Feature photo by skino. Photo above by rtarga
Dancing is elemental, and a sure way to reach across barriers of culture and language. Impress the muchachas in South America or the Greek goddesses in Santorini by asking them to dance in their native language.
Here are 50 different languages to get you going.
| Language | Phrase | Phonetic Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sal jy met my dans, assblief? | Sal yee met my dans asse-bleef |
| Albanian | A doni të vallzoni? | Ah don-ee the val-zonee |
| Arabic | Haiya narcos? | Hi-ya nar-cos |
| Armenian | Guh bares eendzee hed? | Guh bar-es e-end-zee hed |
| Bosnian | Hoces li plesati? | Ho-chesh lee pleh-sat-tee |
| Bulgarian | Iskate lid a tancuvame? | Is-ka-ta lee da tan-sov-may |
| Catalan | Vols ballar amb mi? | Volls ball-ar amb me |
| Chamorro | Malagu hao bumaila yan guahu? | Mala-goo how bum-all-e-ah yan gow-who |
| Chinese (Mandarian) | Ni Xiango taio wu ma? | Nee shee-ahng tee woo mah |
| Croatian | Bi li htio plesati sa mnom | Bee lee ha-tee-o pleh-sat-tee saw mnom |
| Czech | Smím prosit? | Smeem pro-say |
| Danish | Vil du danse med mig? | Vil do dan-say med mig |
| Dutch | Wil je met me dansen? | Will ye met mai dan-sen |
| Estonian | Kas te soovite tantside? | Kas tee sue-vite tant-side |
| Filipino | Halika sayaw tayo? | Ha-lee-ka say-awe tay-o |
| Finnish | Haluaisitko tanssia kanssani? | Hal-ua- tans-sia kan-sanee |
| French | Voulez vous danser? | Voo-lay voo dan-sah |
| Georgian | Ginda vicekvot? | Gin-da vi-cek-vot |
| German | Möchtest du mit mir tanzen? | Moch-test do mitt mir tan-zen |
| Greek | Thélis na horépsis mazí mou? | Thee-lis naw horep-shay ma-zay moo |
| Hebrew | Ha’im tirtsi lircod iti? | Ha-eem teart-see lear-cod it-ee |
| Hindi | Aap naachna chahenge? | Ap naw-ch-na cha-hen-ge |
| Hebrew | ihun uteh nihaiu stihein ana | i-un uttuh ni-haiu sti-hin ana |
| Hungarian | Szeretnél táncolni velem | Szer-ret-neal taan-col-nee vel-em |
| Icelandic | Viltu dansa við mig? | Vil-tu dan-saw vee-o mig |
| Indonesian | Bersediakah Anda berdansa dengan saya? | Ber-sed-ia-kah an-da ber-dan-sa den-gen say-ah |
| Irish (Gaelic) | An bhfuil tú damhsa liom? | Ahn buf-ool to daam-sa lee-om |
| Italian | Voule ballare? | Vou-lay ball-are-ee |
| Japanese | Odorimasho? | Oh-doh-ree-mah-show |
| Latvian | Vai jūs vēlaties dejot? | Vy joos vel-laaties de-jot |
| Lithuanian | Ar pašoksi su manini? | Are paas-oaks-ee sue man-een-nee |
| Luxembourgish | Wëlls de mat mir danzen? | Vells day maat mir dan-zen |
| Macedonian | Bi sakala li da tantsuvash so mene? | Be sak-a-la lee da tants-su-vaash so mena |
| Malay | Mahukah saudari menari dengan saya? | Mah-hu-ka sue-dari men-ari den-gen saya |
| Norwegian | Skal vi danse? | Skaal vee dan-say |
| Polish | Czy moge z pania zatańczyć? | Tsch mo-gau zee paan-yah za-tan-tsch |
| Portuguese | Você quer dançar? | Vo-see key-er dan-sar |
| Romanian | Vrai să dansezi? | Vrye suh dan-sez-e |
| Russian | Hochesh tantcivat? | Ho-che-sh ta-nt-ce-vaht |
| Scots | Woods ye loch tae jink wi’ me? | Woods ya lock tay jink we me |
| Serbian | Mogu li imati ovu igru? | Moo-goo lee im-ati oo-vu ig-ru |
| Slovak | Smiem prosiť? | Smeem pro-say |
| Slovenian | Bi radi plesali z mano? | Be rad-ee pleh-sal-ee z maan-o |
| Spanish | Quieres bailar? | Key-er-es by-lar |
| Swahili | Tcheze ngoma? | Tche-zee no-ma |
| Swedish | Vill du dansa med mig? | Vill du dan-sa med mig |
| Thai | Yàhk dtên rum mái? | Yahk dten rum my |
| Turkish | Benimle dans eder misiniz? | Ben-em-lee dans ed-er miss-in-ez |
| Ukrainian | Chočeš zi mnoiu potantsjuvaty? | Cho-says zee men po-tants-ju-vat-ee | Uzbek | Men bilan raqsga tushmaysizmi? | Men bil-ahn racks-ga tush-my-siz-me | Yiddish | Volstu gevolt tantsn mit mir? | Vols-tu ga-volt tant-sen mitt mir | Zulu | Uthanda ukudansa nami? | U-than-dah u-ku-dan-sa na-me |
Photo by zone41
The next time you land on foreign soil, mingle with the locals and learn some new moves.
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