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Hi everyone ☺️, we are going on our 1st 80+ european road trip . Thing is we are really not so good with languages 😱. So the question is how do you people get by , we are hoping to do France, Spain, Portugal. Trying to learn a few hello,s please thank you,s so any tip,s most welcome.































































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Usually, in Spain, putting an extra “O” on the end if your request gets through.
As in:
“Youo getto meo uno coco colao por favouro”.
And then if that doesnt work first time, try again SLOWER and LOUDER.
Works for me 😂😂😂😂…….



I am Joking.
You will be absolutely fine with a wide smile, nod of acknowledgement and a thank you.
They are all quite civilised you know . 😂
 
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Will the OP, please stop wasting so much paper!
Thank You.
PS: Google translate is your friend.(y)
LES

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Bonjour!

Je voudrais une baguette , et deux croissants
Bonjour (that must be said for every person you ask something to) Quelle direction pour récupérer l'autoroute s'il vous plait ?
Bonjour, connaissez vous un garage Citroen (Peugeot, Renault, Mercedes, Fiat) S'il vous plait?
At the restaurant: Bonjour avez vous de la place pour deux personnes s'il vous plait?
Avez vous réservé?oui/non
Pouvez vous revenir à 20h ?
Oui bien sûr (Or , non, j'ai très faim/ je dois prendre des médicaments)

At the campsite : Bonjour , avez vous un emplacement camping car s'il vous plait?
Avec ou sans electricité?

Je préfère avec, mais sinon tanpis je prends sans.
 
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Bonjour!

Je voudrais une baguette , et deux croissants
Bonjour (that must be said for every person you ask something to) Quelle direction pour récupérer l'autoroute s'il vous plait ?
Bonjour, connaissez vous un garage Citroen (Peugeot, Renault, Mercedes, Fiat) S'il vous plait?
At the restaurant: Bonjour avez vous de la place pour deux personnes s'il vous plait?
Avez vous réservé? oui/non
Pouvez vous revenir à 20h ?
Oui bien sûr (Or , non, j'ai très faim/ je dois prendre des médicaments)

At the campsite : Bonjour , avez vous un emplacement camping car s'il vous plait?
Avec ou sans electricité?
Je préfère avec, mais sinon tanpis je prends sans.
Same in purple lol
 
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We have bought a pair of Timekettle instant translation ear buds.

 
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Usually, in Spain, putting an extra “O” on the end if your request gets through.
As in:
“Youo getto meo uno coco colao por favouro”.
And then if that doesnt work first time, try again SLOWER and LOUDER.
Works for me 😂😂😂😂…….



I am Joking.
You will be absolutely fine with a wide smile, nod of acknowledgement and a thank you.
They are all quite civilised you know . 😂
Yes you forgot the bit where you wave your arms around (y)
 
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Je préfère avec, mais sinon tanpis je prends sans.
Far be it for me say so as it may be a colloquialism, but shouldn't that be tant pis ?

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Just learn the very basic ones:
Portugal. Bom dia ( drop the m a bit,it sounds more like Bon)
Boa tarde
Boa noite
Obrigard. ( covers obrigado and obrigada,masculine and feminine)
Por favour
Quanto custa ( how much )
Numbers up to ten.
Most words with an s,it becomes sh.
Onde é. (where is)
etcetera!!!!
 
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Hi everyone ☺️, we are going on our 1st 80+ european road trip . Thing is we are really not so good with languages 😱. So the question is how do you people get by , we are hoping to do France, Spain, Portugal. Trying to learn a few hello,s please thank you,s so any tip,s most welcome.































































Hola everyone 🤗 so we have retired and going on our lst european road trip 80 day,s +


























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What I mean is, hand signals. Bonjour, Merci and Pardonnez are the basics and the rest is simples. Bon Chance
 
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One thing being able to ask a question, it's another thing understanding the reply.
I could cobble together a few sentences in German......could never understand the reply.
Usually spoken too fast to follow.

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It's quite obvious that you have never tried or used Timekettle WT2 Edge ear buds then. (y)

Well to be honest I would have never thought of even finding out what they do, with a name like that.

What does 'Timekettle' convey to the man in the street? A kettle that turns itself off after 4 minutes?
 
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What does 'Timekettle' convey to the man in the street?

There you go, I have done the Google search for Timekettle WT2 Edge for you. (y) ;)

 
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It's quite obvious that you have never tried or used Timekettle WT2 Edge ear buds then. (y)
I wasn't refering to the babel fish internet tool, i was refering to an actual babel fish.
 
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Everyone understands Hi and the universal please 🙏🏻 and thank you 🙏🏻 and a smile 😊

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Far be it for me say so as it may be a colloquialism, but shouldn't that be tant pis ?
Yes it should . When I was a child there were 2 ways to spell it. I can't make my mind up and write it the now only accepted way...Old age! :giggler:
 
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I have survival Italian, English and French and can probably order a beer in German.

There is a downside to speaking to locals in their lingo. I was in Milano at the city Motorhome park (good for a day, but I wouldn't necessarily want to spend the night). I went up to the offices at the front and tried to book in. After my opening move, the guy's face turned to a scowl and he became monosyllabic. I stumbled on and his frown turned to puzzlement. I thought he had no idea what I was saying, when he suddenly stopped me with "Are you English?" I replied yes. His face lightened into a warm grin. "Oh that explains it." he said in perfect English. "Do you know you have a very strong Neopolitan accent?"

So yeah, not only parlo di Italiano molto bene, I do regional accents!

Anyway, agree with everyone else. Half a dozen polite phrases in the local language is enough for you to have a great time. The minor annoyances are :

1) When you get what you want to say in your head, but when you open your gob to speak, you hear "Hallo, what can I get you?" in idiomatic English.
2) When you say something to a local and they are so impressed with your pronunciation. that they assume you are local and reply to you too fast for you to understand it - well it happens to me anyway ::bigsmile: ::bigsmile: ::bigsmile:
 
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One thing being able to ask a question, it's another thing understanding the reply.
I could cobble together a few sentences in German......could never understand the reply.
Usually spoken too fast to follow.
Welcome to my world and add in the Bavarian dialect/language on top......
 
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If all else fails you can mime, I had to mime a train to get directions to the station in Italy, it worked out well.
 
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