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. - a parking place : a layby (a parking place along - Is the lift free : for free ?

Phrases

• Hello
• Excuse me...
• (simply) Paris ? or : Are you going towards Paris ? ...
• Could I get a lift to …? (a lift = "a ride" in U.S. English)
  • a petrol station
  • a service area
  • a lay-by / rest area
  • along the highway
  • Roundabout
  • The junction
  • The T-junction
  • The crossroads
  • On the ring road
  • just before
  • just after
  • across the road
• For free? | I can’t pay.
• Do you speak …? | any other languages
• please .. speak slower?
• I don't understand
• I don't know
• Yes | No | Maybe | No thanks
• That's great | perfect | bad | no problem | OK | cool
• I'm not in a hurry
• 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 … | I'm in my … year. | I am studying to be a …
• I'm on holiday.
• I'm visiting friends in …
• I'm hitchhiking around …
• I will stay for … days/weeks
• I'm going back to …
• Can you drop me off here?
• I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend.
• I'm married.
• I have already texted my father.
• Don’t touch me!
• Let me out!
• Pull over I'm going to puke!
• It's my period
• Stop!
• Help!
• Thank you!
• Cheers !
• Have a nice day/trip!
• Where can I find …?
  • in the city centre
  • near the tourist office
  • a map
  • a toilet
  • a supermarket
  • the fruit market
  • a pharmacy
  • a camp-site
  • an internet cafe
  • a cash-machine
  • A public Wi-Fi signal
  • a bank
  • a metro-station
  • a bus-station
  • a train-station
  • the highway to …
  • the toll road to
  • the small road to
  • a good hitchhiking spot
• A smoke
• Drink
  • Water
  • (Herbal) tea
  • Hot chocolate
  • Coffee
  • Juice
  • Beer
  • (Red, white) wine
• Cheers!
• Diner
• Eat
  • Bread
  • Fruit
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • I don’t eat meat
  • A cheap restaurant
• Enjoy your meal!
• Dumpster diving
• I'm hungry
• I'm thirsty
• I'm tired
• I'm fine
• I'm cold
• I'm hot
• I'm sick
• Hour | Day | Week | Month
• Kilometre
• Left | right
• Straight on
• Before | After
• This | Next | Last
• Often | Never | Sometimes | Rarely (hardly ever)
• 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
  • Hundred
  • Thousand
• Free hugs

US English

• lift = ride
• lay-by = turnout / pullout
• petrol station = gas station
  • Roundabout / traffic circle