How to say the classical chat-up line / conversation opener, 'Do you come here often?' in a variety of languages.
Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, m = male, f = female, > = said to, sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person)
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| Language | Do you come here often? |
|---|---|
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(sg/m) هل تأتي هنا غالبا؟ (sg/f) هل تأتين هنا غالبا؟ (dual) هل تأتيان هنا غالبا؟ (pl/m) هل تأتون هنا غالبا؟ (pl/f) هل تأتين هنا غالبا؟ |
| Assamese | আপুনি ইয়াত প্ৰায়েই আহে নে? (Apuni iyat prayêi ahê nê?) - frm আপোনালোকে ইয়াত প্ৰায়েই আহে নে? (Apûnalûkê iyat prayêi ahê nê?) - frm/pl তুমি ইয়াত প্ৰায়েই আহা নে? (Tumi iyat prayêi aha nê?) - inf তোমালোকে ইয়াত প্ৰায়েই আহা নে? (Tûmalûkê iyat prayêi aha nê?) - inf/pl |
| Azerbaijani | Siz buraya tez-tez gəlirsiniz? |
| Belarusian | Ты часта наведваешся сюды? (Ty chasta nav′edvajeshs′a s′udy?) - sg Вы часта наведваецеся сюды? (Vy chasta nav′edvajećes′a s′udy) - pl/frm |
| Bikol | Pirmi kang yaon digdi? |
| Bulgarian | Често ли идвате тук? (Često li idvate tuk?) - frm Често ли идваш тук? (Često li idvaš tuk?) - inf Идвате ли често тук (Idvate li često tuk?) - frm Идваш ли често тук? (Idvaš li često tuk?) - inf |
| Central Dusun | Asaru ko moi hiti? Moi ko hiti kasasari? Korikot ko hiti kasasari? |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
你常来这儿吗？ [你常來這兒嗎？] (nǐ cháng lái zhè'er ma?) 你经常来这里吗？ [你經常來這裡嗎？] (nǐ jīngcháng lái zhèlǐ ma?) |
| Cornish | A wre'ta dos omma yn fenowgh? |
| Croatian | Dolaziš li često ovamo? (inf) Dolazite li često ovamo? (frm) |
| Cuyonon | Madangmit imong pakon digi? |
| Czech | Chodíš sem často? |
| Danish | Kommer du her ofte? |
| Dutch | Kom je hier vaak? |
| French | Est-ce que tu viens souvent ici? (inf) Viens-tu ici souvent ? (inf) Venez-vous ici souvent ? (frm) |
| Georgian | შენ აქ ხშირად მოდიხარ? (shen ak’ khshirad modikhar?) - inf/sg თქვენ აქ ხშირად მოდიხართ? (t’k’ven ak’ khshirad modikhart’?) - frm/pl |
| German | Kommst du oft hierher? (inf) Kommen Sie oft hierher? (frm/pl) |
| Greek (Modern) | Έρχεσαι συχνά εδώ; (Érchesai sychná edó?) - inf/sg Έρχεστε συχνά εδώ; (Ércheste sychná edó?) - frm/pl |
| Hausa | Kana zuwa nan sosai? |
| Hungarian | Gyakran jársz ide? |
| Indonesian | Kamu sering kemari? |
| Irish (Gaelic) | An dtagann tú anseo go minic? |
| Italian | Ci vieni spesso qui? Vieni qui spesso? |
| Japanese | ここにはよく来るのですか？ (koko ni wa yoku kuru no desu ka?) よくここに来ますか？ (yoku koko ni kimasu ka?) よくここ来るの？？ (yoku koku kuru no?) - inf |
| Kashmiri | Che chhuk yiwan yor variya? (m) Che chhik yiwan yor variya? (f) |
| Kazakh | Мұнда жиі келіп пе? (Munda jii kelin pe?) |
| Korean | 자주 이리하십니까? (jaju ilihasibnikka?) |
| Kyrgyz | Сиз бул жерге көп келесизби? (Ciz bul jerge köp kelesizbi?) |
| Latin | Venisne hac saepe? (sg) Venistisne hac saepe? (pl) |
| Lingala | O yakaka awa mingi? |
| Malay | Ngana jaga kamari? (Ternate Malay) |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Vel oo çheet dys shoh dy mennick? (sg) Vel shiu çheet dys shoh dy mennick? (pl) |
| Mongolian | Та ихэвчлэн энд ирж байна уу? (Ta ikhevchlen end irj bajna uu?) |
| Ndebele (Northern - South Africa) | Uta la kanyeti? |
| Persian (Farsi) | (ziyaad incaa miyaay?) زیاد اینجا میای؟ frm - زیاد اینجا میایید ؟ |
| Polish | Często tu przychodzisz? |
| Portuguese | Você vem sempre aqui? (frm) Vens Tu aquia amiúde? |
| Romanian | Vii aici des? Veniți des aici? |
| Russian | Ты сюда часто приходишь? (Ty syuda chasto prikhodish'?) |
| Scottish Gaelic | An ann tric a thig thu an-seo? (inf) An ann tric a thig sibh an-seo? (frm/pl) |
| Serbian | Долазиш ли често овамо? (Dolaziš li često ovamo?) - inf Долазите ли често овамо? (Dolazite li često ovamo?) - frm |
| Serrano | 'Emit pichyi' 'ip tengek? |
| Slovak | Chodievaš sem často? (inf) Chodievate sem často? (frm) |
| Spanish | ¿Vienes aquí a menudo? ¿Vienes mucho por aquí? ¿Vienes aquí seguido? (Mexico) |
| Swedish | Kommer du hit ofta? |
| Tamil (formal) | நீங்கள் இங்கே அடிக்கடி வருகிறீர்களா? (Nīṅgaḷ iṅgē adikkadi varukiṟīrkaḷā?) |
| Thai | คุณมาที่นี่บ่อยหรือเปล่า? (kun maa têe nêe bòi rĕu bplào) |
| Turkmen | Bu ýere ýygy-ýygydan gelýärsiňizmi? |
| Turkish | Buraya sık sık gelir misin? Buraya sık sık mı gelirsin? |
| Twi | Wotaa ba ha? |
| Uzbek | Agar tez-tez bu erga kelib chi? |
| Uyghur | (Bu yärgä da'im kelämsiz?) بۇ يەرگە دائىم كېلەمسىز؟ |
| Venetian | Ti vien qua spesso? (sg/inf) El vien qua spesso? (sg/frm) Venì qua spesso? (pl) |
| Vietnamese | Em có hay đến đây không? (>m) Anh có hay đến đây không? (>f) |
| Welsh | Wyt ti'n dod yma yn aml? (inf) Dach chi'n dod yma yn aml? (frm) |
| Westrobothnian | Tadude hijt na ofta? |
| Zulu | Ingabe uze lapha ngokuvamile? |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Ĉu vi ofte venas ĉi tien? Ĉu vi venas ĉi tien ofte? |
| Laala | Zi da nuni soso? |
Some translations and corrections provided by George Andreosopoulos, Miroslav Šedivý, Sagir Ahmed Msa, Тодор Николов, Nancy Smets, Muhammad Hidayat, Amalija Vitezovic, Greg Svanidze, John Ellery Bodrugan, Vahid Rezaei, Alexandre Strohkopp, Claudia Bukur-König, Waruno Mahdi, Shenn Ghaelgeyr, Abdurrahman Hamza Dandume, Zein AlAbdeen Shbeeb, Ibrahim Hammade, Marcello Gianola
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/1968385
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/1794097
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/1299910
http://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/do_you_come_here_often%3F
https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1317552
http://www.learncornishnow.com/cornish-for-a-night-out.html
http://www.romanianlesson.com/romanian-love
http://en.bab.la/phrases/travel/flirting/english-czech/
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