Hitchwiki:Phrasebook

This is a working page for Hitchwiki's Phrasebook. Mikael is making simple mobile version of phrasebook and it's good time to revisit original english phrases.

• Current status: modifying original texts 16.7.2013

Add/edit texts here and comment at discussion page. Texts should be in UK english.

Phrases

• Hello
• Excuse me...
• Do you possibly drive in the direction of …?
• Could I get a lift to …?
  • a gas station
  • a service area
  • a parking place
  • along the highway
• Is the lift free? | I can’t pay.
• Do you speak …? | any other languages
• Could you speak slower, please?
• I don't understand
• I don't know
• Yes | No | Maybe | No thanks
• That’s great | perfect | bad | no problem
• I'm going to … | Where are you going to?
• My name is … | What's your name?
• I’m from … | Where are you from?
• I’m … years old. | How old are you?
• I study … | My subjects are … | I’m in my … year. | I will become a …
• I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend.
• I'm married.
• I’m on holiday.
• I visit friends in …
• I'm hitchhiking around …
• I will stay for …
• I’m going back …
• Can you drop me off here?
• Don’t touch me!
• Let me out!
• Stop!
• Help!
• Thank you!
• Have a nice day/trip!
• Where can I find …?
  • the city centre
  • a map
  • a toilet
  • a supermarket
  • a pharmacy
  • a campsite
  • an internetcafe
  • a cashmachine
  • a bank
  • a metrostation
  • a busstation
  • a trainstation
  • the highway to …
  • a good hitchhiking spot
• water
• (herbal) tea
• hot chocolate
• coffee
• juice
• beer
• (red, white) wine
• vegetarian
• diner
• bread
• fruits
• a cheap restaurant
• Cheers!
• Enjoy your meal!
• I’m hungry
• I don’t eat meat
• thirsty
• fine
• cold
• hot
• sick
• hour | day | week | month
• kilometre
• left | right
• straight on
• before | after
• this | next | last
• often | seldom | never
• long | short
• up | down
• over | under
• How far is it (on foot)?
• Where are we?
• How much does it cost?
• What time is it?
• I’m looking for a place to sleep.
• Where can we buy a ticket?
• Who? | What? | Where? | Why? | When?
• How? | How much? | How long? | Which?
• north | east | south | west
• yesterday | today | tomorrow
• zero
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
  • five
  • six
  • seven
  • eight
  • nine
  • ten
  • eleven
  • twelve
  • thirteen
  • fourteen
  • fifteen
  • sixteen
  • seventeen
  • eighteen
  • nineteen
  • twenty
  • twenty-one
  • thirty
• Free hugs