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Please in 34 languages
Please can be surprisingly hard to translate. Some languages have no single word for it, while others use a verb ending or a polite particle.
| Language | In its own writing | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| SpanishLatin | Por favor | |
| FrenchLatin | S'il vous plaît | |
| ItalianLatin | Per favore | |
| PortugueseLatin | Por favor | |
| RomanianLatin | Vă rog | |
| GermanLatin | Bitte | |
| DutchLatin | Alsjeblieft | |
| SwedishLatin | Snälla | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål)Latin | Vær så snill | |
| DanishLatin | Vær så venlig | |
| WelshLatin | Os gwelwch yn dda | |
| PolishLatin | Proszę | |
| CzechLatin | Prosím | |
| HungarianLatin | Kérem | |
| FinnishLatin | Ole hyvä | |
| GreekGreek | Παρακαλώ | Parakalo |
| TurkishLatin | Lütfen | |
| RussianCyrillic | Пожалуйста | Pozhaluysta |
| UkrainianCyrillic | Будь ласка | Bud laska |
| Arabic (Modern Standard)Arabic script | من فضلك | min fadlak |
| HebrewHebrew | בבקשה | bevakasha |
| Persian (Farsi)Arabic script | لطفاً | lotfan |
| HindiDevanagari | कृपया | kripya |
| BengaliBengali | দয়া করে | doya kore |
| TamilTamil | தயவு செய்து | thayavu seithu |
| Mandarin Chinese (Simplified)Chinese characters (Simplified) | 请 | qǐng |
| JapaneseJapanese (kanji and kana) | お願いします | o negai shimasu |
| KoreanHangul | 부탁합니다 | butakamnida |
| ThaiThai | กรุณา | karuna |
| VietnameseLatin | Làm ơn | |
| IndonesianLatin | Tolong | |
| Tagalog (Filipino)Latin | Pakiusap | |
| SwahiliLatin | Tafadhali | |
| AfrikaansLatin | Asseblief |
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About "Please"
In English please is a shortening of "if it please you". German bitte and Russian пожалуйста serve as both please and you're welcome. Many Asian languages mark politeness through the verb rather than a separate word.
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Do not assume a single word works everywhere. In some languages a polite tone and the correct verb form matter more than adding please.
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How do you say "Please" in different languages?
There are 34 languages on this page. For example: Por favor (Spanish), S'il vous plaît (French), Per favore (Italian), Por favor (Portuguese), Vă rog (Romanian).
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Each phrase is written by us and published only when at least two independent sources agree. Native-speaker review is still to come; phrases that could not be confirmed twice are left out.