How To Ask “Where Is The Toilet” In Different Languages
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What is it about the
toilet
or the bathroom or the restroom or the loo that gets everyone so
interested? Is it because there are these extra lighting and
fabulous mirrors ready for you to snap those needed pictures? Or
is it because this space is where you can hold your private
concerts
any time of day? Or is it because anywhere you go, there is
always going to be a unique bathroom of some sort? Like if you
go to the airport, you can find bathroom stalls every one
hundred one steps or something. And if you go to a restaurant,
you can easily find the restroom somewhere in the corner. If you
go to a library, you can always find a private loo here and
there. In a way, you can say that toilets are everywhere. As
they should be because we do need them for many reasons like
texting
or
calling
or getting away.
So, wherever you go, just know that you can always find a
bathroom near you. And in this bathroom, you can do anything you
want and like just as long as you wash your hands with soap and
water for about 20 seconds or at least one happy-birthday-song
sing-along. Now, the only
question
left is: do you know how to ask for the toilet in different
languages?
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- American English: Where is the bathroom? (where is the bathroom)
- British English: Where is the loo? (where is the loo)
- Spanish: ¿Dónde están los baños? (don-deh estan los ban-yos)
- French: Où sont les toilettes? (oo son les twah-let)
- German: Wo ist die Toilette? (voh ist di toh-let-tuh)
- Korean: 화장실 어디 있어요? (hwajangsil eodi iss-eoyo)
- Japanese: トイレはどこですか? (toire wa dokodesu ka)
- Indonesian: Permisi, dimanakamar kecilnya? (permisi dimanakamar keh-chil-nya)
- Swedish: Var är toaletten? (var air twa-let-ten)
- Dutch: Waar is de wv? (var is da vay-say)
- Brazilian Portuguese: Onde é o banheiro? (on-jeh eh o ban-yey-roo)
- Italian: Dov’è la toilette? (doh-veh la twa-let)
- Mandarin Chinese: 哪里有洗手间? (nǎ lǐ yǒu xǐshǒujiān)
- Norwegian: Hvor er toalettet? (voor ar twa-let-tuh)
- Polish: Gdzie jest toaleta? (gidzheh yest toh-ah-let-tah)
- Finish: Missä on vessa? (mis-sah on ves-sah)
- Turkish: Tuvalet nerede? (too-va-let neredeh)
- Tagalog: Nasaan ang CR? (na-sa-an ang see-ar)
- Greek: Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?)