if I were you

English

Alternative forms

• if I was you

Pronunciation

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Phrase

if I were you

1. A phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.

Translations

advice introduction

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 我要是你 (wǒ yàoshi nǐ), 如果我是你的話 / 如果我是你的话 (rúguǒ wǒ shì nǐ dehuà)

• Czech: na vašem místě (formal), na tvém místě (informal)
• Dutch: als ik jou was, als ik u was
• Estonian: mina sinu asemel
• Finnish: sinuna (fi), teinä (fi), jos olisin sinä, jos olisin Te
• French: à votre place, à ta place, si j'étais toi, si j'étais vous
• Georgian: შენს ადგილას (šens adgilas) (informal), თქვენს ადგილას (tkvens adgilas) (formal)
• German: wenn ich Sie wäre, wenn ich du wäre, an deiner Stelle, an Ihrer Stelle
• Greek: αν ήμουν στη θέση σου (an ímoun sti thési sou), στη θέση σου (sti thési sou)
• Hungarian: ha a helyedben lennék
• Icelandic: í þínum sporum
• Irish: dá mba mé tú
• Italian: se fossi in te, fossi in te, se fossi in voi, se fossi in Lei, fossi in Lei, se fossi in Voi, fossi in Voi
• Japanese: もし私があなたの立場なら (moshi watashi ga anata no basho nara), 私なら (watashi nara)
• Latvian: tavā vietā
• Lithuanian: tavo vietoje, tavimi dėtas m, tavimi dėta f
• Macedonian: на твое место (na tvoe mesto) (informal), на ваше место (na vaše mesto) (formal)
• Norwegian: hvis jeg var deg, var jeg deg
• Polish: na twoim miejscu
• Portuguese: se eu fosse você
• Romanian: în locul tău, în locul vostru
• Russian: на ва́шем ме́сте (na vášem méste) (formal), на твоём ме́сте (na tvojóm méste) (informal)
• Spanish: si fuera tú, yo que tú (es), yo en tu lugar
• Swedish: om jag vore du
• Tagalog: kung ako sa iyo, kung ako sa inyo
• Turkish: yerinde olsaydım
• Ukrainian: на в́ашому мі́сці (na v́ašomu mísci) (formal), на твоє́му мі́сці (na tvojému mísci) (informal)
• Vietnamese: nếu tôi là bạn
• Zazaki: heruna to ba se