# "I'm coming!": orgasm lingo in other languages.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155 "2006-04-18T13:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/1 "2006-04-18T13:29:15Z")
My girlfriend and I were eating dinner with some friends recently, and we got into the conversation, I don’t remember how, about the most typical phrases used to signal an orgasm. The group was Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese, and, me, the American. I said that the phrase in English is “I’m coming.” (with certain spelling changes after time). Then, if I remember correctly: French: “I’m here”, or “I’m there” (“Je suis là.”) Japonese: “I’m going.” Chinese: “I’m coming.” I think that’s all we knew of. First of all, are any of these wrong? Second, I thought it was interesting that all of the phrases had something to do with travelling, and I’m wondering if it’s the same in most languages. Just curious… ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/2 "2006-04-18T13:39:23Z")
According to my phrasebook, the French for “I’m coming” is also “I’m coming” - “Je viens”. Or “I come”, depending on how you want to interpret it. It also contains such helpful phrases as “These drugs are for recreational use” and “Where is the nearest cemetery?” Ain’t language fun? ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/3 "2006-04-18T13:43:05Z")
IIRC, the phrase in Russian translates as “I’m finishing” and the verb carries such a strong sexual connotation that other forms of the verb for “to finish” must be used when you’re not talking about orgasms. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/4 "2006-04-18T13:50:40Z")
The very proper British are known to say “Oh dear, I seem to be arriving.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/5 "2006-04-18T14:10:10Z")
Spanish uses “to come” as well, in the reflexive form (_venirse_). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/6 "2006-04-18T14:14:34Z")
In Australia women usually say, “what the hell was that?” ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/7 "2006-04-18T16:57:36Z")
In Italian it is _vengo_, equivalent to “I’m coming” (literally “I come”; it’s the present tense but Italian uses present tense for an action in progress where English would use the gerand). > [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > According to my phrasebook, the French for “I’m coming” is also “I’m coming” - “Je viens”. Or “I come”, depending on how you want to interpret it. What phrasebook is that, the Berlitz Guide to Hot Sex? :eek: Or is that just a literal translation? > [@don't ask](#): > > In Australia women usually say, “what the hell was that?” Q: What’s foreplay to an Australian man? A: “Are you ready, Sheila?” ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/8 "2006-04-18T17:17:42Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > According to my phrasebook, the French for “I’m coming” is also “I’m coming” - “Je viens”. Or “I come”, depending on how you want to interpret it. Yes, it could be said this way. Like in the (excellent) (and erotic) song by Gainsbourg and Birkin “Je t’aime, moi non plus” (I love you, me neither) that ends with a languorous “Maintenant…viens”. But the archetypal depiction would have a character saying “je jouis” (litterally “I enjoy”, but it actually means simply “I have an orgasm”). And actually, in my experience, I’ve heard more often the verb “jouir” in such situations. Actually, I’m not sure I ever heard “venir” . (that said, it’s not like such a warning is issued every time, anyway…that’s way I refered to the way it’s usually depicted. For all I know it could be commonplace or common courtesy in the US to say “I’m coming”). By the way, \*\* Gitfiddle \*\*, it’s the first time I see “Je suis là” mentionned. And while I’m thinking of it, what does “gitfiddle” mean? ---
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/9 "2006-04-18T17:38:07Z")
> [@](#): > > By the way, Gitfiddle , it’s the first time I see “Je suis là” mentionned. Really? Man, we’ve been milking that joke for a long time, and it’s not even accurate! The joke started because a Taiwanese friend of ours who used to live in Paris was a sort of connoisseur of porno. She told us about a French porn she saw during the course of which the girl who was having an orgasm started screaming, “Je suis là! Je suis là!” I guess that’s one of those things that you hear once in a foreign language and you assume it’s what everybody says… > [@](#): > > And while I’m thinking of it, what does “gitfiddle” mean? It means guitar. I had a friend once with a very thick Southern accent (or, many actually, but one in this particular case) who said, “G’on gee-uht yur gee-uhtfeedul.” (“Go get your guitfiddle” with a thick drawl), talking about my guitar. I had never heard it and found it quite funny. I probably should have written it “guitfiddle,” but I don’t even remember why I chose it as a name, much less why I spelled it like that. I was but a boy when I signed up for the SDMB… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/10 "2006-04-18T17:56:11Z")
> [@gitfiddle](#): > > Really? Man, we’ve been milking that joke for a long time, and it’s not even accurate! > > The joke started because a Taiwanese friend of ours who used to live in Paris was a sort of connoisseur of porno. She told us about a French porn she saw during the course of which the girl who was having an orgasm started screaming, “Je suis là! Je suis là!” Hmmm… would it be possible that she misheard something like : “Je jouis, oui, là, oui, je jouis, là je jouis” Though maybe the actress actually said “je suis là”. I assume even porn movies have to be creative from time to time… ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/11 "2006-04-18T18:22:25Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Though maybe the actress actually said “je suis là”. I assume even porn movies have to be creative from time to time… Well, even in English, you _might_ say “I’m there!” in that circumstance, though it wouldn’t be that common. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/12 "2006-04-18T18:40:07Z")
Personally, I prefer to say " Daddy’s Home!" ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/13 "2006-04-18T18:59:47Z")
Roy Blount, Jr. once wrote that Eston Gozando would be a good name for a baseball player but that it really meant “I am coming” in Portuguese. ---
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/14 "2006-04-18T20:07:04Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Hmmm… would it be possible that she misheard something like : “Je jouis, oui, là, oui, je jouis, là je jouis” When the friend told me that the actress said, “Je suis là,” I never thought to question it. Because that’s what my friend said the girl said, yet now I’m considering the level of French this girl had, and I’m thinking she misunderstood. Of all my Asian friends, she’s got, perhaps, the lowest French comprehension. But in the end, the porno, I assume, is safely in Taiwan with her, so we’ll never know (unless I remember to ask her next year when I go to TW). We’ll see. Until then, thanks for correcting me. My girlfriend and I will never make inaccurate porn jokes again… ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/15 "2006-04-18T20:22:28Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > According to my phrasebook, the French for “I’m coming” is also “I’m coming” - “Je viens”. Or “I come”, depending on how you want to interpret it. > > It also contains such helpful phrases as “These drugs are for recreational use” and “Where is the nearest cemetery?” Ain’t language fun? My hovercraft is full of eels ---
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/16 "2006-04-18T20:45:18Z")
> [@](#): > > My hovercraft is full of eels Of subject…I find it weird that you say that, because I met an Irishman in Belgium once who could say “My hovercraft is full of sheep” in something like 22 langauges. You know him? ---
**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/17 "2006-04-18T20:46:25Z")
“_Off_ subject” that is… ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/18 "2006-04-18T20:46:54Z")
> [@blinkingblinking](#): > > My hovercraft is full of eels Lucky bastard; mine came with lampreys. Anyway, from what I’ve seen of German porn, it’s still “I’m coming.” e.g., “Ich komme, ich komme!” Though, as a non-native speaker, I can’t say for sure it’s what they say in the bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/19 "2006-04-18T20:47:52Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Personally, I prefer to say " Daddy’s Home!" And then, there’s always the traditional method of simply issuing successively louder grunts, climaxing (if you’ll pardon the pun) on a sound similar to taking a really really good dump. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155/20 "2006-04-18T20:49:56Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > Anyway, from what I’ve seen of German porn, it’s still “I’m coming.” e.g., “Ich komme, ich komme!” Though, as a non-native speaker, I can’t say for sure it’s what they say in the bedroom. According to the _South Park_ movie, the phrase German people use in the bedroom is “Esse mein Scheisse, baybee!” (“All rightie, then!”) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-coming-orgasm-lingo-in-other-languages/353155.md?page=2)