Let's face it. When we need to go, we need to go. No matter where we are. Imagine when your urine tank's bout' to burst but you just could not have the people of another alien country to understand when you say " I NEED TO PEE?
so, better learn fast. Before it get's messy.
- Armenian = gu nerek (excuse me),Pedkaranuh ooreh? or Dzukaraneh ooreh?
- Afrikaans = Waar is die badkamer? ("Vaar is dee bat-kah-mer?")
- Arabic (Egypt) = Men Fadlak, Fen El Hammam (من فضلك ، فين الحمام؟)
- Arabic (Saudi Arabia; UAE) = Ayna Al Hammam? (أين الحمام؟)
- Austrian = 'Tschujdigung, wo isn dees Scheisheisl? (chuy-dee-goong, vo isn days shy's hysel?) This is a Dialect phrase and basically means "Where is the sh*t house?". :P The better phrase is "WC, Bitte?" (Vay-say, bit-ay?) which means "water closet, please?"
- Bengali = বাথরুম কোথায়? Bathroom Kothay? (baat-room Ko-THAY?)
- Bulgarian = Къде е банята? ("Kade e banyata?")
- Cantonese Chinese = Mmm-goy, tee-saw hai been-doh-ah? (Translit. Excuse me, where is the washroom?)
- Catalan = On és el lavabo?
- Croatian= Oprostite, gdje je kupaonica? (j is pronounced y)
- Czech = Prosim Vas, Kde jsou toalety?
- Danish = Undskyld mig, hvor er badeværelset/toilettet? (oon-skool-MYE, voa eh bay-the-VAY-rell-seh / TOY-lett-eh?)
- Dutch = Pardon, waar is de W.C. ("way say")?
- American English = Excuse me, where is the bathroom?
- British English = Excuse me, where is the toilet/lou/lavatory?
- Esperanto = Pardonon, kie estas la banejo? (par-DOH-nohn, KEY-eh ESS-tahs la bahn-EY-yo?)
- Estonian = Vabandage, kus on tualett?
- Finnish = Missä on vessa/WC (pronounced meesa vesa)
- French = pardon, où sont les toilettes? (pahr-DAW, oo saw lay twah-LETT?)
- Hungarian= Elnézést, hol (van) a vécé? [Ell-ney-zey-sht, hole vawn aw vay-tsay?]
- German = Wo ist die Toilette, bitte? (Vo ist dee toy-LETT-uh, BIT-uh?)
- Greek = Parakalo, pou ine i tualetta? (Πού είναι η τουαλέτα;)
- Hebrew = Slikha, ehfo hah sherooteem? (סליחה, איפה השירותים?)
- Hindi = सौ्चालय् कहा् है? saunchalay (pronounced "sawchaalay") kahan hain? (The "n"s in "kahan"and "hain"are not actually pronounced, few people actually use the word saunchalay so you can just say bathroom)
- Hmong = honm naj nyob qhov twb os?
- Icelandic = Hvar er salernið/klósettið
- Indonesian = Permisi, di mana kamar mandi?
- Gaelic (Irish) = Ca bhfuil an leithreas?
- Italian = Mi scusi, dov'è il bagno?
- Japanese = Toire wa, doko? [to-ee-le wa do-ko?] (Add 'desu ka?' after 'doko' for politeness.)(To be even more polite, say "otearai wa doko desu ka?". This is "Where is the restroom?". It is said as [oh-tay-ah-rye wa doe-koh dess kah]. Here is the phrase written in Hiragana [おてあらいはどこですか?])
- Korean = Hwa-jang-shil uh-dee-in-ga-yo?
- Latin = Ubi est latrina?
- Latvian = Atvainojiet (sorry), kur ir tualete (Where is bathroom?
- Lebanese = Waynil hemehm.
- Lithuanian = Atsiprašau (excuse me), kur yra tualetas?
- Luna = Apresa ez nê pontate?
- Malay = Tumpang tanya, di manakah bilik mandi? or "di mana tandas"
- Malayalam = Bathroom evide ah?
- Maltese = Fejn qiegђed it-toilet? [Fe-in qee-ed it toilet]
- Mandarin Chinese = "Duì bù qǐ, cèsuǒ zài nǎr?" (written: "对不起,厕所在哪儿?) ("cèsuǒ" = "toilet" or "bathroom", and "duì bù qǐ" = "sorry" or "excuse me", so the literal translation is "Excuse me, toilet be where?") The "c" is pronounced like a combination of "t", "s", and "z" in the front of the mouth, and "q" is pronounced like "ch" in the front of the mouth. Remember the tones.
- Mongolian = Uuchlaarai('ʊ:tʃ|ɑ:ræ ), ene (N)ugaalgiin (u-GAWL-GEEN)oroo (o-ROW)ni (N) haana (HUN) baidag (bæ-dag) yum be?
- Marathi = Where is Toilet -> Sandas kuthe aahe ? (संडास कुठे आहे?)
- Neapolitan = scusat', arò stà 'o cesso?
- Niuean = ko fe e' fale vau? (pronounced ko-feh eh fa-le vau)
- Nepali = Bathroom (pronounce more like "baatroom")/snaan kaksha kahaan cha?
- Norwegian = Unnskyld meg,(pronounced oon-shyl) hvor er doen/toalettet (No pronunceation of the 't' at the end of toalette't', doen is slang said: doo-uhn) ?
- Papiamento = Unda e baño ta? (pronounced: Uhn-dah eh ban-yo tah?)
- Persian = Bebakhshid, dastshoee kojast?
- Pig-Latin = Excuseay emay, erewhay isay ethay athroombay?
- Polish = Przepraszam, gdzie jest toaleta?
- Portuguese = Com licença, onde fica o banheiro? (com lee-SAY-nsa, OHN-jee FEE-cah oo bah-YAY-roo?) (in Brazil); Por favor, onde é a casa-de-banho? (in Portugal)
- Punjabi = (ਬਾਥਰੂਮ/ਗ਼ੁਸਲ ਖਾਨਾ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ ?) Bathroom/Gusal Khana kithe hai?
- Romanian = Unde este toaleta, va rog? (Oon-day yeh twa-letta, vuh rog?)
- Russian = скажите пожалуйста, где туалет? (Skazhite pozhalusta, gde toalet?) listen
- Samoan = E, 'O fea le faleuila? (Ay, Oh fay-ah lay fah-lay-wee-lah?)
- Senegalese= fun moy douche bee?
- Serbian = Izvinite, gde je kupatilo?
- Sinhalese(Sri Lankan) = Naana kaamaraya koheda?
- Slovak = Prosím vás, kde sú toalety?
- Slovene = Oprostite, kje je kopalnica/stranišče? (Kopalnica = bathroom, stranišče = toilet/rest room)
- Spanish = Perdone/Disculpe, ¿Dónde está el baño?(Formal) (Per-DON-eh, DOHN-deh es-TAH el BAHN-yo?) or Perdón/Disculpa ¿Dónde está el baño?
- Swedish = Ursäkta mig (excuse me), var finns toaletten? (uhr-SHEHK-ta mey, var fins toa-letten?)
- Tagalog = Saan pwede tumae?"
- Tamil = Bathroom enga irukku?
- Tamil = Kuliyal Arai Enge Irukkiradhu?
- Telugu = Bathroom ekkada?
- Thai = hong naam yuu tii nai
- Tibetan = chap sang gawa yo rey?
- Turkish = Pardon, tuvalet nerede?
- Urdu = Bathroom kidhar hay?
- Vietnamese = Cho hoi, nha` ve^. sinh o da^u va^.y ?
- Welsh = Ble mae`r ty bach? (bleh MY-r Tee bach?)
TIPS
- When using the Chinese dialects, have a lot of patience with the person you're talking to, especially if you're not familiar with using Asian accents, because all western accents have few, but do, have some similarities, and same with Asian accents, i.e. You speak English, with practice, you could learn a French accent in a shorter amount of time than learning a Korean one.
- If you want to impress your friends by saying things in different language, choose one that sounds far peculiar, e.g. Mongolian, as opposed to a language so closely related to English, like Spanish or German.
- If you are having trouble with whole sentences, you could just say the word for bathroom. For example if you are in Mexico and just say "el baño" or "baño" in a questioning tone, they will know what you mean and point you in the right direction.
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