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!

A-E

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

F-M

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

N-Z

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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