Here are some of the phrases we maybe used but probably didn't :)
Danish
taler du engelsk? - do you speak English?
jeg taler ikke dansk - I don't speak Danish
ja yes (yea)
nej no (nai)
menge tak - thank you very much
(man-ge tak. tak for kaffe = thanks for coffee)
goddag - good day (g’day)
hej hej - bye bye (hi-hi)
undskyld mig - excuse me
jeg forstår ikke - I don't understand (yai...
jeg forstår - I understand (yai..
undskyld mig, hvor er toilettet? - excuse me, where's the toilet?(vo er toy-leddo?)
Norwegian
Unnskyld meg du snakker engelsk? - excuse me, do you speak English?
Jeg snakker ikke norsk - I do not speak Norwegian
Ha det bra! - Good-bye!
takk skal du ha - thank you
jeg er sulten - I am hungry
jeg tar ... - I will take ..., I will have ...
hva koster det? - what does it cost?
hvor ligger ...? - hvor er ...? where is/lies ...? where is ...?
unnskyld, kan du hjelpe meg? - excuse me, can you help me please?
Numbers (basically the same for Norwegian and Danish)
en - one
to - two
tre - three
fire - four
fem - five
seks - six
syv, sju - seven
otte /åtte - eight
ni - nine
ti - ten
German
yes / no -- ja / nein
please/thanks - bitte/danke
Excuse me! - Entschuldigen Sie!
Where's the restroom/toilet? - Wo ist die Toilette?
Do you speak English? - Sprechen Sie Englisch?
I don't speak German. - Ich spreche kein Deutsch.
I would like... - Ich möchte.../Ich möchte gern...
Russian
Do you speak English? - Vy govorite po-angliyski?
I don't understand you - Ya Vas ne ponimayu
Prasteete - Excuse me
spaseeba - thanks
Finnish
Hei - hi
Kyllä - yes
Ei - no
Ole hyvä - please
Kiitos - thanks
Swedish - hej, ja, nej (hi, yes, no)
Snälla - please
tack - thanks
Ursäkta mig - excuse me, sorry
Estonian
jah - yes
ei - no
tere - hi
palun - please
aitäh - thanks
vabandage - excuse me
It's all Greek to me!
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