truly great friendship... | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Kurdish | ھەبوو نەبوو (ڕۆژێ لە ڕۆژان) | Once there was and there was not, there was... | | My story went to other homes, God bless the mothers and fathers of its listeners |- ! scope="row" | Kyrgyz | () || A long, long time ago... | Unknown || Unknown |- !Ladino |Avia de ser... |There once was... | | |- ! scope="row" | Latin | || At that time, Once | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Latvian | || Once long ago in times long gone | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Lithuanian | || Once upon the time |- | || Beyond nine seas, beyond nine lagoons | | And I was there, drank some mead ale, dribbled through my beard, had not in my mouth |- | ||Once long, long ago |- | ||There was, and there was not |- ! scope="row" | Luxembourgish | (old orthography: ) | Once there was... | || ...and if they haven't died yet, they are still living today. |- ! scope="row" | Macedonian | () | Once upon the time there was... | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Malayalam | || Long ago, at a place... | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Malay | || Once upon a time | || They lived happily ever after. |- ! scope="row" | Marathi | () | in a very old time... | () || and they lived happily ever after |- ! scope="row" | Maragoli | || In olden days | Unknown || Unknown |- ! scope="row" | Maltese | || Once upon a time... | || And they lived happily and contentedly ever after. |- ! scope="row" | Nepali | () || Once in a country... | () || A golden–garland to the listener, A flower–garland to the narrator; This story shall go to Vishnu's abode (Heaven), And come back hot (fresh) on someone else's (the next narrator) lips. (Said in a rhyme.) |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3" | Norwegian | || There was, once... | || And then they lived happily for the remainder of their days. |- | || | || And if they're not dead, they still live. |- | || | || Snip, snap, snute (snout), then this adventure is finished. (sometimes the English is translated to