How do you ask yes/no questions?

[Agentt]

So, I realised that in my native language, Hindi,
Do you have a pen?
Will literally be translated to
What you have pen?

And I asked an Indonesian friend of mine, and he said
Do you have a pen?
Will be literally translated to
Pen, yes or no?

I asked a Tamil person, and they said
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Pen?

It's been a while since I studied French, but I think
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Is you have pen?

So, how do you ask yes/no questions in your language?

 

[CupcakeNinja]

So, I realised that in my native language, Hindi,
Do you have a pen?
Will literally be translated to
What you have pen?

And I asked an Indonesian friend of mine, and he said
Do you have a pen?
Will be literally translated to
Pen, yes or no?

I asked a Tamil person, and they said
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Pen?

It's been a while since I studied French, but I think
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Is you have pen?

So, how do you ask yes/no questions in your language?

Do you want to do cocaine off my ass?
Yes

English is a simple language

Dont even ask me to say that in my native language. I'm part native american. I don't think you wanna try to decipher Tohono O'odham. Shit's weird.

 

[peelsdeeni]

In Mandarin/Chinese it basically translates to:
You have one pen?

 

[Cipiteca396]

It's not my native language, but French would be 'Have you a pen?'. Which is entirely distinct from 'You have a pen.' Fun thing about translating French and English, it almost makes sense.

 

[Jeff_Bob]

In Mandarin/Chinese it basically translates to:
You have one pen?

Same here

 

[Biggest-Kusa-Out-There]

It'd be "Have pen?" or "Have a pen?" (Chilean Spanish)

 

[atgongumerki]

have you a pen?
have you maybe a pen for me?

 

[_oinkchan]

So, I realised that in my native language, Hindi,
Do you have a pen?
Will literally be translated to
What you have pen?

And I asked an Indonesian friend of mine, and he said
Do you have a pen?
Will be literally translated to
Pen, yes or no?

I asked a Tamil person, and they said
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Pen?

It's been a while since I studied French, but I think
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Is you have pen?

So, how do you ask yes/no questions in your language?

Answer 'Okay' if it confuses you.

 

[Agentt]

Answer 'Okay' if it confuses you.

...wut?

 

[skillet]

Korean: "Pen have?"
lol this is all so interesting i love it

 

[Vnator]

Tamil seems to have things figured out.

 

[Nhatduongg]

In my language it’s: “You have pen no?” (Vietnamese)

 

[BenJepheneT]

In Mandarin/Chinese it basically translates to:
You have one pen?

i don't know if it differs between dialects but in cantonese it's literally

"borrow a pen here"

you want my pen or you want me to borrow a pen from someone else and give it to you?

 

[DarkGodEM]

i don't know if it differs between dialects but in cantonese it's literally

"borrow a pen here"

you want my pen or you want me to borrow a pen from someone else and give it to you?

it differs a lot. cantonese is the most logical

 

[ThrillingHuman]

I'm from a minor ethnicity, and even I don't speak the language of my people. But, in my first language, I'd say something like:
At you is pen/ at you have pen?

 

[The_Everdistant_Utopia]

I asked a Tamil person, and they said
Do you have a pen?
Will be translated to
Pen?

Uh... I guess it depends on who I'm talking with?

The formal way of saying it is "You have a pen?" from where I come.

But in general, I can get away with "Pen?" or "Pen, have?" just fine with most people my age. So yeah, closer to Tamil.

 

[tiaf]

German hasn't the additional 'do' to ask questions so it's simply: Have you a pen?