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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  • twistay on Dec 25, 2010

    hmm 1 like with 0 views

  • The Real Poet on Dec 25, 2010

    interesting; i don’t speak……. a lot of languages is what i got out of it!! Good job!

  • Geny on Dec 25, 2010

    Thanks for share.

  • Niko Wolf on Jan 7, 2011

    Good job, and its totally correct for the Vietnamese :) and maybe for Chinese and Japanese too, I guess :)

  • bl4ckstr33t on Feb 12, 2011

    thats right in indonesian language

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