Meanings
phrasecan I help you?
- An offering of assistance.
Synonyms: may I help you
- An indignant response to nosey or rude behavior.
"Can I help you? Why are you standing there looking at me like that?"
2015, Charles M. Kemp, Indignant, page 8Synonyms: excuse you
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseAn offering of assistance.
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phraseAn indignant response to nosey or rude behavior.
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Translations
Arabic هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي مُسَاعَدَتُكَ؟, هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي مُسَاعَدَتُكِ؟
- هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي مُسَاعَدَتُكَ؟ (hal yumkinunī musāʕadatuka?)offering of assistance
- هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي مُسَاعَدَتُكِ؟ (hal yumkinunī musāʕadatuki?)offering of assistance
Basque lagundu dezaket?
- lagundu dezaket?offering of assistance
Bengali আমি আপনাকে সাহায্য করতে পারি?
- আমি আপনাকে সাহায্য করতে পারি? (ami apnake śahajjo korote pari?)offering of assistance
Bulgarian мо́га ли да ти помо́гна?, мо́га ли да ви помо́гна?
- мо́га ли да ти помо́гна? (móga li da ti pomógna?)offering of assistance
- мо́га ли да ви помо́гна? (móga li da vi pomógna?)offering of assistance
Catalan puc ajudar-lo?
- puc ajudar-lo?offering of assistance
Chinese Mandarin 我可以幫你嗎？ /我可以帮你吗？
- 我可以幫你嗎？ /我可以帮你吗？ (wǒ kěyǐ bāng nǐ ma?)offering of assistance
Czech mohu vám pomoci?
- mohu vám pomoci?offering of assistance
Danish kan jeg hjælpe dig?
- kan jeg hjælpe dig?offering of assistance
Dutch kan ik u helpen?
- kan ik u helpen?offering of assistance
Esperanto ĉu mi povas helpi vin?
- ĉu mi povas helpi vin?offering of assistance
Finnish voinko auttaa sinua?
- voinko auttaa sinua?offering of assistance
French puis-je vous aider
- puis-je vous aideroffering of assistance
German kann ich Ihnen helfen?, kann ich dir helfen?
- kann ich Ihnen helfen?offering of assistance
- kann ich dir helfen?offering of assistance
Greek μπορώ να σε βοηθήσω;
- μπορώ να σε βοηθήσω; (boró na se voïthíso?)offering of assistance
Hebrew אני יכול לעזור לך?
- אני יכול לעזור לך? (ani yakhol la'azor lakh)offering of assistance
Hindi क्या मैं आपकी मदद कर सकता हूं?
- क्या मैं आपकी मदद कर सकता हूं? (kyā ma͠i āpkī madad kar saktā hū̃?)offering of assistance
Hungarian segíthetek?
- segíthetek?offering of assistance
Indonesian boleh aku membantumu?, boleh saya membantu Anda?
- boleh aku membantumu?offering of assistance
- boleh saya membantu Anda?offering of assistance
Italian posso aiutarla?
- posso aiutarla?offering of assistance
Japanese 何かお手伝いできますか, お手伝いしましょうか
- 何かお手伝いできますか (nani-ka o-tetsudai dekimasu ka?)offering of assistance
- お手伝いしましょうか (o-tetsudai shimashō ka?)offering of assistance
Korean 무엇을 도와 드릴까요?, 좀 도와 드릴까요?
- 무엇을 도와 드릴까요? (mueos-eul dowa deurilkkayo?)offering of assistance
- 좀 도와 드릴까요? (jom dowa deurilkkayo?)offering of assistance
Malay boleh saya tolong anda?, boleh aku tolong kamu?
- boleh saya tolong anda?offering of assistance
- boleh aku tolong kamu?offering of assistance
Norwegian Bokmål kan jeg hjelpe deg?
- kan jeg hjelpe deg?offering of assistance
Polish czy mogę ci pomóc?, czy mogę pani pomóc?
- czy mogę ci pomóc?offering of assistance
- czy mogę pani pomóc?offering of assistance
- czy mogę panu pomóc?offering of assistance
Portuguese posso ajudar?
- posso ajudar?offering of assistance
Romanian vă pot ajuta?
- vă pot ajuta?offering of assistance
Russian я могу́ вам помо́чь?
- я могу́ вам помо́чь? (ja mogú vam pomóčʹ?)offering of assistance
Slovak môžem vám pomôcť?
- môžem vám pomôcť?offering of assistance
Spanish ¿puedo ayudarle?
- ¿puedo ayudarle?offering of assistance
Swahili naweza kukusaidia?
- naweza kukusaidia?offering of assistance
Swedish kan jag hjälpa dig?
- kan jag hjälpa dig?offering of assistance
Tagalog maaari ba kitang matulungan?, puwede ba kitang tulungan?
- maaari ba kitang matulungan?offering of assistance
- puwede ba kitang tulungan?offering of assistance
Turkish yardımcı olabilir miyim?, yardım edebilir miyim?
- yardımcı olabilir miyim?offering of assistance
- yardım edebilir miyim?offering of assistance
Ukrainian чи мо́жу я вам допомогти́?
- чи мо́жу я вам допомогти́? (čy móžu ja vam dopomohtý?)offering of assistance
Urdu کْیا مَیں آپ کی مَدَد کَر سَکْتا ہُوں؟
- کْیا مَیں آپ کی مَدَد کَر سَکْتا ہُوں؟ (kyā ma͠i āp kī madad kar saktā hū̃?)offering of assistance
Vietnamese tôi có thể giúp bạn?
- tôi có thể giúp bạn?offering of assistance
Cite this entry
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Chicago
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