Monday, June 6, 2011

Basic Language

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

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