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Useful foreign phrases |
Numbers |
Colours |
Kinship |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs |
Other multilingual pages
How to tell people to go away in many different languages.
| Language | Go away! |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gaan weg! |
| Albanian | Zhduku! Largohuni! |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
female speaking - اتركيني male speaking - اتركني |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ʿteinī ttīsaʿ) عطيني التيساع! |
| Bulgarian | Махайте се! (Makhaite se) Изчезвай! (Izcezvay) |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Dixâ-m' em pás! D'xá-m' s'segód'! D'xé-m' s'segód'! |
| Catalan | Deixa'm en pau! |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
不要打擾我! [不要打扰我!]
(búyào dǎrǎo wǒ) 别管我! (bié guǎn wǒ) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
去！ (khì) 走！ (cháu!) |
| Corsican | Vaitine! |
| Croatian | Pustite me na miru! |
| Czech | Jdi pryč! Běž pryč evtl! Jděte/běžte pryč! |
| Danish | Lad mig være i fred! |
| Dutch | Ga weg! |
| Elfdalian | Lat wårå mig! |
| Esperanto | Lasu min trankvile! |
| Estonian | Jätke mind rahule! |
| Finnish | Antakaa minun olla rauhassa! |
| French | Va t'en ! |
| Frisian (North) | Gung wach! |
| Galician | Deixame en paz! |
| German | Geh weg! |
| Greek (Modern) | Αφήστε με ήσυχο/μόνο!
(Afḗste me ḗsikho/móno) - male speaking Αφήστε με ήσυχη/μόνη! (Afḗste me ḗsikhē/mónē) - female speaking |
| Haitian Creole | Ale vou zan! |
| Hindi | मुझे अकेला छोड़ दो! (mujhe akela chod do) |
| Hungarian | Hagyjon engem békén! |
| Indonesian | Jangan ganggu saya! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Lig dom! Fág dom i m'éinear! |
| Japanese | ほっといて! (hottoite!) |
| Japanese (Kansai dialect) | ほっといてんか! (hottoitenka!) |
| Korean | 저리 가세요! (juri gaseyo) |
| Latvian | Atstājiet mani mierā! |
| Lithuanian | Palikite mane ramybėje! |
| Macedonian | Викнете полиција! (Viknete policija) |
| Malay | Pergi dari sini! |
| Maltese | Itlaq! / Żul! / Mur ‘l hemm! / Warrab! / Kixxi! |
| Manx | Lhig yn raad dou! |
| Norwegian | La meg være alene! |
| Papiamento | Bai for di kinan! (frm) Bai awo! (inf) |
| Persian (Farsi) | من راتنهاترک کنید! |
| Plautdietsch | Lot me toch! |
| Polish | Proszę mnie zostawić w spokoju! (frm) Zostaw mnie w spokoju! (inf) |
| Portuguese | Deixa-me em paz! (Portugal) Me deixa em paz! (Brazil) |
| Punjabi | ਪਰੇ ਹੋਜਾ! / پرے ہو جا (parē hōjā!) |
| Romanian | Lăsa-mă în pace! (inf) Lăsaţi-mă în pace! (frm) |
| Russian | Оставьте меня в покое! (Ostav'te menja v pokoe) |
| Scots | Lae me aloyn! |
| Sicilian | Vattinni! |
| Sinhala | මෙතනින් යන (metanin yana!) |
| Slovak | Choď preč (inf) Choďte preč (frm) |
| Slovenian | Pustite me na miru! |
| Somali | Bax! |
| Spanish | ¡Déjeme en paz! |
| Swahili | Usinisumbue! |
| Swedish | Låt bli mig! Ej rör mig! |
| Tagalog | Lubayan mo ako! Lumayas ka sa harapan ko! Huwag mo akong pakialamanan! |
| Tatar | Kitegez monnan |
| Tok Pisin | Larim mi! |
| Thai | อย่ายุ่งกับ ผม!
(Yaa yung kap phom) - male speaking อย่ายุ่งกับ ฉัน! (Yaa yung kap chan! - female speaking |
| Tigrinya | ኺድ ረሓቕ! (Kid Rehak) m/sg ኺዲ ረሓቒ! (Kidi Rehaki) f/sg |
| Tswana | Tsamaya kusa! |
| Turkish | Beni yalnız bırakın! (frm), Beni rahat bırak! (inf) |
| Ukrainian | Залиште мене у спокої! (Zalyšte mene u spokoji) |
| Vietnamese | Đừng làm phiền tôi! |
| Võro | Mineq ärq! |
| Yucatec Maya | Xe! |
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