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how to describe myself, and hopefully yourself too:

happy

spanish: feliz (feh-lees)

french: heureux (eh-roo)

german: glücklich (gloo-cleek)

chinese: 快樂 (hai-luh)

hindi: खुश (kush)

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good for exclamations when you see it. it doesn't just happen here!

snow

spanish: nieve (nee-eh-veh)

french: niege (nay)

german: schnee (shnee)

chinese: 雪 (shi-eh)

hindi: हिमपात (shi-ma-pad)

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another thing handy for emergencies and a word i find very useful:

telephone

spanish: teléfono (teh-leh-fo-no)

french: téléphone (teh-leh-fone)

german: telefon (teh-leh-fon)

chinese: 電話 (di-el-xwa)

hindi: फोन (fone)

yeah, so everything is mostly the same unless you're parading around east asia. but according to the scene in "transformers" where the guy in qatar didn't understand telephone in an english accent but understood it in a somewhat middle eastern accent, i guess you'll have to practice pronunciation before your trip. seriously, movies are always right. 

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what i'm having right now:

beer

spanish: cerveza (ser-veh-sa)

french: bière (byer)

german: bier (bee-r)

chinese: 啤酒 (tzee-kyo)

hindi: बियर (bdeerd)

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reading is fundamental.

book

spanish: libro (lee-bro)

french: livre (lee-vruh)

german: buch (boo-ck)

chinese: 書 (shu)

hindi: पुस्तक (gi-tab)

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why do most people travel? to go to the beach!! this may be helpful to get you there.

beach

spanish: playa (plah-yah)

french: plage (plah-zj)

german: strand (stran)

chinese: 海灘 (hai-tan)

hindi: समुद्र-किनारा (sa-mun-dra-ki-na-ra)

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my mom and dad always taught me to be polite. that still counts in a foreign country.

thank you

spanish: gracias (grah-see-ahs)

french: merci (mer-see)

german: vielen dank (feel-en dahnk)

chinese: 謝謝 (shie-shie)

hindi: धन्यवाद (ah-nee-wah)

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given my current job this week on a jury, i decided to go with a courtroom themed word. because you never know when you might need to know this in a foreign country.

lawyer

spanish: abogado (ah-boh-gah-doh)

french: avocat (ah-voh-cya)

german: rechtsanwalt (rych-shan-walt)

chinese: 律师 (lu-shi)

hindi: वकील (vuh-keel)

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in celebration of top chef wednesdays, i decided the first word to feature in my words blog is one that is essential to know in all languages.

food

spanish: comida (coh-mee-dah)

french: nourriture (nu-ri-tyr)

german: speise (spy-zeh)

chinese: 食物 (shee-wu)
hindi: भोजन (puzsh)