Hi thanks for looking at my query. I recently as a joke changed some writing on the board of a friends EAL (English as an Additional Language) classroom from English to German. She liked the idea, but using Google Translate resulted in an overly formal phrasing that made it seem more a demand than a suggestion or polite request.
So my ask, if you speak (or I guess write) another language I would love to request you take a moment to translate “Please stack chairs at the end of the day” into whichever language you can help me with, it should be a polite request though.
I’m really not sure what the composition of her class is but she is a fan of languages as a whole so even if it’s not a language that is represented in her class I am sure it will be a bit of fun and a talking point to figure it out.
If you have the time and the skills to help I really appreciate it, otherwise I appreciate you taking the time to read this post. Have a fantastic day.
If Cyrillic is fine you can say in Ukrainian “Будь ласка складіть стільці наприкінці дня”. I’ll transliterate with polish spelling as it’s closest sounding language I know, not perfect but best I can do: “bud laska skladit stilci naprykici dnia”
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I have been hoping for a few different alphabets, so Cyrillic is perfect, just means I will have to work hard to copy it correctly.
May I ask is that a direct translation?
Yes, literally says
please (будь ласка) stack (складіть) chairs (стільці) at the end (наприкінці) of the day (дня)
Ukrainian, like many slavic languages, has no articles and uses grammatical cases
Cool, I am finding this so fascinating. Thanks for helping and giving me a little window into a language I haven’t ever had a chance to examine.