Can you please write it down?

How to ask people to write things down in many different languages.

Key: inf = informal, frm = formal, vfrm = very formal.

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Language Please write it down
Afrikaans Skryf dit neer asseblief!
Albanian (Gheg) Të lutna, shkrujê (frm)
Mun ta shkrujsh? (inf)
Albanian (Tosk) Mund ta shkruash ju lutem? (frm)
Mund ta shkruash të lutem? (inf)
Aleut Aluĝim tiix̂t ii?
Aklan Kon mahimo isueat mo
Alsatian Wotsch's ùfschriwa
Altay Мыны бичип берзеер (Mını bičip berzeer)
Amharic እባካችሁ ያላችሁትን ድገሙልኝ።
(ebakaččhu yalaččhuten degämulleñ) - pl
እባክዎ ያሉትን ይድገሙልኝ።
(ebakwo yaluten yedegämulleñ) - frm
Arabic
(Egyptian)
ممكن تكتبه؟
m - (mumkin tiktibuh?)
ممكن تكتبيه؟
f - (mumkin tiktibeeh?)
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
m - (uktubhā min fadlak) أكتبها من فضلك
f - (uktubhā min fadlik) أكتبها من فضلك
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(ktebha līya) كتبها لي
Aragonese Podrías escribir-lo, por favor? (inf)
Podría escribir-lo, por favor? (frm)
Armenian
(Eastern)
Խնդրում եմ, Չէի՞ք գրի դա:
(Khndrum em, gri da)
Armenian
(Western)
Հաճիս կրնա՞ս գրել:
(Hajees guhrnas krel?) inf
Հաճիս կրնա՞ք գրել:
(Hajees guhrnak krel?) frm
Assamese অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি লিখি দিয়ক
(ônugrôh kôri likhi diyôk) - frm
অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি লিখি দিয়া
(ônugrôh kôri likhi diya) - inf
Asturian Escríbalo, por favor
Azerbaijani Zəhmət olmasa, yazın
Bunu yaza bilərsinizmi
Bambara I bɛ se ka ɲɛ n ma k’a sɛbɛn n ye wa?
Basque Idatz iezadazu mesedez
Bavarian Šraib's ma af (inf)
Belarusian Калі ласка, напішы гэта
(Kalі laska napіshy geta) - sg
Калі ласка, напішыце гэта
(Kalі laska napіshyće geta) - pl/frm
Bengali অনুগ্রহ পূর্বক লিখে দিন
(Ônugrôhô purbôk likhe din)
Bhojpuri एहके लिख ल ता (ehke likh la ta)
Bikol Pakisurat man tabi
Bosnian Molim te, napiši to! (inf)
Molim vas, napišite to! (frm)
Breton Skriv-se, mar plij
Bulgarian Можете ли да го напишете?
(Možete li da go napišete) frm
Можеш ли да го напишеш?
(Možeš li da go napišeš) inf
Burmese yay pya ba
Cape Verdean Creole Skrebe-l, pur favor
Catalan Pot escriure-ho, si us plau?
Que m'ho podria escriure, si us plau?
Cebuano Palihug isulat daw
Central Dusun Posurato po ilo
Tuliso po ilo
Mai gia posurato
Obuli ko daa monurat dilo?
Obuli ko daa monulis dilo?
Chabacano de Cavite Escribi tu esi
Chabacano de Zamboanga Favor escribi ese
Chamorro
(Guam dialect)
Pot fabot tuge' fan påpa'
Chamorro
(North Marianas dialect)
Tuge’ papa pot fabot
Chechen Яздан хьар ахь (Yazdan ẋar aẋ)
Cherokee ᎰᏪᎸᎦ (Hohwelvga) >sg
ᏍᏙᏪᎸᎦ (Sdowelvga) >dl
ᎢᏦᏪᎸᎦ (Itsowelvga) >pl
Chichewa Chonde lembani
Chinese
(Cantonese)
唔該你寫低吖? (m̀hgòi néih sédài a?)
唔該筆記 (m̀hgòi bātgei)
Chinese
(Hakka)
请写下来 (qin xia lok loi)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
麻煩你寫一下,好不好? [麻烦你写一下,好不好?]
(Máfan nǐ xiě yīxià, hǎo bù hǎo?)
Chinese
(Shanghainese)
写下来 (xiā wū lä)
请侬写下来 (qǐng nóng xiā wū lä)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
請寫起來 (chhìa sía khí lâi)
Cimbrian Ich vórs-ach zo schraiba-mar-s
Coastal Kadazan Posuato po iho
Mai gia posuato
Kavasa ko po naku monuat diho?
Cornish A vynn'ta y skrifa mar pleg
Corsican Pudete scrivela per piacè?
Croatian Molim Vas, možete li mi to zapisati?
Cree ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐊ (masinaha)
Czech Prosím napiš to (inf)
Můžeš mi to napsat prosím? (inf)
Napiš mi to prosím (inf)
Můžete mi to napsat, prosím? (frm)
Napište mi to prosím (frm)
Prosím napište to (frm)
Danish Kan du skrive det ned, tak?
Dari لطفآ نوشته کنید
(Lotfân nawešta konêd)
Dutch Zou u het voor mij willen opschrijven, alstublieft? (frm)
Wil je dat even opschrijven alsjeblieft? (inf)
Elfdalian Beller du skriev nið eð-dar?
Estonian Palun kirjuta see üles (inf)
Palun kirjutage see üles (frm)
Ewe Meᶑekuku ηlↄe
Extremaduran Haga el favol i lo aponti (frm)
Has el favol, aponta-lu (inf)
Faroese Hevði tú vinarliga kunna skriva tað?
Fijian Kerekere, mo ni vola
Finnish Kirjoitatteko sen ylös?
Kirjoittaisitteko sen ylös?
French Pourriez-vous me l'écrire ? (frm)
Pourriez-vous me l'écrire, s'il vous plait ? (frm)
Auriez-vous l'obligeance de me l'écrire, s'il vous plait ? (vfrm)
Frisian (North - Mooring) Weesegödj än schriw dåt ap
Frisian (West) Skriuw it del, asjebleaft
Friulian Puedistu scrivilu par plasê? (inf)
Puedial scrivilu par plasê? (frm)
Galician Por favor, pódemo escribir? (frm)
Por favor, pódesmo escribir? (inf)
Gascon Que v's pregui l'escriber ?
E pòs escríve'u, en te pregant ? (inf)
E podetz escríve'u, en ve pregant ? (frm)
Georgian თუ შეიძლება დაწერეთ (tu sheidzleba dats’eret) - frm
თუ შეიძლება დაწერე (tu sheidzleba dats’ere) - inf
German Können Sie das bitte aufschreiben?
Greek (Ancient) Μεταγράφε αὐτὸ, ἀντιβολῶ
(Metagráfe autó, antibolō)
Greenlandic Qanoq akeqarpa?
Guaraní Ehaí chéve péa
Gujarati હું બોલું તે લખો (hu bolu te lakho)
હું લખાવું તે લખો (hu lakhavu te lakho)
આ લાખો (aa lakho)
Haitian Creole Es'ke ou ka ecri'l, tanpri?
Hausa Dan Allah rubuta
Hawaiian E ʻoluʻolu e kākau iho ʻoe
E kākau iho ʻoe, ke ʻoluʻolu
Hebrew אפשר לכתוב לי את זה?
(efshar likhtov li et ze?)
Hindi कृपया यह मेरे लिए लिखें (kṛipayā yaha mere liye likheṅ)
Hmong (White) Thov sau
Hungarian Írja le, kérem!
Leírná, kérem?
Iban Ulih nuan nulih leka jako nya?
Ulih nuan nulih leka jako tu?
Icelandic Gætirðu skrifað þetta niður (inf)
Gætirðu vinsamlegast skrifað þetta niður (frm)
Igbo Biko detuo ya
Iloko Isuratmo man
Indonesian Tolong ditulis
Tolong tuliskan
Inuktitut ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑑᓗᐊᖅᐱᐅᒃ?
(Titiraqtuuluaqpiuk?)
Iñupiaq Aglaktuqtuulauqpiung?
Aglakkumiñaqpiuŋ?
Irish (Gaelic) An féidir leat é sin a scríobh síos dom?
An scríobhfaidh tú é sin síos dom?
Italian Può scriverlo, per favore? (frm)
Puoi scriverlo, per favore? (inf)
Japanese 書いてください (kaite kudasai)
書いて、頂けますか (kaite itadakemasu ka)
Kalmyk Бичҗ өгхитн, сурҗанав (Bichj ögxitn, surjanav)
Kannada ಬರೆದ್’ ಕೊಳ್ಳ್’ರಿ (bared' koḷḷ'ri)
Kashmiri Yi Likhiv
Kazakh Осыны жазып бере аласыз ба? (Osını jazıp bere alasız ba?)
Khmer សូមសរសេរពាក្យនោះឱ្យខ្ងុំ
(som sârsér péak noŭh aôyy khnyŭm)
Khoekhoe (Nama) Toxoba xoa re
Kiribati Ko kona n korobokia taiaoka
Korean 적어 주세요! (cheogeo juseyo!)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Jè kerema xwe binivîsîne (frm)
Tu kari jè kerema xwe veya binivîsîne (frm)
Tu kari véya binivîsîne (frm)
Ev binivîsîne, (inf)
Kurdish (Sorani) Tikaye, ewe binûse
Kyrgyz Кичи пейилдикке, жазып бересизби?
(Kichi peyildikke, jazyp beresizbi?) - sg/frm
Ladino פור פ׳אב׳ור איסקריב׳ילו
(Por favor eskrivelo)
Lakota Sioux Owá yo (m>sg)
Owá ye (f>sg)
Owá po (m>pl)
Owá pe (f>pl)
Lao ກະລຸນາ ຈົດລົງໄປ (kaluna chod long pai)
Latin Sodes, id scribes?
Latvian Vai Jūs nevarētu Lūdzu to uzrakstīt?
Vai Jūs lūdzu varētu to uzrakstīt?
Lingala Koma eloko wana s'il te plaît
Lithuanian Ar galite užrašyti?
Gal galite tai užrašyti?
Low Saxon Wääs so good un schriev' dat up
Lozi Ni kupa u bulele hape
Luganda Ekigambo ekyo kimpandiikire
Luxembourgish Schreift et w.e.g. op
Macedonian Те молам, можеш ли да напишеш?
(Te molam, možeš li da napišeš?) - inf
Те молам, може ли да го напишеш тоа?
(Te molam, može li da go napišeš toa?) - inf
Ве молам, можете ли да напишете?
(Ve molam, možete li da napišete?) - frm
Ве молам, може ли да го напишете тоа?
(Ve molam, može li da go napišete toa?) - frm
Magahi एकरा लिख ला /ekra: lɪkʰ laː/
Malagasy Afaka soratanao ve izany?
Malay Tolong ulang sekali lagi
Tolong ulang semula
Sila ulang
Malayalam ഇത് എഴുതൂ? (ith ezhuthū)
Maldivian inf - (Theethi liyedheeba?) ތީތި ލިޔެދީބަ؟
frm - (Theethi liyedhevidhaanetha?) ތީތި ލިޔެދެވިދާނެތަ؟
Maltese Iktibha jekk jogħġbok
Manx (Gaelic) Screeu shen sheese, my sailt (sg)
Screeu-shiu shen sheese, my sailliu (pl)
Māori Tuhia
Tuhia koa
Marathi कृपया लिहून घ्या (krupayā lihun ghya)
लिहून दाखवा (lihun dākhavā)
उतरवून घ्या (utaravun ghyā)
Míkmaq Ke wi’ken
Mongolian Үүнийг доор бичнэ үү (Uuniig door bichne uu)
Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) 'Sohhoccicepvs
Coyepvs
Nahuatl Ma xitlacuilo
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Bhala phansi
Ndebele (Southern) Ngibawa uyitlole phasi
Nepali कृपया लेख्नुहोस्
(kṛpayā lekhnuhos)
Newari / Nepal Bhasa एक्क च्वयादिसँ ले ।
(gakka cvayādisaṁ le)
Niuean Tohi, fakamolemole
Northern Sámi Čális dan, leage siivui
Norwegian Kan du være så snill å skrive det ned?
Occitan Escriu-me-lo, se te plai (inf)
Escrivètz-me-lo, se vos plai (frm)
Okinawan 書ち吳みしぇーびり (kachi kwimisheebiri) - frm
書ち吳みそーり (kachi kwimisoori) - pl
書ち吳りよ (kachi kwiriyo) - inf
Oriya ଦୟାକରି ଲେଖି ଦିୟନ୍ତୁ
(Daẏākāri lekhi diẏantu)
Ossetian Ныффыссут, уæ хорзæхæй
(Nyffyssut, uæ xorzæxæj)
Papiamento Bo por skirbie pami porfabor
Pashto مهربانی وکړه دا ولیکه
(mehrabani wokra da wolika)
Persian (Farsi) لطفا یادداشت کنید
(lotfan yaddasht konid)
inf - لطفاً یادداشت کن
Polish Czy mógłby Pan to napisać? (frm>m)
Czy mógłaby Pani to napisać? (frm>f)
Czy możesz to zapisać? (inf)
Portuguese O senhor poderia escrever isso para mim, por favor (frm>m)
A senhora poderia escrever isso para mim, por favor (frm>f)
Pode escrever isso para mim, por favor? (inf)
Portuguese (Brazilian) Você pode escrever isso p'ra (para) mim por favor?
Escreve isso p'ra (para) mim, por favor?
Punjabi ਲਿੱਖ ਲਓ ਜੀ। / لِکھ لوؤ جی۔ (likkh laō jī)
Quechua Allichu qilqaykuway
Romanian Puteți să-l scrieți, vă rog? (frm)
Poți să-l scrii, te rog? (inf)
Russian Запишите, пожалуйста
(Zapishite, pozhaluysta)
Sakha Баһаалыста, итини суруйуҥ (Bahaalɯsta itini surujuŋ)
Samoan Fa'amolemole, ia tusi mai
Sanskrit कृपया लिखतु (kṛpayā likhatu)
Sardinian (Logudorese) Iscrie-lu, pro piaghere
Iscrie-lu, pro praghere
Scots E, want tae write it doon fur iz
Scottish Gaelic An urrainn dhut sin a sgrìobhadh, ma's e do thoil e? (inf)
An urrainn dhuibh sin a sgrìobhadh, ma's e bhur toil e? (frm)
Serbian Молим Вас можете ли ми то написати?
(Molim Vas možete li mi to napisati?)
Serrano 'Uushan 'amay
Shona Ndinokumbirawo kuti muzvinyore pasi
Sicilian Pi fauri, scrivimillu
Pi fauri, mû scrivissi (frm)
Pi fauri assa mû scrivi (formal for elderly people)
Sinhala කරැණාකරල මට ඒක ලියලා දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද
(karunākarala mata eka liyala dhenna puluvandha?)
Slovak Napíšte mi to prosím
Slovenian Lahko to napišete, prosim?
Ali napišete?
Somali Fadlan qor
Sorbian (Lower) Napiš mě to pšosym
Sorbian (Upper) Napisaj mi to prošu
Spanish ¿Puede escribirlo, por favor?
Sundanese Tiasa diserat?
Swahili Waweza kuiandika?
Swazi Ngicela ubhale phansi
Ngicela nibhale phansi
Sicela nibhale phansi
Sicela ubhale phansi
Swedish Skulle du kunna skriva ned det åt mig?
Swiss German Bitte schriibe Sie das uf (frm)
Bitte schriib das uf (inf)
Tagalog Pakisulat mo naman
Tamil (formal) எழுதி கொள்ளுங்கள்
(ezhudhi kollungal) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal) எழுதி கொள்ளுங்க
(ezhudhi kollunga) [fm]
Tatar Monı yazalır idígízmí?
Telugu దయచేసి ఆది రాయండి
(dhayachaesi aadhi raayaṅdi)
Tetum Favor ida hakerek
Favor ida halo nota ba
Thai เขียนลงบนกระดาษได้ไหม?
(kĭan long bon grà-dàat dâi măi?)
ช่วยเขียนลงให้หน่อย้ไหม
(chûay kĭan long hâi nòi dâai măi)
Tibetan ཡིག་ཐོག་ཏུ་འགོད་རོགས་ཐུགས་རྗེ་གཟིགས།
(yi thok tu kö rok thu-je-sik)
Tigrinya ጸሓፎ በጃኻ (Tsehafo Bejaka) m/sg
ጸሓፍዮ በጃኺ (Tsehafiyo Bejaki) f/sg
Tongan Kataki ‘o tohi‘i mai
Tsonga Swi tsale ehansi
Tsotsil Xu' xa ts'iba avokoluk
Tswana Ke kopa o e kwale fa fatshe
Turkish Lütfen yazınız
Turkmen Şuny ýazyň
Tuvaluan Fakamolemole, tusi aka ki lalo. (sg)
Twi Mepa wo kyɛw, twerɛ ma me
Ukrainian Запишіть це, якщо маєте ласку
(Zapyšiť, jakščo majete lasku)
Будь ласка записати це
(Buď laska zapysaty ce)
Urdu براًےمہربانی لِکھیًے
(barae mihr bani likhye)
Uyghur (Uni yezip chiqing) ئۇنى يېزىپ چىقىڭ
Uzbek Iltimos, yozib ko'rsating
Yozib bering
Venda Kha vha tou nwala
Venetian El pol scriverlo? (frm)
Ti pol scriverlo? (inf)
Scrìveƚo (sg)
Scrivéƚo (pl)
Veps Kirjuta sen, ole hüvä (sg)
Kirjutagat sen, olgat hüväd (pl)
Vietnamese Làm ơn viết xuống
Võro Pallõsiq kirodaq tuu üles
Wayuu Kamanee pia, pashaja türa tamüin
Welsh Wnewch chi ysgrifennu hynna, os gwelwch yn dda? (frm)
Wnei di ysgrifennu hynna, os gweli di'n dda? (inf)
Flemish (West) Schryf’t tad e kir up
Westrobothnian Schkrijv née
Wolof Ndax mën nga ko bind su la neexee?
Xhosa Ndicela uyibhale phantsi (sg)
Ndicela niyibhale phantsi (pl)
Yiddish ביטע שרייב יענץ אראפ
(Bite shrahb yents arup)
ביטע שרייב עס אראפ
(Bite shrahb es arup)
Yoruba Jọwọ, kọ ọ silẹ
Yucatec Maya Je'u beytal a tsiib
Zazaki Binûs
Zulu Ngicela ukubhale
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Bonvolu ĝin skribi!
Interlingua Scribe lo, per favor
Lojban ciska pe'u
Volapük Begö! penetolös osi!

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