Are you tried of taking foreign language course only to learn how to say, “The monkey is in the tree.” And “There is mouse under the table”? Then what’s worst, is carrying around a monkey, tree, table, and mouse with you as you travel so you can use what you learned on your trip!
Well, here is a chance to tell us what are the key phases that you feel are best to learn when you travel to a country.
Note, “Please” “Thank you” “yes” “no” “Left” and “Right” are all givens. This is for complete phases only, not just words.
In the military, we used to joke about who could say, “Don’t shoot, I know secrets” in more languages.
The first phase I learned in German was, “Ist deine Tochter achtzehn?” (Is your daughter eighteen?)
Ok, now good phases to know…(some were learned the hard way!)
You look great tonight, my place or yours?
Bartender, another beer for me and one for my friend on the floor!
I swear I thought this was the bathroom!
(If you are traveling with your wife,) “Did you lose weight?”
How much for the donkey show! (Mostly you need this in Spanish)
Which way to the…
Airport
Police Station
Hotel
Red light district
STD Clinic
I have no idea how that dead hooker got in my room with 3 kilos of coke!
And of course…
I want to dive a Nitrox tank, to a wreck two Nautical miles offshore at a depth of 90 feet. Then a second dive at a reef at about 60 feet on steel doubles.
