How to ask people for help in many languages.
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| Language | Help! |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Help! |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Nihmojëm! |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Ndihmë! |
| Aleut | Aguung! |
| Altay | Болушсар! (Bolušsar) |
| Aklan | Tabang! |
| Amharic | እርዳኝ (ərdaň!) >m እርጂኝ (ərǧǧiň!) >f እርዱኝ (ərduň!) - pl |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ilHaʿni!) الحقني! |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Moose3ade! |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(ʿṭeqnī!) عتقني! |
| Aragonese | Aduya! |
| Armenian (Western) |
Օգնէ՛: (Okneh) |
| Assamese | সহায়! (xôhay!) |
| Asturian | ¡Ayuda! |
| Azerbaijani | Kömək! |
| Basque | Lagundu! |
| Bavarian | Heif! |
| Belarusian | Дапамога (Dapamoha!) Дапамажыце! (Dapamazhyće) |
| Bengali | বাঁচাও! (Bãchao!) |
| Bhojpuri | मदद कर (madad kara) |
| Bislama | Help! Helpem mi! |
| Breton | Sikour! |
| Bulgarian | Помощ! (Pomošt!) |
| Burmese | ကယ်ပါ။ (keh-ba) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
救命呀! (gau mehng a!) |
| Catalan | Socors! Auxili! |
| Cebuano | Tabang! |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Ayuda cunmigo! |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Socorro! Ayuda conmigo! |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Ayuda! |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Ayuda! |
| Chechen | Орца! (Orca!) |
| Chichewa | Mundithandize! Ndithadizeni |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
救命! (giu5miang5!) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
救命啊! (jìumìng ā!) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
救命啊! (qiuming a!) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
救命！ (kiù-miā!) |
| Coastal Kadazan | Tuhung! Tuhungo zou! (Help me!) |
| Cornish | Gweres! Harow! |
| Corsican | Aiutu! Aiutatemi! |
| Croatian | U pomoć! |
| Cuyonon | Tabang! |
| Czech | Pomoc! |
| Duala | Ongwane mba |
| Dutch | Help! Hulp! |
| Efik | Mbọk nwam mi! |
| Elfdalian | Jåp! |
| Estonian | Appi! |
| Ewe | Kpedeŋu nye! |
| Extremaduran | Acorrei-mi! Acuí-mi! Ayúa! |
| Faroese | Hjálp! |
| Fijian | Kere! Kere veivuke! |
| Finnish | Apua! Auttakaa! (pl) |
| Flemish (West) | Help! |
| French | Au secours ! À l'aide ! |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Heelp! |
| Frisian (West) | Help! |
| Friulian | Jutori! |
| Galician | Axuda! Socorro! Auxilio! |
| Gascon | Ajuda ! |
| Georgian | მიშველეთ! (mishvelet!) |
| German | Hilfe! |
| Greek (Ancient) | Ζεῦ σῶσον! (Zdeú sōson!) |
| Greek (Modern) | Βοήθεια! (Voíthia!) |
| Gujarati | મદદ કરો (madad karo!) |
| Haitian Creole | Anmwe! |
| Hausa | Taimaka! |
| Hawaiian | Kōkua! Kōkua mai! Hōlina! |
| Hebrew | (atsiloo!) הצילו! |
| Hindi | मदद! (maḍaḍ!) |
| Hmong (White) | Pab |
| Hungarian | Segítség! |
| Icelandic | Hjálp! |
| Igbo | Nyere m aka! A chọrọ m enyemaka! Nyelụ m aka! |
| Iloko | Tulong! Sumalakankayo! |
| Indonesian | Tolong! |
| Inuktitut | ᐃᑲᔪᖅ! (Ikajuq!) |
| Iñupiaq | Ikayuq! Ikayuŋŋa! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Tarrtháil! |
| Italian | Aiuto! |
| Jamaican | Help! |
| Japanese | 助けて! (tasukete!) |
| Javanese | ꦠꦸꦭꦸꦁ! (Tulung!) |
| Kalmyk | Нөкд болтн! (Nökd boltn!) |
| Kannada | ನನ್ನ ಕಾಪಾಡಿ (nanna kāpāḍi!) ಕಾಪಾಡಿ (kāpāḍi!) |
| Kashmiri | मदथ करिव! مدتھ کرِو! (Madatha kariva!) |
| Kazakh | Көмектесіңіз! (Kömektesiñiz!) Жәрдем беріңіз! (Zärdem beriñiz!) |
| Khmer | ជួយខ្ញុំផង! (chuŏy khnyŭm phâng!) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | Hui te! |
| Kiribati | Buokai! |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Hawar! (frm) Alîkarî bike! (frm) |
| Kyrgyz | Жардамга! (Jardamga!) |
| Lakota Sioux | Ómakiya yo (m>sg) Ómakiya ye (f>sg) Ómakiya po (m>pl) Ómakiya pe (f>pl) |
| Lao | ຊ່ອຍແດ່! (suay dae!) |
| Latin | Adiuva! (sg) Adiuvate! (pl) |
| Latvian | Palīgā! |
| Lingala | Salissa Ngaï! |
| Lithuanian | Padėkite! |
| Livvi-Karelian | Avvutakkua! |
| Low Saxon | Hülp! |
| Lozi | Ni tuse! |
| Luganda | Munnyambe! |
| Luxembourgish | Hëllef! |
| Macedonian | Помош! (Pomoš!) |
| Magahi | मदद करा! /məd̪əd̪ kəraː/ |
| Maithili | Kani madaid kôrait jau! Kani madad karu! |
| Malagasy | Mila fanampiana! |
| Malay | Tolong! |
| Malayalam | സഹായിക്കൂ! (sahāyikkoo!) |
| Maldivian | (Salaamai!) ސަލާމައި! |
| Maltese | Ajjut! |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Cooin lhiam! |
| Māori | Āwhina! |
| Marathi | मदत! (madat!) वाचवा! (vāchvā!) |
| Mazandarani | (Komek!) کمک! |
| Meänkieli | Apu! |
| Mongolian | Туслаарай! (Tuslaarai!) |
| Nahuatl | ¡Xinechpalēhuia! (sg) ¡Xitopalēhuicān! (pl) |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Nceda! |
| Nepali | गुहार (guhāra) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | ग्वहालि! (gvahāli!) |
| Northern Sámi | Veahket! |
| Northern Sotho | Thuša! |
| Norwegian | Hjelp! |
| Occitan | Ajuda! Secors! Assisténcia! |
| Okinawan | 助きてぃ! (tashikiti!) |
| Omaha | Wóⁿgithe wíbthahaⁿ! |
| Oriya | ରକ୍ଷା କର! (Rakhyā kara!) |
| Papiamento | Yudami! |
| Pashto | (marasta!) مرسته! |
| Persian (Farsi) | (komak!) کمک! |
| Polish | Pomocy! |
| Portuguese | Ajuda! (inf/s) Ajudem! (inf/pl) Socorro! |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Ajuda! (inf/s) Ajudem! (inf/pl) Socorro! |
| Punjabi | ਮੱਦਦ! / مدد! (madad!) (bachao!) روکو! |
| Romanian | Ajutor! |
| Romansh | Agid! |
| Russian | Помогите! (Pomogite!) Спасите! (Spasite!) |
| Rusyn | Поміч! (Pomič!) |
| Sakha | Көмөлөһүҥ! (kømøløhyŋ) |
| Samoan | Fia ola! |
| Sanskrit | साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Sirvone! |
| Scots | Help! |
| Serbian | У помоћ! (U pomoć!) |
| Sesotho | Ke kopa thuso! Thusa! |
| Shawnee | Ni ti mi we lo |
| Shona | Ndibatsireiwo! |
| Sicilian | Ajutu! Ajutatimi! Ajutàtinni! (help us) |
| Sinhala | මත උදව් ඕන! (mata udaw ōna!) |
| Slovak | Pomoc! |
| Slovenian | Na pomoč! |
| Somali | I caawi! |
| Spanish | ¡Ayuda! ¡Ayúdame! ¡Socorro! ¡Auxilio! |
| Sundanese | Tulung! |
| Swahili | Msaada! |
| Swedish | Hjälp! |
| Swiss German | Hilfe! |
| Tagalog | Saklolo! Tulong! |
| Tamil (formal) | காப்பாற்றுங்கள்! (kaappaatrungal) [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | காப்பாத்துங்க! (kaappathunga) [ml] [fm] |
| Tatar | Yärdäm! |
| Telugu | సహాయం ! (sahaayaṅ!) |
| Tetum | Ajuda! |
| Thai | ช่วยด้วย! (chûay dûay!) |
| Tibetan | རོགས་གནང་དང་། (rog nâng-da) |
| Tigrinya | ርድኡኒ! ርድኡኒ! (Rd’uni! Rd’uni!) |
| Tok Pisin | Help! |
| Tongan | Tokoni mai! |
| Tsotsil | Koltaun! |
| Tswana | Nthuse! |
| Tumbuka | Novwire! |
| Turkish | İmdat! |
| Tuvaluan | Fesoasoani! |
| Udmurt | Юрттэ! (Jurtte!) |
| Ukrainian | Допоможіть! (Dopomožiť!) |
| Urdu | (madad) مدد |
| Uyghur | ياردەملىشىڭ! (Yardämlishing!) |
| Uzbek | Yordam bering! |
| Venetian | Aiuto! |
| Vietnamese | Cứu với! Cứu tôi với |
| Võro | Appi! |
| Welsh | Helpa fi! Helpwch fi! |
| Westrobothnian | Jölp! |
| Wolof | Wóoy! |
| Xhosa | Nceda! |
| Yiddish | (Ratevet!) ראטעוועט! (Helf!) העלף! |
| Yolngu | Guŋga'yun! |
| Yoruba | Ẹ gba mi o! |
| Yucatec Maya | Áantení! |
| Zazaki | Imdad! Ha ho! |
| Zulu | Usizo! |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | Helpon! | ||
| Interlingua | Adjuta! | ||
| Klingon | HIQaH! QaH! | ||
| Lojban | ju'i .i ko sidju | ||
| Volapük | Yufö! | ||
Hear how to say Help! you in various languages
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Welcome | Hello | How are you? | Long time no see | What's your name? | Where are you from? | Pleased to meet you | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | Goodbye | Good luck | Cheers! | Have a nice day | Have a nice weekend | Bon appetit | Bon voyage | Yes, No | Maybe | I don't know | Do you understand? | I understand | I don't understand | Please speak more slowly | Please say that again | Please write it down | Do you speak English? | Do you speak [your language]? | I'm learning [your language] | How do you say ... in [your language]? | Speak to me in [your language] | Excuse me | I would like ... | How much is this? | Sorry | Please | Thank you | Where's the toilet? | This gentleman/lady will pay for everything | Would you like to dance? | Do you come here often? | I miss you | I love you | Get well soon | Go away! | Leave me alone! | Help! | Fire! | Stop! | Call the police! | Merry Christmas | Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday | Congratulations | One language is never enough | My hovercraft is full of eels
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