Someone asked me how to say this useful phrase in many languages, so here it is...
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Hierdie heer / dame sal alles betaal |
| Bulgarian | Този джентълмен
ще плати за вечерта
Тази дама ще плати за вечерта |
| Chamorro | Para guiya hu apasi todo este |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 這位先生會清單
[这位先生会清单/埋单] (zhèiwèi xiānsheng huì qīngdān/máidān) - gentleman 這位女士會清單 [这位女士会清单/埋单] (zhèiwèi nǔshì huì qīngdān/máidān) - lady |
| Croatian | Ovaj će gospodin sve platiti (gentleman) Ova će gospođa sve platiti (lady) |
| Czech | Všechno zaplatí tento pán
Všechno zaplatí tato paní |
| Danish | Den herre/dame betaler (for alt) |
| Dutch | Deze meneer betaalt alles (gentleman) Deze mevrouw betaalt alles (lady) |
| Esperanto | Tiu ĉi sinjoro/sinjorino pagos por ĉio |
| Finnish | Tämä neiti/herra/rouva/herrasmies maksaa kaiken |
| French | Ce monsieur / cette dame va tout payer
|
| Friulian | Chest siôr pajarà dut (gentleman) Cheste siore pajarà dut (lady) |
| Gaelic (Irish) | Iocfaidh an fhear/bhean seo don gach rud |
| Georgian | ეს ქალბატონი გადაიხდის ყველაფერს (es qalbatoni gadaixdis yvelafers) - gentleman ბატონი გადაიხდის ყველაფერს (batoni gadaixdis yvelafers) - lady |
| German | Der Herr/die Dame zahlt
Der Herr/die Dame übernimmt die Rechnung |
| Greek | Ὁ κύριος θὰ πληρώσει γιὰ ὅλα
Ἡ κυρία θὰ πληρώσει γιὰ ὅλα |
| Hebrew | (He will pay for (all) this)
(She will pay for (all) this) |
| Hindi | ये श्रीमान सब कुछ
चुकता करेंगे (Ye śrīmān sab kuch cuktā kareṅge) - gentleman ये श्रीमती जी सब कुछ चुकता करेंगे (Ye śrīmatī jī sab kuch cuktā kareṅge) - lady |
| Hungarian | Ez az úr/hölgy fog mindent kifizetni |
| Icelandic | Þessi maður mun borga allt saman (gentleman) Þessi kona mun borga allt saman (lady) |
| Indonesian | Bapak/Ibu ini akan membayar semuanya |
| Italian | Pagherà tutto questo signore
|
| Japanese | この人が全部払います (konohito ga zembu haraimasu) |
| Kazakh | Бұл мырза/ханым барлығына төлейді (Bul mırza/xanım barlığına töleydi) |
| Latvian | Šī kundze samaksās par visu (gentleman) Šis kungs samaksās par visu (lady) |
| Lithuanian | Šis vyras/moteris užmokės už viską |
| Luxembourgish | Dësen Här / Dëss Dame bezillt alles |
| Macedonian | Овој господин ќе плати сè
Оваа дама ќе плати сè |
| Malay | Dia akan bayar semuanya |
| Maltese | Se jħallas is-sinjur/is-sinjura ta' kollox |
| Marathi | हया बाई/साहेब सर्व देणं देतील (Hya bāī/sāheb sarva denaṅ detīl) |
| Norwegian | Denne herren/kvinnen vil betale for alt |
| Occitan | Aqueste òme o pagarà tot (gentleman) Aquesta femna o pagarà tot (lady) |
| Persian | (un barâye hameci pul mide) اون برای همه چی پول می ده |
| Polish | Ten Pan za wszystko zapłaci (gentleman) Ta Pani za wszystko zapłaci (lady) |
| Portuguese | Este homem/senhor pagará tudo (gentleman) Esta senhora pagará tudo (lady) |
| Romanian | Acest domn va plăti pentru tot (gentleman) Această doamnă va plăti pentru tot (lady) |
| Russian | Этот мужчина
платит за всё
Эта дама платит за всё |
| Serbian | Овај господин ће све платити (Ovaj gospodin će sve platiti) - gentleman Ова дама ће све платити (Ova dama će sve platiti) - lady |
| Slovak | Tento pán všetko zaplatí (gentleman) Táto pani všetko zaplatí (lady) |
| Slovenian | Ta gospod bo plačal vse (gentleman) Ta gospa bo plačala vse (lady) |
| Spanish | Este hombre/Esta Mujer va a pagar por todo
Este hombre/Esta Mujer pagará por todo |
| Swahili | Mtu huyu atalipia kila kitu |
| Swedish | Den här herren betalar för allting
Den här damen betalar för allting |
| Tagalog | Siya na po ang magbabayad ng lahat |
| Turkish | Bu bey/bu hanım, her şeyi ödeyecek |
| Ukrainian | Цей чоловік
платить за все
(Cej čolovik platitʼ za vse) - gentleman Ця пані платить за все (Cja pani platitʼ za vse) - lady |
| Urdu | یہ صاحب سب چیزوں کے پسۓ دیں گے man - (yeh sahib sab chezoon kay paisae dane gaye) یہ صاحبہ سب چیزوں کے پسۓ دیں گی lady - (yeh saheba sab chezoon kay paisae dane ge) |
| Uzbek | Bu odam hammasi uchun to'laydi |
| Welsh | Bydd y dyn/dynes ma yn talu am popeth
|
| Zulu | Umnumzana uzokhokha konke (gentleman) Inenekazi lizokhokha konke (lady) |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, please
contact me. If you can provide audio recordings
of any of these phrases, please send them to
You can send me audio files in any format. If you don't know how to make recordings on a computer, you can send me recordings on audio cassette. Let me know if you want to do this and I'll send you my snailmail address. Or you can call me on Skype (omniglot) and I'll do the recording.
Welcome | Hello | How are you? | Long time no see | What's your name? | Where are you from? | Pleased to meet you | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | Good bye | Good luck | Cheers/Good health | Have a nice day | Bon appetit | Bon voyage | I don't understand | Please say that again | Please speak more slowly | Can you please write it down? | Do you speak ...? | Excuse me | How much is this? | Sorry | Thank you | Where's the toilet? | This gentleman/lady will pay for everything | Would you like to dance with me? | I love you | Get well soon | How do you say ... in [your language]? | Leave me alone! | Help! | Call the police! | Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday | Idioms | It's all Greek to me | It's raining cats and dogs | As easy as falling off a log | A sandwich short of a picnic | When pigs fly | 'Useful' phrases | My hovercraft is full of eels | Tongue twisters | Proverbs, quotations and sayings about language | One language is never enough | Stop the world, I want to get off! | Days of the week
Copyright 1998- Simon Ager