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How do you say "[you have the] wrong number" in your language?

I get wrong numbers all the time in other languages. I only speak English fluently. The languages I studied previously were mainly in writing so speaking other languages is quite intimidating for me.

Top languages in my area: Spanish (mainly Mexico and Puerto Rico), Vietnamese, Korean, and Russian. I’ve also encountered Igbo, Yoruba, Arabic, and Haitian Creole.

Learning how to say something like “I only speak English” would be helpful as well.

I did find this website but I have no way of knowing how accurate it is:

www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/wrong_number

chottomatte ,
@chottomatte@lemdro.id avatar

Uzran , laqad ittasalta birragami alkhata>

It means " sorry , you had the wrong number " in standard Arabic…

Ana atahaddathu al-injliziata faqat >

It means " I only speak English "

acetanilide OP ,

This is helpful. Thank you

jewbacca117 ,

int main() { printf(“[you have the] wrong number”);


<span style="color:#323232;">return 0;
</span>

}

acetanilide OP ,

Excellent. Thank you. How do you pronounce () {?

jewbacca117 ,

open parentheses close parentheses open curly boi

abrahambelch , (edited )
@abrahambelch@programming.dev avatar

I’d return a non-zero value so they know it’s their fault ^^

chottomatte , (edited )
@chottomatte@lemdro.id avatar

Instead of memorizing different phrases in different languages , a good advice would be to change your number if posible , or use a blocker to block strange numbers

acetanilide OP ,

I appreciate it, but I can’t do either unfortunately since I have medical issues and need to answer many unknown numbers.

tobogganablaze ,

VERWÄHLT! <hangs up>.

BCsven ,

Use google translate, it has lots of languages to transcribe to

Zak ,
@Zak@lemmy.world avatar

As a practical point, saying it in English will almost certainly communicate what you need to communicate. Almost everyone who makes international calls will recognize that you’re speaking English even if they don’t understand what you’re saying, which suggests that the Russian or Korean speaking person they’re trying to reach is not at that number.

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