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How to say please or the equivalent in many different languages.
Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.
| Language | Please |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Asseblief |
| Albanian | Lutem / Ju lutem |
| Alsatian | Wënn 's beliebt |
| Amharic | እባክህ (i'bakih) - m, እባክሸ (i'bakish) - f, እባክዎን (i'bakwon) - frm |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(low samaht) لو سمحت |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(mīn fāḍlīkā) من فضلك |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
('afak) عفاك |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Խնդրեմ (khentrem) |
| Assamese | অনুগ্রহ কৰি (anugroha kori) |
| Azeri | Zəhmət olmasa |
| Basque | Mesedez |
| Belarusian | Калі ласка (Kali laska) |
| Bosnian | Molim |
| Breton | Mar plij |
| Bulgarian | Моля (Molja) |
| Catalan | Sisplau |
| Cherokee | ᎰᏩᏧ (howatsu) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 唔該 (m̀hgòi) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
请你 (qin ngi) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 麻煩你 [麻烦你] (máfán nǐ) 請 [请] (qǐng) |
| Cornish | Mar pleg |
| Corsican | Per piacè |
| Croatian | Molim |
| Czech | Prosím |
| Danish | Vær så venlig, Tak |
| Dutch | Alstublieft |
| Esperanto | Mi petas |
| Estonian | Palun |
| Finnish | Pyydän / Olkaa hyvä |
| French | S'il vous plaît (frm) S'il te plaît (inf) |
| Frisian (North) | Weesegödj |
| Galician | Por favor |
| German | Bitte |
| German (Bavarian) | Biddschẽ / Gäh / sa̦n S so gua̦d |
| Greek (Modern) | παρακαλώ (parakalo) |
| Greenlandic | Ikinngutinnersumik |
| Haitian Creole | Souple |
| Hausa | Don Allah |
| Hawaiian | E ’olu’olu / Ke ’olu’olu |
| Hebrew | (bevekshah) בבקשה |
| Hungarian | Kérem |
| Icelandic | Gjörðu svo vel (sg) Gerið þið svo vel (pl) |
| Indonesian | Tolong |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Le do thoil (sg) Le bhur dtoil (pl) Más é do thoil é (sg) / Más é bhur dtoil é (pl) |
| Italian | Per favore |
| Japanese | ください (kudasai) |
| Kannada | ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (dayaviṭṭu) |
| Khmer | សូម (sohm) |
| Korean | 부탁합니다 (butakamnida) |
| Latin | Amābō tē |
| Lakota Sioux | Yé / Ičhé |
| Latvian | Lūdzu |
| Lithuanian | Prašau |
| Lojban | Pluka |
| Luxembourgish | Wann ech glift |
| Macedonian | Ве молам (Ve molam) |
| Malay | Tolong |
| Malayalam | ദയാവായി (dayavāi) |
| Maldivian | Adhes kohfa |
| Maltese | Jekk jogħġbok |
| Marathi | क्रुपया (krupayā) |
| Norwegian | Vær så snill |
| Oriya | ଦୟକ୍ରି (dayakari) |
| Pashto | (lotfan) لطفا (mehrabai wakrey) مهرباني وکړئ |
| Persian (Farsi) | (lotfan) لطفا |
| Polish | Proszę |
| Portuguese | Por favor |
| Punjabi | ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ / کِرپا کرو، مہربانی کرو (kirpā karkē) |
| Quechua | Allichu |
| Romanian | Te rog (inf) Vă rog (frm) |
| Romansh | Per plaschair |
| Russian | Пожалуйста (Požalujsta) |
| Samoan | Fa'amolemole |
| Sanskrit | कृपया (kṛpayā) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Pro piaghere |
| Scottish Gaelic | Ma's e do thoil e (inf) Ma's e bhur toil e (frm/pl) |
| Sicilian | Pi fauri |
| Sinhala | කරැණාකරල (karunakarala) |
| Slovak | Prosím |
| Slovenian | Prosim |
| Somali | Fadlan |
| Spanish | Por favor |
| Sundanese | Mangga |
| Swahili | Tafadhali |
| Swedish | Snälla / Tack |
| Tatar | Zínhar öçen |
| Tetum | Favór ida / Ibrig |
| Thai | ขอ ... (Kor ...) |
| Tigrinya | በጃኻ! (Bejaka!) m/sg በጃኺ! (Bejaki!) f/sg |
| Tok Pisin | Plis |
| Tongan | kātaki |
| Tswana | Tswêê-tswêê |
| Turkish | Lütfen |
| Ukrainian | Будь ласка (Bud' laska) |
| Venetian | Per piasser |
| Võro | Pallun |
| Welsh | Os gwelwch yn dda (frm) Os gweli di'n dda (inf) |
| Wolof | La neexee |
| Xhosa | Ndicela |
| Yapese | Winig |
| Yucatec Maya | Meent' uts |
| Zazaki | Xéré xo |
| Zulu | ake / ngicela / siza |
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