How to say “please” in all languages? Here is a complete list of 240 ways to ask for something!
Because it is always useful to know where to start to ask something abroad...
Adyghe: "Thamshaga"
Afrikaans: "Asseblief"
Aklanon: "K Kon mahimo"
Albanian: "Ju lutem" or "Të lutem"
German: « Bitte »
Amharic: "Ibakkih"
English: "Please"
Arab (Egyptian): "Itfaddel"
Arab: Min fadlak or Min fadlik
Arabic (Morocco): » ‘Afak’
Aragonese: "If fa fabor
Armenian: "Hajis"
Asante: "Mepa wo kyéw"
Asture: “If fai’l favor”
Ateso: "Engaingait"
Aymará: « Mirà »
Bashkir: "Zinhar"
Basque: « Mesedez »
Bas-Saxon: “As Jo ‘t believt” or “As di ‘t believt” or “Bitte”
Bavaria: "Bittsche"
Bengali: "Doya kore"
Belarusian: Kaliláska
Burma: "Chézù pyúpì"
Bislama: "Plis"
Blackfoot: « Kipp »
Bosnian: « Molim »
Breton: "Mar foldj"
Bru : « Seiq »
Bukusu: « Nosima »
Bulgarian: « Molya »
Bura: "Maraba"
Burushaski: "Meherbaani ne"
Catalan: « Sisplau »
Chamorro: " Put fabot"
Chichewa: "Chonde"
Chinese (Cantonais) : « Cheng »
Chinese (Shangai) : « Te kue zhou »
Chol: Awokolik
Chontal: " -watá"
Chuvash: "Tarkhasshan"
Comorian: "Tafatvali"
Korean: " -shipshiyo" or " -seyo" or " Putakhamnida"
Cornish: "Mar pleg"
Corsica: « Fate u piacè »
Cree: “Mâhti”
Haitian Creole : « Souplé »
Croatian: « Molim »
Dannois: "Vær så venlig"
Drehu: "Sipone"
Dusun: « Gia kio »
Dyula: « Sabari »
Scotch: "Pleise"
Spanish: "Por favor"
Esperanto: « Bonvolu »
Estonian: "Palun"
Fante: "Mepawokyew"
Feroïen : « Ger so væl » or « Gerið so væl »
Fijian: "Mada"
Finns: Olkaa hyvä
Frioulan: "Dibànt"
Frisian: "Asjebleaft" or "Asjeblyft"
Gaélique d’Ecosse : « Mas e bhur toil e » or « Mas e do thoil e »
Gaélique d’Irlande: “Le d’thoil”
Galicien: "Por favor" or "Se fai o favor"
Gallois: Os gwelwch yn dda or Os gweli di’n dda
Ganu: Tulunglah gok
Georgian: " Too sheh-eedz-leh-ba" or " Too sheydslebah"
Greek: « Parakalo »
Gujarati: "Kripaa karine" or "Kripyaa"
Hawaiian: ‘Olu ‘olu’
Hebrew: "Bevakasha"
Hindi: Merker-bani seh
Hmong Njua: "Ua rua kom zoo sab"
Hmong Daw: "Thov"
Hungarians: "Kérem"
Indonesian: Tolong or Silahkan
Interlingua: "Per favor"
Iceland: "Gjörðu svo vel"
Italian: « Per favore » or « Per piacere » or « Prego »
Japanese: "Kudasai" or "Dozo" or "Onegai shimasu"
Javanese: « Kulo-aturi ki » or « Monggo »
Jerriais: “I’i’ your folds”
Kabuverdianu : « Pur favor »
Kannada: "Dayavittu"
Kapampangan: « Puede ba » or « Maliari meng »
Kazakh: "Marhamet" or "Marhabat"
Khmer: "Suom"
Khowar: "Mehrbanni khori"
Kinyardais: "Akira"
Kirundi: "Akira"
Kurd: Fermo
Lao: "Guluna"
Latin: « Te amabo » or « Sis »
Letton: "Ludzu"
Lingala: « Paladó » or « Limbissa ngayi »
Lisu: "Dda mat dda"
Lithuanien: Prašom or Prašau
Livonian: « Palaks » or « Palab » or « Polaks »
Lombard: "Per piasè"
Luganda: "Mwattu" or "Baambi"
Lunyoro: "Tora"
Luo: Kiyie
Luxembourg: "Wann ech gelift"
Macedonien : « Molam »
Malay: « Silakan » or « Minta » or Tolong »
Malayalam: "Dayewu cide" or "Dayavayi"
Malgache: "Azafady"
Maltais: "Jekk joghgbok"
Mandarin (Chinese): "Qing"
Mandinka : « Dukare »
Manx: "My saillt" or "My sailliu"
Maori: "Whakawaireka" or "Ine"
Marathi: « Krupaya » or « Krupaya karuna »
Mari: "Pozhaluysta"
Marshallais : « Jouij »
Mayangna: Plisma palni
Mazahua: “Tsjakuda ts’i favor”
Mende: "Conelli"
Mien: "Oc"
Mikmaq: "Ké"
Minangkabau: "Tolong"
Miskito: "Pliskam"
Mixtec: Sani faboor
Monegasque: "Per pieijè"
Mongol: "Tanaas neg yum khuse"
Mordvin: "Inesket"
Motu: « Mani » or « Mani emu kara » or « Pilisi »
Náhuatl: "Tla"
Nama: Toxoba
Nandi: « Kaigai »
Navajo: “T’a shoodi”
Ndebele: "Uxolo"
Ndjuka: Gaantangi
Dutch: "Alstublieft"
Nepalese: "Kripaya"
Newari: "Pleej"
Nganasan: Birki
Nhirrpi: " -inga"
Nigérien Pidgin: "A beg"
Niuéen: "Fakamolemole"
Norwegian: Vennligst
Ojibwe: Daga
Oriya: "Dayakari"
Oromo: "If kadada"
Ossetian: « Tabuafsi » or « Dæ uæ » or « Khorzækhæi »
Otetela: "Lamalange"
Urdu: Merher-bani seh or Merhbaanii karke
Uzbek: "Marhamat"
Papiamento : « Pa fabor »
Pashto: "Lutfan" or "Meher bani"
Persia: Khalesh mikonam or Luftan
Pijin: "Plis"
Pipil: "Xik-chiwa ne hwabór"
Plattdeutsch: "Bitscheen"
Pohnpeian: "Menlau"
Polish: "Prosze" or "Poprosze"
Polynesian: “Si’arei”
Portuguese: "Por favor" or "Se faz favor"
Provencal (Occitan): ‘Te prègui’ or ‘Your prègui’ or ‘Suplet’
Punjabi: Merhebani kerke
Quechua: "Allichu"
Rapanui: Ana hanga koe
Romansh: « Per plaschair » or « Fa il bains »
Rotuman : « Figalelei »
Romanian: "Vã rog"
Russian: "Pozhaluista"
Saami: "Siivu Leage" or "Borber Leage"
Samoan: “Fa’amolemole” or “Fa’amolemole lava”
Saramaccan: « Gaántangi »
Sarde: "Pro piaghére"
Sarnami: « Mihrbaan se » or « Mihrbaan le »
Savonian: "He"
Sepedi: "Hle"
Serb: « Molim »
Serrere : « A fela ngang »
Seselwa: "Silvouple"
Sesotho: « Ako » or « Ka kopo » or « ...hle »
Setswana: "Tsweetswee" or "Ka kopo"
Shelta: "Grawsi"
Sherpa: "Worche" or "Thakur"
Shimasiwa: "Tafatvali"
Shina: "Mehrbani teh"
Silozi: "Nangu" or "A mu ke mu" or "A ku ni fe"
Sindhi: "Mehrbani"
Sinhalais : « Karunakarala »
Siswati: "Tsine"
Slovak: "Prosím"
Slovene: "Prosim"
Somali: Min fadlak
Sorbian: "Prošu"
Sranan: Tangitangi or Dankidanki
Swedish: "Tack"
Switzerland – German: « Bis so guet »
Sundanais: "Mangga"
Susu: Awabe
Swahili: “Tafadhali”
Syrian: "Inbasmalumkh"
Syrian: "Inbasmalumkh"
Tagalog: "Pakikunin"
Tahitien: “Ha’amauruuru”
Tajik: "Lutfan"
Tamashek: "Alak"
Tamoul: "Dhayavu seydhu"
Tarahumara : « Pe risensi »
Tashkorghani: "Marhamat"
Tatar: "Rekhim itegez"
Czech: "Prosím"
Chechen: "Dexar"
Telugu: "Dayachesi"
Tetum : « Halo favor »
Thai: "Daiprod"
Tibetan: "Kuchi"
Tigrinya: Bedjakha
Tok Pisin: "Plis"
Tupi: "Mo-murangatu-haw-zéwi"
Turk: "Lütfen"
Turkmen: "Bash yustüne"
Tuvan: "Körüñer" or "Moorlañar"
Tzeltal: "Wokoluk"
Tzotzil: Abulajan
Uchinaguchi: "Sooree"
Udmurt: "Pozhaluysta"
Ukrainian: Bud’ laska
Ulwa: Pilisma or Pilisma palka
Uyghur: "Märhämät"
Valencien : « Per favor »
Veps: "Ola hüvä"
Vietnamese: "Xin"
Visayan: "Palihog"
Wakhi: "Mehrboni"
Wali: Gaafera
Wolof : « Baal ma »
Xhosa: "Nceda"
Yapais: "Weniig"
Yiddish: "Bite"
Yoruba: "E jòwó"
Yucatec Maya: "Por favor"
Zapotec: "Guklenha nea"
Zarma: "Al hanan"
Zoulou : « Jabulisa »
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