How to say you don’t speak a language in that language.
Okay here’s a list of how to say you can’t speak a language in that language. Google translator was used in the making of this article. Translations may be slightly off and word order may also be wrong, blame Google translator not me. Please note I have no idea how any of the words are pronounced (except English) especially for Arabic, Japanese, Chinese etc.. I don’t even know where to begin pronouncing them as I can’t understand their alphabets.
English: Sorry I don’t speak english.
Afrikaans: Jammer ek praat nie Afrikaans nie.
Albanian: Na vjen keq unë nuk flas shqip
Arabic: آسف أنا لا أتكلم العربية
Armenian: Կներեք ես չեմ խոսում հայերեն Phonetics: Knerek’ yes ch’yem khosum hayeren
Azerbaijani: Bağışlayın, ancaq mən Azərbaycan danışmaq yoxdur
Basque: Barkatu ez dut euskara
Belarusian: На жаль я не кажу беларускіх
Bulgarian:Съжалявам, че не говорят български
Catalan: Ho sento, no parlen català
Chinese (simplified): 对不起,我不说中文
Chinese (traditional): 對不起,我不說中文
Croatian: Oprostite što ne govore hrvatski
Czech: Promiň, že jsem si neumí česky
Danish: Undskyld jeg taler ikke dansk
Dutch: Sorry ik spreek geen Nederlands
Estonian: Kahjuks ma ei oska eesti keelt
Filipino: Paumanhin hindi ako nagsasalita ng Filipino
Finnish: Valitettavasti en puhu suomea
French: Désolé je ne parle pas français
Galician: Síntoo eu non falar galego
Georgian: უკაცრავად მე არ ვსაუბრობთ საქართველოს
German: Sorry, ich spreche kein Deutsch
Greek: Συγγνώμη, δεν μιλούν ελληνικά
Haitian Creole: Regrèt mwen pa pale kreyòl ayisyen
Hebrew: סליחה שאני לא מדבר עברית
Hindi: खेद है कि मैं हिन्दी नहीं बोलता
Hungarian: Sajnos én nem beszélek magyarul
Icelandic: Sorry ég tala ekki íslensku
Indonesian: Maaf Saya tidak bisa bicara bahasa Indonesia
Irish: Tá brón orm nach bhfuil mé ag labhairt Gaeilge
Italian: Spiacente non parlo italiano
Japanese: すみません、私は日本語を話すことはありません
Korean: 미안 해요, 한국어 못해요
Latin: Sorry Omitto Latin
Latvian: Sorry es nerunāju latviešu valodā
Lithuanian: Atsiprašome aš nekalbu lietuviškai
Macedonian: За жал јас не зборувам македонски
Malay: Maaf Saya tidak boleh bicara Melayu
Maltese: Skużani jien ma nitkellimx Malti
Norwegian: Beklager at jeg ikke snakker norsk
Persian: با عرض پوزش من فارسی صحبت نمی کنم
Polish: Niestety nie znamy języka polskiego
Portuguese: Desculpe, eu não falo Português
Romanian: Imi pare rau ca nu vorbesc limba română
Russian: К сожалению я не владеющих русским языком
Serbian: Извини ја не говоре српски
Slovak: Prepáč, že som nehovorím Slovenskom
Slovenian: Žal ne govorim slovensko
Spanish: Lo siento, no hablo español
Swahili: Sorry mimi si kuongea Kiswahili
Swedish: Ledsen att jag inte talar svenska
Thai: ขออภัยผมไม่สามารถพูดภาษาไทย
Turkish: Üzgünüm, Türk don’t speak
Ukrainian: На жаль я не розмовляють українською
Urdu: معاف کیجئے گا میں اردو نہیں بولتا.
Vietnamese: Xin lỗi tôi không nói tiếng Việt
Welsh: Mae’n ddrwg gennym Nid wyf yn siarad Cymraeg
Yiddish: אנטשולדיגט איך טאָן ניט רעדן ייִדיש
All done that’s every language Google translate has to offer. I bet your’e thinking “Why would I use this article when I know how to use Google translator myself?”. Well here’s your answer there is no reason why, this article is just for anyone curious about other languages, as you can see from all the different alphabets every language is very different. Someone like me who only speaks English can’t even pronounce most of these words because of the alphabet used to write them.
Thanks for reading, Twistay.
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