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how to say please in many languages

Learn how to say please in many languagessome with audio files, highlighted in Pink, just to help you get the pronunciation just right.

English

Please

Afrikaans

Asseblief

Albanian

Ju lutem (frm)
Të lutem (inf)

Arabic (Egyptian)

                                                                                                                                                            (low samaht) لو سمحت

Arabic (Modern Standard)

                                                                                                                                                          (mīn fāḍlīkā) منفضلك

Belarusian

Калі ласка (Kali laska)

Bosnian

Molim

Bulgarian

Моля (Molja)

Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)

唔該 (m̀hgòi)

麻煩你 [麻烦你] (máfán nǐ)
請 [请] (qǐng)

Czech

Prosím

Danish

Vær så venlig, Tak

Dutch

Alstublieft

Finnish

Pyydän / Olkaa hyvä

French

S’il vous plaît (frm) S’il te plaît (inf)

German

Bitte

Greek (Modern)

παρακαλώ (parakalo)

Greenlandic

Ikinngutinnersumik

Hebrew

(bevekshah) בבקשה

Hungarian

Kérem

Irish

Le do thoil (sg) Le bhur dtoil (pl)
Más é do thoil é (sg) / Más é bhur dtoil é (pl)

Italian

Per favore

Japanese

ください (kudasai)

Lithuanian

Prašau

Norwegian

Vær så snill

Polish

Proszę

Portuguese (European) & (Brazilian)

Por favor

Romanian

Te rog (inf) Vă rog (frm)

Russian

Пожалуйста (Požalujsta)

Slovak

Prosím

Slovakian

Prosim

Spanish

Por favor

Swahili

Tafadhali

Swedish

Snälla / Tack

Turkish

Lütfen

Ukrainian

Будь ласка (Bud’ laska)

Welsh

Os gwelwch yn dda (frm) Os gweli di’n dda (inf)

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