A collection of useful phrases suitable for a variety of situations in many different languages with sound files for quite a few of them.
Index by phrase | Index by language | Index by language family
Greetings and small talk
Welcome | Hello | Good morning | Good afternoon | Good evening | Good night | How are you? | Long time no see | Please | Thank you | Excuse me | Sorry | Goodbye | Bon voyage |Getting to know people
Pleased to meet you | What's your name? | Where are you from? |Language difficulties
I (don't) understand | Please say that again | Please speak more slowly | Please write it down | Do you speak English? | Do you speak ...? | Speak to me in ... | How do you say ...? | I don't know |Difficult situations
Go away! | Leave me alone! | Help! Fire! Stop! | Call the police! |Special occasions
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year | Happy Easter | Happy Birthday |Other phrases
Good luck | Cheers! | Bon appetit | Would you like to dance? | How much is this? | Have a nice day | Where's the toilet? | Get well soon | I love you | I miss you |'Useful' fun phrases
My hovercraft is full of eels | One language is never enough | Stop the world, I want to get off! | This gentleman/lady will pay for everything | Say cheese! |Time expressions
Telling the time | Days of the week | Months of the year | Seasons |Idioms
It's all Greek to me | It's raining cats and dogs | As easy as falling off a log | A sandwich short of a picnic | When pigs fly | Out of sight, out of mind | It's a small worldIdioms in: Czech | French | Russian | Slovak
Tongue twisters
Proverbs and sayings
Proverbs in: Estonian | Indonesian | Kazakh | Manx | Language-related proverbs |Signs
Entrance / Exit | No smoking | Open / Closed | Toilet signs (Gents / Ladies) |Index by phrase | Index by language | Index by language family
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People who have contributed to this site
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Links
Other collections of phrases in various languageshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/
http://www.smartphrase.com
http://www.single-serving.com
http://www.travelphrases.info/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Phrasebook
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/
http://www.loecsen.com
http://www.linguanaut.com
http://www.languageshome.com
http://www.lingo24.com/useful-phrases.html
http://worldphrasebook.net
http://instantphrases.com
http://www.languagehelpers.com/
http://www.travelphrases.info/
http://famdliflc.lingnet.org/downloads.aspx
http://www.50languages.com
http://languages.lcweblink.info
http://www.linguahouse.com/phrasebooks
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