Once you have established your inability to speak the native tongue,
you may wish to ask for a person who, not to quote anz, speaks your
language. You can do this by asking “do you speak english?”
• French: Parlez vous anglais?
• Mandarin: nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?
• Spanish: ¿Habla Usted inglés?
• Italian: Parla Inglese?
• Turkish: Ingilizce konuşuyor musunuz?
• German: Sprechen sie Englisch?
• Russian: Vy go-vo-reet-ye po-ang-liy-skee?
• Malay: Bisa berbahasa Inggeris?
Lets be honest, possibly the question, you will be most desperate to
have answered is “where is the bathroom”:
• French: Où se trouvent les toilettes?
• Mandarin: Cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ
• Spanish: ¿Dónde está el baño?
• Italian: Dov'è il bagno?
• Turkish: nerede banyo?
• German: Wo ist die Toilette?
• Russian: Gde tualet?
• Malay: di mana bilik mandi?
If you’re struggling to find someone who speaks english, your best bet
will be the tourist information, you can simply ask, “where is the tourist
information?”
• ·French: où est l'information touristique?
• Mandarin: Nǎlǐ shì lǚyóu xìnxī?
• Spanish: ¿dónde está la información turística?
• Italian: dove è l'informazione turistica?
• Turkish: nerede turistik bilgi?
• German: wo ist die Tourist-Information?
• Russian: gde informatsiya dlya turistov?
• Malay: di mana maklumat pelancong?
Hopefully this blog has been in the least bit helpful to you guys , but
before you head on your journey I recommend picking up a book of the
area you are visiting as they will often have a basic language guide in
the back (: if you don’t know which one to pick I recommend either an
eyewitness travel pocket map and guide or bradt travel guide.
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