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
• Dumpster diving
• 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.
• Tent
• 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