Note: Cantonese, like Mandarin Chinese, doesn’t have a word for “no.” You can study a few different Cantonese phrases or try the word above which translates to “wrong.”
Catalan — No
Croatian — Ne
Czech — Ne
Danish — Nej
Dutch — Nee
French — Non
Note: The French love English speakers with good pronunciation skills. Do you dare to learn French sounds to get this one right?
Gaelic (Irish) — There’s no word for “no” in the Irish language. You’d need to communicate the word in verb form, but luckily this country of English speakers will understand your English “no” or side-to-side head shake.
Georgian — არა (Ara)
German — Nein
Greek — όχι (o-chi)
Hawaiian — aʻole
Hebrew — לא (lo)
Hindi — नहीं (Nahin)
Hmong — Tsis
Hungarian — Nem
Icelandic — Nei
Indonesian — Tidak
Italian — No
Japanese — いいえ (i-ie)
Korean — 아니요 (a-ni-yo)
Note: Politeness is important in Korea. Because of this, you may want to learn the various ways of saying “no” to different people (based on their age in relation to yours) and in different situations.
Latvian — Ne
Malay — Tidak
Maltese — Le
Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) — 没有 (méi yǒu)
Note: Like Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese doesn’t have a specific word for “no”—there are many ways to say “no” depending on the situation.
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Afrikaans — Nee (nee-yuh)
Arabic — لا (la)
Armenian — ոչ (votsh)
Basque — Ez
Bengali — না (Na)
Bosnian — Ne
Bulgarian — не (ney)
Burmese — မဟုတ်ဘူး (mahotebhuu)
Cantonese — 唔啱 (mh’āam)
Note: Cantonese, like Mandarin Chinese, doesn’t have a word for “no.” You can study a few different Cantonese phrases or try the word above which translates to “wrong.”
Catalan — No
Croatian — Ne
Czech — Ne
Danish — Nej
Dutch — Nee
French — Non
Note: The French love English speakers with good pronunciation skills. Do you dare to learn French sounds to get this one right?
Gaelic (Irish) — There’s no word for “no” in the Irish language. You’d need to communicate the word in verb form, but luckily this country of English speakers will understand your English “no” or side-to-side head shake.
Georgian — არა (Ara)
German — Nein
Greek — όχι (o-chi)
Hawaiian — aʻole
Hebrew — לא (lo)
Hindi — नहीं (Nahin)
Hmong — Tsis
Hungarian — Nem
Icelandic — Nei
Indonesian — Tidak
Italian — No
Japanese — いいえ (i-ie)
Korean — 아니요 (a-ni-yo)
Note: Politeness is important in Korea. Because of this, you may want to learn the various ways of saying “no” to different people (based on their age in relation to yours) and in different situations.
Latvian — Ne
Malay — Tidak
Maltese — Le
Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) — 没有 (méi yǒu)
Note: Like Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese doesn’t have a specific word for “no”—there are many ways to say “no” depending on the situation.
Nahuatl (Aztec) — Ahmo
Navajo — Dooda
Nepali — होईन (Hoina)
Norwegian — Nei
Persian — نه (na)
Polish — Nie
Portuguese — Não
Quechua — Mana (mah-na)
Russian — нет (nyet)
Spanish — No
Swahili — Hapana
Swedish — Nej
Tagalog — Hindi
Thai — ไม่ (mai)
Turkish — Hayžr
Ukranian — ні (ni)
Vietnamese — không
Welsh — Nage
Zulu — Cha