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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 ...?"
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Hoe sê U ... in Afrikaans? (frm) Hoe sê jy ... in Afrikaans? (inf) |
| Alsatian | Wie sadd m'r ... ùff Elsässisch? |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Kif bi2oulo ... bil lebneni? |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
كيف تقول كلمة ... بالعربية؟ (kayfa taqūlu kalimah ... bil-'arabīyah?) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Ինչպէ՞ս կ'ըսես... հայերէնով: (Eenchbes guhses... hayerenov?) |
| Azeri | Azərbaycanca ... necə demək lazımdır? |
| Basque | Nola esaten da ... euskaraz? |
| Bengali | এটাকে বাংলায় কী বলে? (eṭake baṅlae ki bôle?) এটার বাংলা কী? (eṭar baṅla ki?) |
| Bhojpuri | तू भोजपुरी मेँ ... कैसे बोलेला? (too bhojpuri mein ... kaiise bolela?) |
| Bosnian | Kako se na Bosanskom kaže ...? |
| Breton | Petra eo ar ger brezhoneks evit ...? |
| Bulgarian | Как ще кажеш ... на български език? (Kak šte kažeš ... na bãlgarski ezik?) inf Как ще кажете ... на български език? (Kak šte kažete ... na bãlgarski ezik?) frm Как ще кажеш ... на български? (Kak šte kažeš ... na bãlgarski?) inf Как ще кажете ... на български? (Kak šte kažete ... na bãlgarski?) frm |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Kumó ki bu ta fla ... na kriolu? |
| Catalan | Com es diu en català ...? |
| Chamorro | Håfataimanu un sångan... gi fino'Chamoru? Håftaimanu un sångan... gi fino'Chamoru? Taimanu un sångan...gi fino'Chamoru? |
| 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) |
| Cimbrian | Bia khödet-ar ... in zimbrisch? |
| Corsican | Cumu si dice ... in corsu? |
| Croatian | Kako se kaže .... na hrvatskom? |
| Czech | Jak se česky řekne ... ? Co znamená ... česky? |
| Danish | Hvordan siger du ... på dansk? |
| Dutch | Hoe zeg je ... in het Nederlands? Hoe zeg ik ... in het Nederlands? |
| Elfdalian | Hvur segir þu ... í Dalskum? |
| Efik | Didie afo edɔhɔ ... ke usem Efik? |
| Esperanto | Kiel oni diras ... en Esperanto? |
| Estonian | Kuidas Sa ütled ... eesti keeles? |
| Faroese | Hvussu sigur ein ... á føroyskum? |
| Fijian | Na cava na kena vosa vakaviti ni ...? |
| Finnish | Miten sanotaan ... suomeksi? |
| French | Comment dit-on ... en français ? |
| Frisian (North) | Hü säist dü ... aw Nordfrasch? |
| Frisian (West) | Hoe seisto ... yn it Westerlauwersk Frysk? |
| Friulian | Cemûd dîstu ... in furlan? |
| Galician | Como dis en galego ...? Como decides en galego ...? |
| Georgian | როგორ იქნება ქართულად ...? (rogor ik’neba k’artulad ...?) |
| German | Wie sagt man ... auf Deutsch? |
| German (Bavarian) | Wia hoa̦ßddn ... auf boa̦risch? |
| German (Hessian) | Wie sagt mer ... uff Hessisch? |
| Greek (Modern) | Πώς λέτε ... στα Ελληνικά;
(Pos léte … sta Ellinká?) - inf Πώς λές … στα Ελληνικά; (Pos les … sta Elliniká?) - frm |
| Gujarati | તમે .... ને ગુજરાતી માં શું કહો છો? (tame ... ne gujarati ma su kyo chho?) |
| Haitian Creole | Kijan ou di ... an kreyòl? Kij an yo di...an kreyòl? Kòman ou di ... an Kreyòl?? |
| Hebrew | (Eych omrim be'ivrit ...?) איך אומרים בעברית ...? |
| Hindi | हिंदी में ... कैसे कह्ते हैं| (hindi meṅ ... kaise kahte haiṅ?) |
| Hungarian | Hogyan mondjam magyarul ... ? |
| Icelandic | Hvernig segir maður ... á íslensku? |
| Indonesian | Bagaimana cara mengatakan ... dalam bahasa Indonesia? |
| Inuktitut | ...ᓂ ... ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐱᑦ? ...ni ... qanuq uqauhiqaqpin?/uqausiqaqpit? |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Cad é atá an focal Gaeilge 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?) |
| Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಹೇಳೋದು? (kannadadalli hege helodu?) |
| Kazakh | ... қазақша қалай айтылады? (... qazaqşa qalay aytıladı?) |
| Khmer | ខ្មែរថាម៉េច? (... kh'mai tha mait?) |
| Kinyarwanda | Uvuga ngwiki ... mu Kinyarwanda? |
| Klamath | waq dal ?i gee ?ewksiknii ?elGank |
| Korean | ... 를 한국말로 어떻게 말해요? (... reul hangukmal-lo eotteoh-ge maraeyo?) |
| Lakota Sioux | … tókhel Lakȟótiya ehápi he? |
| Latin | Quomodo ... Latine dicas? |
| Latvian | Kā latviešu valodā būs ...? |
| Limburgish | Wie zaes doe ... in Limburgs? |
| Lithuanian | Kaip lietuviškai pasakyti ...? |
| Low Saxon | Wo heet dat up Platt? (word) Wo seggt 'n dat up Platt? (sentence or expression) |
| Luxembourgish | Wéi seet een ... op Lëtzebuergesch? |
| Macedonian | Како се вели ... на македонски?
(Kako se veli ... na makedonski?) |
| 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'n aght t'ou gra ... 'sy Ghaelg? |
| Māori | He aha te kupu Māori mō ...? |
| Yucatec Maya | Bix u yaálal ich maaya táan |
| Mongolian | Монголоор ..... -г яаж хэлэх вэ (Mongoloor ...-g yaj heleh ve?) |
| Nepali | तपाइले नेपालीमा .... लाइ कसरी भन्नुहुन्छ? (tapain le nepalima ... lai kasari bhannu hunchha? |
| Norwegian | Hvordan sier du ... på norsk? |
| Occitan | Cossí se ditz ... en occitan? |
| Papiamento | Con bo ta bisa ... den papiamento? |
| Pashto | دا په پښتو کی ... سنګه وایي (da pa pakhto ki ... sanga waii?) |
| Persian (Farsi) | (shoma ... ro be Fārsi chi migin) شما ... رو به فارسي چي ميگين؟ |
| Polish | Jak się mówi ... po polsku? |
| Portuguese | Como se diz ... em português? |
| Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ'ਚ ... ਕਿੱਧਾਂ ਕਹੀਦਾ? (panjābī'ch ... kíddā̃ kahīdā?) |
| 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?) |
| Samoan | E faafefea ona ta'u le.... i le faaSamoa? |
| Scottish Gaelic | Ciamar a chanas tu/sibh ... ann an Gàdhlig? Dè Ghàidhlig a th'air ... ? |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Comente si narata ... ni sardu? |
| Scots | Haw dae ye say ... in Scots? |
| Serbian | Како се каже на српском ... (Kako se kaže na srpskom...) |
| Sicilian | Comu si dici ... in sicilianu? |
| Sinhala | ... කියන්නේ කොහොමද? (... kiyanne kohomadha?) |
| Slovak | Ako sa po slovensky povie ...? |
| Slovenian | Kako se reče po slovensko ...? |
| Somali | Maxaa af soomali lagu yiraahdaa ... ? |
| Spanish | ¿Cómo se dice ... en español? |
| Stellingwarfs | Hoe zej' ... in Stellingwarfs? |
| Swahili | Unasemaje ... kwa Kiswahili? |
| 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 ...? |
| Tamil | நீங்கள் தமிழ் பேசுவீர்களா? (neengal Thamizh/Tamil pesuveergalaa?) |
| Tatar | ...nın tatarçası niçek bula? |
| 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?) |
| Tongan | Ko e ha 'a e le'a faka-Tonga ki he ...? |
| Tsez | Шов ... цез мецрехор йолъ? (Šow ... cez mecrexor yoł?) |
| Tswana | Wa bo o reng ... ka Setswana? |
| Turkish | Türkçe'de ... nasıl denir? |
| Ukrainian | Як сказати українською ...? (Jak skazaty ukrajinśkoju ...?) |
| Urdu | آپ ۔۔۔ كو اردو ميں كيا كہتے ہيں (aap ... ko Urdu main kya kehte hain?) |
| Uzbek | ... O'zbek tilida qanday aytiladi? |
| Venetian | Come se dìselo ... in venessian? |
| Vietnamese | Bạn nói ... thế nào trong tiếng Việt? |
| Võro | Kuis üteldäq ... võro keelen? |
| Welsh | Beth ydy'r Cymraeg am ... ? Beth ydy ... yn Gymraeg? |
| Xhosa | Uthini …ngesiXhosa? |
| Yiddish | (Vi zogt men ... oyf Yidish?) װי זאָגט מען ... אויף ייִדיש? |
| Yorùbá | Bawo ni o se le sọ ….. ni Yorùbá |
| Yucatec Maya | Bix u yaálal ich maaya táan |
| Zulu | ... ukusho kanjani ngesiZulu? |
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Welcome | Hello | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | How are you? | Long time no see | Please | Thank you | Excuse me | Sorry | Goodbye | Bon voyage | Pleased to meet you | What's your name? | Where are you from? | I (don't) understand | Please say that again | Please speak more slowly | Please write it down | Do you speak English? | Do you speak ...? | Speak to me in ... | How do you say ... in ...? | I don't know | Go away! | Leave me alone! | Help! Fire! Stop! | Call the police! | Merry Christmas and Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday | Good luck | Cheers! | Bon appetit | Would you like to dance? | How much is this? | Have a nice day | Where's the toilet? | Get well soon | I love you | I miss you | My hovercraft is full of eels | One language is never enough