LANGUAGE
Austria’s official language is German.
BASIC PHRASES
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| ENGLISH | GERMAN | PRONUNCIATION |
Hello/Good Day |
Guten Tag | goot-en tahk |
Hi / Hello / Bye |
Tag / Hallo / Tschüs | tahk / hah-loh / tchews |
Good Night |
Gute Nacht | goot-eh nakht |
How are you? (formal) |
Wie geht es Ihnen? | vee gayt es ee-nen |
What's your name? (formal) |
Wie heißen Sie? | vee hie-ssen zee |
Pleased to meet you. |
Freut mich. | froyt mikh |
Thank you |
Danke (schön) | dahn-kuh shurn |
Excuse me |
Entschuldigen Sie | ehnt-shool-dih-gun zee |
Do you speak English? |
Sprichen sie englisch? |
shprikhst doo eng-lish |
I (don't) understand. |
Verstehe ich (nicht). | ikh fehr-shtay-eh nikht |
Where is ... ? |
Wo ist …? | voh ist / voh zint |
Yes / No |
Ja / Nein | yah / nine |