Irish Gaelic Language Learning
Irish Gaelic Language Learning
How to Say: Where is the Toilet? ... in Many Languages
I think the first three phrases you should learn in any language are: "thank you" "I love you" and "where is the toilet?" !
In our other articles we've addressed the first two translations, now let's look at how to say "where's the john" across the globe!
Afrikaans Waar is die toilet? / Waa issie toilet?
Albanian Ku është banjoja?
Arabic (Modern Standard) (ain al-?ammaam?)
Arabic (Egyptian) (fayn il tawaleet?) ?
Arabic (Kuwaiti) (wään il-hhammám?)
where is the place of relaxing? = (wään bäät ir-ráhha?)
Arabic (Moroccan) (f?n kein lb?t lma?) ?
Albanian Ku është banjoja?
Alsatian Wo isch 's Kabinee?
Asturian Ül bañu?
Azerbaijani Ayaq yolu haradad? Tualet haradad?r?
Basque Non dago komuna?
Belarusian ? (Dze tualet?)
(Padkazhyce, kali laska, dze tut prybiralnia?)
Breton Pelec'h emañ ar privezioù?
Bulgarian ? (Kade e toaletnata?)
Catalan On és la cambra de bany?
Chinese (Cantonese) ? chisó hai b?ndouh a?
sáisáug?an hai bndouh a?
Chinese (Mandarin) ? cèsu? zài
x?sh?uji?n zài n?li?
Chinese (Shanghainese) ? (daseucae lélá ghalitá?)
Cornish Ple'ma an bysva?
Croatian Gdje je zahod?
Czech Kde je prosím záchod?
Dalecarlian Hvar ir skalhúsað?
Danish Hvor er toilettet?
Dutch Waar is de WC? Waar is het toilet?
English Where's the toilet / lavatory / bathroom / restroom /
powder room / gents/ladies?
Where's the loo / bog / dunny / little boys'/girls' room? (informal/slangy)
Old English Hwæ?r is þæt gangsetl? (Hwær is þæt gangsetl?)
Esperanto Kie estas la necesejo / la banejo?
Estonian Kus on tualett?
Flemish Waor is 't gemak?
Fijian E vei na vale-lailai?
Finnish Missä on vessa?
French Où sont les toilettes ?
Frisian (North) Weer as et hüüschen?
Frisian (North - Amrum dialect) Huar as at sekreet?
Frisian (West) Wêr is it húske?
Friulian Dulà isal il bagn?
Gaelic (Irish) Cá bfhuil an leithreas?
Gaelic (Manx) C'raad ta'n thie-veg / premmee-deiney/mraane / shamyr-oonlee?
Gaelic (Scottish) Càite bheil an taigh beag?
Galician ¿Onde está o baño?
German Wo ist die Toilette?
German (Swiss) Wo isch d'Tualettä?
Greek (Poú íne i toualétes?)
Haitian Creole Kote twalèt la?
Hausa I na makewayi ya ke?
Hawai'ian Aia i hea ka lua?
Hebrew (Eifo ha'sheirutim?) ? ?
Hindi ? (T?yalet kahan hai?)
Hungarian Hol van a mosdó?
Icelandic Hvar er klósettið?
Ilocano Ayanna ti banio?
Indonesian Di manakah kamar kecil?
Italian Dov'è la toilette? Dov'è il bagno?
Italian (Romanesco) 'Ndo sta er cacatóre?
Jèrriais Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson ès hoummes (m) /
fenmes (f)?
Où'est qu'est la p'tite maîson / la tchiêrêsse / la chiotte
Japanese ? (benjo wa doko desu ka)
? (toire wa doko desu ka)
Jutish (West) Hvor er æ toilett?
Jutish (North) Hwo er æ toilett?
Kazakh ? (Äjetxana qayda?)
? (Däretxana qayda?)
Khmer ? (ter bantub tek nov ti na?)
Korean ?? (hwajangsiri eodiyeyo)
Klingon nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
Kurdish Awdes le kwêye?
Latin Ubi sunt latrinae? Ubi sunt loca secreta?
Ubi est conclave necessarium?
Latvian Kur ir tualete?
Limburgish Woe is 't prevaathoes / 't twalèt?
Lithuanian Kur yra tualetas?
Luxembourgish Wou as Toilette?
Low Saxon Woneem is de Toilett?
Macedonian ?? (Kade e toaletot?)
Malay Di mana tandas?
Malayalam (Kulimuri evitey nu?)
Maltese Fejn it-tojlit?
Marshallese Ewi em jirikrik in?
Mongolian
(Biye zasakh gazar khaana baidag ve?)
Ndebele Iphi indlwana yokuzithuma?
Norwegian Hvor er toalettet? (Bokmål) Kvar er toalettet? (Nynorsk)
Occitan Ont son los comuns?
Persian (tualet kojast?) ??
Plautdietsch Wua es dee Sse'kjreet?
Polish Gdzie jest toaleta?
Portuguese Onde é a casa de banho (Portugal) / o banheiro?
Onde são as casas de banho? (Portugal)
Onde fica o banheiro?
Onde há um banheiro (por aqui)?
Onde eu encontro/acho um banheiro (por aqui)?
Quechua Maipi kaskai tuyuna?
Romanian Unde este toaleta?
Russian ?? (Gde tualet?)
Scots Whaur's the toilet / lavvy / cludgie?
Serbian ??
(Gde je toalet / kupatilo / zahod?)
Sesotho Batekamore e kae?
Slovak Kde je záchod?
Slovenian Kje imate straniš?e?
Spanish ¿Dónde están los aseos
¿Dónde están los sanitarios?
¿Dónde está el baño?
¿Dónde está el cuarto de baño?
Stellingwarfs Waor is't huusien?
Swahili Choo kiko wapi?
Swati Iphi indlu lencane?
Swedish Var är toaletten?
Tagalog Nasaan ang kasilyas / banyo / CR? (comfort room)
Tamil ??
Thai (hôrng náhm yòo têe n?i?)
Tok Pisin Smolhaus i stap we?
Tsez (?ažatxan ri??ix?)
Tswana Ntlwana ya boitiketso e kae?
Turkish Tuvalet nerede?
Ukrainian (De tualyet?)
Urdu (bayt-ul-khala khana kahan hay?) ?
Uzbek Hojathona qay yerda?
Vietnamese C?u tiêu ? ?âu?
Volapük Kiöpo binom tvalet?
Võro Kon om peldik?
Welsh Ble mae'r toiled / lle chwech (place six) / t? bach (small house)?
Xhosa Liphi igumbi langasese?
Xitsonga Xana xi kumeka kwihi xihambukelo?
Yiddish (Vu iz der tualett?) ?
Zulu Likuphi itholethe?
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