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Languages are tricky, and as no one here at Matador is yet fluent in 50 languages, I reached out to native speakers around the world. From our own editors to tourism bureaus to hostels around the world, this is our collection of how to ask for “one more beer, please” in 50 languages.
Remember to use these responsibly – in some countries, drinking is illegal. There may also be some regional and formality variations in pronunciation, but these should get the job done!
Photos left to right: rick, dynamosquito, @sahxic < twitter.
| Language | Spelling | Phonetic Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Een meer bier, asseblief / Nog ‘n bier, asseblief (more common) |
Een mear bie-er, ah-seh-bleef / Noch ehn bie-er, ah-seh-bleef |
| Albanian | Edhe një birrë, të lutem | Edhe nye bi-re, too luh-tehm |
| Arabic (Egypt) | واحد بيرة كمان من فضلك | Wahid beera kaman min fadlak |
| Armenian (Western) | Ուրիջ մեկ պիրա, հաձիս Ourish meg bira, hajis |
Ourish meg bira, hajis |
| Basque | Beste garagardo bat, mesedez | Beh-ste –aragar-doh bag, mehshedez |
| Bavarian | No a bia, gäh san’s so guad / No oans, gäh san’s so guad |
No a be-a gah san s-so gu-ad / No o-ans gah san s-so gu-ad |
| Bosnian | Molim vas, još jedno pivo / Još jedno pivo, molim |
Moh-leem vuhs, yosh yedno pivo / Yosh yedno pivo, mohleem |
| Burmese | Beer ta buu htut pay bar | Beer ta buu htut pay bar |
| Catalan | Una altra cervesa, si us plau | Una altra ser-ve-sa, see oos plow |
| Chamorro | Un setbesa ta’lo, fan / Un setbesa mas, put fabot |
Un set-beh-sa tah-lo, fan / Un set-beh-sa moss, put fah-bot |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 请 再来一瓶啤酒 qǐng zài lái yī píng pí jiǔ / tsing zai lie ee ping pee geo 再来一瓶啤酒 zài lái yī píng pí jiǔ |
Tsing dzai lie ee ping pee geo / Dzai lai ee ping pee gee-oh |
| Croatian | Molim vas, dajte mi jos jedno pivo (formal) / Još jedno pivo (informal) |
Moh-leem vuhs, duhte me yosh yehd-no pee-voh / Yosh yehd-no pee-voh |
| Czech | Ještě jedno pivo, prosím | Yehsh-tyeh yehd-now pih-voh, proh-seem |
| Danish | En øl til, tak | Een oel til, tack |
| Dutch | Nog één biertje, graag | Nog een beer-t, grahg |
| Estonian | Üks õlu veel, palun / Veel üks õlu, palun |
Ooks ur-loo vehl, pah-lun / Vehl ooks ur-loo, pah-lun |
| Language | Spelling | Phonetic Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Filipino/Tagalog | Isang beer pa po | Eeh-sang beer pah po |
| Finnish | Vielä yksi olut, kiitos (kiitos is polite, but not always needed) | Viela uks oh-lut, key-tos |
| Flemish | Nog een bierke alsjeblieft | Nog een beer-keh all-sye-bleeft |
| French | Une autre bière s’il vous plaît | Oon o – tra bee yehr see voo play |
| German | Noch ein Bier, bitte | Noch ein beer, bit-uh |
| Greek | άλλη μια μπύρα, παρακαλώ Ali mia beera parakalo |
Ah-lee me-a bee-ra pah-rah-kah-lo |
| Hebrew | אוד בירה אחת בבקשה | Od beera akhat bevakasha |
| Hindi | Ek aur biyara chahiye | Ek aur bi-ya-ra cha-hi-ye |
| Hungarian | Kérek szépen még egy sört (formal) / Egy sört kérek (informal) |
Keyrek say-pen may egye shirt / Egye shirt keyrek |
| Icelandic | Annan bjór, takk | Ann-an bee-yor, tack |
| Irish | Beoir eile, le do thóil | Byor el-eh, leh doh hul |
| Italian | Un’altra birra per favore | Oon al-trah bee-rah, pehr fahv-oh-ray |
| Japanese | ビール もういっぱい お願いします biiru mou ippai onegaishimasu (in a glass) / ビール もう一本 お願いします biiru mou ippon onegaishimasu (in a bottle) |
Bee-ru moe eep-pie oh-neh-guy-she-mahs / Bee-ru moe eep-pie eep-pon oh-neh-guy-she-mahs |
| Korean | 맥주 한 병 더 주세요 Mekju han byung du juseyo (in a bottle) |
Mek-ju han byung du ju-seyoh |
| Latvian | Vēl vienu alu, lūdzu | Vehl vi-eh-nu uh-lu, loo-dzoo |
| Lithuanian | Dar vieną alaus, prašom | Dar viena alous, prashom |
| Macedonian | Уште едно пиво, ќе ве молам | Ushte edno pivo, kye ve molam |
| Mongolian | Dahiad neg shar airag | Dah-iad neg shar ar-ag |
Photos left to right: Wotang01, minor9th,sun_summer.
| Language | Spelling | Phonetic Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian | En øl til, takk / En pils til, takk |
En oel til, tack / En pills til, tack |
| Polish | Poproszę jeszcze jedno piwo / Jeszcze jedno piwo proszę |
Poprohsheh yesh-teh yedno pee-vo / Yesh-teh yedno pee-vo prohsheh |
| Portuguese | Mais uma cerveja, por favor | Myees uma cerveja, pohr fah-vohr |
| Romanian | Încă o bere, vă rog | Inkha o behre, vah rogh |
| Russian | Еще одно пиво / Еще пива, пожалуйста |
Esche ad’no piva / Esche piva, pajaloosta |
| Serbian | Još jedno pivo, molim | Yosh yedno pivo, mohleem |
| Slovenian | Še eno pivo, prosim | She eno peevo, proseem |
| Spanish | Otra cerveza por favor | Oo-trah sair-bay-sa por fah-bor |
| Swedish | En öl till, tack / Jag tar en öl till, tack (more formal) |
En uhl teel, tackh / Ya tar en uhl teel, tackh |
| Thai | Kho beer eek kaew ka (for women) / Kho beer eek kaew krab (for men) |
Ko beer ik kae kaw / Ko beer ik kae krab |
| Turkish | Bir bira daha lütfen | Bir bira da-ha luet-fen |
| Vietnamese | Cho một bia nữa | Cho mo’oht bee-ah neu’uh |
| Welsh | Un cwrw’n fwy, os gwelwch yn dda | Un corwn foo-ee, os gwel-ookh un tha |
| Xhosa | Ndiphe obunye utywala futhi | Ndip-he obun-je uc-wala futhi |
| Yoruba | J Ọ, fun mi l’ Ọ tí kan si | Jaw, foon me law tea con see |
| Zulu | Nye ningi utshwala | JNee nin-gi ut-sch-wala |
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Kristin Conard
Kristin Conard is an editor at Matador Nights as well as a writing instructor in California. As a child, she wanted to be a librarian, because she thought that the librarian was the one who got to write all the books in the library. Her obsession with reading and writing has continued, and when she is not grading papers and lesson planning, she is working on a collection of essays and planning her next trip.
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The phonetic pronunciation
in Italian is a heresy! The Italian is pronounced exactly as you write a word! “Per favore” is “Per fa-vo-re” not “Pehr fahv-oh-ray”! In addition, the correct phrase is “Potrei avere un’altra birra, per favore?” (“May I have another beer please?”)
Relax Sara ! You could open ten different language books and they would all have a different phonetic spelling for pronunciation. She did a pretty good job organizing a fun article. That is what it is meant to be. Go order another beer and take an aspirin or Midol … A proposito, sono italiano !
Pronunciation….as long as they are close enough to get you a beer is all that counts
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My problem is that I seldom order ONE beer, bier or bjore…but need help with TWO and FOUR or PITCHER.
Swahili: naomba bia baridi
Jopará (mixed Guaraní/Spanish) : Che ha’use peteive cervesa, por favor.
“ขอเบียร์อีกแก้วค่ะ/ครับ” for Thai..we have our own alphabets
Mais uma cerveja por favor (Português).
Oh hell and now I don’t drink anymore.. Crap!
I thought you gave that up a long time ago.
Only 42 yrs ago..Sarcasm dear..
I need to pay attention here! hehe
bir bira daha lutfen.
very usefull
I LIKED PLEASE MORE MORE, GO, GO, GO.