Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
How to ask people to write things down in many different languages.
Key: inf = informal, frm = formal, vfrm = very formal.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Skryf dit neer asseblief! |
| Albanian | Mund ta shkruash ju lutem? (frm) Mund ta shkruash të lutem? (inf) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (mumkin tiktibuh/tiktibeeh?) ممكن تكتبه؟ |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(uktubhā min fadlak/ik) أكتبها من فضلك |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(mumkin tiktibuh/tiktibeeh?) ممكن تكتبه؟ |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ktebha līya) كتبها لي |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Չէի՞ք գրի դա: (Cheik gri da?) |
| Azerbaijani | Zəhmət olmasa, yazın / Bunu yaza bilərsinizmi |
| Basque | Idatz iezadazu mesedez |
| Bengali | এটি একটু লিখে দেবেন? ([Eṭi] ekṭu likhe deben?) - frm |
| Bhojpuri | एके लिख ला त (eke likh la ta) |
| Breton | Skriv-se, mar plij |
| Bulgarian | Може ли да го напишете? (Može li da go napišete) |
| Catalan | Pot escriure-ho, si us plau? Que m'ho podria escriure, si us plau? |
| Chamorro | Pot fabot tuge' fan påpa' |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 唔該你寫低吖?
(m̀hgòi néih sédài a?) 唔該筆記 (m̀hgòi bātgei) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 麻煩你寫一下,好不好？
[麻烦你写一下，好不好？] (Máfan nǐ xiě yīxià, hǎo bù hǎo?) |
| Cornish | Cafas ha scryfa marpleg |
| Croatian | Molim Vas, možete li mi to zapisati? |
| Czech | Můžete mi to napsat, prosím? Napište mi to prosím |
| Danish | Kan du skrive det ned, tak? |
| Dutch | Zou u het voor mij willen opschrijven, alstublieft? (frm) Wil je dat even opschrijven alsjeblieft? (inf) |
| Esperanto | Bonvolu ĝin skribi! |
| Estonian | Palun kirjutage üles? |
| Faroese | Hevði tú vinarliga kunna skriva tað? |
| Finnish | Kirjoita se ylös, kiitos? |
| French | Pourriez-vous me l'écrire ? (frm) Pourriez-vous me l'écrire, s'il vous plait ? (frm) Auriez-vous l'obligeance de me l'écrire, s'il vous plait ? (vfrm) |
| Friulian | Puedistu notâlu par plàse? |
| Georgian | თუ შეიძლება დაწერეთ
(thu sheidzleba dac’ereth) - frm თუ შეიძლება დაწერე (thu sheidzleba dacere) - inf |
| German | Können Sie das bitte aufschreiben? |
| Hawaiian | E kākau iho ʻoe |
| Hebrew | (efshar likhtov li et ze?) אפשר לכתוב לי את זה? |
| Hungarian | Írja le, kérem! Leírná, kérem? |
| Icelandic | Gætirðu skrifað þetta niður (inf) Gætirðu vinsamlegast skrifað þetta niður (frm) |
| Indonesian | Tolong tuliskan |
| Inuktitut | ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑑᓗᐊᖅᐱᐅᒃ? (Titiraqtuuluaqpiuk?) |
| Iñupiaq | Aglaktuqtuulauqpiung? |
| Irish (Gaelic) | An féidir leat é sin a scríobh síos dom? An scríobhfaidh tú é sin síos dom? |
| Italian | Può scriverlo, per favore? (frm) Puoi scriverlo per favore? (inf) |
| Japanese | 書いてください (kaite kudasai) |
| Kazakh | Осыны жазып бере аласыз ба (Osını jazıp bere alasız ba) |
| Korean | 적어 주세요! (Cheogeo jeseyo!) |
| Latvian | Vai jūs nevarētu Lūdzu to uzrakstīt? |
| Lithuanian | Ar galite užrašyti? Gal galite tai užrašyti? |
| Luxembourgish | Schreift et wann ech glift op |
| Macedonian | Те молам, можеш ли да напишеш? (Te molam, mozhesh li da napishesh?) - inf Те молам, може ли да го напишеш тоа? (Te molam, mozhe li da go napishesh toa?) - inf Ве молам, можете ли да напишете? (Ve molam, mozhete li da napishete?) - frm Ве молам, може ли да го напишете тоа? (Ve molam, mozhe li da go napishete toa?) - frm |
| Malay | Tolong tuliskan perkataan itu / Tolong tuliskan perkataan ini |
| Maltese | Iktibha jekk jogħġbok |
| M&x#0101;ri | Tuhia (koa) |
| Mongolian | Үүнийг доор бичнэ үү (Uuniig door bichne uu) |
| Nepali | कृपया लेख्नुहोस् (kripaya lekhnuhos) |
| Norwegian | Kan du være så snill å skrive det ned? |
| Occitan | Escriu-me-lo, se te plai (inf) Escrivètz-me-lo, se vos plai (frm) |
| Persian | (lotfan yaddasht konid) لطفا یادداشت کنید |
| Polish | Czy mógłby Pan to napisać? Czy mógłaby Pani to napisać? |
| Portuguese | Você pode escrever isso pra mim por favor? Escreve isso pra mim, por favor? Tu podes, por favor, escrever isto para mim? Vós podeis, por favor, escrever isto para mim? (Portugal) |
| Romanian | Puteţi să-l scrieţi, vă rog? |
| Russian | Запишите, пожалуйста (Zapišite, požalujsta) |
| Scottish Gaelic | An urrainn dhut sin a sgrìobhadh, ma's e do thoil e? (inf) An urrainn dhuibh sin a sgrìobhadh, ma's e bhur toil e? (frm) |
| Serbian | Молим Вас можете ли ми то написати? (Molim Vas možete li mi to napisati?) |
| Slovak | Napíšte mi to prosím |
| Slovenian | Lahko to napišete, prosim? Ali napišete? |
| Spanish | ¿Puede escribirlo, por favor? |
| Swahili | Waweza kuiandika? |
| Swedish | Skulle du kunna skriva ned det åt mig? |
| Tagalog | Pakisúlat mo naman |
| Telugu | దయచేసి ఆది రాయండి (dhayachaesi aadhi raayaṅdi) |
| Tamil | எழுதி கொள்ளுங்கள் (ezhudhi kollungal) |
| Thai | เขียนลงบนกระดาษได้ไหม? ช่วยเขียนลงให้หน่อย้ไหม (chôo-ay kĕe-un long hâi nòy, dâi má?) |
| Tongan | Kataki 'o tohi'i mai |
| Turkish | Lütfen yazınız |
| Ukrainian | Запишіть це, якщо маєте ласку (Zapyšiť, jakščo majete lasku) Будь ласка записати це (Buď laska zapysaty ce) |
| Urdu | (barae mihr bani likhye) براًےمہربانی لِکھیًے |
| Uzbek | Iltimos, yozib ko'rsating / Yozib bering |
| Vietnamese | Làm ơn viết xuống |
| Welsh | Wnewch chi ysgrifennu hynna, os gwelwch yn dda? (frm) Wnei di ysgrifennu hynna, os gweli di'n dda? (inf) |
| Xhosa | Cela uyibhale phantsi |
| Yiddish | זײַ אַזױ גוט, און קאָנסטו דאָס אָנשרײַבן? (Zay azoy gut, un konstu dos onshraybn?) זײַט אַזױ גוט, און קאָנט איר דאָס אָנשרײַבן? (Zayt azoy gut, un kont ir dos onshraybn?) איך בעט דיך ,אָן עס שרײַב (Shrayb es on, ikh bet dikh) |
| Yorùbá | Jọwọ, kọ ọ silẹ |
| Zulu | Ngicela ukubhale |
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