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Phrase

do you speak English?

Asks the interlocutor whether or not they are able to speak in the English language.

Translations

do you speak English? (English specifically)

Abkhaz: англыз бызшәа жәдыруама? (angləz bəzŝʷa ẑʷdərwama?)
Afrikaans: praat jy Engels?
Albanian:
Gheg: a flêt ãnglisht? (familiar), a flêtni ãnglisht? (polite)

Tosk: a flet anglisht? (familiar), a flisni anglisht? (polite)
Amharic: እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ (ʾənglizəñña təčəlalläh) (male), እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችያለሽ (ʾənglizəñña təčəyalläš) (female) እንግሊዝኛ፡ይችላሉ (ʾənglizəñña yəčəlallu) (polite)
Arabic: هَل تَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallamu bi-l-ʔinjlīziyya?) (to a male), هَل تَتَكَلَّمِين بِالْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallamīn bi-l-ʔinjlīziyya?) (to a female)
Egyptian Arabic: بتتكلم إنجليزي؟ (bititkallim ʔingilīzī?) (to a male), بتتكلمي إنجليزي؟ (bititkallimī ʔingilīzī?) (to a female)

Hijazi Arabic: تِتكلم إنقليزي؟ (titkallam ʔingilīzī?) (to a male), تِتْكَلَّمي إنقليزي؟ (titkallami ʔingilīzī?) (to a female)
Armenian: (informal) դու անգլերեն խոսո՞ւմ ես (du angleren xosu^?m es), (formal) դուք անգլերեն խոսո՞ւմ եք (dukʻ angleren xosu^?m ekʻ)
Asturian: ¿fales inglés?
Azerbaijani: siz İngiliscə danışırsınızmı?
Bambara: bε angilekan men wa?
Basque: ingelesez hitz egiten al duzu?, dadakizu ingelesez
Belarusian: (informal) ты размаўля́еш па-англі́йску? (ty razmaŭljáješ pa-anhlíjsku?), (formal or plural) вы размаўля́еце па-англі́йску? (vy razmaŭljájecje pa-anhlíjsku?)
Bemba: walishimba icisungu?
Bengali: তুমি কি ইংরাজি বলতে পারো? (tumi ki iṅraji bolote parō?)
Bikol Central: tatao ka mag-Ingles? (singular), tatao kamo mag-Ingles? (plural)
Breton: kaozeal a rit saozneg
Bulgarian: (informal) гово́риш ли англи́йски? (govóriš li anglíjski?), (formal or plural) гово́рите ли англи́йски? (govórite li anglíjski?)
Burmese: အင်္ဂလိပ်စကား ပြော တတ်လား။ (angga.lipca.ka: prau:tatla:||)
Catalan: parles anglès?, (formal) parleu anglès, parla anglès
Chichewa: mumalankhula chizungu?
Chinese:
Cantonese: 你識唔識講英文？／你识唔识讲英文？ (nei⁵ sik¹ m⁴ sik¹ gong² jing¹ man^4-2?)

Mandarin: 你會說英語嗎？／你会说英语吗？ (nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?)
Czech: (informal) mluvíš anglicky?, (formal or plural) mluvíte anglicky?
Danish: taler du engelsk?
Dutch: spreek je Engels?, (formal) spreekt u Engels?
Esperanto: ĉu vi parolas la anglan?
Estonian: kas te räägite inglise keelt?
Extremaduran: pui, palra ingrés?
Faroese: (informal) dugir tú enskt?, (very formal) duga tygum enskt?
Finnish: (informal) puhutko englantia?, (formal) puhutteko englantia?
French: (informal) parles-tu anglais ?, tu parles anglais ?, (formal) parlez-vous anglais ?, vous parlez anglais ?
Galician: (singular formal) fala inglés?, (plural formal) falan inglés?, (singular informal) falas inglés?, (plural informal) falades inglés?
Garo: English aganma?
Georgian: ინგლისური იცით? (inglisuri icit?), ინგლისურად ლაპარაკობთ pl (inglisurad laṗaraḳobt)
German: (informal singular) sprichst du Englisch?, (informal plural) sprecht ihr Englisch?, (formal, singular and plural) sprechen Sie Englisch?
Greek: μιλάς αγγλικά; (milás angliká;) (informal), μιλάτε αγγλικά; (miláte angliká;) (formal or plural)
Haitian Creole: eske ou konn pale anglè?
Hawaiian: ʻōlelo ʻoe Pelekānia?
Hebrew: (to a male) אתה מדבר אנגלית? (atá medabér anglít?), (to a female) את מדברת אנגלית? (at medabéret anglít?)
Hiligaynon: makahambal ka sang Ingles?
Hindi: (formal): क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हैं? (kyā āp aṅgrezī bolte ha͠i?), क्या आप अंग्रेज़ी बोलती हैं? (kyā āp aṅgrezī boltī ha͠i?), (informal): क्या तुम अंग्रेज़ी बोलते हो? (kyā tum aṅgrezī bolte ho?), क्या तुम अंग्रेज़ी बोलती हो? (kyā tum aṅgrezī boltī ho?), (intimate): क्या तू अंग्रेज़ी बोलता है? (kyā tū aṅgrezī boltā hai?), क्या तू अंग्रेज़ी बोलती है? (kyā tū aṅgrezī boltī hai?)
Hungarian: (informal) beszélsz angolul?, (formal) beszél angolul?
Icelandic: talar þú ensku
Indonesian: bisa bahasa Inggris?, apakah anda berbicara bahasa Inggris?
Irish: an bhfuil Béarla agat?
Italian: (singular non-polite) parli inglese?, (singular polite) parla inglese?, (singular polite or plural) parlate inglese?, (rare singular polite) parlano inglese?
Jamaican Creole: yuh chat English?
Japanese: 英語が話せますか？ (えいごがはなせますか, Eigo ga hanasemasu ka?)
Javanese: kowe isa ngomong Inggris?
Jingpho: Ing-galik ga shaga ai i?
Kannada: ನೀವು ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತೀರಾ? (nīvu iṅglīṣ mātanāḍuttīrā?)
Kapampangan: makapanyinglis ka?, biasa kang manyingles?, makapanyalita kayong inglis na?
Khmer: តើអ្នកនិយាយភាសាអង់គ្លេសទេ (taə nĕək niyiəy phiəsaa ʼɑngkleih tei)
Korean: 영어를 할줄 아십니까? (yeong'eo-reul haljul asimnikka?), 영어를 하십니까? (yeong'eo-reul hasimnikka?), 영어를 할 줄 아세요? (yeong'eo-reul hal jul aseyo?), 영어 하세요? (yeong'eo haseyo?)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئِنگلیزی قِسە ئەکەی؟ (inglîzî qise ekey?), ئِنگلیزی دِبێژی؟ (inglîzî dibêjî?)

Northern Kurdish: tu inglîzî dizanî?, inglîzî dizanî
Lao: ເຈົ້າປາກພາສາອັງກິດໄດ້ບໍ່ (chao pāk phā sā ʼang kit dai bǭ)
Latvian: (formal) vai jūs runājat angliski?, (informal) vai tu runā angliski?
Lithuanian: ar kalbate angliškai?
Luhya: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: (formal) schwätzt Dir Englesch?, (informal) schwätz du Englesch?
Macedonian: (informal) зборуваш ли англиски? (zboruvaš li angliski?), (formal or plural) зборувате ли англиски? (zboruvate li angliski?)
Malay: boleh anda cakap bahasa Inggeris?
Malayalam: താങ്കൾക് ആങ്ഗലേയ ഭാഷ അറിയാമോ? (tāṅkaḷk āṅgalēya bhāṣa aṟiyāmō?)
Maltese: titkellem bl-Ingliż?, tpaċpaċ bl-Ingliż?
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: та англиар ярьдаг уу? (ta angliar jarʹdag uu?)
Navajo: Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ?
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snakker du engelsk?

Nynorsk: snakkar du engelsk?
Occitan: parlas anglés ?
Ojibwe: gizhaaganaashiim ina?
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اِنْگْلیسی بَلَدید؟ (englisi baladid?), شُما اِنْگْلیسی بَلَدید؟ (šomâ englisi baladid?), شُما اِنْگْلیسی حَرْف می‌زَنید؟ (šomâ englisi harf mi-zanid?)
Polish: (informal) czy mówisz po angielsku?
Portuguese: fala inglês?, falam inglês?
Romanian: (informal) vorbești engleză?, (formal) vorbiți engleză?
Russian: (informal) ты говори́шь по-англи́йски? (ty govoríšʹ po-anglíjski?), (formal or plural) вы говори́те по-англи́йски? (vy govoríte po-anglíjski?)
Scottish Gaelic: (informal) a bheil Beurla agad?, (formal or plural) a bheil Beurla agaibh?
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: говорите ли енглески?, да ли говорите енглески?

Roman: govorite li engleski?, da li govorite engleski?
Sicilian: parra inglisi?
Sindhi: ڇا توهان ڳالهائيندا آهيو؟ (čhā tavhān ģālhāyīndā āhyū?)
Sinhalese: ඔයා ඉංග්‍රීසි කතා කරනවද? (oyā iṁgrīsi katā karanawada?)
Slovak: (informal) hovoríš po anglicky?, (formal or plural) hovoríte po anglicky?
Slovene: (informal) govoríš angléško?, (formal or plural) govoríte angléško?
Sotho: u bua Senyesemane?
Southern Altai: слер английслийлеп куучындап турганар ба? (sler angliysliylep kuučïndap turganar ba?)
Spanish: ¿hablas inglés? (informal), ¿habla inglés? (formal)
Swahili: unasema Kiingereza?
Swedish: talar du engelska?, pratar du engelska?
Tagalog: nagsasalita ka ba ng Ingles? (singular), nagsasalita ba kayo ng Ingles? (plural)
Tajik: шумо забони англисиро медонед? (šumo zaboni anglisiro medoned?)
Tamil: நீங்கள் ஆங்கிலம் பேசுவீர்களா? (nīṅkaḷ āṅkilam pēcuvīrkaḷā?)
Telugu: నీవు ఇంగ్లీషు మాట్లాడ గలవా ? (nīvu iṅglīṣu māṭlāḍa galavā ?), మీరు ఇంగ్లీషు మాట్లాడ గలరా ? (mīru iṅglīṣu māṭlāḍa galarā ?)
Thai: คุณ พูด ภาษา อังกฤษ เป็น ไหม (kun pûut paa-sǎa ang-grìt bpen mǎi)
Turkish: (informal) İngilizce biliyor musun?, (formal) İngilizce biliyor musunuz?, (informal) İngilizce konuşabiliyor musun?, (formal) İngilizce konuşabiliyor musunuz?
Turkmen: siz iňlisçe gepleýärsiňizmi (formal)
Tuvan: (formal) англилеп билир силер бе? (anglilep bilir siler be?), (informal) англилеп билир сен бе? (anglilep bilir sen be?)
Ukrainian: (informal) ти гово́риш англі́йською? (ty hovóryš anhlíjsʹkoju?), (formal or plural) ви гово́рите англі́йською? (vy hovóryte anhlíjsʹkoju?)
Urdu: (formal): کْیا آپ اَن٘گْریزی بولْتے ہَیں؟ (kyā āp aṅgrezī bolte ha͠i?), کْیا آپ اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہَیں؟ (kyā āp aṅgrezī boltī ha͠i?), (informal): کْیا تُم اَن٘گْریزی بولْتے ہو؟ (kyā tum aṅgrezī bolte ho?), کْیا تُم اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہو؟ (kyā tum aṅgrezī boltī ho?), (intimate): کْیا تو اَن٘گْریزی بولْتا ہَے؟ (kyā to aṅgrezī boltā hai?), کْیا تو اَن٘گْریزی بولْتی ہَے؟ (kyā to aṅgrezī boltī hai?)
Uyghur: ئىڭگىلىزچە سۆزلىيەلەمسىز؟ (inggilizche sözliyelemsiz?)
Uzbek: Inglizcha gapirasanmi (informal); Inglizcha gapirasizmi
Cyrillic: Инглизча гапирасизми (Inglizcha gapirasizmi) (plural or formal)(plural or formal)
Venetian: pàrlito par ingleze?
Vietnamese: bạn có nói được tiếng Anh không? (generic, replace bạn (vi) with other pronouns depending on the speakers' relationship, anh, chị, bà, etc.)
Volapük: spikol-li Linglänapüki?
Welsh: wyt ti'n siarad Saesneg? (singular informal), ydych chi'n siarad Saesneg? (plural or formal)
West Frisian: (formal) sprekke jo it Ingelsk?, (informal) spreksto it Ingelsk?
Yagnobi: англисӣ гап деҳсишт? (anglisī gap dehsišt?) ((Eastern Yaghnobi)), англисӣ гап деҳтишт? (anglisī gap dehtišt?) ((Western Yaghnobi))
Yiddish: צי רעדט איר ענגליש? (tsi redt ir english?)
Yucatec Maya: Teeche' a tsiikbal inglés?
Yup'ik: Kass'atun-qaa qantuuten?
Zazaki: ingilızki zanê?, tı şenê İngılızki qısey bıkerê?
Zulu: ukhuluma isiNgisi na?

do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)

Achuar: please add this translation if you can
Afrikaans: praat jy Afrikaans?
Akkadian: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: a flisni Shqip?
Amharic: አማርኛ ትችላለህ? m (ʾämarña təčlaläh?), አማርኛ ትችያለሽ? f (ʾämarña təčyaläš?)
Arabic: هَل تَتَكَلَّم بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallam bi-l-ʕarabiyya?) (to a male), هَل تَتَكَلَّمِين بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟ (hal tatakallamīn bi-l-ʕarabiyya?) (to a female)
Armenian: (informal) դու հայերեն խոսո՞ւմ ես (du hayeren xosu^?m es), (formal) դուք հայերեն խոսո՞ւմ եք (dukʻ hayeren xosu^?m ekʻ)
Azerbaijani: Siz Azərbaycanca bilirsiniz?
Basque: badakizu euskaraz?, euskaraz hitz egiten duzu?
Belarusian: вы ка́жаце па-белару́скі? (vy kážacje pa-bjelarúski?)
Bengali: তুমি কি বাংলাকে বলতে পারো? (tumi ki baṅlake bolote parō?)
Bikol Central: tatao ka magbikol? (singular), tatao kamo magbikol? (plural)
Breton: kaozeal a rit brezhoneg
Bulgarian: гово́рите ли бъ́лгарски (govórite li bǎ́lgarski)?
Burmese: မြန်မာ စကား ပြော တတ်လား။ (mranmaca.ka: prau:tatla:||)
Central Mazahua: please add this translation if you can
Central Nahuatl: please add this translation if you can
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎭᏍ ᎯᏬᏂ (tsalagihas hiwoni)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 你識唔識講廣東話？／你识唔识讲广东话？ (nei⁵ sik¹ m⁴ sik¹ gong² gwong² dung¹ waa^6-2)

Mandarin: (PRC) 你會說普通話嗎？／你会说普通话吗？ (nǐ huì shuō pǔtōnghuà ma?), (Taiwan) 你會說國語嗎？／你会说国语吗？, 你会说国语吗? (nǐ huì shuō guóyǔ ma?), (Chinese, generally) 你說中文嗎?／你说中文吗? (nǐ huì shuō zhōngwén ma?)
Chuvash: эсир чӑвашла пӗлетӗр-и? (es̬ir č̬ăvašla p̬ĕlet̬ĕr-i?) (formal), эсӗ чӑвашла пӗлетӗн-и? (es̬ĕ č̬ăvašla p̬ĕlet̬ĕn-i?) (informal)
Czech: (informal) mluvíš česky?, (formal or plural) mluvíte česky?
Danish: taler du dansk?, (formal) taler De dansk?
Dena'ina: dena'inaq' qinax dit?
Dutch: spreek je Nederlands?, (formal) spreekt u Nederlands?
Eastern Bru: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: ĉu vi parolas esperanton?
Estonian: (informal) kas sa räägid eesti keelt, (formal) kas te räägite eesti keelt
Extremaduran: pui, palra estremeñu?
Finnish: puhutko suomea (informal), puhutteko suomea (formal)
French: parles-tu français ? (informal) parlez-vous français ? (formal or plural)
Galician: falas galego?
Garo: A·chik aganma?
Garo: A·chik aganma?
Georgian: ქართული იცით (kartuli icit)?
German: sprichst du Deutsch? (informal, singular), sprecht ihr Deutsch? (informal, plural), sprechen Sie Deutsch? (formal)
Alemannic German: please add this translation if you can
Greek: (informal) μιλάς ελληνικά; (milás elliniká;), (formal) μιλάτε ελληνικά; (miláte elliniká;)
Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoe?
Hebrew: (to a male) אתה מדבר עברית? (atá medabér ivrít?), (to a female) את מדברת עברית? (at medabéret ivrít?)
Hiligaynon: makahambal ka sang Illongo?
Hindi: क्या आप हिन्दी बोलते हैं? (kyā āp hindī bolte ha͠i?)
Hopi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: (informal) beszélsz magyarul?, (formal) beszél magyarul?
Icelandic: talar þú íslensku?
Indonesian: bisa bahasa Indonesia?
Irish: an bhfuil Gaeilge agat? sg, an bhfuil Gaeilge agaibh? pl
Italian: (singular non-polite) parli italiano?, (singular polite) parla italiano?, (singular polite or plural) parlate italiano?, (rare singular polite) parlano italiano?
Japanese: 日本語ができますか？ (にほんごができますか, nihongo ga dekimasu ka?), 日本語が話せますか？ (にほんごがはなせますか, nihongo ga hanasemasu ka?)
Javanese: kowe isa ngomong Jawa?
Kannada: ನೀವು ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತೀರಾ? (nīvu kannaḍa mātanāḍuttīrā?)
Kapampangan: makapagkapampangan ka?, makapagkapampangan kayo? (polite), biasa kayong magsalitang kapampangan na?
Khmer: តើអ្នកនិយាយភាសាខ្មែរទេ (taə nĕək niyiəy phiəsaa khmae tei)
Korean: 한국말을 할줄 아십니까? (han'gungmar-eul haljul asimnikka?), 한국말을 하십니까? (han'gungmar-eul hasimnikka?), 한국말을 할 줄 아세요? (han'gungmar-eul hal jul aseyo?), 한국말 하세요? (han'gungmal haseyo?)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kurdî dizanî?
Lao: ເຈົ້າປາກພາສາລາວໄດ້ບໍ່ (chao pāk phā sā lāo dai bǭ)
Latin: loquerisne latinē?
Latvian: (formal) vai jūs runājat latviski?, (informal) vai tu runā latviski?
Lithuanian: (formal) ar kalbate lietuviškai?, (informal) ar kalbi lietuviškai?
Lower Chehalis: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: збору́вате ли македонски (zborúvate li makedonski)? (polite), збору́ваш ли македонски (zborúvaš li makedonski)?, зна́еш ли македонски (znáeš li makedonski)?(familiar)
Malay: boleh anda cakap bahasa Melayu?
Maltese: titkellem bil-Malti?, tpaċpaċ bil-Malti?
Nauruan: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: Diné bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ?
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snakker du norsk?

Nynorsk: snakkar du norsk?
Ojibwe: gidoojibwem ina?
Persian:
Iranian Persian: فارْسی بَلَدید؟ (fârsi baladid?), شُما فارْسی بَلَدید؟ (šomâ fârsi baladid?), شُما فارْسی حَرْف می‌زَنید؟ (šomâ fârsi harf mi-zanid?)
Polish: (informal) mówisz po polsku?, (formal, to male) mówi pan po polsku?, (formal to female) mówi pani po polsku?, (informal, plural) mówicie po polsku?, (formal, plural) mówią państwo po polsku?
Portuguese: falas português?, (Brazil) você fala português?
Romani: ʒanes rromanes? sg, ʒanen rromanes? pl
Romanian: (informal) știi românește?, (formal) vorbiți limba română?
Russian: вы говори́те по-ру́сски? (vy govoríte po-rússki?) (formal), ты говори́шь по-ру́сски? (ty govoríšʹ po-rússki?) (informal)
Scottish Gaelic: (informal) a bheil Gàidhlig agad?, (formal or plural) a bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: говорите ли српскохрватски?

Roman: govorite li srpskohrvatski?
Sicilian: parra sicilianu?
Sinhalese: ඔයා සිංහල කතා කරනවද? (oyā siṁhala katā karanawada?)
Slovak: (informal) hovoríš po slovensky?, (formal or plural) hovoríte po slovensky?
Slovene: (informal) govoríš slovensko?, (formal or plural) govoríte slovensko?
Spanish: ¿hablas español? (informal), ¿habla español? (formal)
Swahili: unasema Kiswahili?
Swedish: talar du svenska? sg, talar ni svenska? pl
Tagalog: nagsasalita ba kayo ng Tagalog?
Tajik: шумо забони тоҷикиро медонед? (šumo zaboni tojikiro medoned?)
Tamil: நீங்கள் தமிழ் பேசுவீர்களா? (nīṅkaḷ tamiḻ pēcuvīrkaḷā?)
Thai: คุณ พูด ภาษา ไทย เป็น ไหม (kun pûut paa-sǎa tai bpen mǎi)
Tigrinya: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: (informal) Türkçe biliyor musun?, (informal) Türkçe konuşuyor musun?, (formal) Türkçe biliyor musunuz?, (formal) Türkçe konuşuyor musunuz?
Tuvan: тывалап билир силер бе? (tıvalap bilir siler be?) (formal), тывалап билир сен бе? (tıvalap bilir sen be?) (informal)
Ukrainian: ви гово́рите украї́нською? (vy hovóryte ukrajínsʹkoju?)
Urdu: (formal): کْیا آپ اُرْدُو بولْتے ہَیں؟ (kyā āp urdū bolte ha͠i?), کْیا آپ اُرْدُو بولْتی ہَیں؟ (kyā āp urdū boltī ha͠i?), (informal): کْیا تُم اُرْدُو بولْتے ہو؟ (kyā tum urdū bolte ho?), کْیا تُم اُرْدُو بولْتی ہو؟ (kyā tum urdū boltī ho?), (intimate): کْیا تو اُرْدُو بولْتا ہَے؟ (kyā to urdū boltā hai?), کْیا تو اُرْدُو بولْتی ہَے؟ (kyā to urdū boltī hai?)
Uyghur: ئۇيغۇرچە بىلەمسىز؟ (uyghurche bilemsiz?) (formal), ئۇيغۇرچە بىلەمسەن؟ (uyghurche bilemsen?) (informal)
Venetian: pàrlito par veneto?
Vietnamese: bạn có nói tiếng Việt?
Volapük: spikol-li Volapüki?
Welsh: wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg? (singular informal), ydych chi'n siarad Cymraeg? (plural or formal)
Yiddish: רעדט איר ייִדיש (redt ir yidish)? (formal); רעדסט דו ייִדיש (redst du yidish)? (informal); רעדסטו ייִדיש (redstu yidish)? (informal)
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Yup'ik: Yugten-qaa qantuuten?
Zazaki: tı şenê... qısey bıkerê?
Zulu: ukhuluma isiZulu na?

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