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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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*Do you speak English?: ''Sprechen Sie Englisch?'' /'SpRECEn '?zi: '?ENlIS/ ([[Media:CPIDL German - Sprechen Sie Englisch.ogg|listen]])
*I don't understand: ''Ich verstehe nicht.'' /'IC ?fER'Ste:@ '?nICt/ ([[Media:CPIDL German - Ich verstehe nicht.ogg|listen]])
*Sorry: ''Entschuldigung'' /Ent'SUldIgUN/ ([[Media:CPIDL German - Entschuldigung.ogg|listen]])

=== [[Greek language|Greek]] 
(Greek) ===

*Greek: &#917;&#955;&#955;&#951;&#957;&#953;&#954;&#940;; /e lI Elini  'ka/ (el lieen ee KA)
*hello: &#915;&#949;&#953;&#940; &#963;&#945;&#962; /Jja sas/  (YA sas) 
*please: &pi;&alpha;&rho;&alpha;&kappa;&alpha;&lambda;&omega#960;&#945;&#961;&#945;&#954;&#945;&#955;&#974; /pa  ra  ka L'lO/ (puh rah kah LOW)
*thank you: &#917;&#965;&#967;&#945;&#961;&#953;&#963;&#964;&#974; /Ef  xa ris torI'stO/ (eff kha reess TOE)
*that one: &#949;&#954;&#949;&#943;&#957;&#959; (ekEEN/e'kinO/ (e KEE no)
*how much: &#928;&#972;&#963;&#959; &#954;&#940;&#957;&#949;&#953;; /'pOso O 'ka  ni/ (POSS  o kah knee)
*English: &#913;&#947;&#947;&#955;&#953;&#954;&#940; /aN  gli k@'ka/ (ang glee kKA)
*yes: &nu;&alpha;&iota#957;&#945;&#953; /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#972;&#967;&#953; /'Oçi/ (AW hee)
*sorry: &#963;&#965;&#947;&#947;&#957;&#974;&#956;&#951; /siGN'nOmi/
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*I don't understand: &Delta;&epsilon;&nu; &kappa;&alpha;&tau;&alpha;&lambda;&alpha;&beta;&alpha;&iota;&nu;&omega; /'De (sig NOE mee / sing NOE mee)
*I don't understand: &#916;&#949;&#957; &#954;&#945;&#964;&#945;&#955;&#945;&#946;&#945;&#943;&#957;&#969; /DEn ka  ta  la  'vE no/ (thennO/ (THEN cut a la vennVENN oh)
*where's the bathroom?: &#928;&#959;&#96573; &#949;&#943;&#957;&#945;&#953; &#959;&#953; &#964;&#959;&#965;&#945;&#955;&#941;&#964;&#949;&#962;; /pu EEne EE tu a 'inE i tua'lE  tEs/ (poo eeEE neh ee too uh LET tess)
*generic toast: &#915;&#949;&#953;&#940; &#956;&#945;&#962;! /J'ja mas/ (YAH mass)
*Do you speak English?: &#924;&#953;&#955;&#940;&#964;&#949; &#945;&#947;&#947;&#955;&#953;&#954;&#940;; /mi  'la  tE aN  gli k@'ka/ (mee LAH teh ang glee KA)
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=== [[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)
*please: e `olu `olu `oe /e ?o lu ?o lu ?o e/ (ey owe-loo owe-loo owe-ay)
*thank you: mahalo /ma ha lo/ (ma ha low)
(contracted; show full)* [[Common phrases in constructed languages]]

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

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