Useful Phrases

Hello in several languages A collection of useful phrases suitable for a variety of situations in many different languages with sound files for some of them.

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Greetings and small talk

Welcome | Hello | Hello (on the phone) | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | How are you? | Long time no see | Please | Thank you | Excuse me | Sorry | Yes, No | Maybe | Goodbye | Bon voyage

Getting to know people

Pleased to meet you | What's your name? | Where are you from?

Language difficulties

Do you understand? | I understand | I don't understand | Please say that again | Please speak more slowly | Please write it down | Do you speak English? | Do you speak [your language]? | I'm learning [your language] | Do you speak a language other than [your own]? | Speak to me in [your language] | How do you say ... in [your language]? | I don't know

Difficult situations

Go away! | Leave me alone! | Help! | Fire! | Stop! | Call the police!

Special occasions

Merry Christmas | Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday | Congratulations

Other phrases

Good luck | Cheers! | Have a nice day | Have a nice weekend | Bon appetit | I would like ... | How much is this? | Would you like to dance? | Do you come here often? | Where's the toilet? | Get well soon | I miss you | I love you | This gentleman/lady will pay for everything | One language is never enough

Silly phrases

My hovercraft is full of eels | Stop the world, I want to get off! | Say cheese! | Colorless green ideas sleep furiously | I am the king of the chickens | Thingamajig

Multilingual Phrase Finder

The phrase finder enables you to view the useful phrases in any combination of two languages. The phrases are available in over 300 different languages.

Telling the time

Telling the time | Days of the week | Months of the year | Seasons

Weather words | Family words | Terms of endearment | Idioms | Tongue twisters | Proverbs and sayings | Signs | Compass directions | Names of the seven dwarfs | Zodiac signs | Computer parts | Animal sounds


Index by phrase | Index by language | Index by language family | Multilingual Phrase Finder | Silly phrases

People who have contributed to this site

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Links

Other collections of phrases in various languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/
http://www.smartphrase.com
http://www.travelphrases.info/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Phrasebook
http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/
http://www.loecsen.com
http://www.linguanaut.com
http://www.lingo24.com/knowledge/useful-phrases/
http://instantphrases.com
http://www.languagehelpers.com/
http://www.travelphrases.info/
http://www.50languages.com
http://languages.lcweblink.info
http://www.linguahouse.com/phrasebooks
https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/
https://xefjord.wixsite.com/xefscompletelangs

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