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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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| Language | Spelling | Phonetic Pronunciation |
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| 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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If that’s Chinese, it’s not mandarin.
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The Chinese one is wrong too
It could be
再来一瓶啤酒 zài lái yī píng pí jiǔ
or
再来一杯啤酒 zài lái yī bēi pí jiǔ
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The italian one is incorrect
“Un’altra birra, per favore”sounds like
oon alt-rah birrah pehr fahv-oh-rayCheers
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With the Thai:
They wouldn’t end with Karuna (which is please) but with the more polite Khrap(male) or Kha(female) ending. They would also specify whether it was a glass or bottle
So Pom Yaak di (I’d like)
beir neung kuwat (bottle) Khrap(kha)
or
beir neung gaol (glass) khrap (kha)↵ -
You forgot Irish!! It made it into the list for “cheers” recently… anyway, you would say:
Beoir eile – le do thóil [Byor EL-eh leh doh hul]↵ -
Czech is wrong as well.
"Jeste jedno pivo prosim", would be correct.
However you don't need to ask for another beer in Czech Republic, as waiter will always serve you a new one without asking. You got to stop him instead !!!↵ -
Hmmm…the Thai phrase is a bit awkward. You wouldn't use 'gaa-roo-naa' in this case as it's too formal.
How about: 'kaw beer sot neung kaew krup' (for men) and 'kaw beer sot neung kaew kha' (for women). 'Krup' and 'kha' are gender-specific terms that don't mean anything per se, but rather, denote politeness when added to the end of a phrase.
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Czech is wrong as well.
“Jeste jedno pivo prosim”, would be correct.
However you don’t need to ask for another beer in Czech Republic, as waiter will always serve you a new one without asking. You got to stop him instead !!!↵ -
Hmmm…the Thai phrase is a bit awkward. You wouldn’t use ‘gaa-roo-naa’ in this case as it’s too formal.
How about: ‘kaw beer sot neung kaew krup’ (for men) and ‘kaw beer sot neung kaew kha’ (for women). ‘Krup’ and ‘kha’ are gender-specific terms that don’t mean anything per se, but rather, denote politeness when added to the end of a phrase.
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The Estonian one is wrong. It should be "Veel üks õlu, palun."
What you said was "One slower" which seems to have nothing to do with beer.↵ -
The Estonian one is wrong. It should be “Veel üks õlu, palun.”
What you said was “One slower” which seems to have nothing to do with beer.↵ -
You don't say "nok en øl" in norwegian, that is how the say it in Denmark, just with norwegian words. You would be understand, but it's not correct. A better way would be to say "En øl til, takk". [En ol (øl) til tak]
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You don’t say “nok en øl” in norwegian, that is how the say it in Denmark, just with norwegian words. You would be understand, but it’s not correct. A better way would be to say “En øl til, takk”. [En ol (øl) til tak]
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the hindi translation should be
"ek aur beer chahiye"↵ -
the hindi translation should be
“ek aur beer chahiye”↵ -
In Serbian it should be:
"Još jedno pivo, molim."
Pronounced: "Yosh yedno peewo moleem."and in Hungarian it should be:
"Kérek szépen még egy sört."
Pronounced: "Kérek sépen még ed shirt."
You say the 'é' just like in "Café"Cheers!
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Also, the sentence is the same for Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
You can say "Još jedno pivo, molim." and they will understand you.↵ -
In Serbian it should be:
“Još jedno pivo, molim.”
Pronounced: “Yosh yedno peewo moleem.”and in Hungarian it should be:
“Kérek szépen még egy sört.”
Pronounced: “Kérek sépen még ed shirt.”
You say the ‘é’ just like in “Café”Cheers!
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Also, the sentence is the same for Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
You can say “Još jedno pivo, molim.” and they will understand you.↵ -
in basuqe is:
"beste garagardo bat, mesedez"
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Esukera/Basque "Beste garagardo bat, mesedez"
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Catalan is also worng:
It's "una altra cervesa si us plau" and sounds "u-naltra ser-ve-za[like zoo in english] sis plau"
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Catalan is totaly wrong
A good translation could be "Una cervesa mès, si us plau"↵ -
The sentence in catalan is wrong:
"Catalan un més cervesa plau un me-es cervasa pla-u" WTF?!?The correct form is: "Una cervesa més, si us plau"
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Catalan is wrong, too
Correct way: Una altra cervesa, si us plau
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Esperanto:
Unu bieron plu, bonvolu!↵ -
Catalan is wrong.
It should be "Una altra cervesa, si us plau"↵ -
in basuqe is:
“beste garagardo bat, mesedez”
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Esukera/Basque “Beste garagardo bat, mesedez”
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Sorry, Euskera , not esukera.
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Catalan is also worng:
It’s “una altra cervesa si us plau” and sounds “u-naltra ser-ve-za[like zoo in english] sis plau”
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Catalan is totaly wrong
A good translation could be “Una cervesa mès, si us plau”↵ -
The sentence in catalan is wrong:
“Catalan un més cervesa plau un me-es cervasa pla-u” WTF?!?The correct form is: “Una cervesa més, si us plau”
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Catalan is wrong, too
Correct way: Una altra cervesa, si us plau
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Esperanto:
Unu bieron plu, bonvolu!↵ -
Catalan is wrong.
It should be “Una altra cervesa, si us plau”↵ -
The Indonesian should be "Satu bir lagi, terima kasih"
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The Indonesian should be “Satu bir lagi, terima kasih”
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italian is wrong: "un'altra birra, per favore"
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italian is wrong: “un’altra birra, per favore”
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the Croation translation is completely wrong.
the correct is: "još jedno pivo" (josh yedno piwou)
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in Polish: there is "po proszę jeszcze jeden piwo" It should be "poproszę jeszcze jedno piwo" po proh-sheh yesh-teh yedno pee-vo
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The Estonian sentence is wrong! What it says right now means "One more slowly". Where did you get that? The correct sentence would be as follows: "Veel üks õlu, palun." Difficult to write a proper pronounciation for it, but it should something like : ve-el ooks ou-lu pau-lun.
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The Hebrew is completely wrong. The sentence above doesn't mean anything at all, it sure isn't in Hebrew. Should be: "od beera akhat bevakasha".
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Persian/Farsi: Khahesh meekonam, yek abejoye deegary
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Filipino: pahingi ng isa pang serbesa.
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Galego is wrong :S It should be "Unha cervexa máis" or, in a different way, "Dame outra cervexa" The pronunciation of "unha" is something like oon-(g)a (the "nh" sounds like a mixture of "n" and "g", like a really soft "g"). You should come to Galicia and taste it in person!
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The French one is not perfect. It would be better like that : Une autre bière s’il vous plaît | Oon o – tra bee yehr seel voo play
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Dude at least 3 of these are wrong, and thats just the ones I know. IE: Russian should be "Yesho odno pivo, pozhaluysta" What they have means "One large beer please" Is it me or is every one of tehse sentence completely wrong? I feel like they just plugged it into a translator.
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