Appendix:I don't speak
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This appendix contains a list of sentences which are translated as I don't speak, followed by each language name.
| Language | I don't speak (language name) |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | ek praat nie afrikaans nie |
| Albanian | nuk flas shqip |
| Amharic | እኔ አማርኛ አልችልም (ʾəne ʾämarña ʾälčəlm) |
| Arabic | أَنَا لَا أَتَكَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّة (ʔanā lā ʔatakallamu l-ʕarabiyya) |
| Egyptian Arabic | أَنَا مَبَتْكَلِّمْش عَرَبِي (ʔanā mabatkallimš ʕarabi) |
| Hijazi Arabic | ما أَتْكَلَّم عَرَبِي (mā ʔatkallam ʕarabi) |
| ما أَتْكَلَّم حِجازي (mā ʔatkallam ḥijāzi) | |
| Armenian | ես հայերեն չգիտեմ (es hayeren čʻgitem) |
| Asturian | yo nun falo asturianu |
| Azerbaijani | mən azərbaycanca danışa bilmirəm |
| Basque | ez dut euskaraz hitz egiten |
| Belarusian | я не размаўля́ю па-белару́ску (ja nje razmaŭljáju pa-bjelarúsku) |
| Bengali | আমি বাংলা বলি না (ami baṅla boli na) |
| Breton | brezhoneg ne gomzan ket |
| Bulgarian | аз не гово́ря бъ́лгарски (az ne govórja bǎ́lgarski) |
| Cantonese | 我唔識講廣東話／我唔识讲广东话 (ngo5 m4 sik1 gong2 gwong2 dung1 waa2) |
| Catalan | no parlo català |
| Chechen | суна нохчийн мотт ца хаа (suna noxčiı̇n mott ca xaa) |
| Cherokee | Ꮭ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏱᏥᏬᏂ (tla tsalagi yitsiwoni) |
| Czech | nemluvím česky |
| Danish | jeg taler ikke dansk |
| Dari | فَارْسِی یَاد نَدَارَم (fārsī yād nadāram) |
| Dutch | ik spreek geen Nederlands |
| English | I don't speak English |
| Esperanto | mi ne parolas Esperanton |
| Erzya | мон а кортан эрзякс (mon a kortan erźaks) |
| Estonian | ma ei räägi eesti keelt |
| Finnish | en puhu suomea |
| French | je ne parle pas français |
| je ne parle pas le français | |
| West Frisian | ik praat gjin Frysk |
| Galician | eu non falo galego |
| Garo | anga A·chik aganja |
| Georgian | ქართული არ ვიცი (kartuli ar vici) |
| German | ich spreche kein Deutsch |
| Greek | δεν μιλώ ελληνικά (den miló elliniká) |
| Greenlandic | Kalaallisut oqalunngilanga |
| Hebrew | Masculine: אֲנִי לֹא מְדַבֵּר עִבְרִית (aní lo medabér ivrít) |
| Feminine: אֲנִי לֹא מְדַבֶּרֶת עִבְרִית (aní lo medabéret ivrít) | |
| Hindi | Masculine: मैं हिन्दी नहीं बोलता हूँ (ma͠i hindī nahī̃ boltā hū̃) |
| Feminine: मैं हिन्दी नहीं बोलती हूँ (ma͠i hindī nahī̃ boltī hū̃) | |
| Hokkien | Xiamen, Mainland China: 我𣍐曉講閩南話／我𫧃晓讲闽南话 (góa bōe-hiáu kóng bân-lâm-ōe) |
| Quanzhou, Mainland China: 我𣍐曉說閩南話／我𫧃晓说闽南话 (góa bǒe-hiáu serh bân-lâm-ōe / góa bǒe-hiáu seh bân-lâm-ōe) | |
| Zhangzhou, Mainland China: 我𣍐曉講閩南話／我𫧃晓讲闽南话 (góa bē-hiáu kóng bân-lâm-ōa) | |
| Taiwan: 我𣍐曉講臺語／我𫧃晓讲台语 (góa bē-hiáu kóng tâi-gí / góa bōe-hiáu kóng tâi-gú) | |
| Philippines: 我𣍐曉講咱人話／我𫧃晓讲咱人话 (góa bǒe-hiáu kóng lán-nâng-ōe) | |
| Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia: 我𣍐曉講福建話／我𫧃晓讲福建话 (góa bōe-hiáu kóng hok-kiàn-ōe / óa bōe-hiáu kóng hok-kiàn-ōe / óa bē-hiáu kóng hok-kiàn-ōa) | |
| Hungarian | nem beszélek magyarul |
| Icelandic | ég tala ekki íslensku |
| Irish | níl Gaeilge agam |
| Ido | me ne parolas Ido |
| Indonesian | saya tidak bisa bahasa Indonesia |
| Iranian Persian | فارْسی بَلَد نیسْتَم (fârsi balad nistam) |
| Italian | implicit subject, the correct equivalent: non parlo italiano |
| explicit subject, i.e. stressed "I" or "It's me who...": io non parlo italiano | |
| Japanese | formal: 私は日本語を話せません (watashi wa nihongo o hanasemasen) |
| formal: 日本語を話せません (nihongo o hanasemasen) | |
| informal: 私は日本語を話せない (watashi wa nihongo o hanasenai) | |
| informal: 日本語を話せない (nihongo o hanasenai) | |
| Khmer | ខ្ញុំមិនចេះនិយាយ ភាសាខ្មែរទេ (knyom mɨn ceh ni’yiey phiesaa kmae tei) |
| Kannada | Rural: ನನಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತು ಬಾರದು (nanage kannaḍa mātu bāradu) |
| Spoken: ನನಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ (nanage kannaḍa baruvudilla) | |
| Korean | formal, South Korea, literary: 한국말을 못합니다 (han'gungmar-eul mot-hamnida) |
| formal, North Korea, literary: 조선말을 못합니다 (joseonmar-eul mot-hamnida) | |
| formal, South Korea, friendly: 한국말을 못해요 (han'gungmar-eul mot-haeyo) | |
| formal, North Korea, friendly: 조선말을 못해요 (joseonmar-eul mot-haeyo) | |
| informal, South Korea, literary: 한국말을 못한다 (han'gungmar-eul mot-handa) | |
| informal, North Korea, literary: 조선말을 못한다 (joseonmar-eul mot-handa) | |
| informal, South Korea, friendly: 한국말을 못해 (han'gungmar-eul mot-hae) | |
| informal, North Korea, friendly: 조선말을 못해 (joseonmar-eul mot-hae) | |
| Lakota | Lakȟóta iyápi uŋmáspe šni |
| Latin | latīnē nōn loquor |
| Latvian | es nerunāju latviski |
| Lithuanian | nekalbu lietuviškai |
| Luxembourgish | ech schwätzen net Lëtzebuergesch |
| Macedonian | не зборувам македонски (ne zboruvam makedonski) |
| Malay | saya tidak bercakap bahasa Melayu |
| Malayalam | ഞാൻ മലയാളം സംസാരിക്കാറില്ല (ñāṉ malayāḷaṁ saṁsārikkāṟilla) |
| എനിക്ക് മലയാളം അറിയില്ല (enikkŭ malayāḷaṁ aṟiyilla) | |
| Maltese | ma nitkellimx bil-malti |
| Mandarin | Mainland China: 我不會說普通話／我不会说普通话 (wǒ bùhuì shuō pǔtōnghuà) |
| Taiwan: 我不會說國語／我不会说国语 (wǒ bùhuì shuō guóyǔ) | |
| South East Asia: 我不會說華語／我不会说华语 (wǒ bùhuì shuō huáyǔ) | |
| Mongolian | би монголоор ярьдаггүй (bi mongoloor jarʹdaggüj) |
| Manchu | ᠪᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠮᡝ ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ (bi manju gisun be gisureme muterakū) |
| Manipuri | Mtei: ꯑꯩ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ ꯉꯥꯡꯗꯦ ꯫ (ei meiteilon ngangde.) |
| Beng: ঐ মৈতৈলোন ঙাংদে । (ei meiteilon ngāngde.) | |
| Navajo | Diné bizaad doo shił bééhózin da |
| Norwegian Bokmål | jeg snakker ikke norsk |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | eg snakker ikkje norsk |
| Ojibwe | gaawiin nindoojibwemosii |
| Polish | nie mówię po polsku |
| Portuguese | eu não falo português |
| Romanian | eu nu vorbesc românește |
| Russian | я не говорю́ по-ру́сски (ja ne govorjú po-rússki) |
| Sanskrit | अहं संस्कृतं न वदामि (ahaṃ saṃskṛtaṃ na vadāmi) |
| Serbo-Croatian | Cyrillic: не говорим српскохрватски |
| Roman: ne govorim srpskohrvatski | |
| Slovak | nemluvím slovensky |
| Slovene | ne govorim slovensko |
| Spanish | yo no hablo español |
| Swahili | mimi sielewi Kiswahili |
| Swedish | jag talar inte svenska |
| Tagalog | hindi ako marunong magtagalog / hindi ako marunong managalog |
| Tajik | ман забони тоҷикиро намедонам (man zabon-i tojikiro namedonam) |
| Tatar | мин татарча сөйләшмим (min tatarça söyläşmim) |
| Thai | Masculine: ผมพูดไทยไม่ได้ (pǒm pûut tai mâi dâai) |
| Feminine: ดิฉัน/ฉันพูดไทยไม่ได้ (dì-chǎn/chǎn pûut tai mâi dâai) | |
| Tok Pisin | Mi i no ken tok long Tok Pisin |
| Turkish | Türkçe bilmiyorum |
| Tuvan | тывалап билбес мен (tıvalap bilbes men) |
| Ukrainian | я не розмовля́ю украї́нською (ja ne rozmovljáju ukrajínsʹkoju) |
| Urdu | Masculine: مَیں اُرْدُو نَہِیں بولْتا ہُوں (ma͠i urdū nahī̃ boltā hū̃) |
| Feminine: مَیں اُرْدُو نَہِیں بولْتی ہُوں (ma͠i urdū nahī̃ boltī hū̃) | |
| Uyghur | Oral (no subject or case suffix): ئۇيغۇرچە بىلمەيمەن (uyghurche bilmeymen) |
| Complete (with subject and accusative case suffix): مەن ئۇيغۇرچىنى سۆزلىيەلمەيمەن (men uyghurchini sözliyelmeymen) | |
| Vietnamese | tôi không nói được tiếng Việt |
| Volapük | no spikob Volapüki |
| Welsh | dydw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg |
| Yiddish | איך רעד נישט ייִדיש (ikh red nisht yidish) |
| Yup'ik | Yugcetun qanerciigataqa |