Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
I hope you never have to use this phrase, but here it is, just in case.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bel die polisie! |
| Albanian | Thirrni policinë! |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (itaṣṣal bil bulees) إتّصل بالبوليس! |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (nād ash-shariṭah) ناد الشرطة! |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ʿayyeṭ ʿla lbūlīs) عيط علي البوليس! |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Ոստիկան կանչե'ք: (Vostikan kanchek’) |
| Azerbaijani | Polis çağırın |
| Bengali | পুলিশে ডাকুন! (pulishe ḍakun!) পুলিশে ডাক দিন! (pulishe ḍak din!) |
| Breton | Galv ar polis ! Galv an archerien ! Galv paotred Mari Robin! |
| Bulgarian | Извикайте полицията! (Izvikayte policijata!) frm Повикайте полицията! (Povikajte policijata!) frm Позвънете на полицията! (Pozvãnete na policijata!) frm Извикай полицията! (Izvikaj policijata!) inf Повикай полицията! (Povikaj policijata!) inf Позвъни на полицията! (Pozvãni na policijata!) inf |
| Catalan | Crida la policia! Truca la policia! |
| Chamorro | Ågang i polisia! |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 叫警察! (giùh gíngchaàht) 報警! (bou gíng) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 叫警察! (jiào jǐngchá) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 叫警察! (gio ging-tsad) |
| Croatian | Pozovite policiju! |
| Czech | Zavolejte policii! |
| Danish | Ring efter politiet! |
| Dutch | Bel de politie! Haal de politie! Roep de politie! |
| Esperanto | Voku la policon! |
| Estonian | Kutsuge politsei! |
| Faroese | Ringið eftir løgregluni! |
| Finnish | Soittakaa poliisille! Soittakaa poliisi! |
| French | Appelle la police ! (inf) Appelez la police ! (frm) |
| Frisian (West) | Rop de polysje! |
| Friulian | Telefone la polizìe! |
| Galician | Chama á policía! |
| Georgian | პოლიცია გამოიძახეთ! (policia gamoidzakheth!) პოლიცია გამოიძახე! (policia gamoidzakhe!) |
| German | Ruf die Polizei! (inf) Rufen Sie die Polizei! (frm) |
| Greek | Καλέστε την αστυνομία! (kaléste tin astynomía!) – frm Κάλεσε την αστυνομία! (kálese tin astynomía!) - inf |
| Greenlandic | Politiimik kalerriigitsi! |
| Hausa | Kira yan sanda! |
| Hebrew | (haz-iku mishtarah!) הזעיקו משטרה! |
| Hungarian | Hívja azonnal a rendőrséget! |
| Icelandic | Náið í lögregluna! |
| Indonesian | Panggil polisi! |
| Inuktitut | ᐳᑭᖅᑕ ᓖ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ Pukiqtaliit hivanirlugit! ᐳᓖᓯ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ Puliisi sivanirlugit! |
| Iñupiaq | Tuqłuġlugich puliisat/aikł̣iksuqti! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Glaoigh na gardaí/póilíní! Cuir fios ar na gardaí/póilíní! |
| Italian | Chiama la polizia!
(inf)
Chiami la polizia!
(frm/sg) Chiamate la polizia! (inf) Chiamino la polizia! (frm/pl) |
| Japanese | 警察を呼んでください! (keisatsu o yonde kudasai!) |
| Kazakh | Полицияны шақырыңыз! (Polïcïyanı şaqırıñız!) |
| Lao | ຊ່ອຍເອີ້ນຕໍາຫລວດແດ່! (suay ôen tem-lùat dae!) |
| Latin | Denuntiatores voca! (sg) Denuntiatores vocate! (pl) |
| Latvian | Izsauciet policiju! |
| Limburgish | Rope de plissie! |
| Lithuanian | Iškvieskite policija! Skambinkite policijai! |
| Luxembourgish | Rufft d'Police! |
| Macedonian | Викни полиција!
(Vikni politsia) - inf Повикај полиција! (Povikay politsia) - inf Викнете полиција! (Viknete policija) - frm Повикајте полиција (Povikayte politsia) - frm |
| Manx | Cur fys er ny poleenyn! |
| Māori | Waea atu ki te Pirihimana! |
| Mongolian | Цагдаа дуудаарай! (Tsagdaa duudaarai!) |
| Nepali | प्रहरी बोलाउनुहोस् (prahari bolaunuhos) |
| Norwegian | Ring politiet! |
| Occitan | Sona la polícia! (inf) Sonatz la polícia! (frm) |
| Plautdietsch | Roop dee Po'liess! |
| Persian | (poliso xabar konid) پليسو خبر کنيد |
| Polish | Proszę zadzwonić po Policję! (frm) Zadzwoń po policję (inf) |
| Portuguese | Chame a polícia! |
| Romanian | Chemaţi poliţia! |
| Russian | Позвоните в милицию! (Pozvonite v militsiju) |
| Scots | Caw on the polis! |
| Scottish (Gaelic) | Fònadh chun a' phoileis! |
| Serbian | Позовите полицију!
(Pozovite policiju!) Позовите милицију! (Pozovite miliciju!) |
| Shona | Daiidzayi mapurisa! |
| Slovak | Zavolajte políciu! |
| Slovenian | Poklici policijo! (inf) Poklicite policijo! (frm) |
| Spanish | ¡Llame a la policía! |
| Stellingwarfs | Roep 'e pelisie! |
| Swahili | Mwite polisi! |
| Swedish | Ring polisen!
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| Tagalog | Tumáwag ka ng pulis! |
| Telugu | రక్షక భటులని పిలవండి ! (rakshaka bhatulani pilavaṅdi!) |
| Tswana | Bitsa podisi! |
| Turkish | Polis çağırın! |
| Thai | เรียกตำรวจมา (rêe-uk dtum-ròo-ut mah) |
| Ukrainian | Викличте міліцію (Vyklyčte miliciju) |
| Urdu | (police ko bula) پولیس کو بولا |
| Uzbek | Mirshabni chaqiring! |
| Vietnamaese | Xin gọi cảnh sát! |
| Welsh | Galw'r heddlu! (inf) Galwch yr Heddlu! (frm) |
| Yiddish | (Ruf di Politsey) רוף די פּאָליציי! |
| Xhosa | Biza amapolisa! |
| Yorùbá | Pe awọn ọlọpaa |
| Zulu | Biza amaphoyisa! |
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