How do you say ... in [your language]?

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This is a handy phrase when you're learning a language or can't remember a particular word. Some of these phrases mean "What's the ... for ...?"

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Language Phrase
Adyghe ...р адыгабзэкІэ таущтэу къаІора?
Afrikaans Hoe sê u ... in Afrikaans? (frm)
Hoe sê jy ... in Afrikaans? (inf)
Albanian (Gheg) Qysh e thôni ... në gegnisht-shqyp
Aleut ... Alquusal hix̂tal hingamax̂t?
Aklan Paalin mo maihambae ... sa Akeanon?
Alsatian Wie seit m'r ... in Elsässisch?
Altay Алтайлап ... кандый болор? (Altajlap ... kandıj bolor?)
Amharic እንዴት ነው … በአማርኛ የምለው?
(endiet näw … bä’amareñña yämmeläw)
… በአማርኛ ምን ይባላል?)
(… bä’amareñña men yebbalal)
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(izzay a' ool ...?) إزّاي أقول ...؟
Arabic
(Lebanese)
Kif bi2oulo ... bil lebneni?
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
كيف تقول كلمة ... بالعربية؟
(kayfa taqūlu kalimah ... bil-'arabīyah?)
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(kīfash kaygūlū ... bel'arabīya?) كيفاش كتكولو ... ب العربية؟
Aragonese Cómo se diz ... en aragonés?
Arapaho Hiitousínihíítoon ...
Armenian
(Western)
Ինչպէ՞ս կ'ըսես ... հայերէնով:
(Eenchbes guhses ... hayerenov?)
Assamese আপুনি অসমীয়াত ...-ক কেনেকৈ কয়?
(apuni ôxômiyat ...-k kenekôi kôy?) - frm
তুমি অসমীয়াত ...-ক কেনেকৈ কোৱা?
(tumi ôxômiyat ...-k kenekôi kûwa?) - inf
Asturian ¿Cómo se diz ... n'asturianu?
Azerbaijani Azərbaycanca ... necə demək lazımdır?
Bambara Nin bɛ fɔ cogodi bamanankan na?
Bashkir башҡортса ... нисек була?
(başqоrtsa ... nisyek bula?)
Basque Nola esaten da ... euskaraz?
Bavarian Via hoasd ... af Boariš?
Belarusian Як сказаць ... па-беларуску?
(Jak skazać ... pa-b′elarusku)
Bemba Mulanda shaani ... mu Cibemba?
Bengali এটাকে বাংলায় কি বলে?
(Eṭake banglay ki bôle?)
Bhojpuri .... के भोजपुरी में कैसे बोला जाए ला?
(... ke bhojpuri mein kaise bolaa jaaye la?)
Bikol Pàno mo itaram an ... sa Bikol?
Bosnian Kako se na bosanskom kaže ...?
Breton Petra eo ar ger brezhonek evit ...?
Bulgarian Как се казва ... на български език?
(Kak se kazva ... na bãlgarski ezik?)
Burmese bama lo ... go balo pyaw leh?
Cape Verdean Creole Kumó ki bu ta fla ... na kriolu?
Catalan Com es diu en català ...?
Cebuano Unsaon pagsulti ug ... sa Bisaya?
Central Dusun Kuro ka'd noggilis ....?
Nunu ka'd Inggilis ...?
Chabacano de Cavite Quilaya ta habla ... na Caviteño?
Chabacano de Zamboanga Como se dice ... en chabacano?
Como se habla ... en chabacano?
Que modo se dice ... en chabacano?
Chamorro
(Guam dialect)
Håfataimanu un sångan ... gi fino'Chamoru?
Håftaimanu un sångan ... gi fino'Chamoru?
Taimanu un sångan ... gi fino'Chamoru?
Chamorro
(North Marianas dialect)
Hafa taimanu un sangan ... gi fino’ Chamorro?
Chechen ... нохчех муха олу (noxçex muxa olu)
Cherokee ᎯᎳᎪ ᎤᏘᏗ ... ᏣᎳᎩᏱ? (Hilago utidi... tsalagiyi?)
Chichewa Mumati chiyani ... mu Chichewa?
Chinese
(Cantonese)
... 廣東話點講呀?
(... gwóngdùngwá dím góng a)
Chinese
(Hakka)
客家話仰仔講 ...? (hak7ga1fa3 ngiong3e2 gong3?)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
... 中文怎麼說? [... 中文怎么说?]
(... zhōngwén zěnme shuō)
Chinese
(Shanghainese)
上海闲话哪能讲
(... sǎnghääwú nannung gang?)
Chipewyan Dene t’á edlahodi ʔá?
Cimbrian Bia khödet-ar ... in zimbrisch?
Bìa hòosset ... in zimbrisch gaprècht?
Coastal Kadazan Ingkuo ko momoos dino doid Inggilis ...?
Comanche Hakai ... nʉmʉ nahniaka̱?
Cornish Pyth yw ... yn Kernewek?
Corsican Cumu si dice ... in corsu?
Cree Cree? ᑖᓂᓯ ᑳᐃᐟᐘᐣ ... ᑳ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐚᐣ
(tânsi kâ-itwan ... kâ nehiyawan)
Croatian Kako se kaže .... na hrvatskom?
Cuyonon Anono ang ... sa Cuyonon?
Czech Jak se česky řekne ... ?
Co znamená ... česky?
Danish Hvordan siger du ... på dansk?
Dholuo I waco ni ngo ileb ...?
Dutch Hoe zeg je ... in het Nederlands?
Hoe zeg ik ... in het Nederlands?
Elfdalian Ur ser an ... ą̊ övdalskun?
Efik Didie afo edọhọ ... ke usem Efik?
Ọdọgọ didie ... ke ikọ Efik?
Estonian Kuidas Sa ütled ... eesti keeles?
Ewe Leke a gblↄ ... le Eʋe gbe me?
Faroese Hvussu sigur ein ... á føroyskum?
Hvussu eitur ... á Føroyskum?
Fijian Na cava na kena vosa vakaviti ni ...?
Finnish Miten sanotaan ... suomeksi?
Flemish (West) Oe zèh je .... in 't Westvlams?
French Comment dit-on ... en français ?
Frisian (North - Mooring) Hü säist dü ... aw Nordfrasch?
Frisian (West) Hoe seit men ... yn it Frysk?
Friulian Cemût si disial ... par furlan?
Galician Cómo dis en galego ...?
Cómo decides en galego ...?
Gascon Com se dit ... en gascon ?
Quin se ditz ... en gascon?
Garifuna Ida lian bariengun ... lidan Garifuna?
Georgian როგორ იქნება ქართულად ...? (rogor ikneba kartulad ...?)
German Wie sagt man ... auf Deutsch?
Greek (Ancient) Πῶς λέγω ...? (Pōs légō ...?)
Greek (Modern) Πώς λέτε ... στα Ελληνικά; (Pos léte ... sta Elliniká?) - frm
Πώς λές … στα Ελληνικά; (Pos les ... sta Elliniká?) - inf
Greenlandic Qanoq Kalaallisut oqartarpisi?
Guaraní Mbaé’chepa ojeey ... Guaraníme?
Gujarati ને ગુજરાતી માં શું કેહવાઇ?
(... ne Gujarati m a shu kehvai)
Haitian Creole Kijan ou di ... an kreyòl?
Kij an yo di...an kreyòl?
Kòman ou di ... an Kreyòl??
Hausa Yaya zakace ... da Hausa
Hawaiian Pehea ʻoe i ʻōlelo ai ... ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi?
Hebrew איך אומרים בעברית ...?
(Eych omrim be'ivrit ...?)
Hindi हिंदी में ... कैसे कह्ते हैं| (hindi meṅ ... kaise kahte haiṅ?)
Hmong (White) ... lus hmoob hais licas? (how is ... called in Hmong?)
... lus hmoob hais hu licas? (how is... named in Hmong?)
Hungarian Hogyan mondjam magyarul ... ?
Iban Baka ni nyebut ... ba jako iban?
Nama leka jako ... ba Iban?
Icelandic Hvernig segir maður ... á íslensku?
Igbo Kedụ ịfe ana akpọ ... n'asụsụ Igbo?
Kedụ ịhe ana akpọ ... N'asụsụ Igbo?
Kedụ ka e si ekwu ... n'asụsụ ịgbo?
Gịnị ka a na-akpọ ... n'Igbo?
Iloko Kasanom ibaga ti ... iti Ilocano?
Indonesian Bagaimana cara mengatakan ... dalam bahasa Indonesia?
Inuktitut ...ᓂ ... ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐱᑦ?
(...ni ... qanuq uqauhiqaqpin?/uqausiqaqpit?)
Irish (Gaelic) Cad í an Ghaeilge ar ...?
Italian Come si dice ... in italiano?
Italian (Roman dialect) Come sse dice ... ('n) in romanesco?
Japanese ... は日本語でなんと言いますか。
(... wa nihongo de nanto īmasu ka?)
Javanese ꦏꦢꦺꦴꦱ꧀ꦥꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦤꦼꦁꦔꦤ꧀ ꦔꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦏꦏꦏꦼꦤ꧀...ꦲꦶꦁꦧꦱꦗꦮꦶ?
(Kadọs pundi panjengan ngendikaaken ... ing bạsạ jawi) (Kromo Inggil)
ꦥꦶꦪꦺꦏꦺꦴꦮꦺꦔꦺꦴꦩꦺꦴꦁ... ꦲꦶꦁꦧꦱꦗꦮ?
(Piye kowé ngọmọng ... ing bạsạ jạwạ) (Ngoko)
Kalmyk Энүг хальмгаhар яhҗ келхмб?
(Enüg xal’mgahar yahj kelxmb)
Kannada ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಹೇಳೋದು?
(kannadadalli hege helodu?)
Kashmiri ... us kith paeth chhe dapaan kashir manz?
Kazakh ... қазақша қалай айтылады?
(... qazaqşa qalay aytıladı?)
Khmer ខ្មែរ​ថា​ម៉េច? (... khmêr tha​ mât?)
Khoekhoe (Nama) Matis ta ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (fm/sg)
Matits ta ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (m/sg)
Mati ro ra ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (cm/dl)
Mati ro ra ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (fm/dl)
Mati kho ra ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (m/dl)
Mati du ra ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (f/cm/pl)
Mati go ra ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (m/pl)
Mati so ra ...-sa khoekhoegowab !nâ mî. (fm/pl)
Kinyarwanda Uvuga ngwiki ... mu Kinyarwanda?
Kiribati Teraa n te taetae ni Kiribati te taeka ae ...?
Klamath Waq dal ?i gee ?ewksiknii ?elGank
Korean ... 를 한국말로 어떻게 말해요?
(... reul hangukmal-lo eotteoh-ge maraeyo?)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Em chawa ... bi kurmanjî dibéje? (frm)
Em chawa dibéje ... bi kurmajî? (frm)
Tu chawa dibéje ... bi Kurmanjî? (frm)
Tu chawa bi kurmanjî dibéje ...? (frm)
Chawa em ... bi kumanjî bibéjin?
Chawa em ... bi kurmanjî dibejèn?
Kurdish (Sorani) Çon delley ... bi Kurdí?
Kyrgyz ... кыргызча кандай айтылат? (... kyrgyzcha kanday aytylat?)
Ladino קומו סי דיזי ... אינ לאדינו?
(Komo se dize ... en ladino?)
Lakota Sioux … tókhel Lakȟótiya ehápi he?
Lao ພາສາລາວ ... pe wa nyang
(phasaa lao ... pe wa nyang?)
Latin Quomodo ... Latine dicas?
Latvian Kā latviešu valodā būs ...?
Limburgish Wie zaes doe ... in ut Limburgsch?
Lingala Lobela ngaï na lingala
Lithuanian Kaip lietuviškai pasakyti ...?
Livvi-Karelian Kui sanuo ... karjalakse?
Low Saxon Wo heet dat up Platt? (word)
Wo seggt 'n dat up Platt? (sentence or expression)
Lojban fi la lojban fanva zoi glic ... glic
ma xe fanva zoi gy. ... .gy la jbobau la glibau
ma xe fanva zoi gy. ... .gy la jbobau
Lozi U bulela cwang'i ... ka seRotse
Luganda Mu Luganda ogamba otya nti ...?
Luxembourgish Wéi seet een ... op Lëtzebuergesch?
Macedonian Како се вели ... на македонски?
(Kako se veli ... na makedonski?)
Magahi ... के मगही में कैसे बोलबा?
/... keː maggʰiː mẽː kæseː boːlbaː/
Malagasy Ahoana no fiteny hoe ... amin'ny teny gasy?
Malay Bagaimana anda cakap .... dalam bahasa Melayu?
Apa bahasa Malaysianya ...?
Malayalam ... എന്ന് മലയാളത്തില്‍ എങ്ങനെ പറയും?
(... ennu malayalathil engane parayum?)
Maltese Kif tgħid ... bil-Malti?
Manx (Gaelic) Cre ta'n fockle son ... 'sy Ghaelg?
Māori He aha te kupu Māori mō ...?
Mapuche Chum pigekey Mapuzugun mew ...
Marathi ... ला मराठीत काय म्हणतात?
(... lā marathit kay mhantat?)
Mongolian Монголоор ..... -г яаж хэлэх вэ
(Mongoloor ...-g yaj heleh ve?)
Nahuatl ¿Quenin moihtoa ... ica Nāhuatl?
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Kuthwani ... ngeSiNdebele?
Ndebele (Southern) Ukutjho njani lokhu ... ngesiNdebele?
Nepali तपाइले नेपालीमा .... लाइ कसरी भन्नुहुन्छ?
(tapain le nepalima ... lai kasari bhannu hunchha?)
Newari / Nepal Bhasa ... यातः नेवाः भासं छु धाइ ?
(... yātaḥ nevāḥ bhāsaṁ chu dhāi?)
Nogai Мунда ногай тилин ким биледи?
Ногайша бу калай айтылады?
Northern Sotho O e bitša bjang ka Sesotho sa Leboa
Norwegian Hvordan sier du ... på norsk?
Occitan Cossí se ditz ... en occitan?
Okinawan ...沖縄口っし何んでぃ言いびーが。
(... uchinaaguchi sshi nuu ndi 'yuibiiga?)
Omaha Umóⁿhoⁿ ie tʰe awatʰégoⁿ?
Oriya କୁ ଓଡିଆ ରେ କ’ଣ କହନ୍ତି?
(... ku oḍiā re kaṇa kahanti?)
Papiamento Con bo ta bisa ... den papiamento?
Pashto دا ‍په پښتو کی ... سنګه وایي
(da pa pakhto ki ... sanga waii?)
Persian (Farsi) شما ... رو به فارسي چي ميگين؟
(shoma ... ro be Fārsi chi migin)
inf - ... به فارسی چی میشه ؟
Polish Jak się mówi ... po polsku?
Portuguese Como se diz ... em português?
Como é que se diz ... em português?
Portuguese (Brazilian) Como se diz ... em português? (frm)
Como você diz ... em português? (inf)
Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ'ਚ ... ਕਿੱਧਾਂ ਕਹੀਦਾ? / پنجابی وِچ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔کِداں کہی دا؟
(panjābī'ch ... kíddā̃ kahīdā?)
Quechua ¿Imaynataq munan chay runasimipi?
Romanian Cum se spune...în limba română?
Romansh Co ha ... num per rumantsch?
Russian Как сказать ... по-русски?
(Kak skazat' ... po-russki?)
Rusyn Як вы исе кажете по-руськы?
(Jak vy yse kažete po-rus’ky)
Sakha ... диэн сахалыы хайдах этиэххэ сөбүй?
(... dien saxalɯɯ xajdax etiexxe søbyj?)
Samoan E faafefea ona ta'u le .... i le faaSamoa?
Sanskrit संस्कृते एतत्कथमुच्यते? (saṃskṛte etatkathamucyate?)
Scottish Gaelic Ciamar a chanas tu... ann an Gàidhlig? (inf/sg)
Ciamar a chanas sibh ... ann an Gàidhlig? (frm/pl)
Dè Ghàidhlig a th'air ... ?
Sardinian (Logudorese) Comente si narrat ... in sardu?
Scots Hoo dae ye say ... in Scots?
Serbian Како се на српском ... каже?
(Kako se na srpskom ... kaže?)
Sicilian Comu si dici ... n sicilianu?
Sinhala ... කියන්නේ කොහොමද? (... kiyanne kohomadha?)
Slovak Ako sa po slovensky povie ...?
Slovenian Kako se reče po slovensko ...?
Somali Maxaa af soomali lagu yiraahdaa ... ?
Sorbian (Lower) Kak se ... groni serbski?
Sorbian (Upper) Kak rěka ... serbsce?
Spanish ¿Cómo se dice ... en español?
Stellingwarfs Hoe zej' ... in Stellingwarfs?
Sundanese Kumaha nyarios .... ku basa Sunda?
Swahili Unasemaje ... kwa Kiswahili?
Swazi Khuluma nami ngesiSwati
Swedish Hur säger man ... på svenska?
Swiss German Wie sait me ... uf Schwizerdütsch?
Tagalog Paano mo sabihin ang ... sa tagalog?
Tahitian Nā hea ia parau na roto i te reo tahiti ...?
Tajik Ба тоҷики чи мешавад?
(Ba tojiki či mešavad)
Tamil (formal) அதை ... தமிழில் எப்படி சொல்லுவீர்கள்?
(adhai ... thamizhil eppadi solluveergal?) [ml] [fm] - frm
அத ... தமிழ்ழ எப்படி சொல்லுவீங்க?
(adha ... thamizhzha eppadi solluveenga?) [fm]
Tatar ...nın tatarçası niçek bula?
Telugu Telugu? ... ని తెలుగులో ఎలా చెపుతారు ?
(..... ni theluguloa elaa cheputhaaru?)
Tetum ... iha tetum dehan saida?
Thai ภาษาไทย ... พูดว่าอย่างไร
(paasăa tai ... pôot wâa yàang-rai)
Tibetan ... གང་འདྲས་ལབ་དགོས་རེད། (... kâday lâb gaw ray?)
Tigrinya እንታይ ይበሃል እዚ ብትግሪኛ? (Entay Yibehal Ezi b’Tigrigna?)
Tok Pisin Hausat mi autim ... long tok pisin?
Tongan Ko e hā ‘a e le‘a faka-Tonga ki he ...?
Tsonga Hi Xitsonga u ri yini loko u ku ...?
Tsez Шов ... цез мецрехор йолъ? (Šow ... cez mecrexor yoł?)
Tsotsil K'usba ta alel ta kaxlank'op ...?
Tswana Wa bo o reng ... ka Setswana?
Tumbuka Mukuti uli ...?
Turkish Türkçe'de ... nasıl denir?
Tuvaluan E fai pēfea ... faka-'Tūvalu?
Twi Sɛn na wɔka ... wɔ Twi kasa mu?
Ukrainian Як сказати українською ...?
(Jak skazaty ukrajinśkoju ...?)
Ulch Хон нан’идам вэмбуву?
Urdu آپ ۔۔۔ كو اردو ميں كيا كہتے ہيں
(aap ... ko Urdu main kya kehte hain?)
Uyghur ...نى ئۇيغۇرچە قانداق دەيدۇ؟
(...ni Uyğurchä qandaq däydu?)
Uzbek ... O'zbek tilida qanday aytilad?
Vai Vai? ꗞ ꕩꕌ ꗉ ꕪꕮ ꕙꔤ ꖨꖕꕴꕱꔀ ꗏ ...?
(mɔ yaha fɔ kama vai luuwooe lɔ ...?)
Venda Hi pfi ... ndi mini nga Tshivenḓa
Venetian Come se dìselo ... in venesian?
Veps Kut kuctas ... vepsäks?
Vietnamese Bạn nói ... thế nào trong tiếng Việt?
Câu này..... Tiếng Việt thì nói thế nào?
Võro Kuis üteldäq ... võro keelen?
Welsh Beth ydy'r Gymraeg am ... ?
Beth ydy ... yn Gymraeg?
Wolof Naka lanuy waxee lii ci wolof?
Xhosa Uthini xa ufuna ukuthi ... ngesiXhosa?
Yintoni ... ngesiXhosa?
Yiddish ווי אַזוי זאָגט מען ... אויף ייִדיש?
(Vi azoy zogt men ... oyf Yidish?)
Yolngu Nhäway nhe wäŋa Yolŋu Matha'ku?
Yoruba Bawo ni o se le sọ …... ni Yorùbá?
Yucatec Maya Bix u yaálal ich maaya táan
Zazaki Ti senê vacê ... Zazakî de?
Zulu ... ukusho kanjani ngesiZulu?
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Kiel oni diras ... en Esperanto?
Interlingua Como se dice ... in interlingua?
Como dice on ... in interlingua?
Volapük Lio sagoy-li ... Volapüko?

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