How to ask people to write things down in many different languages.
Key: inf = informal, frm = formal, vfrm = very formal.
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| Language | Please write it down |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Skryf dit neer asseblief! |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Të lutna, shkrujê (frm) Mun ta shkrujsh? (inf) |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Mund ta shkruash ju lutem? (frm) Mund ta shkruash të lutem? (inf) |
| Aleut | Aluĝim tiix̂t ii? |
| Aklan | Kon mahimo isueat mo |
| Alsatian | Wotsch's ùfschriwa |
| Altay | Мыны бичип берзеер (Mını bičip berzeer) |
| Amharic | እባካችሁ ያላችሁትን ድገሙልኝ። (ebakaččhu yalaččhuten degämulleñ) - pl እባክዎ ያሉትን ይድገሙልኝ። (ebakwo yaluten yedegämulleñ) - frm |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
ممكن تكتبه؟ m - (mumkin tiktibuh?) ممكن تكتبيه؟ f - (mumkin tiktibeeh?) |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
m - (uktubhā min fadlak) أكتبها من فضلك f - (uktubhā min fadlik) أكتبها من فضلك |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(ktebha līya) كتبها لي |
| Aragonese | Podrías escribir-lo, por favor? (inf) Podría escribir-lo, por favor? (frm) |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Խնդրում եմ, Չէի՞ք գրի դա: (Khndrum em, gri da) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Հաճիս կրնա՞ս գրել: (Hajees guhrnas krel?) inf Հաճիս կրնա՞ք գրել: (Hajees guhrnak krel?) frm |
| Assamese | অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি লিখি দিয়ক (ônugrôh kôri likhi diyôk) - frm অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি লিখি দিয়া (ônugrôh kôri likhi diya) - inf |
| Asturian | Escríbalo, por favor |
| Azerbaijani | Zəhmət olmasa, yazın Bunu yaza bilərsinizmi |
| Bambara | I bɛ se ka ɲɛ n ma k’a sɛbɛn n ye wa? |
| Basque | Idatz iezadazu mesedez |
| Bavarian | Šraib's ma af (inf) |
| Belarusian | Калі ласка, напішы гэта (Kalі laska napіshy geta) - sg Калі ласка, напішыце гэта (Kalі laska napіshyće geta) - pl/frm |
| Bengali | অনুগ্রহ পূর্বক লিখে দিন (Ônugrôhô purbôk likhe din) |
| Bhojpuri | एहके लिख ल ता (ehke likh la ta) |
| Bikol | Pakisurat man tabi |
| Bosnian | Molim te, napiši to! (inf) Molim vas, napišite to! (frm) |
| Breton | Skriv-se, mar plij |
| Bulgarian | Можете ли да го напишете? (Možete li da go napišete) frm Можеш ли да го напишеш? (Možeš li da go napišeš) inf |
| Burmese | yay pya ba |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Skrebe-l, pur favor |
| Catalan | Pot escriure-ho, si us plau? Que m'ho podria escriure, si us plau? |
| Cebuano | Palihug isulat daw |
| Central Dusun | Posurato po ilo Tuliso po ilo Mai gia posurato Obuli ko daa monurat dilo? Obuli ko daa monulis dilo? |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Escribi tu esi |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Favor escribi ese |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Pot fabot tuge' fan påpa' |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Tuge’ papa pot fabot |
| Chechen | Яздан хьар ахь (Yazdan ẋar aẋ) |
| Cherokee | ᎰᏪᎸᎦ (Hohwelvga) >sg ᏍᏙᏪᎸᎦ (Sdowelvga) >dl ᎢᏦᏪᎸᎦ (Itsowelvga) >pl |
| Chichewa | Chonde lembani |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
唔該你寫低吖? (m̀hgòi néih sédài a?) 唔該筆記 (m̀hgòi bātgei) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
请写下来 (qin xia lok loi) |
| 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?) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
写下来 (xiā wū lä) 请侬写下来 (qǐng nóng xiā wū lä) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
請寫起來 (chhìa sía khí lâi) |
| Cimbrian | Ich vórs-ach zo schraiba-mar-s |
| Coastal Kadazan | Posuato po iho Mai gia posuato Kavasa ko po naku monuat diho? |
| Cornish | A vynn'ta y skrifa mar pleg |
| Corsican | Pudete scrivela per piacè? |
| Croatian | Molim Vas, možete li mi to zapisati? |
| Cree | ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊ (masinaha) |
| Czech | Prosím napiš to (inf) Můžeš mi to napsat prosím? (inf) Napiš mi to prosím (inf) Můžete mi to napsat, prosím? (frm) Napište mi to prosím (frm) Prosím napište to (frm) |
| Danish | Kan du skrive det ned, tak? |
| Dari | لطفآ نوشته کنید (Lotfân nawešta konêd) |
| Dutch | Zou u het voor mij willen opschrijven, alstublieft? (frm) Wil je dat even opschrijven alsjeblieft? (inf) |
| Elfdalian | Beller du skriev nið eð-dar? |
| Estonian | Palun kirjuta see üles (inf) Palun kirjutage see üles (frm) |
| Ewe | Meᶑekuku ηlↄe |
| Extremaduran | Haga el favol i lo aponti (frm) Has el favol, aponta-lu (inf) |
| Faroese | Hevði tú vinarliga kunna skriva tað? |
| Fijian | Kerekere, mo ni vola |
| Finnish | Kirjoitatteko sen ylös? Kirjoittaisitteko sen ylös? |
| 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) |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Weesegödj än schriw dåt ap |
| Frisian (West) | Skriuw it del, asjebleaft |
| Friulian | Puedistu scrivilu par plasê? (inf) Puedial scrivilu par plasê? (frm) |
| Galician | Por favor, pódemo escribir? (frm) Por favor, pódesmo escribir? (inf) |
| Gascon | Que v's pregui l'escriber ? E pòs escríve'u, en te pregant ? (inf) E podetz escríve'u, en ve pregant ? (frm) |
| Georgian | თუ შეიძლება დაწერეთ (tu sheidzleba dats’eret) - frm თუ შეიძლება დაწერე (tu sheidzleba dats’ere) - inf |
| German | Können Sie das bitte aufschreiben? |
| Greek (Ancient) | Μεταγράφε αὐτὸ, ἀντιβολῶ (Metagráfe autó, antibolō) |
| Greenlandic | Qanoq akeqarpa? |
| Guaraní | Ehaí chéve péa |
| Gujarati | હું બોલું તે લખો (hu bolu te lakho) હું લખાવું તે લખો (hu lakhavu te lakho) આ લાખો (aa lakho) |
| Haitian Creole | Es'ke ou ka ecri'l, tanpri? |
| Hausa | Dan Allah rubuta |
| Hawaiian | E ʻoluʻolu e kākau iho ʻoe E kākau iho ʻoe, ke ʻoluʻolu |
| Hebrew | אפשר לכתוב לי את זה? (efshar likhtov li et ze?) |
| Hindi | कृपया यह मेरे लिए लिखें (kṛipayā yaha mere liye likheṅ) |
| Hmong (White) | Thov sau |
| Hungarian | Írja le, kérem! Leírná, kérem? |
| Iban | Ulih nuan nulih leka jako nya? Ulih nuan nulih leka jako tu? |
| Icelandic | Gætirðu skrifað þetta niður (inf) Gætirðu vinsamlegast skrifað þetta niður (frm) |
| Igbo | Biko detuo ya |
| Iloko | Isuratmo man |
| Indonesian | Tolong ditulis Tolong tuliskan |
| Inuktitut | ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑑᓗᐊᖅᐱᐅᒃ? (Titiraqtuuluaqpiuk?) |
| Iñupiaq | Aglaktuqtuulauqpiung? Aglakkumiñaqpiuŋ? |
| 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) 書いて、頂けますか (kaite itadakemasu ka) |
| Kalmyk | Бичҗ өгхитн, сурҗанав (Bichj ögxitn, surjanav) |
| Kannada | ಬರೆದ್’ ಕೊಳ್ಳ್’ರಿ (bared' koḷḷ'ri) |
| Kashmiri | Yi Likhiv |
| Kazakh | Осыны жазып бере аласыз ба? (Osını jazıp bere alasız ba?) |
| Khmer | សូមសរសេរពាក្យនោះឱ្យខ្ងុំ (som sârsér péak noŭh aôyy khnyŭm) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | Toxoba xoa re |
| Kiribati | Ko kona n korobokia taiaoka |
| Korean | 적어 주세요! (cheogeo juseyo!) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Jè kerema xwe binivîsîne (frm) Tu kari jè kerema xwe veya binivîsîne (frm) Tu kari véya binivîsîne (frm) Ev binivîsîne, (inf) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Tikaye, ewe binûse |
| Kyrgyz | Кичи пейилдикке, жазып бересизби? (Kichi peyildikke, jazyp beresizbi?) - sg/frm |
| Ladino | פור פ׳אב׳ור איסקריב׳ילו (Por favor eskrivelo) |
| Lakota Sioux | Owá yo (m>sg) Owá ye (f>sg) Owá po (m>pl) Owá pe (f>pl) |
| Lao | ກະລຸນາ ຈົດລົງໄປ (kaluna chod long pai) |
| Latin | Sodes, id scribes? |
| Latvian | Vai Jūs nevarētu Lūdzu to uzrakstīt? Vai Jūs lūdzu varētu to uzrakstīt? |
| Lingala | Koma eloko wana s'il te plaît |
| Lithuanian | Ar galite užrašyti? Gal galite tai užrašyti? |
| Low Saxon | Wääs so good un schriev' dat up |
| Lozi | Ni kupa u bulele hape |
| Luganda | Ekigambo ekyo kimpandiikire |
| Luxembourgish | Schreift et w.e.g. op |
| Macedonian | Те молам, можеш ли да напишеш? (Te molam, možeš li da napišeš?) - inf Те молам, може ли да го напишеш тоа? (Te molam, može li da go napišeš toa?) - inf Ве молам, можете ли да напишете? (Ve molam, možete li da napišete?) - frm Ве молам, може ли да го напишете тоа? (Ve molam, može li da go napišete toa?) - frm |
| Magahi | एकरा लिख ला /ekra: lɪkʰ laː/ |
| Malagasy | Afaka soratanao ve izany? |
| Malay | Tolong ulang sekali lagi Tolong ulang semula Sila ulang |
| Malayalam | ഇത് എഴുതൂ? (ith ezhuthū) |
| Maldivian | inf - (Theethi liyedheeba?) ތީތި ލިޔެދީބަ؟ frm - (Theethi liyedhevidhaanetha?) ތީތި ލިޔެދެވިދާނެތަ؟ |
| Maltese | Iktibha jekk jogħġbok |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Screeu shen sheese, my sailt (sg) Screeu-shiu shen sheese, my sailliu (pl) |
| Māori | Tuhia Tuhia koa |
| Marathi | कृपया लिहून घ्या (krupayā lihun ghya) लिहून दाखवा (lihun dākhavā) उतरवून घ्या (utaravun ghyā) |
| Míkmaq | Ke wi’ken |
| Mongolian | Үүнийг доор бичнэ үү (Uuniig door bichne uu) |
| Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) | 'Sohhoccicepvs Coyepvs |
| Nahuatl | Ma xitlacuilo |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Bhala phansi |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Ngibawa uyitlole phasi |
| Nepali | कृपया लेख्नुहोस् (kṛpayā lekhnuhos) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | एक्क च्वयादिसँ ले । (gakka cvayādisaṁ le) |
| Niuean | Tohi, fakamolemole |
| Northern Sámi | Čális dan, leage siivui |
| 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) |
| Okinawan | 書ち吳みしぇーびり (kachi kwimisheebiri) - frm 書ち吳みそーり (kachi kwimisoori) - pl 書ち吳りよ (kachi kwiriyo) - inf |
| Oriya | ଦୟାକରି ଲେଖି ଦିୟନ୍ତୁ (Daẏākāri lekhi diẏantu) |
| Ossetian | Ныффыссут, уæ хорзæхæй (Nyffyssut, uæ xorzæxæj) |
| Papiamento | Bo por skirbie pami porfabor |
| Pashto | مهربانی وکړه دا ولیکه (mehrabani wokra da wolika) |
| Persian (Farsi) | لطفا یادداشت کنید (lotfan yaddasht konid) inf - لطفاً یادداشت کن |
| Polish | Czy mógłby Pan to napisać? (frm>m) Czy mógłaby Pani to napisać? (frm>f) Czy możesz to zapisać? (inf) |
| Portuguese | O senhor poderia escrever isso para mim, por favor (frm>m) A senhora poderia escrever isso para mim, por favor (frm>f) Pode escrever isso para mim, por favor? (inf) |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Você pode escrever isso p'ra (para) mim por favor? Escreve isso p'ra (para) mim, por favor? |
| Punjabi | ਲਿੱਖ ਲਓ ਜੀ। / لِکھ لوؤ جی۔ (likkh laō jī) |
| Quechua | Allichu qilqaykuway |
| Romanian | Puteți să-l scrieți, vă rog? (frm) Poți să-l scrii, te rog? (inf) |
| Russian | Запишите, пожалуйста (Zapishite, pozhaluysta) |
| Sakha | Баһаалыста, итини суруйуҥ (Bahaalɯsta itini surujuŋ) |
| Samoan | Fa'amolemole, ia tusi mai |
| Sanskrit | कृपया लिखतु (kṛpayā likhatu) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Iscrie-lu, pro piaghere Iscrie-lu, pro praghere |
| Scots | E, want tae write it doon fur iz |
| 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?) |
| Serrano | 'Uushan 'amay |
| Shona | Ndinokumbirawo kuti muzvinyore pasi |
| Sicilian | Pi fauri, scrivimillu Pi fauri, mû scrivissi (frm) Pi fauri assa mû scrivi (formal for elderly people) |
| Sinhala | කරැණාකරල මට ඒක ලියලා දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද (karunākarala mata eka liyala dhenna puluvandha?) |
| Slovak | Napíšte mi to prosím |
| Slovenian | Lahko to napišete, prosim? Ali napišete? |
| Somali | Fadlan qor |
| Sorbian (Lower) | Napiš mě to pšosym |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Napisaj mi to prošu |
| Spanish | ¿Puede escribirlo, por favor? |
| Sundanese | Tiasa diserat? |
| Swahili | Waweza kuiandika? |
| Swazi | Ngicela ubhale phansi Ngicela nibhale phansi Sicela nibhale phansi Sicela ubhale phansi |
| Swedish | Skulle du kunna skriva ned det åt mig? |
| Swiss German | Bitte schriibe Sie das uf (frm) Bitte schriib das uf (inf) |
| Tagalog | Pakisulat mo naman |
| Tamil (formal) | எழுதி கொள்ளுங்கள் (ezhudhi kollungal) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | எழுதி கொள்ளுங்க (ezhudhi kollunga) [fm] |
| Tatar | Monı yazalır idígízmí? |
| Telugu | దయచేసి ఆది రాయండి (dhayachaesi aadhi raayaṅdi) |
| Tetum | Favor ida hakerek Favor ida halo nota ba |
| Thai | เขียนลงบนกระดาษได้ไหม? (kĭan long bon grà-dàat dâi măi?) ช่วยเขียนลงให้หน่อย้ไหม (chûay kĭan long hâi nòi dâai măi) |
| Tibetan | ཡིག་ཐོག་ཏུ་འགོད་རོགས་ཐུགས་རྗེ་གཟིགས། (yi thok tu kö rok thu-je-sik) |
| Tigrinya | ጸሓፎ በጃኻ (Tsehafo Bejaka) m/sg ጸሓፍዮ በጃኺ (Tsehafiyo Bejaki) f/sg |
| Tongan | Kataki ‘o tohi‘i mai |
| Tsonga | Swi tsale ehansi |
| Tsotsil | Xu' xa ts'iba avokoluk |
| Tswana | Ke kopa o e kwale fa fatshe |
| Turkish | Lütfen yazınız |
| Turkmen | Şuny ýazyň |
| Tuvaluan | Fakamolemole, tusi aka ki lalo. (sg) |
| Twi | Mepa wo kyɛw, twerɛ ma me |
| Ukrainian | Запишіть це, якщо маєте ласку (Zapyšiť, jakščo majete lasku) Будь ласка записати це (Buď laska zapysaty ce) |
| Urdu | براًےمہربانی لِکھیًے (barae mihr bani likhye) |
| Uyghur | (Uni yezip chiqing) ئۇنى يېزىپ چىقىڭ |
| Uzbek | Iltimos, yozib ko'rsating Yozib bering |
| Venda | Kha vha tou nwala |
| Venetian | El pol scriverlo? (frm) Ti pol scriverlo? (inf) Scrìveƚo (sg) Scrivéƚo (pl) |
| Veps | Kirjuta sen, ole hüvä (sg) Kirjutagat sen, olgat hüväd (pl) |
| Vietnamese | Làm ơn viết xuống |
| Võro | Pallõsiq kirodaq tuu üles |
| Wayuu | Kamanee pia, pashaja türa tamüin |
| Welsh | Wnewch chi ysgrifennu hynna, os gwelwch yn dda? (frm) Wnei di ysgrifennu hynna, os gweli di'n dda? (inf) |
| Flemish (West) | Schryf’t tad e kir up |
| Westrobothnian | Schkrijv née |
| Wolof | Ndax mën nga ko bind su la neexee? |
| Xhosa | Ndicela uyibhale phantsi (sg) Ndicela niyibhale phantsi (pl) |
| Yiddish | ביטע שרייב יענץ אראפ (Bite shrahb yents arup) ביטע שרייב עס אראפ (Bite shrahb es arup) |
| Yoruba | Jọwọ, kọ ọ silẹ |
| Yucatec Maya | Je'u beytal a tsiib |
| Zazaki | Binûs |
| Zulu | Ngicela ukubhale |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Bonvolu ĝin skribi! |
| Interlingua | Scribe lo, per favor |
| Lojban | ciska pe'u |
| Volapük | Begö! penetolös osi! |
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