How to Say: Where is the Toilet? ... in Many Languages

By: traffique

I think the first three phrases you should learn in any language are: "thank you" "I love you" and "where is the toilet?" !

In our other articles we've addressed the first two translations, now let's look at how to say "where's the john" across the globe!

Afrikaans Waar is die toilet? / Waa issie toilet?

Albanian Ku eshte banjoja?

Arabic (Modern Standard)(ain al-?ammaam?)

Arabic (Egyptian)(fayn il tawaleet?) ?

Arabic (Kuwaiti)(waan il-hhammÃ?m?)

where is the place of relaxing? = (waan baat ir-rÃ?hha?)

Arabic (Moroccan)(f?n kein lb?t lma?) ?

AlbanianKu eshte banjoja?

AlsatianWo isch 's Kabinee?

AsturianÃœl banu?

AzerbaijaniAyaq yolu haradad? Tualet haradad?r?

BasqueNon dago komuna?

Belarusian? (Dze tualet?)

(Padkazhyce, kali laska, dze tut prybiralnia?)

BretonPelec'h eman ar privezioÃ??

Bulgarian? (Kade e toaletnata?)

CatalanOn es la cambra de bany?

Chinese (Cantonese)? chiso hai b?ndouh a?

sÃ?isÃ?ug?an hai bndouh a?

Chinese (Mandarin)? cÃ?su? zÃ?i

x?sh?uji?n zÃ?i n?li?

Chinese (Shanghainese) ? (daseucae lelÃ? ghalitÃ??)

CornishPle'ma an bysva?

CroatianGdje je zahod?

CzechKde je prosÃ?m zÃ?chod?

DalecarlianHvar ir skalhÃ?saÃ??

DanishHvor er toilettet?

DutchWaar is de WC? Waar is het toilet?

EnglishWhere's the toilet / lavatory / bathroom / restroom /

powder room / gents/ladies?

Where's the loo / bog / dunny / little boys'/girls' room? (informal/slangy)

Old EnglishHwÃ??r is Ã?Ã?t gangsetl? (HwÃ?r is Ã?Ã?t gangsetl?)

EsperantoKie estas la necesejo / la banejo?

EstonianKus on tualett?

FlemishWaor is 't gemak?

FijianE vei na vale-lailai?

FinnishMissa on vessa?

FrenchOÃ? sont les toilettes ?

Frisian (North)Weer as et hÃ?Ã?schen?

Frisian (North - Amrum dialect)Huar as at sekreet?

Frisian (West)WÃ?r is it hÃ?ske?

FriulianDulÃ? isal il bagn?

Gaelic (Irish)CÃ? bfhuil an leithreas?

Gaelic (Manx)C'raad ta'n thie-veg / premmee-deiney/mraane / shamyr-oonlee?

Gaelic (Scottish)CÃ?ite bheil an taigh beag?

Galician?Onde estÃ? o bano?

GermanWo ist die Toilette?

German (Swiss)Wo isch d'Tualetta?

Greek (PoÃ? Ã?ne i toualetes?)

Haitian CreoleKote twalÃ?t la?

HausaI na makewayi ya ke?

Hawai'ianAia i hea ka lua?

Hebrew(Eifo ha'sheirutim?) ? ?

Hindi? (T?yalet kahan hai?)

HungarianHol van a mosdo?

IcelandicHvar er klosettiÃ??

IlocanoAyanna ti banio?

IndonesianDi manakah kamar kecil?

ItalianDov'Ã? la toilette? Dov'Ã? il bagno?

Italian (Romanesco)'Ndo sta er cacatore?

JÃ?rriaisOÃ?'est qu'est la p'tite maÃ?son Ã?s hoummes (m) /

fenmes (f)?

OÃ?'est qu'est la p'tite maÃ?son / la tchiÃ?rÃ?sse / la chiotte

Japanese? (benjo wa doko desu ka)

? (toire wa doko desu ka)

Jutish (West)Hvor er Ã? toilett?

Jutish (North)Hwo er Ã? toilett?

Kazakh? (Äjetxana qayda?)

? (Daretxana qayda?)

Khmer? (ter bantub tek nov ti na?)

Korean?? (hwajangsiri eodiyeyo)

KlingonnuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?

KurdishAwdes le kwÃ?ye?

LatinUbi sunt latrinae? Ubi sunt loca secreta?

Ubi est conclave necessarium?

LatvianKur ir tualete?

LimburgishWoe is 't prevaathoes / 't twalÃ?t?

LithuanianKur yra tualetas?

LuxembourgishWou as Toilette?

Low SaxonWoneem is de Toilett?

Macedonian?? (Kade e toaletot?)

MalayDi mana tandas?

Malayalam (Kulimuri evitey nu?)

MalteseFejn it-tojlit?

MarshalleseEwi em jirikrik in?

Mongolian

(Biye zasakh gazar khaana baidag ve?)

NdebeleIphi indlwana yokuzithuma?

NorwegianHvor er toalettet? (BokmÃ?l) Kvar er toalettet? (Nynorsk)

OccitanOnt son los comuns?

Persian(tualet kojast?) ??

PlautdietschWua es dee Sse'kjreet?

PolishGdzie jest toaleta?

PortugueseOnde e a casa de banho (Portugal) / o banheiro?

Onde sÃ?o as casas de banho? (Portugal)

Onde fica o banheiro?

Onde hÃ? um banheiro (por aqui)?

Onde eu encontro/acho um banheiro (por aqui)?

QuechuaMaipi kaskai tuyuna?

RomanianUnde este toaleta?

Russian?? (Gde tualet?)

ScotsWhaur's the toilet / lavvy / cludgie?

Serbian??

(Gde je toalet / kupatilo / zahod?)

SesothoBatekamore e kae?

SlovakKde je zÃ?chod?

SlovenianKje imate straniÅ??e?

Spanish?Donde estÃ?n los aseos

?Donde estÃ?n los sanitarios?

?Donde estÃ? el bano?

?Donde estÃ? el cuarto de bano?

StellingwarfsWaor is't huusien?

SwahiliChoo kiko wapi?

SwatiIphi indlu lencane?

SwedishVar ar toaletten?

TagalogNasaan ang kasilyas / banyo / CR? (comfort room)

Tamil ??

Thai (hÃ?rng nÃ?hm yÃ?o tÃ?e n?i?)

Tok PisinSmolhaus i stap we?

Tsez (?aÅ?atxan ri??ix?)

TswanaNtlwana ya boitiketso e kae?

TurkishTuvalet nerede?

Ukrainian (De tualyet?)

Urdu(bayt-ul-khala khana kahan hay?) ?

UzbekHojathona qay yerda?

VietnameseC?u tiÃ?u ? ?Ã?u?

VolapÃ?kKiopo binom tvalet?

VÃ?roKon om peldik?

WelshBle mae'r toiled / lle chwech (place six) / t? bach (small house)?

XhosaLiphi igumbi langasese?

XitsongaXana xi kumeka kwihi xihambukelo?

Yiddish(Vu iz der tualett?) ?

ZuluLikuphi itholethe?

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