“What are you doing?” is a common question we often ask to learn about someone’s current activities or to initiate a conversation. Just like “yes,” this phrase varies significantly across different languages, reflecting the rich diversity of global cultures and linguistic nuances. Here is how to say “What are you doing?” in 70 different languages, including their pronunciation, to help you communicate across borders and understand the unique linguistic landscapes around the world.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – “Çfarë po bën?” | Pronunciation: Ch-fa-re po ben
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – “ماذا تفعل؟” (Mādhā taf‘al?) | Pronunciation: Ma-tha ta-fa-lun
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – “Ի՞նչ ես անում” (Inch es anum?) | Pronunciation: Inch es ah-num
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – “Nə edirsən?” | Pronunciation: Neh eh-dir-sen
- Basque (🇪🇸) – “Zer ari zara?” | Pronunciation: Zehr ah-ri zah-rah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – “Што вы робіце?” (Shto vy robitsye?) | Pronunciation: Shto vi ro-bee-tse
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – “আপনি কি করছেন?” (Āpani ki karachēna?) | Pronunciation: Aah-po-ni ki kor-cho-nen
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – “Šta radiš?” | Pronunciation: Shta ra-deesh
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – “Какво правиш?” (Kakvo pravish?) | Pronunciation: Kak-vo pra-vish
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – “Què estàs fent?” | Pronunciation: Ke es-tas fent
- Czech (🇨🇿) – “Co děláš?” | Pronunciation: Co de-lash
- Danish (🇩🇰) – “Hvad laver du?” | Pronunciation: Vad lay-er do
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – “Wat ben je aan het doen?” | Pronunciation: Vat ben ye ahn het doon
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – “What are you doing?” | Pronunciation: What are you doing
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – “Mida sa teed?” | Pronunciation: Mee-da sa teed
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – “چه کار میکنی؟” (Che kār mikoni?) | Pronunciation: Che kaar mee-ko-nee
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – “Mitä sinä teet?” | Pronunciation: Mee-ta see-na teet
- French (🇫🇷) – “Que fais-tu?” | Pronunciation: Ke fay-too
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – “რას აკეთებთ?” (Ras aketebt?) | Pronunciation: Ras ah-ke-tebt
- German (🇩🇪) – “Was machst du?” | Pronunciation: Vahs makhsht doo
- Greek (🇬🇷) – “Τι κάνεις?” (Ti kaneis?) | Pronunciation: Tee ka-nees
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – “מה אתה עושה?” (Ma ata ose?) | Pronunciation: Mah ah-tah o-seh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – “आप क्या कर रहे हैं?” (Āp kyā kar rahe hain?) | Pronunciation: Aap kya kar ra-he hain
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – “Mit csinálsz?” | Pronunciation: Meet chee-nahlz
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – “Hvað ertu að gera?” | Pronunciation: Kvath ert-oo ath gheh-rah
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – “Apa yang kamu lakukan?” | Pronunciation: Ah-pah yahng kah-moo lah-koo-kahn
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – “Cad atá tú a dhéanamh?” | Pronunciation: Kad ah-taw too a yay-nuv
- Italian (🇮🇹) – “Cosa stai facendo?” | Pronunciation: Koh-sah stai fah-chen-do
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – “何をしていますか？” (Nani o shite imasu ka?) | Pronunciation: Nah-ni o shee-teh ee-mahs-ka
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – “Не істеп жатырсың?” (Ne istep jatırsıñ?) | Pronunciation: Neh is-tep zha-tyrs-in
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – “អ្នកកំពុងធ្វើអ្វី?” (Anak kâmpông thveu avei?) | Pronunciation: Ah-nahk kamp-ong tveu ah-vey
- Korean (🇰🇷) – “뭐하고 있어?” (Mwohago isseo?) | Pronunciation: Mwo-ha-go ees-suh
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – “Tu çi dikî?” | Pronunciation: Too chee dee-kee
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – “Эмне кылып жатасың?” (Emne kylıp jatasıñ?) | Pronunciation: Em-neh kuh-lip ja-tas-in
- Lao (🇱🇦) – “ທ່ານກຳລັງກະທຳຢູ່ຫຍັງ?” (Thān kamlang katham yū nyang?) | Pronunciation: Thaan kam-lang ka-tham yuu nyahng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – “Ko tu dari?” | Pronunciation: Ko too dah-ree
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – “Ką tu darai?” | Pronunciation: Ka too dah-ray
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – “Wat maachs du?” | Pronunciation: Vat mahks doo
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – “Што правиш?” (Shto pravish?) | Pronunciation: Shto pra-vish
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – “Apa yang anda lakukan?” | Pronunciation: Ah-pah yahng ahn-dah lah-koo-kan
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – “X’qed tagħmel?” | Pronunciation: Shked tah-għmel
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – “你在做什么？” (Nǐ zài zuò shénme?) | Pronunciation: Nee zai zwo shen-meh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – “तू काय करत आहेस?” (Tū kāy kart āhes?) | Pronunciation: Too kai kart a-hes
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – “Чи юу хийж байна?” (Chi yuu khij baina?) | Pronunciation: Chee yuu khiij baina
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – “तपाईं के गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ?” (Tapā’īṁ ke gardai hunuhuncha?) | Pronunciation: Ta-pa-een ke gar-dai hoo-noo-hoon-cha
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – “Hva gjør du?” | Pronunciation: Vah yoor doo
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – “تاسو څه کوئ؟” (Tāsū ča kawī?) | Pronunciation: Ta-so cha kaw-ee
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – “چه کار میکنید؟” (Che kār mikoneed?) | Pronunciation: Cheh kaar mee-ko-need
- Polish (🇵🇱) – “Co robisz?” | Pronunciation: Tso ro-beesh
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – “O que você está fazendo?” | Pronunciation: O keh vo-se es-tah fa-zen-do
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – “Ce faci?” | Pronunciation: Che fach
- Russian (🇷🇺) – “Что ты делаешь?” (Chto ty delayesh?) | Pronunciation: Shto tee deh-lah-yesh
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – “Шта радиш?” (Šta radiš?) | Pronunciation: Shta ra-deesh
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – “ඔබ කුමක් කරනවා ද?” (Oba kumak karanawā da?) | Pronunciation: O-bah koo-mak ka-ra-na-wa da
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – “Čo robíš?” | Pronunciation: Cho ro-beesh
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – “Kaj delaš?” | Pronunciation: Kai de-lash
- Somali (🇸🇴) – “Maxaad sameynaysaa?” | Pronunciation: Max-aad sa-me-ynay-saa
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – “¿Qué estás haciendo?” | Pronunciation: Kay es-tas ah-see-endo
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – “Unafanya nini?” | Pronunciation: Oo-na-fan-ya nee-nee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – “Vad gör du?” | Pronunciation: Vad yur doo
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – “Чӣ кор мекунӣ?” (Chī kor mekunī?) | Pronunciation: Chee kor meh-koo-nee
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – “நீ என்ன செய்கிறாய்?” (Nī enna seykirāy?) | Pronunciation: Nee en-na sey-ki-raay
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – “నువ్వు ఏం చేస్తున్నావు?” (Nuvvu ēṁ cēstunnāvu?) | Pronunciation: Noo-vvu yem ches-tun-naa-vu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – “คุณกำลังทำอะไรอยู่?” (Khun kamlang tham arai yu?) | Pronunciation: Koon gam-lang tam ah-rai yoo
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – “Ne yapıyorsun?” | Pronunciation: Neh ya-puh-yor-sun
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – “Що ти робиш?” (Shcho ty robysh?) | Pronunciation: Shcho tee ro-beesh
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – “آپ کیا کر رہے ہیں؟” (Āp kyā kar rahē haiṅ?) | Pronunciation: Aap kya kar ra-hay hain
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – “Nima qilyapsiz?” | Pronunciation: Nee-ma kee-lyaap-siz
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – “Bạn đang làm gì?” | Pronunciation: Ban dang lam gee
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – “Beth wyt ti’n ei wneud?” | Pronunciation: Beth wyt teen ay wneud