Learn how to ask "Where is the bathroom?"
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| In today's lesson, we'll cover an extremely important phrase, "Where is the toilet?" |
| In Greek, "Where is the toilet?" is Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?). |
| Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?) |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Pu i-ne i tou-a-le-ta? |
| Now let's hear it once again, Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?) |
| Let's look at the components. The first two words, πού είναι (pú ine), mean "where is." Let's break them down and hear it one more time: Pu i-ne. |
| πού είναι (pú ine) |
| This is followed by η (i), which in Greek is one of the ways to say "the." |
| Finally, the last word τουαλέτα (tualéta) follows, which means "toilet." |
| Let's break this word down as well: tu-a-le-ta. |
| τουαλέτα (tualéta) |
| So, to recap, we have Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?) |
| Literally, it means "Where is the toilet?" |
| There is a more formal way to ask "Where is the bathroom?" It is Πού είναι το μπάνιο; (Pú íne to bánio?). This means "Where is the bathroom?" |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Pu i-ne to ba-nio? |
| The words, πού είναι (pú íne), mean "where are;" pu i-ne. |
| πού είναι (pú íne) |
| This is followed by το (to), which is another way to say "the" in Greek. |
| Μπάνιο (Bánio) follows last. |
| Μπάνιο (Bánio) |
| Μπάνιο (Bánio) |
| Now, when you finally get to the bathroom, there may be one last hurdle. In some instances, only Greek words are written on the door! What to do, what to do? Let us help you! |
| The word for "men" is άνδρες (ándres), and the word for "women" is γυναίκες (yinékes). |
| Let's hear it one more time, the word "men" is άνδρες (ándres), and the word for "women" is γυναίκες (yinékes). |
| When traveling, there may not be so many public bathrooms for tourists to use. This means your best option is to stop at either a café or a restaurant to use their bathrooms. Understandably, café owners aren't too keen on having people stop in just to use their bathroom. So, to be polite, you might buy a bottle of water or order a coffee before asking Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?). |
| This phrase means "May I use your toilet?" |
| Let's repeat that one more time, Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?) |
| Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?) |
| Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?) |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so Καλή τύχη (kalí týchi), which means "good luck!" in Greek. |
| "Where is the toilet?" informal - Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?) |
| Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?) |
| Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (Pú íne i tualéta?) |
| "Where is the bathroom?" formal - Πού είναι το μπάνιο; (Pú íne to bánio?) |
| Πού είναι το μπάνιο; (Pú íne to bánio?) |
| Πού είναι το μπάνιο; (Pú íne to bánio?) |
| "May I use your toilet?" - Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?) |
| Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?) |
| Μπορώ να χρησιμοποιήσω την τουαλέτα σας; (Boró na hrisimopiíso tin tualéta sas?) |
| All right, that's going to do it for today! |
| Remember to stop by GreekPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Αντίο! (Antío!) |
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