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