hello, may i speek to (their name)

Dutch translation: Dag, mag ik met XYZ spreken, aub

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English term or phrase:hello, may i speak to (their name)
Dutch translation:Dag, mag ik met XYZ spreken, aub
Entered by: Karin Dyson

20:41 Jul 25, 2000
English to Dutch translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: hello, may i speek to (their name)
hi,i have tried to find web sites that would do this for me but i can only find sites that do german, french and spanish. if you can help me, i would greatly appreciate it. thank you!
jamie allen
Dag, mag ik met XYZ spreken aub
Explanation:
hope this will help
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Karin Dyson
Local time: 10:51
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Summary of answers provided
4hallo, mag ik (their name) even spreken
Henk Peelen
na +2Dag, mag ik met XYZ spreken aub
Karin Dyson
na +1Dag, mag ik (name) van u?
Monica Sienders


  

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3 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Dag, mag ik met XYZ spreken aub


Explanation:
hope this will help

Karin Dyson
Local time: 10:51
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
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agree  Henk Peelen
1008 days
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agree  ben baudoin
1360 days
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11 days peer agreement (net): +1
Dag, mag ik (name) van u?


Explanation:
Dag, as it could apply to any time of day and is still not too informal.\

I left out (speak=spreken) because it would be too literal a translation.
You could also use something like:
"is ... there" then you would use"
Dag, is (name) aanwezig?

Monica Sienders
Netherlands
Local time: 10:51

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agree  Henk Peelen
996 days
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1008 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hallo, mag ik (their name) even spreken


Explanation:
kan ook

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 10:51
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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