The 80 Most Useful Words and Phrases for Beginning Language Learners

Pier
2 min readJul 29, 2019

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Traveling? Here is my list of the 80 most useful words and phrases. Pick and learn a few essential words and phrases to make you feel more connected with the locals.

This is the trick: grab this Chrome extension to translate the words you like from this page and learn them directly from Google Translate with a click. Good luck!

Day One — Hi!

Excuse me, do you have wifi?

Hello, how are you?

I’m fine, thank you

And you?

My name is

What is your name?

How much?

Can I have this?

Can I have that?

Yes

No

Please

Goodbye

Day Two — Morning!

Good morning

Good afternoon

Good evening

Okay

Enjoy your meal

Cheers!

What is this?

What is that?

You are awesome

Nice to meet you

I love you

How much?

Thank you

Day Three — Buying stuff

May I order?

Take-away

I want this

And that

Can I pay?

Thanks, dear!

Thanks, dude!

Sweet, bro

Enjoy your meal

What is that?

Day Four — At the restaurant

Can I have the menu?

May I order?

I want this

And that for him / her

Where is the restroom?

Sorry, do you have any sauce?

Can I have two beers?

It’s delicious

I am happy

Can I pay?

This tip is for you

See you later

Day Five — Numbers

Zero

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

One million

Two thousand

Three hundred

Day Six — More useful phrases

What is … in language?

Can I have one?

Do you sell iced coffee?

Anything else?

My name is

What is your name?

Cool!

You are pretty

You are handsome

Where is the restroom?

One million three hundred thousand and eight — 1.300.008

Four hundred and two thousand twenty-three — 402.023

Day Seven — Core Grammar

Can you speak English?

Where are you?

I want to relax at the beach

I already went to the beach yesterday

I want to go here

Where do you want to go?

How do I get there?

When did you arrive here?

Are you cold?

Are you hot?

I’m warm/hot

Are you hungry?

Do you want to go for a bite?

Are you thirsty too?

Where are you from?

You are my friend

That’s it! Happy connecting!

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Pier

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