Dr Kataria inspired in 2007 the world Laughter Yoga community to play with the expression “very good, very good, yay!” and it has proved extremely popular.
Here is how it works:
- Clap your hands twice in front of you as you repeat each time: very good!
- Put both thumbs up, make eye contact with as many people as you can, and enthusiastically say: Yeah! (you may or may not want to lift both arms up as you do so.)
Here is how this expression translates in 29 different languages (thank you to Melanie Rudolph for starting this compilation).
| Afrikaans | Baie Goed, Baie Goed Yey! |
| Arabic | Kteer Mneeh Kteer Mneeh Ehh! |
| Armenian | Shad lav shad lav or bagus bagus yeah! |
| Burma: | Ree Doo Mah, Ree Doo Mah, EAYYY! |
| chinese: | Fei-chang-hau fei-chang-hau yay! |
| Croatian | Dobro je dobro je jeeeeeej! |
| Danish: | Rigtig dejlig rigtig dejlig aar! |
| Dutch: | Heel goed , heel goed Ja! |
| English | Very Good Very Good Yeah !!! |
| Filipino: | Magaling Magaling Magaling!!! Wuhoooooo!!!! Wootwoot! |
| Finnish: | Tosi hyvä, tosi hyvä, jee!” |
| French: | C’est super, C’est super, Yéééééééééé! or C’est superbe, c’est superbe, ouiiiiiiiiiii! |
| Gaelic | Gle mhah, gle mhah! |
| German: | Sehr gut, sehr gut – yeah! |
| Gujerati: | ketlu saaroo ketlu saroo Yey! |
| Hebrew: | Tov Meod Tov Meod Yesh! |
| Hindi | bahut acchaa , bahut acchaa , yeeeeeee! |
| Hungarian | Jaj de jo, Jaj de jo, Hurra!!!! |
| Indonesia | Bagus..bagus sekali, yaaayyy! |
| Italian | Molto bene, molto bene, yeah! |
| Japanese | Iizo iizo yeah! |
| Lithuanian | Labai gerai labai gerai, jeeee! |
| Norwegian | Veldig Bra Veldig Bra! |
| Portuguese | Muito Bom Muito Bom Sim! |
| Spanish | Muy bien muy bien yeah! |
| Sweden | Mycket Bra, Mycket Bra, Ja! |
| Tamil | Rombo Nalla Irukku, Rombo Nalla Irukku, Yey!” |
| Telugu | Chaala Bagundhi, Chaala Bagundhi, He! |
| Turkish | Hah hah hah Çok?yi Çok?yi, Evet! |
Do you want translation in more languages? Use https://translate.google.com
You will find many more similar affirmations in the Online Laughter Session Planner (a unique resource with over 1,001 joy-filled exercises) as well as in the book “505 Best of Laughter Exercises“.
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