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How to Say “One More Beer, Please” in 50 Different Languages

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From the most widely spoken language in the world (Mandarin, Chinese), to the little-known Galego spoken in Galicia, Spain, the following list covers how to say “one more beer please” in 50 different languages.

Try your hand at finding the most sensual-sounding language; this will come in handy when you’re chatting up that gorgeous local! Personally, Latin does it for me.

UPDATE: When this list was first published, readers pointed out enough bad grammar and translation mistakes to keep the State Department busy for a week. Thanks everyone, for chipping in and helping us refine this list! We won’t rest until it’s right, so keep the comments coming.

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The Matador Team

Language Spelling Phonetic Pronunciation
Afrikaans een bier asseblief een beer assehbleef
Albanian një më birrë kënaq ne me bi-re kenuk
Arabic Ahad jadid bira min fadlik Adad jadid bira min fadleck
Asturian ún bias setbeso pias oon bi-es setbes-so pi-as
Bavarian oans bia gäh san s so guad o-ans bi-a gah san s-so guad
Bosnian neki ve’ce pivo molim necke ve-ce piv-o molim
Brazilian Portuguese mais um cerveja por favor ma-is um cerv-eja per favour
Catalan un més cervesa plau un me-es cervasa pla-u
Chamorro unu me setbesa una me setbas-a
Chinese yī gèng pí qí yi geng pee quee
Croatian neki više pivo ugoditi nekia vis-e pivo ugoditi
Czech jeden více pivo být příjemný keden vice pivo bit pre-jem-ni
Danish nok en bajer behage nok en bajar be-hage
Dutch Eén Bier alsjeblieft! een beer allshebleeft
English One more beer please another beer (scooner, pint) please mate
Estonian üks aeglasemalt ooks eg-lasem-alt
Filipino isa laling marami serbesa masiyahan isa laling mara-me ser-basa masy-ahan
Finnish Vielä yksi olut Viela yksi olut
French Une autre biere s’il-vous-plait Oon o - tra bee yehr see voo play
Galego Un Máis Cervexa oon maiz cerva-xa
German Noch ein Bier, bitte noch ein beer, bitte
Greek boro na echo ena beera separakalo boro na echo en-a beer-a sapa-rakalo
Hebrew ihun uteh nihaiu stihein ana i-un uttuh ni-haiu sti-hin ana
Hindi eka adhika biyara chahana eka ad-hicka biara cha-anna
Hungarian kerek szepen megegy sort ker-ak serpan meggy sort
Icelandic einn fleiri bjór þóknast inn fl-erri jorr pok-nastt
Indonesian Satu lagi Bir Makasih satoo lagi beer mack-asi
Italian Una nuova birra per favore -oona noo-ovah birrah pehr fahv-oh-ray
Japanese mou hitotsu no beeru onegai shimass mou hit-o-su no bee-ruh ohn-ehgai shim-uss
Latin unus magis beer commodo unas magis beer comm-odo
Latin American Spanish una cerveza más, por favor una cerveza mas, por favor
Lithuanian vienas daugiau alus dėkui vi-enas da-gi-u aloos de-ku
Malay satu lagi senang satu le-gi se-nang
Mongolian dahiaad neg shar airag dah-iad neg shar ar-ag
Norwegian nok en øl nok en ol
Polish po proszę jeszcze jeden piwo po proh-sheh yesh-teh ye-den pee-vo
Portuguese Mais uma cerveja, por favor Mais uma cerveja, por favor
Romanian Încă o bere, vă rog” “Inkha o behre vah rogh
Russian одно больше пива пожалуйста Ad-na bol shou peeva pajaloosta
Serbian pojedinac briny pivo ugoditi po-jed-inac brin-y pivo ugo-dite
Slovenian nedoločni zaimek več pivo prosim ned-olo-ski zeim-ek veck pivo prosinm
Somali kow biirka fadlan no beerka fadlan
Spanish Dame otra cerveza, por favor. da-meh ot-rah cervesa por favor
Swedish en mer öl, tack en mer oll, tack
Thai nèung yîng bia sòt gà-róo-naa ne-ung ying bea soot gaa-roo-naa
Turkish Bir bira daha lutfen bir bira daha lutfen
Vietnamese một nhiều hơn rượu cồn mong ông moot nie hon rouu con mong oong
Welsh hun hychwaneg bîr blesio hun hish-wa-neg beer bles-io
Yoruba Jõ, fún mi lôtí kan si jo, fun mi lo-ti kan si
Zulu nye ningi utshwala nee nin-gi ut-sch-wala

So now that you have circled the world, ordered numerous beers, converted countless currencies, and urinated often, you may rest in a satisfied but sober manner!

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Enjoy in moderation.

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Joel Hauer

Joel Hauer says, "You won't find me playing Sudoku, but reading up on destinations, listening to my iPod, and contemplating philosophy."

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