How to Approach Stranger In Their Own Language/Dialect.

If you're wandering in a new place, enjoying your road trip or your vacays chances are you can never be completely spontaneous and will eventually find some answers about where, what and how. 

If you don't know which direction to take in an intersection or which one tastes better, red or green... remember that it's not illegal to ask a question. 

There are different ways to approach somebody and kindly say "Good Day. May I ask something?" 

-in our native tongue.

 
Tagalog:                  "Magandang Araw. Pwede (ho/po) bang magtanong?"


Ilocano:                   "Naimbag nga aldaw. Mabalinti Agdamag?"


Cebuano/Visaya:     "Maayong Adlaw. Pwede bang mangutana?"
                                "Maajong Adlaw. Mahimo bang mangutana?"


Bicol:                      "Marhay na aldaw. Pweding Manghaput?"


Ilonggo:                   "Maayong adlaw. Pwedi mamangkot/kapamangkot?"

Pangasinense:        "Masantos ya agew. Sarag toy mantepet?"

Ibanag:                   "Makasta nga aggaw. Wayya na mangiyevu? 

Kapampangan:         "Mayap a aldo. Pwede ku mangutang?"





- in an aliens tongue for "Good Morning, May I ask something?"


French:                    "Bonjour, peux-je demander à quelque chose?"

Italian:                     "Buon giorno, potrei chiedere qualcosa"

Spanish:                 "Buen día, me permito preguntar algo?"

Russian:                  "Dobroe utro, mogu li ya sprositʹ chto-nibudʹ?"

German:                  "Guten morgen, darf ich etwas fragen?

Thai:                       "S̄wạs̄dī txn chêā,s̄āmārt̄h c̄hạn t̄hām xarị bāng xỳāng h̄rụ̄x mị̀?"

Korean:                   "annyeonghaseyo, nan mul-eobolyeogo..."

Japanese:                "Ohayōgozaimasu, anata ni nanika o tazunete mo yoidesu ka?"

Chinese:                  "Zǎochen hǎo, wǒ kěyǐ yāoqiú mǒu shì?"

Reference: Google Translate, Yahoo! Babel Fish and Free Translation.