have you eaten

English

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Depending on the speaker's language/culture, may be a greeting roughly equivalent to "how are you"

have you eaten?

Chinese:
Hokkien: 汝食未？ (lí chia̍h bē? / lír chia̍h bēr? / lí chia̍h bōe? / lú chia̍h bōe? / lír chia̍h běr?)

Mandarin: 你吃飯了吗？ (nǐ chīfàn le ma?)
Ilocano: nangan kan?
Kapampangan: mengan na ka wari?
Polish: Jadłeś już? (informal, to a man), Jadłaś już? (informal, to a woman), Jedliście już? (informal, to mixed genders or to men only), Jadłyście już? (informal, to women), Jadł pan już? (formal, to a man), Jadła pani już? (formal, to a woman), Jedli panowie już? (formal, to men only), Jadły panie już? (formal, to women), Jadliście państwo już? (formal, to mixed genders) The word 'już' - 'already' is put here to overcome ambiguity.
Tagalog: kumain ka na ba? (standard), nakain ka na ga? (dialectal)
Thai: คุณกินข้าวแล้วหรือยัง
Vietnamese: ăn cơm chưa?