Get to Know the Language Learner's List Before You Travel

As a traveler, before you visit to any place, you have to learn some words or phrases of the foreign language to break the language barrier between you and the native people of that place. These words will help you interact with them easily and also it helps you to impress old and new found friends. The way you are showing interest to speak or learning their language in their place makes them feel happy because they will think that you respect their culture.

However, if you speak some words in their native language, it will be helpful to make introductions /formalities between you and them. If you go to any place some words are common to say in introduction or when leaving from the vacation. You learn those common words in their language to make your trip easy and enjoyable, otherwise they can not know what you are asking and you too can not know what they are saying.

If you learn the following expressions in the other language, the country you are going to, it would be helpful to you while traveling:

• Hello and good bye,
• Yes, no and maybe.
• Please and thank you.
• I don’t understand.
• Please speak more slowly.
• Could you please repeat that?
• What's your name?
• My name is . . . .
• I am learning . . . . Can you help me?
• Where is . . . the bathroom, restaurant, museum, hotel, shopping mall, beach?
• How do you say this?
• How much is this?
• Learn to count from 1 – 100
• Can I ask you a question?
• I am from . . . .
• …....is very beautiful.
• Can you help me practice [target language]?
• Please, talk with me in [target language] only .
• Can you please write it down?
• What does this work mean?
• I am hungry.
• I am thirsty.
• I am cold.
• I am feeling sick.
• How do you use this word?
• Did I say it correctly?
• I don’t know very much [target language] YET.
• What time is it?
• This food is amazing!
• I need to go now.
• Would you please correct my writing?
• Today, yesterday and tomorrow.
• Can you give me an example?
• Please wait a moment.
• Days of the week.
• How do I get to ….?
• Learn how to order food at a restaurant.
• Learn to give directions to a taxi driver.
• Learn how to check into a hotel.
• Learn how to make simple present, past and future tense sentences with: go, come, bring, take, buy, eat, sleep, see, talk and walk.
• Learn how to express basic needs.
• Do you have wireless Internet?
• Where do locals go for fun?
• What is the best local . . . food, dessert, beer, wine, cheese, fruit?
• Learn how to get off the bus.
• I have an emergency. Please call for help.
• When we meet again, I will speak like a native!.