopped cold for over a quarter of an hour. Cantor now made the song a permanent part of his act, and he always brought down the house with it. His Victor recording became a best seller--one of many successful releases of this number. By the end of 1923 everybody was singing it throughout the country. In the Music Box Revue of 1923 it was ridiculed in a performance in which it was presented in the grand-operatic manner of the Sextet from Lucia de Lammermoor--the performers being Grace Moore, John Steel, Joseph Santley, Frank Tinney, Florence Moore and Lora Sonderson. It was interpolated in the motion-picture musical Mammy, starring Al Jolson (Warner 1930); Eddie Cantor sang it on the soundtrack of the motion-picture musical The Eddie Cantor Story (Warner 1954)"
--American Popular Songs, David Ewen, Random House, 1966
October 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Your the top banana, 'boros!
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Yes we have no World War II scarcities
October 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Hah! Look what I found.
יאָ מיר האָבן קיין bananas
In Yiddish, apparently.
October 13, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Yes We Have No Bananas (1923) is now in the public domain! I'm surprised nobody seems to be celebrating.
January 3, 2019