This appendix contains a list of sentences which are translated as I don't speak, followed by each language name.
Language | I don't speak (language name) |
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Afrikaans | ek praat nie afrikaans nie |
Albanian | nuk flas shqip |
Amharic | እኔ አማርኛ አልችልም (ʾəne ʾämarña ʾälčəlm) |
Arabic | أَنَا لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّة (ʔanā lā ʔatakallamu l-ʕarabiyya) |
Egyptian Arabic | أَنَا مَبَتْكَلِّمْش عَرَبِي (ʔanā mabatkallimš ʕarabi) |
Hijazi Arabic | ما أَتْكَلَّم عَرَبِي (mā ʔatkallam ʕarabi) |
ما أَتْكَلَّم حِجازي (mā ʔatkallam ḥijāzi) | |
Armenian | ես հայերեն չգիտեմ (es hayeren čʻgitem) |
Asturian | yo nun falo asturianu |
Azerbaijani | mən azərbaycanca danışa bilmirəm |
Basque | ez dut euskaraz hitz egiten |
Belarusian | я не размаўля́ю па-белару́ску (ja nje razmaŭljáju pa-bjelarúsku) |
Bengali | আমি বাংলা বলি না (ami baṅla boli na) |
Breton | brezhoneg ne gomzan ket |
Bulgarian | аз не гово́ря бъ́лгарски (az ne govórja bǎ́lgarski) |
Cantonese | 我唔識講廣東話 / 我唔识讲广东话 (ngo5 m4 sik1 gong2 gwong2 dung1 waa2) |
Catalan | no parlo català |
Chechen | суна нохчийн мотт ца хаа (suna noxčiı̇n mott ca xaa) |
Cherokee | Ꮭ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏱᏥᏬᏂ (tla tsalagi yitsiwoni) |
Czech | nemluvím česky |
Danish | jeg taler ikke dansk |
Dari | فَارْسِی یَاد نَدَارَم (fārsī yād nadāram) |
Dutch | ik spreek geen Nederlands |
English | I don't speak English |
Esperanto | mi ne parolas Esperanton |
Erzya | мон а кортан эрзякс (mon a kortan eŕźaks) |
Estonian | ma ei räägi eesti keelt |
Finnish | en puhu suomea |
French | je ne parle pas français |
je ne parle pas le français | |
West Frisian | ik praat gjin Frysk |
Galician | eu non falo galego |
Garo | anga A·chik aganja |
Georgian | ქართული არ ვიცი (kartuli ar vici) |
German | ich spreche kein Deutsch |
Greek | δεν μιλώ ελληνικά (den miló elliniká) |
Greenlandic | Kalaallisut oqalunngilanga |
Hebrew | Masculine: אֲנִי לֹא מְדַבֵּר עִבְרִית (aní lo medabér ivrít) |
Feminine: אֲנִי לֹא מְדַבֶּרֶת עִבְרִית (aní lo medabéret ivrít) | |
Hindi | Masculine: मैं हिन्दी नहीं बोलता हूँ (ma͠i hindī nahī̃ boltā hū̃) |
Feminine: मैं हिन्दी नहीं बोलती हूँ (ma͠i hindī nahī̃ boltī hū̃) | |
Hokkien | Xiamen, Mainland China: 我𣍐曉講閩南話 / 我𫧃晓讲闽南话 (góa bōe-hiáu kóng bân-lâm-ōe) |
Quanzhou, Mainland China: 我𣍐曉說閩南話 / 我𫧃晓说闽南话 (góa bǒe-hiáu serh bân-lâm-ōe / góa bǒe-hiáu seh bân-lâm-ōe) | |
Zhangzhou, Mainland China: 我𣍐曉講閩南話 / 我𫧃晓讲闽南话 (góa bē-hiáu kóng bân-lâm-ōa) | |
Taiwan: 我𣍐曉講臺語 / 我𫧃晓讲台语 (góa bē-hiáu kóng tâi-gí / góa bōe-hiáu kóng tâi-gú) | |
Philippines: 我𣍐曉講咱人話 / 我𫧃晓讲咱人话 (góa bǒe-hiáu kóng lán-nâng-ōe) | |
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia: 我𣍐曉講福建話 / 我𫧃晓讲福建话 (góa bōe-hiáu kóng hok-kiàn-ōe / óa bōe-hiáu kóng hok-kiàn-ōe / óa bē-hiáu kóng hok-kiàn-ōa) | |
Hungarian | nem beszélek magyarul |
Icelandic | ég tala ekki íslensku |
Irish | níl Gaeilge agam |
Ido | me ne parolas Ido |
Indonesian | saya tidak bisa bahasa Indonesia |
Iranian Persian | فارْسی بَلَد نیسْتَم (fârsi balad nistam) |
Italian | implicit subject, the correct equivalent: non parlo italiano |
explicit subject, i.e. stressed "I" or "It's me who...": io non parlo italiano | |
Japanese | formal: 私は日本語を話せません (watashi wa nihongo o hanasemasen) |
formal: 日本語を話せません (nihongo o hanasemasen) | |
informal: 私は日本語を話せない (watashi wa nihongo o hanasenai) | |
informal: 日本語を話せない (nihongo o hanasenai) | |
Khmer | ខ្ញុំមិនចេះនិយាយ ភាសាខ្មែរទេ (knyom mɨn ceh ni’yiey phiesaa kmae tei) |
Kannada | Rural: ನನಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತು ಬಾರದು (nanage kannaḍa mātu bāradu) |
Spoken: ನನಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ (nanage kannaḍa baruvudilla) | |
Korean | formal, South Korea, literary: 한국말을 못합니다 (han'gungmar-eul mot-hamnida) |
formal, North Korea, literary: 조선말을 못합니다 (joseonmar-eul mot-hamnida) | |
formal, South Korea, friendly: 한국말을 못해요 (han'gungmar-eul mot-haeyo) | |
formal, North Korea, friendly: 조선말을 못해요 (joseonmar-eul mot-haeyo) | |
informal, South Korea, literary: 한국말을 못한다 (han'gungmar-eul mot-handa) | |
informal, North Korea, literary: 조선말을 못한다 (joseonmar-eul mot-handa) | |
informal, South Korea, friendly: 한국말을 못해 (han'gungmar-eul mot-hae) | |
informal, North Korea, friendly: 조선말을 못해 (joseonmar-eul mot-hae) | |
Lakota | Lakȟóta iyápi uŋmáspe šni |
Latin | latīnē nōn loquor |
Latvian | es nerunāju latviski |
Lithuanian | nekalbu lietuviškai |
Luxembourgish | ech schwätzen net Lëtzebuergesch |
Macedonian | не зборувам македонски (ne zboruvam makedonski) |
Malay | saya tidak bercakap bahasa Melayu |
Malayalam | ഞാൻ മലയാളം സംസാരിക്കാറില്ല (ñāṉ malayāḷaṁ saṁsārikkāṟilla) |
എനിക്ക് മലയാളം അറിയില്ല (enikkŭ malayāḷaṁ aṟiyilla) | |
Maltese | ma nitkellimx bil-malti |
Mandarin | Mainland China: 我不會說普通話 / 我不会说普通话 (wǒ bùhuì shuō pǔtōnghuà) |
Taiwan: 我不會說國語 / 我不会说国语 (wǒ bùhuì shuō guóyǔ) | |
South East Asia: 我不會說華語 / 我不会说华语 (wǒ bùhuì shuō huáyǔ) | |
Mongolian | би монголоор ярьдаггүй (bi mongoloor jarʹdaggüj) |
Manchu | ᠪᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠮᡝ ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ (bi manju gisun be gisureme muterakū) |
Manipuri | Mtei: ꯑꯩ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ ꯉꯥꯡꯗꯦ ꯫ (ei meiteilon ngangde.) |
Beng: ঐ মৈতৈলোন ঙাংদে । (ei meiteilon ngāngde.) | |
Navajo | Diné bizaad doo shił bééhózin da |
Norwegian Bokmål | jeg snakker ikke norsk |
Norwegian Nynorsk | eg snakker ikkje norsk |
Ojibwe | gaawiin nindoojibwemosii |
Polish | nie mówię po polsku |
Portuguese | eu não falo português |
Romanian | eu nu vorbesc românește |
Russian | я не говорю́ по-ру́сски (ja ne govorjú po-rússki) |
Sanskrit | अहं संस्कृतं न वदामि (ahaṃ saṃskṛtaṃ na vadāmi) |
Serbo-Croatian | Cyrillic: не говорим српскохрватски |
Roman: ne govorim srpskohrvatski | |
Slovak | nemluvím slovensky |
Slovene | ne govorim slovensko |
Spanish | yo no hablo español |
Swahili | mimi sielewi Kiswahili |
Swedish | jag talar inte svenska |
Tagalog | hindi ako marunong magtagalog / hindi ako marunong managalog |
Tajik | ман забони тоҷикиро намедонам (man zabon-i tojikiro namedonam) |
Tatar | мин татарча сөйләшмим (min tatarça söyläşmim) |
Thai | Masculine: ผมพูดไทยไม่ได้ (pǒm pûut tai mâi dâai) |
Feminine: ดิฉัน/ฉันพูดไทยไม่ได้ (dì-chǎn/chǎn pûut tai mâi dâai) | |
Tok Pisin | Mi i no ken tok long Tok Pisin |
Turkish | Türkçe bilmiyorum |
Tuvan | тывалап билбес мен (tıvalap bilbes men) |
Ukrainian | я не розмовля́ю украї́нською (ja ne rozmovljáju ukrajínsʹkoju) |
Urdu | Masculine: مَیں اُرْدُو نَہِیں بولْتا ہُوں (ma͠i urdū nahī̃ boltā hū̃) |
Feminine: مَیں اُرْدُو نَہِیں بولْتی ہُوں (ma͠i urdū nahī̃ boltī hū̃) | |
Uyghur | Oral (no subject or case suffix): ئۇيغۇرچە بىلمەيمەن (uyghurche bilmeymen) |
Complete (with subject and accusative case suffix): مەن ئۇيغۇرچىنى سۆزلىيەلمەيمەن (men uyghurchini sözliyelmeymen) | |
Vietnamese | tôi không nói được tiếng Việt |
Volapük | no spikob Volapüki |
Welsh | dydw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg |
Yiddish | איך רעד נישט ייִדיש (ikh red nisht yidish) |
Yup'ik | Yugcetun qanerciigataqa |