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05-03-2005, 02:20 PM
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I need to know how to say "hi, can I please get a vodka on the rocks?"
In Dutch, Czech, and French....Thanks a lot guys
P.S. if you guys know anything else that might be useful please let me know.
Cheers
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05-03-2005, 03:59 PM
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French: "Bonjour. Je voudrais un vodka avec glace, s'il vous plaît. Merci." (pronounced: bone-swa. juh voodray zan vode-kah avek glas see voo play. Mehr-see)
Dutch: "Dag. Een vodka op ijs, alstublieft. Dank u wel." (prounouced: dakh. ayn fode-kah ope ice, alshtoobleeft. Dahnk oo vel)
Alternately, you can say "Hallo. One vodka rocks, please." and they'll understand you perfectly fine.
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05-04-2005, 02:10 AM
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My kids took off with our European phrase book, so this is the best I can put together for you for Czech :
Dobry den, prosim [vodka rocks] - pronounced DO-bree den, PROH-seem...
prosim is both please and you're welcome, and it's the translation suggested for "I'd like to order..." Don't think you'll have any difficulty with "vodka" in Czech...
Dobry vecer (DO-breh VE-tcher) is good evening, by the way...in this part of the world, people look at you funny if you say good day when it's really evening...
If I track down my better phrase book, I'll see if I can find the word for ice.
Iki! (Ciao in Lithuanian...you never know when you'll need to know that)
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05-04-2005, 02:26 AM
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I tried to order a Vodka and Coke once in Germany. I screwed it up. I was supposed to say 'Vodka Cola' and well somehow my accent got me a lot of weird looks and my German friend ended up ordering it for me. I have no clue what happened. 
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08-10-2005, 10:32 AM
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^ aww, i know how you feel in japanese they don't diffrenciate between r and l so one person will tell you how to say something using r the next won't understand and reteach you using l, VERY confusing 
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