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Useful foreign phrases |
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Kinship |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs |
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How to ask people whether they speak English in many different languages.
Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, m = said by men, f = said by women, >m = said to men, >f = said to women, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.
| Language | Do you speak English? |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Praat jy Engels? (sg/inf) Praat julle Engels? (pl/inf) Praat U Engels? (frm/sg) Praat Meneer Engels? (frm/>m) Praat Mevrou Engels? (frm/>f) |
| Albanian | A flisni anglisht? |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(wash kat'ref neglīzīya?) واش كتعرف نجليزية؟ |
| Assamese | আপুনি ইংৰাজি ভাখা কব পাৰেনে? (aapuni ingraji bhakha kobo paarene?) |
| Azeri | Siz Ingiliscə danışırsınızmı? |
| Bengali | আপনি ইংরেজি বলতে পারেন? (apni Ingreji bolte paren?) |
| Catalan | Que parla anglès? Parla anglès? (frm) Parles anglès? (inf) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
你識唔識講英文呀? (neih sīkm̀hsīk góng yìngmán a?) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
你會說英語嗎？ [你会说英语吗？] (nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?) 你會講英語嗎？ [你会讲英语吗？] (nǐ huì jiǎng yīngyǔ ma?) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
你曉唔曉得講英文？ (ngi2 hiau3m1hiau3 det7 gong3 in1vun2?) |
| Corsican | Parlate Inglese? |
| Czech | Mluvíš anglicky? (inf) Mluvíte anglicky? (frm) |
| Esperanto | Ĉu vi parolas la anglan? |
| Fijian | O(nī) vosa vakavālagi? |
| Frisian (North) | Koost dü Aingelsch? |
| Friulian | Fevelistu anglês? |
| French | Parlez vous anglais? (frm) Parles-tu anglais? (inf) |
| Galician | ¿Fala inglés? (frm) ¿Falas inglés? (inf) |
| German | Sprechen Sie Englisch? (frm) Sprichst du Englisch? (inf) |
| German (Bavarian) | Kena̦ Se englisch? |
| Greek (Ancient) |
Ἀγγλιστί λαλεῖς; (Anglistí laleís?) |
| Greek (Modern) | Μιλάτε αγγλικά; (Miláte angliká ?) |
| Greenlandic | Tuluttut oqalusinnaavit? |
| Haitian Creole | Eske ou pale angle? |
| Hausa | Ka na jin harshen turanci kuwa? |
| Hindi | क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं? (kyā āp aṅgrēzī bolte haiṅ?) |
| Indonesian | Dapatkah anda berbicara bahasa inggris? |
| Japanese | 英語はできますか (Eigo wa dekimasu ka?) |
| Kashmiri | तोहय छिवा अंगरीज़ी बोलान? (tohy chivā angrīzī bolān) |
| Khmer | អ្នកចេះភាសាអង់គ្លសទេ? (niak jeh phiasaa awngle te?) |
| Kinyarwanda | Uvuga icyongereza? |
| Lao | ເຈົ້າປາກພາສາອັງກິດໄດ້ບໍ່ (jâo páak pháasaa a̖ngkít dâi baw?) |
| Maldivian | Ingireysin vaahaka dhakkan ingeytha? |
| Papiamento | Bo por papia Ingles? |
| Punjabi | ਤੁਸੀਂ ਅੰਗਰੇਜੀ ਬੋਲਦੇ ਹੋ? / تُسیں انگریزی بولدے ہو؟ (tusī̃ angrējī bōldē hō?) |
| Quechua | Inlista rimankichu? |
| Romanian | Vorbiți engleză? |
| Romansh | Discurras ti englais? |
| Samoan | E te iloa tautala fa'aIgilisi? |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Faeddas s'inglesu? |
| Sesotho | O a bua Senyesemane? Na o a bua Senyesemane? |
| Sicilian | Parra inglisi? |
| Sinhala | ඔබ ඉංග්රිසි කථා කරනවාද (oba ingreesi kathaa karanavadha?) |
| Slovak | Vieš anglicky? (inf) Hovoríte po anglicky? (frm) |
| Somali | Ingriis miyaad ku hadashaa? |
| Spanish | ¿Habla Usted inglés? (frm) ¿Hablas (tú) inglés? (inf) |
| Swahili | Unazungumza kiingereza? |
| Tahitian | Ua ite oe i te parau Marite? |
| Telugu | మీరు(నువ్వు) ఆంగ్లం(ఆంగ్ల భాష) మాట్లాడగలరా(వా)? (meeru (nuvvu) aanglam (aangla bhasha) matladagalara(va)?) |
| Thai | คุณพูดภาษาอังกฤษหรือเปล่า? (kun pôot paa-săa ang-grìt rĕu bplào?) |
| Tigrinya | እንግሊዝኛ ትዛረብዶ? (Englizgna Tzarebdo?) m/sg እንግሊዝኛ ትዛረቢዶ? (Englizgna Tzarebido?) f/sg |
| Tok Pisin | Yu save long tok inglis, a? Toktok long tok inglis? |
| Tongan | ‘Oku ke lava ‘o lea faka-pālangi? |
| Tuvaluan | Koe e faipati faka-'Pālagi? (sg) Koulua e fai'pati faka-'Pālagi? (du) Koutou e fai'pati faka-'Pālagi? (pl) |
| Võro | Kas sa kõnõlõt inglüse kiilt? |
| Wolof | Ndax dégg nga angale? |
| Xhosa | Uyakwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi? |
| Yucatec Maya | Teeche' a tsiikbal inglés? |
| Zazaki | To Englezki zanena? |
| Zulu | Ukhuluma isiNgisi na? |
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