Speak to me in ... / Please speak in ...

How to ask people to speak to you in their language in many different languages. This is a phrase you can use to ask people to speak to you in a language you're learning. You could also have it printed on a badge, t-shirt or other piece of clothing.

Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, >m = said to men, >f = said to women.

Language	Speak to me in ... / Please speak in ...
Afrikaans	Jy kan Afrikaans praat met my
Arabic (Modern Standard)	>m يمكنك أن تتحدث معي العربية (yumkinuka an tataħaddaþa ma‘iyal-‘arabiyyah) >f يمكنكِ أن تتحدثي معي العربية (yumkinuki an tataħaddaþí ma‘iyal-‘arabiyyah)
Aragonese	Vusté puede charrar con yo en aragonés
Asturian	Usté puede falar conmigo n'asturianu
Basque	Berori euskaran mintzat
Chinese (Cantonese)	同我講廣東話 (tùhng ngóh góng gwóngdùngwá)
Chinese (Mandarin)	跟我说汉语／普通话／华语 (gēn wǒ shuō hànyǔ/pǔtōnghuà/huáyǔ) 跟我講國語 (gēn wǒ jiǎng guóyǔ)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	你會使跟我講台語／閩南語 (lí ē-sái kin góa kóng tâi-gí / bân-lâm-gí) 你會當跟我講台語／閩南語 (lí ē-tong kin góa kóng tâi-gí / bân-lâm-gí)
Catalan	Vostè pot parlar amb mi en català
Croatian	Možete razgovarati sa mnom na hrvatskom
Czech	Se mnou můžete mluvit česky.
Dutch	Je kunt Nederlands met me praten
Esperanto	Parolu Esperanton kun mi
Finnish	Voit puhua suomea minun kanssani
French	Vous pouvez me parler en français (frm) Parlez-moi français (frm) Tu peux me parler en français (inf) Parle-moi français (inf)
Galician	Vostede pode falar comigo en galego
German	Mit mir kann man Deutsch sprechen
Greek (Modern)	μίλα μου στα ελληνικά (míla mou sta elliniká)
Hebrew	>m אתה יכול לדבר איתי בעברית >f את יכולה לדבר איתי בעברית
Hindi	आप मुझसे हिन्दी में बोल सकते हैं । (āp mujhasē hindī mēṁ bōla sakatē haiṁ) >m आप मुझसे हिन्दी में बोल सकती हैं । (āp mujhasē hindī mēṁ bōla sakatī haiṁ) >f
Hungarian	Beszéljen magyarul velem!
Ido	Parolez Ido kun me
Iloko	Kasaritanak man iti Ilocano
Indonesian	Anda dapat berbicara kepada saya dalam bahasa Indonesia Bicaralah dalam bahasa Indonesia
Irish (Gaelic)	Labhair Gaeilge liom
Italian	Parla italiano con me Potete parlarmi in italiano
Korean	한국말로 말해도/얘기해도 돼요 (hangugmallo malhaedo/yaegihaedo dwaeyo) 한국말로 말해요/얘기해요 (hangukmallo malhaeyo/yaegihaeyo)
Latvian	Runājiet latviski ar mani
Luxembourgish	Dir kënnt mat mir Lëtzebuergesch schwätzen
Macedonian	Можете да зборувате со мене на македонски (Možete da zboruvate so mene na makedonksi)
Malay	Kamu boleh bercakap kepada saya dalam Cakap kepada saya dalam
Maltese	Tista’ tkellimni bil-Malti
Manx (Gaelic)	Loayr Gaelg rhym
Occitan	Parlatz-me en Occitan Podètz parlar amb ieu en occitan
Polish	Ze mną można mówić po polsku
Portuguese (Brazilian)	Você pode falar em português comigo
Russian	Говорите со мной по-русски (Govorite so mnoj po-russki)
Romanian	Puteţi să vorbiţi cu mine în româna
Scottish Gaelic	Bruidhinn Gàidhlig rium
Serbian	Moжете разговарати са мном на српском (Možete razgovarati sa mnom na srpskom)
Slovak	Môžete so mnou hovoriť po slovensky
Spanish	Puede hablar español conmigo
Swedish	Du kan prata svenska med mig (You can speak Swedish with me) Öva svenska med mig (Practise Swedish with me)
Welsh	Siaradwch Gymraeg â fi (frm) Siarad Cymraeg â fi (inf)

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