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Emailed on: Tuesday July 25, 2006

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Traveling to a foreign country can be confusing, especially when all you're capable of saying is "Hello" and "What time is it?" Since you're no Lonely Planet-reading nipple bag, use these phrases in three popular languages to convey the most fundamental of ideas.

"What beers do you have on tap?"

Spanish: Cuales son las cervezas de caña de la casa?

French: Qu'est-ce que vous servez en pression?

Chinese: Ni men yo nah sie pee-jo?

"I want to set something on fire."

SP: Quiero prenderle fuego a algo.

FR: J'ai envie de tout bruler.

CH: Wo shiang yao shao diang dong si.

"Where can I buy a motorcycle?"

SP: Donde puedo comprarme una moto?

FR: Ou est-ce que je peux acheter une moto?

CH: Nah li yo mai mo tuo che?

"She said she was 18!"

SP: Dijo que tenia 18 años!

FR: Elle m'a dit qu'elle avait dix-huit ans!

CH: Ta suoo ta shrr-bah sway!

"This doesn't taste like Belvedere."

SP: Esto no sabe a Belvedere.

FR: Ca ne ressemble pas a Belvedere.

CH: Zhe ge heh chi lai hao shiang bu shi Belvedere.

"I will kick your ass."

SP: Te dare una paliza.(OR Te hare anicos, Te dejare hecho polvo, Te destrozare.)

FR: Je vais te botter le cul.

CH: Wo hway ti ni de pi ku.

"Medium rare, but more towards rare."

SP:Medio hecha, pero tirando mas a cruda que a hecha!

FR: Entre a point et saignant mais plutot saignant qu'a point.

CH: Bu yao tai shou, bi jiao shen.

"Who wants to do a shot?"

SP: Quien quiere un chupito?

FR: On boit cul-sec?

CH: Shei shiang yao heh?

"Someone has thrown up in your bathroom."

SP: Alguien ha vomitado en su baño.

FR: Quelqu'un a gerbé dans tes chiottes.

CH: You ren zai ni che suo tu.

"She'd be hot if she lost 10lbs."

SP: Estaria buenisima si perdiese 5 kilos.

FR:

CH: Yao shr ta so le shrr bang, ta hway gun sing gan.

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