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How to ask people to leave you alone in many languges. In some cases the translations mean "Leave me in peace!".
| Language | Leave me alone! |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Laat my met rus! Los my uit asseblief! |
| Albanian | Lëmë rehat! |
| Amharic | ለቀቅ አርገኝ። (lekek argeng) - m / ለቀቅ አርጊኝ። (lekek argign) - f |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Trekni wa7di |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
f - (idrukkini) اتركيني m - (idrukni) اتركني |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ʿteinī ttīsaʿ) عطيني التيساع! |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Հեռացի'ր ինձանից: (Heracir indzanic) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Ինծի հանգիստ ձգէ՛: (Eendzee hankeesd tske) |
| Basque | Utzi pakean! |
| Bhojpuri | हमके अकेल छोड़ दा (hamke akel chhod da) |
| Bosnian | Pusti me na miru! |
| Breton | Laosk ac'hanon ma-unan! |
| Bulgarian | Остави ме на мира! (Ostavi me na mira!) inf Оставете ме на мира! (Ostavete me na mira!) frm |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Dixâ-m' em pás! D'xá-m' s'segód'! D'xé-m' s'segód'! |
| Catalan | Deixa'm en pau! |
| Chamorro | Sotta yo'! (Release me!) Ritira/litira hao! (Begone!) Båsta må'estotba/må'åtbarota yo'! (Stop bothering/pestering me!) |
| Cherokee | ᏪᎾ (we na) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 唔好搞我! (m̀hóu gáau ngóh!) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
给我自己一个人 (beng ngai si ga yi jak ngin) | Chinese (Mandarin) | 不要打擾我!
[不要打扰我!] (búyào dǎrǎo wǒ) 别管我! (bié guǎn wǒ) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
勿關我! (mài koan góa!) |
| Corsican | Lasciatemi stà! |
| Croatian | Pustite me na miru! |
| Czech | Nechte mě být! Nechte mne být! |
| Danish | Lad mig være i fred! |
| Dutch | Laat me met rust! |
| Elfdalian | Lat wårå mig! |
| Esperanto | Lasu min trankvile! |
| Estonian | Jätke mind rahule! |
| Faroese | Lat meg fáa frið! |
| Fijian | Biuti au tu madaga! |
| Finnish | Jätä minut rauhān! (inf/sg) Antakā minun olla rauhassa! (frm/pl) |
| French | Laisse-moi tranquille ! (inf) Laissez-moi tranquille ! (frm) |
| Frisian (North) | Lätj me åliine! |
| Friulian | Lassaimi a pâs |
| Galician | Deixame en paz! |
| Georgian | თავი დამანებეთ! (thavi damanebeth!) - frm თავი დამანებე! (thavi damanebe!) - inf |
| German | Laß mich! Laß mich in Ruhe! (inf) Lassen Sie mich! Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe! (frm) |
| Greek (Modern) | Άφησέ με ήσυχο! (áfisé me ísiho!) – m/inf Άφησέ με ήσυχη! (áfisé me ísihi!) – f/inf Αφήστε με ήσυχο! (afíste me ísiho!) – m/frm Αφήστε με ήσυχη! (afíste me ísihi!) – m/frm |
| Gujarati | મને એકલો છોડી દો (mane eklo chhodi do!) |
| Haitian Creole | Ki te'm anrepo'm! |
| Hebrew | sg - (Azov oti be-sheket!) עזוב אותי בשקט! pl - (Izvu oti be-sheket!) עיזבו אותי בשקט! |
| Hindi | मुझे अकेला छोड़ दो! (mujhe akelā choḍ do) |
| Hungarian | Hagyjon engem békén! |
| Icelandic | Láttu mig í friði! |
| Indonesian | Biarkan saya sendiri! |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᖄ ᐊᕙᓂ (Aqā avani) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Lig dom! Fág dom i m'éinear! |
| Italian | Lasciami in pace!
Vattene! (inf) Mi lasci in pace! Se ne vada! (frm) |
| Italian (Roman dialect) | Làsseme pèrde! |
| Japanese | ほっといて! (hottoite!) |
| Japanese (Kansai dialect) | ほっといてんか! (hottoitenka!) |
| Kannada | ನನ್ನ್’ ಪಾಡಿಗೆ ನನಗ್ ಬಿಟ್ಟ್’ಬಿಡಿ! (nann' pāḍige nanag' biṭṭ'biḍi!) |
| Kinyarwanda | Mvaho! Ndakwiyamye! |
| Korean | 혼자 내버려 두십시오! (honja naebeoryeo dushipshio) |
| Lakota Sioux | Amáyuštaŋ yo/ye / po/pe! |
| Latin | Abi! (sg) Abite! (pl) |
| Latvian | Lieciet mani mierā! |
| Lithuanian | Atstokite! Palikite mane ramybėje! |
| Luxembourgish | Loss mech mat Rou! |
| Macedonian | Остави ме на мир!
(Ostavi me na mir!) - inf Оставете ме на мир! (Ostavete me na mir!) - frm |
| Malay | Jangan kacau saya! |
| Malayalam | എന്നെ വെറുതെ വിടൂ (enne veruthe vidoo) |
| Maldivian | Aharen ekani dhukoh laa |
| Maltese | Ħallini kwiet(a)! / Ħallini! |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Lhig yn rād dou! |
| Māori | Haere atu! |
| Nepali | मलाइ एक्लै छोड्नुहोस (malai eaklai chodnuhos) |
| Norwegian | La meg være alene! La meg være i fred! |
| Occitan | Daissa-me estar! Daissatz-me tranquil! |
| Papiamento | Lagami mi so! (frm) Lagami na paz (inf) |
| Pashto | (yawazi mee pregda!) یوازی می پریښده |
| Persian (Farsi) | (man ra tanha bohzarid!) من را تنها بگذاريد! (mano tanha bezar!) منو تنها بذار! |
| Plautdietsch | Lot me toch! |
| Polish | Proszę zostawić mnie w spokoju! (frm) Zostaw mnie w spokoju! (inf) Zostaw mnie! (inf) |
| Portuguese | Deixa-me em paz! (Portugal) Me deixa em paz! (Brazil) Larga-me! |
| Punjabi | ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇਕੱਲਾ ਰੈਣ ਦੇ! / مینوں اِکلا رہن دے! (menū̃ ikallā reñ dē!) |
| Romanian | Lăsa-mă în pace! (inf) Lăsaţi-mă în pace! (frm) |
| Russian | Оставьте меня в покое! (Ostav'te menja v pokoe!) - frm Оставь меня в покое! (Ostav' menja v pokoe!) - inf |
| Samoan | Alu ese ma a'u! |
| Scots | Lae me aloyn! |
| Serbian | Остави ме на миру (Ostavi me na miru!) |
| Shona | Ndisiye!! |
| Sicilian | Lassami in paci! |
| Sinhala | කරුනකරල මත සනසිල්ලය් ඉන්න දෙන්න (karunakarala mata sanasillay inna denna) |
| Slovak | Daj mi pokoj! Dajte mi pokoj! Nechajte ma! Nechaj ma! |
| Slovenian | Pustite me na miru! Pustite me pri miru! |
| Somali | Idaa! |
| Spanish | ¡Déjeme en paz! |
| Swahili | Usinisumbue! |
| Swedish | Lämna mig ifred! |
| Swiss German | Löhn Si mi in Ruh (frm) Loh mi in Ruh (inf) |
| Tagalog | Iwanan mo ako mag-isa! Hayān mo ko mapag-isa! Lubuyan mo ako! (go away) Lumayas ka sa harapan ko! (get out of my sight!) Huwag mo akong pakialamanan! (don't bother me!) |
| Tamil | என்னை தனியாக இருக்க விடுங்கள் (ennai thaniyāga irukka vidungal) |
| Tatar | Yalgızı qaldırıgız mine |
| Telugu | నన్ను ప్రశాంతతో వదిలి పెట్టండి (nannu prashāṅthathoa vadhili pettaṅdi) |
| Tetum | Sai tiha husi ne’e! Dook tiha! Husik hau mesak! |
| Thai | อย่ายุ่งกับ ผม!
(Yā yung kap phom) - male speaking อย่ายุ่งกับ ฉัน! (Yā yung kap chan! - female speaking |
| Tibetan | ང་རང་གཅིག་པོ་འཇོག་རོགས། |
| Tigrinya | በይነይ ግደፈኒ! (Beyney Gdefeni) m/sg በይነይ ግደፍኒ! (Beyney Gdefni) f/sg |
| Tok Pisin | Larim mi! |
| Tswana | Ntlogele! |
| Turkish | Beni yalnız bırakın! (frm), Beni rahat bırak! (inf) |
| Ukrainian | Залиште мене у спокої! (Zalyšte mene u spokoji) |
| Urdu | (mujhae akela chore do) مہجۓ اکیلہ چھوڈ دو |
| Uzbek | Meni tinch qo'ying! (frm) |
| Venetian | Ƚàsime in pase! Ƚàsime in paxe! Va via! |
| Vietnamese | Để cho tôi yên! Hảy để tôi yên! |
| Võro | Käü mu mant minemä! Jätäq mu ütsindä! |
| Welsh | Gad lonydd i fi! |
| Wolof | Bayyi ma! May ma jaam! |
| Xhosa | Ndiyeke! |
| Yiddish | (Fort aykh avek aleyn) אָפֿ רט אייך אוועק אליין |
| Yorùbá | Fi mi silẹ |
| Yucatec Maya | P'atéen tíin juunaj! |
| Zulu | Ndiyekele! |
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