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List of common phrases in various languages
Here is a list of '''common phrases in different languages'''.

It is possible for [[tourism|tourists]] in a country whose language they do not understand to get along with a surprisingly short list of phrases, combined with pointing, miming, and writing down numbers on paper.

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*sorry: ''sorry'' /'sOr\`i/
*I don't understand: ''I don't understand'' /aI'd@Unt Vnd@:s't{nd/
*where's the bathroom?: ''where's the bathroom?'' /wE@z D@ "bA:T r\`Um/, /wEr\`z D@ b&amp;T r\`um/
*generic toast: ''bottoms up!'' /'bA t@mz "Vp/, /bA t@mz Vp/
*Do you speak English? /du: ju: spi:k "IN liS/, /du ju spik IN glIS/
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=== [[Albanian language|Albanian]] ([[Albanian language|Albanian]]) ===

*Albanian: ''shqip'' /Sk_jip/ (shkEEp) [[media:Albanian_shqip.ogg|Listen]]
*hello: ''tungjatjeta'' /tun g_jat jE ta/ (tUhn-ngIAt-IEta) [[media:Albanian_tungjatjeta.ogg|Listen]]
*good-bye: ''mirupafshim'' /mi ru paf Sim/ (mEEr-Uh-oA-fshEEm) [[media:Albanian_mirupafshim.ogg|Listen]]
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*Do you speak English?: ''Sprechen Sie Englisch?'' /'SpRECEn '?zi: '?ENlIS/ (Shpreh-shen zee eng-lish)
*I don't understand: ''Ich verstehe nicht.'' /'IC ?fER'Ste:@ '?nICt/ (IS fair-shtay-uh nisht)
*Sorry: ''Entschuldigung'' /Ent'SUldIgUN/ (ant shool dih goong)  

=== [[Greek language|Greek]]  ===

*Greek: &#917;&#955;&#955;&#951;&#957;&#953;&#954;&#94
20;; /e lI ni kia/ (el lin knee KEEA)
*hello: &#915;&#949;&#953;&#940; &#963;&#945;&#962; /Ja sas/  (YA sas) 
*please: &pi;&alpha;&rho;&alpha;&kappa;&alpha;&lambda;&omega; /pa ra ka LO/ (puh rah kah LOW)
*thank you: &#917;&#965;&#967;&#945;&#961;&#953;&#963;&#964;&#974; /Ef xa ris to/ (eff kha reess TOE)
*that one: &#949;&#954;&#949;&#943;&#957;&#959; (ekEENo)
*how much: &#928;&#972;&#963;&#959; &#954;&#940;&#957;&#949;&#953;; /pOso ka ni/ (POSSo kah knee)
*English: &#913;&#947;&#947;&#955;&#953;&#954;&#940; /aN gli k@/ (ang glee kA)
*yes: &nu;&alpha;&iota; /nE/ (neh)  ''(this is a [[false friend]] for many European language speakers)''
*no: &omicron;&chi;&iota; /O xi/ (aw khee)
*sorry: &sigma;&upsilon;&gamma;&gamma;&nu;&omega;&mu;&eta; /siG'nOmi/
*I don't understand: &Delta;&epsilon;&nu; &kappa;&alpha;&tau;&alpha;&lambda;&alpha;&beta;&alpha;&iota;&nu;&omega; /'Den ka ta la 'vE no/ (then cut a la venn oh)
*where's the bathroom?: &pi;&omicron;&upsilon; &epsilon;&iota;&nu;&alpha;&iota &omicron;&iota; &tau;&omicron;&upsilon;&alpha;&lambda;&epsilon;&tau;&tau;&epsilon;&sigmaf;; /pu is tE i#928;&#959;&#965; &#949;&#943;&#957;&#945;&#953; &#959;&#953; &#964;&#959;&#965;&#945;&#955;&#941;&#964;&#949;&#962;; /pu EEne EE tu a lE tEs/ (poo ehene tee too uh LET tess)
*generic toast: &#915;&#949;&#953;&#940; &#956;&#945;&#962;! /Ja mas/ 
*Do you speak English?: &#924;&#953;&#955;&#940;&#964;&#949; &#945;&#947;&#947;&#955;&#953;&#954;&#940;; /mi la tE aN gli k@/ (mee LAH te ang glee KA)

=== [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian]]) ===

*Hawaiian: Hawai`i /ha wa i ?i/ (ha why ee)
*hello: aloha /a lo ha/ (a low ha)
*good-bye: A hui hou. /A hu i ho u/ (a hoo-ee hoe)
(contracted; show full)* Some [[phrases in fictional languages]]

==External link==
* [http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/language.htm Dictionaries, Grammars, and other online language resources]

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