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This phrase is used in a sketch about a badly translated English-Hungarian phrasebook from the British TV comedy show, Monty Python's Flying Circus. There's a video of the sketch on youtube and a transcript on this site.
| Language | My hovercraft is full of eels |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | My skeertuig is vol palings |
| Albanian | Hoverkrafti im është plot me ngjala |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(ḥawwāmtī mumtil'ah bi'anqalaysūn)
حَوّامتي مُمْتِلئة بِأَنْقَلَيْسون |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Իմ օդաթիռը լի է օձաձկերով (Im odatirry li e odzadz.kerov) |
| Armenian (Western) | Իմ սաւառնակս օձաձկներով լեցուն է: (Eem savarrnaguhs otsatsknerov letsoon e) |
| Aromanian | Pãmporea-a mea-i ãmplinã di uhelji |
| Azerbaijani | Hoverkraftimin içi ilan balıǧı ilə doludur |
| Basque | Nire aerolabangailua aingirez beteta dago |
| Belarusian | Мой паветраны
човен поўны вуграмі (Moj pavetrany čoven pouny vugramі) |
| Bhojpuri | हमार मँडराये वाली जहाज सर्पमीनन से भरल ह (hamar mandaraye wali jahaj sarpminan se bharal ha) |
| Breton | Leun gant sili eo ma hovercraft / aeroglisseur |
| Bulgarian | Корабът
ми на въздушна
възглавница
е пълен със змиорки (Korabãt mi na v'zdyšna vãzglavnica e pãlen sãs zmiorki) |
| Catalan | El meu aerolliscador està ple d'anguiles |
| Cebuano | Puno ug kasili ang akong hoberkrap/hovercraft |
| Chamorro | Bula håsuli/åsuli iyo-ku hovercraft |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
我隻氣墊船裝滿晒鱔 (ngóh jek heijínsyùhn jòngmúhn saaisíhn) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚
[我的气垫船充满了鳝鱼] (Wǒ de qìdiànchuán zhuāngmǎn le shànyú) |
| Croatian | Moja je lebdjelica puna jegulja |
| Czech | Moje vznášedlo je plné úhořů |
| Danish | Mit luftpudefartøj er fyldt med ål Min luftpudebåd er fyldt med ål |
| Dutch | Mijn luchtkussenboot zit vol paling Mijn hovercraft zit vol palingen |
| Estonian | Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis |
| Faroese | Luftpútufar mítt er (skít)fult í álli! |
| Finnish | Ilmatyynyalukseni on täynnä ankeriaita |
| French | Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles |
| Frisian (Northern) | Min luftdümpetbüüdj as ful ma äil |
| Galician | O meu aerodeslizador esta cheo de anguías |
| German | Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale Mein Hovercraft ist voller Aale |
| German (Swiss) | Mis Luftchüssiboot isch volle Aal |
| Greek (Ancient) | Τὸ πλοῖόν μου τὸ μετεωριζόμενον ἐστι πλῆρες ἐγχελέων (To ploion mou to meteorizomenon esti pleres encheleon) Τὸ πλοῖόν μου τὸ ἀεροπλοῦν ἐστι πλῆρες ἐγχελέων (To ploion mou to aeroploun esti pleres encheleon) |
| Greek (Modern) | Το Χόβερκράφτ μου είναι γεμάτο χέλια (To hóverkráft mu íne gemáto hélia) |
| Hebrew | הרחפת
שלי מלאה בצלופחים (Harahefet sh'eli mele'ah betzlofahim) |
| Hindi | मेरी मँडराने वाली नाव सर्पमीनों से भरी ह (merī ṃḍarāne vālī nāv sarpamīnoṁ se bharī hai) |
| Hungarian | A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal |
| Icelandic | Svifnökkvinn minn er fullur af álum |
| Indonesian | Hovercraft saya penuh dengan belut |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔫᑉ ᐳᓪᓕᓕᒫᐸᒐ ᑕᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᔭᖅ (Umiaryuap Publimaaqpaga tattaurniq ammayaq / Umiarjuap Pullimmaqpaga tattaurniq nimiraq) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn |
| Italian | Il mio hovercraft/aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille |
| Japanese | 私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです (Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu.) |
| Korean | 내 호버크라프트는 장어로
가득 차 있어요 (Nae hoebuhkeurapeuteuneun changuhro kadeuk cha isseyo) |
| Latin | Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat |
| Latvian | Mans gliseris ir pilns ar zušiem |
| Lithuanian | Mano amfibija su oro pagalve pilna ungurių |
| Luxembourgish | Mäi Loftkësseboot ass voller Éilen Mäin Hovercraft ass voller Éilen |
| Macedonian | Моето летачко возило е полно со јагули (Moeto letačko vozilo e polno so jaguli) |
| Manx | Ta my haagh crowal lane dy astan |
| Māori | Kī tōnu taku waka topaki i te tuna |
| Malay | Hoverkraf saya penuh dengan belut |
| Malayalam | എന്റെ പറക്കും-പേടകം നിറയെ വ്ളാങ്ക ുകളാണു (ente prrakkum-paetakam niraye vlankukalanu) |
| Maltese | Il-hovercraft tiegħi hu mimli sallur |
| Marathi | माझी होडी मासळयांनी भरली आहे (Majhī hoḍi māsaḷyaṅni bharlī āhe) |
| Norwegian | Luftputefartøyet mitt er fullt av ål |
| Occitan | Mon aerolisador es plen d'anguilas |
| Persian | هاورکرافت من پر مارماهى است (havercrafte man pore mārmāhi ast) |
| Polish | Mój poduszkowiec jest pełen węgorzy |
| Portuguese | Meu hovercraft está cheio de enguias |
| Proto-Indo-European | Dihskolmos-to-h1me hxVnghel plh1nos h1esti |
| Romanian | Vehicolul meu pe pernă de aer e plin cu ţipari |
| Russian | Моё
судно на воздушной
подушке полно
угрей (Moio sudno na vozdušnoy poduške polno ugrey) |
| Scots | Ma hoovercraft's full o eyls Ma hoovercraft's breemin' ower wi eyls |
| Scottish Gaelic | Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan |
| Serbian | Моја лебдилица
је пуна јегуља (Moja lebdilica je puna jegulja) |
| Shona | Hovercraft yangu yakazara nemikunga |
| Slovak | Moje vznášadlo je plné úhorov |
| Slovenian | Moje vozilo na zračni blazini je polno jegulj |
| Spanish | Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas |
| Swahili | Gari langu linaloangama limejaa na mikunga |
| Swedish | Min svävare är full med ål Min svävare är full med ålar |
| Tagalog | Puno ng palos ang aking hoberkrap/hovercraft |
| Tamil | என் கப்பல் முழுவதும் மீன்கள் (en kappal muzhuvadhum meengal) |
| Telugu | నా హోవర్ఁక్రాఫ్ఠ్ అంతా ఈలు చేపలతో నిండిపోయింది (naa hoavarkraapht aṅthaa eelu chaepalathoa niṅdipoayiṅdhi) |
| Thai | โฮเวอร์คราฟท์ของผมเต็มไปด้วยปลาไหล (hō woe khrāp kong phom tem pai duay pla lhai) |
| Tok Pisin | Bilong me hangamapim bot stap pulap maleo Balus em i no goupim bilong me em i pullup long liklik pela snek bilong solwarra |
| Tsotsil | Li j-xulem tak'ine noj ta conoetik |
| Turkish | Hoverkraftımın içi yılan balığı dolu Hoverkraftımın içi müren dolu |
| Ukrainian | Моє судно на повітряній подушці наповнене вуграми (Moje sudno na povitrianij podušci napovnene vuhrami) |
| Vietnamese | Tàu cánh ngầm của tôi đầy lươn |
| Welsh | Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod |
| Yiddish | מיין פראָם ( שוועבשיף ) איז פֿול מיט ווענערס (Mayn prom (shveb-shif) iz ful mit veners) |
| Yorùbá | Ọkọ afategun-sare mi kun fun ẹja arọ |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Klingon | lupDujHomwIj luteb gharghmey / lupDujHomwIj lubuy'moH gharghmey |
| Avallaen |  (ägloinniyüvoih pōvlen üevs erüs) |
| Esperanto | Mia kusenveturilo estas plena je angiloj |
| Interlingua | Mi hydroaeroplano es plen de anguillas |
| Ithkuil |  (naļţîpšteï wâhrapʰued) |
| Lojban | le mi varkiclaflo'i cu culno lo angila |
| Toki Pona | tomo tawa lon sewi supa telo mi li jo e kala linja lon insa ale |
| Volapük | Lutakujababot oba binon fulik senkafitas |
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