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How to Say "Where Is the Bathroom" ...How to Say "Where Is the Bathroom" in Several Different LanguagesLet's face it! You have to use the bathroom every day of your life. If you ever find yourself in a non-English speaking country, you may wish to know how to ask where the bathroom is. Study the following translations for "Where is the Bathroom?" Armenian = Pekaran ooreh? Afrikaans = Waar is die badkamer? ("Vaar is dee bat-kah-mer?") Cantonese Chinese = Mm-goy, chee-sor hay been-doh-ah? (Excuse me, toilet is what place?) Czech = Prosim Vas, Kde jsou toalety? Dutch = Pardon, waar is de W.C. ("way say")? English = Excuse me, where is the bathroom? Esperanto = Pardonon, kie estas la banejo? (par-DOH-nohn, KEY-eh ESS-tahs la bahn-EY-yo?) Finnish = Missä on vessa/WC (veh-seh)? French = Excusez-moi, Où sont les toilettes? (Ex-koo-zay mwah, oo sonh ley twah-lett?) German = Wo ist die Toilette, bitte? (Vo ist dee toy-LET-uh, BIT-uh?) Greek = Parakalo, pou ine i tualetta? Hebrew = Slikha, ehfo hah sherooteem? Hindi = Bathroom kahan hain? Indonesian = Permisi, dimana kamar mandi? Irish = Ca bhfuil an leithreas? Italian = Mi scusi, dov'è il bagno? Japanese = Toire ha doko? [toi-re wa do-ko?] Korean = Hwa-jang-shil uh-dee-ee-suh-yo? Latin = Ubi est latrina? Lebanese = Waynil hemehm. Malayalam = Bathroom evide ah? Mandarin Chinese = Duay boo chee, nee duh tzuh swoh zai noh lee? Nepali = Bathroom (pronounce more like "baatroom")/snaan kaksha kahaan cha? Norwegian = Unnskyld, kan du si meg hvor toalettet er? Persian = Bebakhshid, dastshoee kojast? Pig-Latin = Excuseay emay, erewhay isay ethay athroombay? Polish = Przepraszam, gdzie jest łazienka? Portuguese = Com licença, onde fica o banheiro? 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 = Izvinite, gde toalet? Samoan = E, 'O fea le faleuila? (Ay, Oh fay-ah lay fah-lay-wee-lah?) Serbian = Izvinite, gde je kupatilo? Spanish = Perdone, ¿dónde está el baño? (Per-DON-eh, DOHN-de es-TAH el BAHN-yo?) Swedish = Ursäkta mig, men var finns toaletterna? Tagalog = Pwede po bang malaman kung nasaan ang banyo? Tamil = Bathroom enga irukku? Telugu = Bathroom ekkada? Turkish = Pardon, tuvalet nerede? Urdu = Bathroom kidhar hay? Vietnamese = Cho hoi, nha` ve^. sinh o da^u va^.y ? Welsh = Pardwn ble mae`r ty bach? (Par-dOOn ble MY-r Tea bach?) Tips: When using the Chinese dialects, please 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. Warnings: Do not look rude when asking - no matter how desperate you are SOURCE |
| Radiate_Truth |
Holding yourself and jumping up and down would be out of the question then... |
| obmar |
Bending at bit and placing the hand where it counts may be helpful in times of desperation, as compared to asking for a cyberface and looking for rachel's thread in this forum,
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