Culture

A pocket dictionary for the road

Twenty field phrases, in Romanian, English, Turkish and German. They cover a loaf of bread, a boat, a toilet and a thank you. This is not a course. Pronunciation is learned by ear, not from a website.

~3 min read 6 sections All guides

Courtesy

Mulțumesc / Thank you / Teşekkürler / Danke. Bună ziua / Good afternoon / İyi günler / Guten Tag. Mă scuzați / Excuse me / Affedersiniz / Entschuldigung.

On the road

Unde e nava? / Where is the boat? / Tekne nerede? / Wo ist das Boot? Stația / the station / durak / Bahnhof. Stânga, dreapta / left, right / sol, sağ / links, rechts.

Needs

Apă / water / su / Wasser. Toaletă / toilet / tuvalet / Toilette. Bilet / ticket / bilet / Fahrkarte. Parcare / parking / otopark / Parkplatz.

Status

Deschis / open / açık / offen. Închis / closed / kapalı / geschlossen. Ajutor / help / yardım / Hilfe. Nu înțeleg / I don’t understand / Anlamıyorum / Ich verstehe nicht.

A meal

Pâine / bread / ekmek / Brot. Pește / fish / balık / Fisch. Nota, vă rog / the bill, please / hesap lütfen / die Rechnung bitte.

Going further

The EN guide and the TR guide are short orientation pages, not a translation of the whole site. The multicultural glossary holds the words of the marsh and the mahala.

To the places Map Guide catalogue

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