Speak slowly

Speak slowly (phrase): Acquire and learn one phrase a day from various languages and compare with the “International Phonetic Text ” (IPT) and your native languages. We welcome native speakers and linguists to send your feedback. It may vary depending on accents/dialects. More lists are on the website.

 

speak slowly (phrase)

 

Afrikaans: praat stadih = praat stadig

Arabic*: takalam bibut’ = تكلم ببطء

Armenian: dandagh khosel = դանդաղ խոսել

Bengali*: aste katha baluna = Āstē kathā baluna =  আস্তে কথা বলুন

Cebuano: hinay nga pagsulti

Chichewa:  lankhulani pang’onopang’ono

Chinese*: man-man-de shuo = Màn man de shuō = 慢慢地说 ideographically and phonetically man-man-de 慢慢地 =  slowly, shuo 说 = speak.

Danish: tal langsomt

Dutch: praat langzaam

English: speak slowly 

Esperanto: parolu malrapide

Estonian: raagi ‘ae-glaselt = räägi aeglaselt

Filipino: magsalita ng mabagal

Finnish: puhu hi-taas-‘ti = puhu hitaasti

French: ‘parle lente-mon(t) = parle lentement

German: spre-(c)hen sie lang-sam = sprechen Sie langsam

Greek: míla argá = μίλα αργά

Hausa: magana a hankali

Hawaiian: ʻōlelo mālie

Hebrew*: da’var l’at = דבר לאט

Hindi*: d(h)eere bolo = धीरे बोलो

Hmong:  hais maj mam

Indonesian: bichara pelan-pelan

Italian:  parla lentamente

Japanese*: Yukkuri hanasu = ゆっくり話す

Javanese:  n(g)omong alon-alon = ngomong alon-alon

Korean*: cheoncheonhi malhada = 천천히 말하다

Lao*: vao sa = ເວົ້າຊ້າໆ

Latin: loqui tardius

Macedonian: zboruvaj pobavno = зборувај побавно

Malay:  chakap perlahan-lahan = cakap perlahan-lahan

Maori:  āta korero

Myanmar*:  hpyayhpyay hcakarrpyaww par = ဖြေးဖြေးစကားပြောပါ

Nepali*: Bistārai bōlnuhōs = बिस्तारै बोल्नुहोस्

Norwegian: snakk sakte

Pashto*: ? =  په کراره خبري کوه

Persien*: ? = آهسته صحبت کن

Portuguese: falar devagar

Russian: govori medlenno = говори медленно

Samoan: tautala lemu

Spanish:  (H)abla despacio = Habla despacio

Swahili:  Ongea polepole

Swedish: tala long-samt = tala långsamt

Thai*: (P)hud cha-cha = Phūd cĥā« = พูดช้าๆ

Turkish: yavashka konush =  yavaşça konuş

Ukrainian: hovory povilʹno = говори повільно

Uzbek: sekin gapiring

Vietnamese: Hay noi cham zai = Hãy nói chậm rãi

Welsh: siarad yn araf

Xhosa: thetha kancinci

Yiddish*: redn pamelekh = רעדן פּאַמעלעך

Zulu: khuluma kancane

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