can I buy you a drink

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

can I buy you a drink?

1. Indicates the speaker wishes to buy the interlocutor a drink, in a bar.

Translations

can I buy you a drink?

• Arabic: هل تريد ان اشتري لك مشروب؟ (hal turido an tashtari laka mashrub)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可以請你喝一杯嗎？ / 可以请你喝一杯吗？, 可以请你喝一杯吗 (kěyǐ qǐng nǐ hē yībēi ma?)

• Finnish: voinko tarjota sinulle jotakin juotavaa
• French: puis-je vous offrir quelque chose à boire ? (formal)
• German: kann ich Ihnen etwas zu trinken holen? (formal), darf ich dir einen Drink ausgeben? (informal)
• Greek: τι να σε κεράσω; (ti na se keráso?)
• Hungarian: meghívhatom egy italra? (formal), meghívhatlak egy italra? (informal)
• Ido: ka me povas komprar drinkajo a vu?
• Japanese: 一杯おごらせてください (ippai ogorasete kudasai) (polite), 一杯おごりますよ (ippai ogorimasu yo) (informal)
• Polish: czy mogę postawić ci drinka? (informal), czy mogę postawić panu drinka? m (formal), czy mogę postawić pani drinka? f (formal)
• Portuguese: posso te comprar uma bebida?
• Romanian: pot să-ți ofer o băutură?
• Russian: купи́ть вам что́-нибудь вы́пить? (kupítʹ vam štó-nibudʹ výpitʹ?) (formal)
• Scots: kin Ah get ye a drink?
• Spanish: ¿lo invito a una copa? (formal, to a man), ¿la invito a una copa? (formal, to a woman)
• Turkish: (formal) size bir içki ısmarlayabilir miyim?, (informal) sana bir içki ısmarlayabilir miyim?
• Welsh: (polite) ga i brynu diod i chi?, (informal) ga i brynu diod i ti?