English (American) = Excuse me, where is the bathroom? French = pardon, où sont les toilettes? (pahr-DAW, oo saw lay twah-LETT?)[2] X Research source Papiamento (Caribbean Islands) = Unda e baño ta? (pronounced: Uhn-dah eh ban-yo tah?)[3] X Research source Spanish = Perdone/Disculpe, ¿Dónde está el baño?(Formal) (Per-DON-eh, DOHN-deh es-TAH el BAHN-yo?)[4] X Research source
Esperanto = Pardonon, kie estas la banejo? (par-DOH-nohn, KEY-eh ESS-tahs la bahn-EY-yo?) Portuguese = Com licença, onde fica o banheiro? (com lee-SAY-nsa, OHN-jee FEE-cah oo bah-YAY-roo?) Spanish = Perdone/Disculpe, ¿Dónde está el baño?(Formal) (Per-DON-eh, DOHN-deh es-TAH el BAHN-yo?)[5] X Research source
Austrian = “WC, Bitte?” (Vay-say, bit-ay?) which means “water closet, please?” Bulgarian = Къде е банята? (“Kade e banyata?”) Croatian= Oprostite, gdje je kupaonica? (j is pronounced y) Czech = Prosim Vas, Kde jsou toalety? Danish = Undskyld mig, hvor er badeværelset/toilettet? (oon-skool-MYE, voa eh bay-the-VAY-rell-seh / TOY-lett-eh?) Dutch = Pardon, waar is de W. C. (“way say”)? English (British) = Excuse me, where is the toilet/loo/lavatory? Esperanto = Pardonon, kie estas la banejo? (par-DOH-nohn, KEY-eh ESS-tahs la bahn-EY-yo?) Estonian = Vabandage, kus on tualett? French = pardon, où sont les toilettes? (pahr-DAW, oo saw lay twah-LETT?) Gaelic (Irish) = Ca bhfuil an leithreas? German = Wo ist die Toilette, bitte? (Vo ist dee toy-LETT-uh, BIT-uh?)[7] X Research source Greek = Parakalo, pou ine i tualetta? (Πού είναι η τουαλέτα;) Hungarian= Elnézést, hol (van) a vécé? [Ell-ney-zey-sht, hole vawn aw vay-tsay?] Icelandic = Hvar er salernið / klósettið? (Kvar er sal-erdnith / clow-set-ith? pronounce ’th’ like in ’them’) Italian = Mi scusi, dov’è il bagno? Latvian = Atvainojiet (sorry), kur ir tualete (Where is bathroom? Lithuanian = Atsiprašau (excuse me), kur yra tualetas? Maltese = Fejn qiegђed it-toilet? [Fe-in qee-ed it toilet] Neapolitan (Southwestern Italy) = scusat’, arò stà ‘o cesso? Norwegian = Unnskyld meg,(pronounced oon-shyl) hvor er doen/toalettet (No pronunciation of the ’t’ at the end of toalette’t’, doen is slang said: doo-uhn) ? Polish = Przepraszam, gdzie jest toaleta? Portuguese = Por favor, onde é a casa-de-banho? Romanian = Unde este toaleta, vă rog? (Oon-day yehs-tay twa-letta, vah rog?) Russian = скажите пожалуйста, где туалет? (Skazhite pozhalusta, gde toalet?) listen Serbian = Izvinite, gde je kupatilo? Sinhalese(Sri Lankan) = Naana kaamaraya koheda? Slovak = Prosím vás, kde sú toalety? Slovene = Oprostite, kje je kopalnica/stranišče? (Kopalnica = bathroom, stranišče = toilet/rest room) Swedish = Ursäkta mig (excuse me), var finns toaletten? (uhr-SHEHK-ta mey, var fins toa-letten?) Spanish (Catalan) = On és el lavabo?[8] X Research source Ukrainian = Вибачте, де туалет? (Vybachte, de tualet?) Welsh = Ble mae`r ty bach? (bleh MY-r Tee bach?)
Afrikaans (Namibia) = Waar is die badkamer? (“Vaar is dee bat-kah-mer?”) Amharic (Ethiopia) = Metatebiya bet yet new? Arabic (North Africa) = Men Fadlak, Fen El Hammam (من فضلك ، فين الحمام؟) English (American) = Excuse me, where is the bathroom? English (British) = Excuse me, where is the toilet/lou/lavatory? French = pardon, où sont les toilettes? (pahr-DAW, oo saw lay twah-LETT?) Hausa (Nigeria) = Don Allah, Ina banɗaki Yake or barka dai, ina banɗaki yake Luna (Congo) = Apresa ez nê pontate? Portuguese = Por favor, onde é a casa-de-banho? Rwandan = AhHo KweetOoMah Nee Hay? (Aho kwituma ni he?) Senegalese= fun moy douche bee? Sesotho (Lesotho) = Ntloaneng ke kae? Somali = Aaway musqusha? Swahili (Kenya) = Ambapo ni bafuni? Tigrigna (Eritrea) = Abey Alo Shnti Bet?
Armenian = gu nerek (excuse me),Pedkaranuh ooreh? or Dzukaraneh ooreh? Arabic (Saudi Arabia; UAE) = Ayna Al Hammam? (أين الحمام؟) Arabic (Levant)= Way al ham-AM? (وين الحمام؟) Azerbijiani = Tualet (ayaq yolu) haradadır? Bengali (Bangladesh) = বাথরুম কোথায়? Bathroom Kothay? (baat-room Ko-THAY?) Georgian = sahd ah-rees t’oo-ah-leh-t’ee? Greek (Cyprus) = Parakalo, pou ine i tualetta? (Πού είναι η τουαλέτα;) Hebrew (Israel) = Slikha, ehfo hah sherooteem? (סליחה, איפה השירותים?) Hindi = सौ्चालय् कहा् है? saunchalay (pronounced “sawchaalay”) kahan hain? (The “n"s in “kahan"and “hain"are not actually pronounced, few people actually use the word saunchalay so you can just say bathroom) Malayalam = Bathroom evide aanu? Marathi = Where is Toilet -> Sandas kuthe aahe ? (संडास कुठे आहे?) Nepali = Bathroom (pronounce more like “baatroom”)/snaan kaksha kahaan cha? Pashto (Afghanistan) = tashnaab chērē day? (tash-NAAB CHEH-reh dai?) Dari (Afghanistan) = Bebakhshid, tashnab kojast? ببخشید، تشناب کجاست؟ Persian (Iran) = Bebakhshid, dastshooee kojast? ببخشید، دستشویی کجاست؟ Punjabi (Pakistan) = (ਬਾਥਰੂਮ/ਗ਼ੁਸਲ ਖਾਨਾ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ ?) Bathroom/Gusal Khana kithe hai? Tajik = Ho-jat-kho-na kani? Tamil = “Kuliyalarai enge ullathu?” or “Bathroom enga irukku?” Telugu = Bathroom ekkada? Turkish = Pardon, tuvalet nerede? Urdu = Bathroom kidhar hay? Uzbek = Hojat’hona qayerda?
Chinese (Cantonese) = Mmm-goy, tee-saw hai been-doh-ah? (Translit. Excuse me, where is the washroom?) Chinese (Mandarin) = “Duì bù qǐ, cèsuǒ zài nǎr?” (written: “对不起，厕所在哪儿？) (“cèsuǒ” = “toilet” or “bathroom”, and “duì bù qǐ” = “sorry” or “excuse me”, so the literal translation is “Excuse me, toilet be where?”) The “c” is pronounced like a combination of “t”, “s”, and “z” in the front of the mouth, and “q” is pronounced like “ch” in the front of the mouth. Remember the tones. Hmong (= honm naj nyob qhov twb os? Indonesian = Permisi, di mana kamar mandi? Japanese = Toire wa, doko? [to-ee-le wa do-ko?] (Add ‘desu ka?’ after ‘doko’ for politeness. )(To be even more polite, say “otearai wa doko desu ka?”. This is “Where is the restroom?”. It is said as [oh-tay-ah-rye wa doe-koh dess kah]. Here is the phrase written in Hiragana [おてあらいはどこですか？])[12] X Research source Korean = Hwa-jang-shil uh-dee-in-ga-yo? Malay = Tumpang tanya, di manakah bilik mandi? Mongolian = Uuchlaarai(‘ʊ:tʃ|ɑ:ræ ), ene (N)ugaalgiin (u-GAWL-GEEN)oroo (o-ROW)ni (N) haana (HUN) baidag (bæ-dag) yum be?[13] X Research source Niuean (Pacific Islands) = ko fe e’ fale vau? (pronounced ko-feh eh fa-le vau) Portuguese = Por favor, onde é a casa-de-banho? Samoan = E, ‘O fea le faleuila? (Ay, Oh fay-ah lay fah-lay-wee-lah?) Tagalog (Philippines) = Nasaan po ang banyo? Thai = hong naam yuu tii nai Tibetan = chap sang gawa yo rey? Vietnamese = Cho hoi, nha` ve^. sinh o da^u va^. y ?[14] X Research source
