Since launching this site and asking people to send their translations of “I live here” in languages spoken in Queens, many have got in touch.

Most recently, for example:

Catalan: Jo visc aquí – sent by a mother-tongue speaker who lives in Astoria.  Catalan was not on the most recent American Community Survey list of languages spoken at home in the borough – a reminder that there are probably many languages out there which are not on that list.

Lithuanian: Aš čia gyvenu

Marathi:   Verbs in Marathi are gendered, so “live” here is as a woman would say it.

And Korean, which has an informal version: 私はここに住む and formal: 私はここに住みます

And here’s a video of my husband saying “I live here” in Spanish – as in, “Vivo aquí”.  Videos for other languages spoken in Queens are welcome!  I’ll post them on this site along with the translations.