Wednesday, June 13, 2012

25 different ways to say "Please"

Arabic: من فضلك (min fáɖlak) 
Bulgarian: моля (mólja) 
Catalan: si us plau 
Chinese: 请 (qǐng) 
Croatian: molim 
Czech: prosím 
Danish: vær så venlig 
Dutch: alstublieft (polite), alsjeblief (casual), graag, a.u.b. 
Fijian: yalo vinaka 
Finnish: olkaa hyvä 
French: s'il vous plaît, S.V.P. 
German: bitte 
Greek: παρακαλώ (parakaló), μου κάνεις την χάρη να... (mu kanis ti khari na...) 
Hungarian: kérem, szívesen (szívesen is better translated as you’re welcome, the response to köszönöm) 
Irish: le do thoil, ma 's e do thoil e 
Italian: per favore 
Japanese: ください (kudasái), どうぞ (dōzo) 
Korean: 제발 (jebal) 
Malay: sila 
Norwegian: vær så snill, takk (?) 
Polish: proszę 
Portuguese: por favor 
Romanian: a mulţumi, a satisface, a incânta 
Russian: пoжaлуйстa (požálsta) 
Scots Gaelic: le do thoil (s., informal), le ur toil (pl., formal), ma 's e do thoil e (s., informal), ma 's e ur toil e (pl., formal) 
Serbian: молим (molim) 
Slovak: prosím, nech sa páči 
Spanish: por favor, favor de 
Swedish: tack, snälla, var så god 
Tamil: தயவு செய்து (dayavu seithu) 
Turkish: lütfen 
Ukrainian: прошу (prošú) 
Vietnamese: làm ơn, xin 
Welsh: os gwelwch yn dda

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