can I help you

English

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Phrase

can I help you

An offering of assistance.
Synonym: may I help you
An indignant response to nosey or rude behavior.
Synonym: excuse you
- 2015, Charles M. Kemp, Indignant‎, page 8:
  "Can I help you? Why are you standing there looking at me like that?"

Translations

offering of assistance

Arabic: أيمكنني مساعدتك؟
Azerbaijani: mən sizə kömək edə bilərəm?
Basque: lagundu dezaket?
Bengali: আমি আপনাকে সাহায্য করতে পারি?
Bulgarian: мога ли да ти помогна? (moga li da ti pomogna?)
Catalan: puc ajudar-lo?
Cebuano: makatabang ba ka nimo?
Chinese:
Mandarin: 我可以幫你嗎？／我可以帮你吗？ (wǒ kěyǐ bāng nǐ ma?)
Czech: mohu vám pomoci?
Danish: kan jeg hjælpe dig?
Dutch: kan ik u helpen? (formal)
Esperanto: ĉu mi povas helpi vin?
Finnish: voinko auttaa sinua?
French: puis-je vous aider ?
German: kann ich Ihnen helfen? (formal), kann ich dir helfen? (informal)
Greek: μπορώ να σε βοηθήσω? (boró na se voïthíso?)
Haitian Creole: eske mwen ka edew?
Hebrew: אני יכול לעזור לך? (ani yakhol la'azor lakh)
Hindi: क्या मैं आपकी मदद कर सकता हूं? (kyā ma͠i āpkī madad kar saktā hū̃?)
Indonesian: boleh aku membantumu? (informal), boleh saya membantu Anda? (formal)
Italian: posso aiutarla?
Japanese: いかがなさいましたか？ (ika ga nasaimashita ka?)
Kazakh: мен саған көмектесе аламын ба? (men sağan kömektese alamyn ba?)
Korean: 무엇을 도와 드릴까요? (mueoseul dowa deurilkkayo?)
Malay: boleh saya tolong anda? (formal), boleh aku tolong kamu? (informal)
Norwegian Bokmål: kan jeg hjelpe deg?
Persian: میتونم کمکتون کنم؟ (mitunam kemektun kunam?)
Polish: czy mogę ci pomóc?
Portuguese: posso ajudar?
Romanian: vă pot ajuta?
Russian: я могу вам помочь? (ja mogu vam pomočʹ?)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: могу ли ти помоћи?

Latin: mogu li ti pomoći?
Spanish: ¿puedo ayudarle?
Swahili: naweza kukusaidia?
Swedish: kan jag hjälpa dig?
Tagalog: maari ba kitang tulungan?, puwede ba kitang tulungan?
Turkish: yardımcı olabilir miyim?
Ukrainian: чи можу я вам допомогти? (čy možu ja vam dopomohty?)
Urdu: کیا میں اپ کی مدد کر سکتا ہوں؟ (kyā main āpkī madad kar saktā hun?)
Vietnamese: tôi có thể giúp bạn?

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