Excuse me miss, there's a duck on your head. Veistu um bílalúgu þar sem ég get keypt svið og jarðepplamauk? Do you know about a drive-through where I can buy a take-out sheep’s head and mashed potatoes? Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes) | Miért nevet - annyira rosszul beszélek magyarul? Why are you laughing - is my Hungarian that bad? (aberweze shley lo whati lachol athachm) My duck does not want to eat you. (hakhatul ohev g'vina) The cat likes cheese. (habananah shley bachis) My banana is in the pocket. (hagever v'hakhatul shlo rokdim) The man and his cat dance. Āpko kitnā āṭā cāhie? How much flour do you want? You must be very proud of your large hat. Ha'aheo no paha 'oe i kena papale kupalaka, pehea la. Ḵ’algáayst uu hl istgán I got it from the swamp (O drakos epimenei na thysiásoun mia kopela allios tha kapsei to chorio.) The dragon insists we sacrifice a maiden otherwise he will burn the village to the ground. (Abrōs khoreusousin ai gunaikes peri to dendron.) The women will dance delicately round the tree. I am sorry I have to leave you, but I must buy a hat. Je suis desolé de vous quitter, mais je dois acheter un chapeau. If the road by which they have come is bad I shall ask these peasants who are coming towards us, Si le chemin par où ils ont passé est mauvais. Je vais demander à ces paysans qui viennent au-devant de nous, eihän se vaa ollu' sun ajokoira? I'm awfully sorry. Käyhän että tuon kannettavani saunaan? Is it OK if I bring my laptop in the sauna? Numbers: Revived Cornish, Middle Cornish | There's a pen inside the book.Įus jynn-skrifa war an desk? Is there a typewriter on the desk?Īn byskadoryon yw parys lemmyn. (fǎndòngpài zǒng yǐwéi zìjǐ liǎobùqǐ, qíshí bùguò shì zhǐlǎohǔ) The reactionaries always think they are terrific,Īn teeack reeg derevall kea. (svgi inageehi giniyaluga) Let's go hunt for some wild onions. (hilaiyv gvnisgo guwaya) When do huckleberries get ripe? Sot oc'h gant ar bino`? Are you fond of bagpipes? (Kali laska, pakladzice mne pabolej bul'by.) More potatoes, please. (Kudy z'nikli use maje hrošy?) Where did all my money disappear to? Part of a comedy routine, or for some surreal conversations.

Maybe you could use them as ice breakers, chat-up lines, as Might be quite challenging, but you'll probably have fun trying. Some of them are intended to illustrate particular grammatical These phrases come mainly from phrasebooks and language courses. Otherwise, we’ll just assume you’re here for the lulz (but maybe be careful with that one too).Assorted 'useful' (silly) foreign phrases If you’re reading this, it’s presumably because you’re an English speaker and you don’t want to make an embarrassing faux pas in another country. They exist in all kinds of language combinations, and for what it’s worth, there are plenty of foreign-language words that sound dirty in English.

This linguistic phenomenon, which Gizmodo’s Esther Inglis-Arkell dubbed sordophones (literally “dirty-sounding words”), often arise when a totally boring and mundane term in one language sounds a little too much like a bad word in another language. With roughly 7,000 spoken languages existing side by side (and also mingling and influencing each other on a constant basis), there are bound to be some mix-ups - some hilarity ensuing, if you will - some “Damn, did he just say what I thought he said?” You might enjoy living dangerously and risking it all while you’re abroad, but you’ll probably at least enjoy learning about some of the most common English words that are offensive in other languages. Linguistically speaking, we live in a complex world.

Funny words in other languages