Have you ever been to a country where you couldn't speak the native language? Prevent this sense of helplessness from occuring again by reading on...
Step 1
Be polite when approaching strangers. Learn how to say hello in different languages. If you learn how to at least say hello, then strangers will recognise that you are polite and will likely be more helpful than if you simply asked them "Do you speak english?"
Step 2 Look for the appropriate language in the list below
Use the appropriate pronounciation indicated.
- Arabic - "?? ????? ????????" - "Hal Tatakallam Inglizi?" - (do you speak english?)
- Bulgarian - ???????? ?? ?????????? - Govorite li angliiski?
- Bengali - (aapni eeng-reji bol-tey pa ren?)
- Croatian - Možete li govoriti engleski? (pronounced Mowe-ZHAY-tay lee gowe-vor-ee-TEE Ehn-GLEH-skee)
- Catalan - Parla anglès? (pronounced par-lah ahn-gles?)
- Czech Mluvíte anglicky?
- Dutch - Spreekt u Engels?
- English - Excuse me, do you speak English? (formal)
- Farsi - in-gili-si-harf mizani?----???????? ??? ??????
- French - Parlez-vous anglais? - (pronounced par-lay voo zon-glay; formal) Tu parles anglais ? - (pronounced tew parlll zon-glay; informal)
- Finnish - Puhutko englantia?
- German - Sprechen Sie Englisch? (pronounced Shpre[ch]en Zee English?)
- Hebrew - Male: Ata medaber anglit?, Female: at medaberet anglit? (Male: ??? ???? ??????? Female:?? ????? ???????)
- Hungarian - Beszélsz angolul?
- Hindi - Kya aap angrezi bolte hai'n?
- Indonesian - Anda bisa Bahasa Inggris?
- Italian - Parla Inglese? - (pronounced par-lah een-gles-ay).
- Japanese - ????????? - (pronounced ey-go o ha-na-shi-mahs ka).
- Macedonian - ????????? ?? ????????? (Zboruvate li angliski?)
- Mandarin Chinese - ?????? - (pronounced neen jee-ang een yu ma; formal)
- Malay - Bolehkah kamu bercakap Inggeris? - (pronounced bo-layh-kah ka-moo ber-cha-kap ing-ger-ris)
- Marathi - Tumhala engraji bolata yeta ka?
- Nepalbhasha ?? ???????? ???? ?? ?????? ?? ??? - (pronounced 'Chii angreji bhasan kha lhaye sa laa?')
- Papiamento - Bo ta papia Ingles? - (pronounced: 'Bow tah pah-pee-yah in-glehs?)
- Russian ?? ???????? ??-?????????? - Vy go-vo-reet-ye po-ang-liy-skee?
- Slovak Hovoríte po anglicky?
- Tagalog Marunong po ba kayo mag-ingles? (ma-ru-nong po bah kah-yo mag-ing-les)
- Thai - Khun poot Angkrit chai mai krab? (male spoken) ' "khun poot angkrit chai mai kaa? (spoken Female)
- Swedish - Talar du engelska?
- Spanish - "(Tu) hablas ingles?" (informal) or "Habla ingles?" (formal)
- Portuguese(Brazil) - Você fala inglês?
- Tamil - English theriyumaa?/ English pesuveengala?
Step 3 Telugu - Meeru english maatlaadagalara?
