Please speak more slowly in many languages

Note: in some case this phrase is translated as "Could you speak more slowly, please?"

Language Please speak more slowly
Afrikaans Praat stadiger asseblief
Albanian Mund të flasësh pak më ngadalë, ju lutem? (formal)
Mund të flasësh pak më ngadalë, të lutem? (informal)
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(mumkin titkallim bilrrāha) ممكن تتكلّم بالرّاحة
Arabic (Modern Standard) (takallam bibuṭ' min fadlak/ik) تكلم ببطء من فضلك
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(tkellem beshwīya afak!) تكلم بشوية عفاك
Armenian (Eastern) Խնդրում եմ, դանդաղ խոսեք: (Kh.ndrum em dandagh khosek)
Aromanian Vã plãcãrsescu zburãts niheamã ma peanarga (formal)
Vã plãcãrsescu trãdzets-li zboarãli niheamã (informal)
Azerbaijani Zəhmət olmasa asta-asta danışın
Basque Astiro-astiro hitz egin mesedez
Belarusian Калi ласка, размаўляйце павольней!
(Kali laska, razmauljajc'e pavol'nej!)
Bengali আস্তে বলবেন কি?   (aste bolben ki?)
Bhojpuri तनी धीरे बोला (tani dhiire bola)
Bulgarian Моля, говорете по-бавно
(Molja, govorete po-bavno) frm
Моля, говори по-бавно
(Molja, govori po-bavno) inf
Breton Komzit gorrekoc'h mar plij
Catalan Parli més a poc a poc, si us plau
Chamorro Pot fabot kuentos ladespasio
Chinese
(Cantonese)
你可唔可以講慢小小呀? (néih hóm̀hóyíh góng maahn síusíu a)
請你講慢啲 (chéng néih góng maahn di)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
麻煩你講慢一點 [麻烦你讲慢一点] (máfan nĭ jiǎng màn yīdiǎn)
Choctaw Salaha hosh anumpoli
Cimbrian Ich vórs-ach zo prèchtan mèeront laise
Cornish Peidy clappia mouy cuzal?
Croatian Možeš li pričati sporije? (inf)
Možete li pričati sporije? (frm)
Czech Prosím mluvte pomaleji
Danish Vil du tale lidt langsommere?
Dutch Kunt u wat langzamer praten, alstublieft?
Esperanto Parolu pli malrapide, mi petas
Estonian Palun rääkige aeglasemalt
Faroese Hevði tú vinarliga kunna tosa eitt sindur seinni?
Finnish Puhuisitteko hieman hitaammin?
French Est-ce que vous pourriez parler plus lentement, s'il vous plaît?
Friulian Fevele planc par plàse!
Georgian თუ შეიძლება უფრო ნელა ილაპარაკე
(thu sheidzleba uphro nela ilaparake)
German Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
Greek Παρακαλώ μιλάτε πιο αργά (Parakaló miláte pyo argá) - inf
Παρακαλώ μίλα πιο αργά (Parakaló míla pyo argá) - frm
Hawaiian E ʻōlelo mālie
Hebrew (efshar ledaber yoter le-at?) אפשׁר לדבּר יותר לאט?
Hindi कृपया ज़रा धीरे बोलिये। (Kṛipayā zarā dhīre boliye)
Hungarian Tudna lassabban beszélni? (frm)
Tudnál lassabban beszélni? (inf)
Icelandic Gætirðu talað hægar? Viltu tala svolítið hægar?
Indonesian Tolong bicara pelan sedikit
Inuktitut ᐊᑏ ᐅᖄᓚᓗᐊᙱᓚᑎᑦ
(Atii uqaulahaluanngilutit/uqaalasaluanngilutit)
Iñupiaq Atii uqaulasraluanngiluitin
Irish (Gaelic) An miste leat labhairt níos moille?
An bhféadfá labhairt níos moille, le do thoil?
Italian Può parlare più lentamente?
Kazakh Ақырындап сөйлеңізші (Aqırındap söyleñizşi)
Japanese ゆっくり話してください (yukkuri hanashite kudasai)
Javanese nuwun sewu, saged ngendiko langkung cetha
Klingon QIt yIjatlh
Korean 천천히 말씀해 주세요 (Cheoncheonhi malssuemhae jeseyo)
Lao ກະລຸນາເວົ້າຊ້າໆ (kálunaa wâo sâa sâa)
Latin Sodes, loquere paulo lentius
Latvian Lūdzu, runājiet lēnāk!
Lithuanian Prašom pakartoti lėtai, Prašom kalbėti lėčiau
Lojban e'o ko masno lenu bacru / e'o ko jdika leka ce'u sutra lenu bacru
Luxembourgish Schwätzt wann ech glift méi lues
Macedonian Те молам зборувај побавно
(Te molam zboruvay pobavno) - inf
Ве молам зборувајте побавно
(Ve molam zboruvayte pobavno) - frm
Malay Boleh cakap perlahan sedikit? Sila ulang
Maltese Jekk jogħġbok, tkellem iktar bil-mod
Māori Tēnā koa, āta kōrero
Manx Loayr-shiu ny smelley, my sailliu (frm)
Loayr ny smelley, my sailt (inf)
Marathi कृपया जरा हळु बोला (kṛupayā jarā haḷu bolā)
Mongolian Илүү удаан ярина уу (Iluu udaan yarina uu)
Nepali बिस्तारै भन्नुस् (bistaarai bhannus)
Norwegian Vær vennlig og snakk saktere
Kan du være så snill å snakke litt saktere?
Occitan Pòdes parlar mens aviat? (inf)
Podètz parlar mens aviat? (frm)
Persian ميشه آهسته تر صحبت کنيد؟
(mishe ahesteh tar sohbat konid)
خواهش مي کنم آهسته تر صحبت کنيد
(khahesh mikonam ahesteh tar sohbat konid)
Polish Proszę mówić wolniej (frm) Mów wolniej! (inf)
Portuguese Por favor fale mais devagar, Por favor, fale mais lentamente
Fale mais devagar (Brazil)
Romanian Puteţi să vorbiţi mai rar?
Russian Вы не могли бы говоpить помедленнее!
(Vy ne mogli by govorit’ pomedlennee) - frm
Помедленнее пожалуйста?
(Pomedlennee požalujsta?) - inf
Saami Hála gulul
Scottish Gaelic An urrainn dhut bruidhinn nàs maille? (inf)
An urrainn dhuibh bruidhinn nàs maille? (frm/pl)
Serbian Можеш ли причати спорије? (Možeš li pričati sporije?) - inf
Можете ли причати спорије (Možete li pričati sporije?) - frm
Shona Ndinokumbirawo kuti musakurumidze kutaura
Slovak Hovorte prosím pomalšie
Slovenian Govorite, prosim, bolj počasi / Govorite počasi, prosim
Spanish Por favor hable más despacio
Swahili Tafadhali sema polepole
Swedish Var snäll och tala långsammare
Tagalog Pwéde mo bang bagálan ang iyong pagsasalità?
Tahitian Faa taere te parau
Tamil மெதுவாக பேசுங்கள் (medhuvaaga pesungal)
Telugu దయచేసి నెమ్మదిగా మట్లాడండి !
(dhayachaesi nemmadhigaa matlaadaṅdi!)
Thai พูดช้าลงหน่อย?
Tibetan ད་དུང་ག་ལེར་ག་ལེར་གསུང་གནང་དང་།
(tâtung kalay-kalay soong nâng dâng)
Tigrinya ቀስ በል (qes bel)
Turkish Lütfen daha yavaş konuşun
Ukrainian Ви не могли б розмовляти повільніше
(Vy ne mogly b rozmovljaty poviľniše) - frm
Розмовляй повільніше (Rozmovliaj poviľniše) - inf
Urdu (kya ap ise ahistah keh sakte hain?) کیا آپ آہستہ کہسکتےہیں؟
Uzbek Iltimos, sekinroq gapiring (frm)
Vietnamese Làm ơn nói chậm hơn
Volapük Begob, pükolös nevifikumo
Welsh Siaradwch yn arafach, os gwelwch yn dda (formal)
Siarad yn arafach, os gweli di'n dda (informal)
Yiddish זײַ אַזױ גוט, און רעד פּאַמאַלעכער
(Zay azoy gut, un red pamelekher)
Xhosa Khawucothise
Yorùbá Jọwọ, rọra maa sọrọ
Zulu Ngicela ukhulume kancane

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