please speak more slowly

English

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Phrase

please speak more slowly

1. Used to ask the interlocutor to speak more slowly.

Translations

please speak more slowly

• Arabic: (to a man) تَكَلَّم بِبُطْء أَكْثَر مِن فَضْلِكَ (takallam bi-buṭʔ ʔakṯar min faḍlika), (to a woman) تَكَلَّم بِبُطْء أَكْثَر مِن فَضْلِكِ (takallam bi-buṭʔ ʔakṯar min faḍliki)
• Bengali: দয়া করে আস্তে আস্তে বলবেন (doẏa kore aste aste bolben)
• Bulgarian: моля, говорете по-бавно (molja, govorete po-bavno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請說慢一點／请说慢一点 (qǐng shuō màn yīdiǎn)

• Czech: mluvte prosím pomaleji
• Danish: har du mulighed for at tale lidt langsommere?, tal langsommere (informal)
• Dutch: (formal) spreek alstublieft langzamer, (informal) spreek alsjeblieft langzamer
• Esperanto: bonvolu paroli pli malrapide (eo)
• Estonian: palun rääkige aeglasemalt
• Finnish: voitko puhua hitaammin? (informal), voitteko puhua hitaammin? (formal)
• French: parlez plus lentement, s’il vous plaît
• Galician: por favor, fale máis amodo
• Georgian: გთხოვთ ილაპარაკეთ შედარებით ნელა (gtxovt ilaṗaraḳet šedarebit nela), გთხოვთ უფრო ნელა ილაპარაკოთ (gtxovt upro nela ilaṗaraḳot)
• German: sprechen Sie bitte langsamer
• Greek: μιλάτε πιο αργά, παρακαλώ (miláte pio argá, parakaló)
• Hebrew: נא לדבר לאט יותר (na ledabér leát yotér)
• Hindi: कृपया ज़रा धीरे बोलिये (kŕpyā zarā dhīre boliye), धीरे-धीरे बोलिये (dhīre-dhīre boliye)
• Hungarian: kérem, beszéljen lassabban (hu) (formal), kérlek, beszélj lassabban (informal)
• Icelandic: (could you speak more slowly?) gætirðu talað hægar?, (can you speak more slowly?) geturðu talað hægar?, (speak more slowly) talaðu hægar
• Jamaican Creole: tek yuh time an' talk
• Japanese: もっとゆっくり話してください (motto yukkuri hanashite kudasai)
• Korean: 천천히 말씀해 주세요 (cheoncheonhi malsseumhae juseyo)
• Lithuanian: kalbėkite prašau lėčiau
• Navajo: hazhóʼógo yáníłtiʼ
• Ojibwe: nawaj ina weweni gidaa-giigid?
• Persian: لطفاً آهسته‌تر حرف بزنید (lotfan, âheste-tar harf be-zanid)
• Polish: proszę mówić wolniej
• Portuguese: por favor fale mais devagar
• Romanian: vă rog să vorbiți mai rar, Vorbiți, vă rog, mai puțin repede
• Russian: говори́те ме́дленнее, пожа́луйста (govoríte médlenneje, požálujsta)
• Slovak: hovorte prosím pomalšie
• Spanish: por favor habla más despacio, por favor hable más despacio
• Swedish: tala långsammare är du snäll, kan du vara så snäll och tala långsammare?
• Thai: พูดช้าลงหน่อย (pôot cháa long nòi)
• Turkish: (formal) lütfen daha yavaş konuşun, (informal) lütfen daha yavaş konuş
• Vietnamese: làm ơn nói chậm hơn
• Welsh: siaradwch yn arafach os gwelwch yn dda (formal), siarada'n arafach os gweli di'n dda (informal)
• Yup'ik: kitak cukaunak qanqaa