can I help you

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

can I help you

1. An offering of assistance.

   Synonym: may I help you

2. An indignant response to nosey or rude behavior.

   Synonym: excuse you

   • 2015, Charles M. Kemp, Indignant‎^[1], page 8:

     "Can I help you? Why are you standing there looking at me like that?"

Translations

offering of assistance

• Arabic: أيمكنني مساعدتك؟
• Azerbaijani: mən sizə kömək edə bilərəm?
• Basque: lagundu dezaket?
• Bengali: আমি আপনাকে সাহায্য করতে পারি?
• Bulgarian: мога ли да ти помогна? (moga li da ti pomogna?)
• Catalan: puc ajudar-lo?
• Cebuano: makatabang ba ka nimo?
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 我可以幫你嗎？／我可以帮你吗？ (wǒ kěyǐ bāng nǐ ma?)

• Czech: mohu vám pomoci?
• Danish: kan jeg hjælpe dig?
• Dutch: kan ik u helpen? (formal)
• Esperanto: ĉu mi povas helpi vin?
• Finnish: voinko auttaa sinua?
• French: puis-je vous aider ?
• German: kann ich Ihnen helfen? (formal), kann ich dir helfen? (informal)
• Greek: μπορώ να σε βοηθήσω? (boró na se voïthíso?)
• Haitian Creole: eske mwen ka edew?
• Hebrew: אני יכול לעזור לך? (ani yakhol la'azor lakh)
• Hindi: क्या मैं आपकी मदद कर सकता हूं? (kyā ma͠i āpkī madad kar saktā hū̃?)
• Indonesian: boleh aku membantumu? (informal), boleh saya membantu Anda? (formal)
• Italian: posso aiutarla?
• Japanese: いかがなさいましたか？ (ika ga nasaimashita ka?)
• Kazakh: мен саған көмектесе аламын ба? (men sağan kömektese alamyn ba?)
• Korean: 무엇을 도와 드릴까요? (mueoseul dowa deurilkkayo?)
• Malay: boleh saya tolong anda? (formal), boleh aku tolong kamu? (informal)
• Norwegian Bokmål: kan jeg hjelpe deg?
• Persian: میتونم کمکتون کنم؟ (mitunam kemektun kunam?)
• Polish: czy mogę ci pomóc?
• Portuguese: posso ajudar?
• Romanian: vă pot ajuta?
• Russian: я могу вам помочь? (ja mogu vam pomočʹ?)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: могу ли ти помоћи?

  Latin: mogu li ti pomoći?

• Spanish: ¿puedo ayudarle?
• Swahili: naweza kukusaidia?
• Swedish: kan jag hjälpa dig?
• Tagalog: maari ba kitang tulungan?, puwede ba kitang tulungan?
• Turkish: yardımcı olabilir miyim?
• Ukrainian: чи можу я вам допомогти? (čy možu ja vam dopomohty?)
• Urdu: کیا میں اپ کی مدد کر سکتا ہوں؟ (kyā main āpkī madad kar saktā hun?)
• Vietnamese: tôi có thể giúp bạn?