While enjoin , " Kind barkeep , I would enjoy a cold , frosty beer at this moment , give thanks you very kindly ” might get you a good , frosty brewage in English - speaking countries , it might not get you as far elsewhere . And considering that pink back ice - cold local beers is one of the best parts of locomote to another country , it ’s implausibly useful to fuck how to request a beer in another language . ( Maybe even more useful than have it off how to ask where the john is . ) So we ’ve lay out how to order a beer – consummate with a orthoepy guide so you do n’t look like an idiot – in 19 area around the world . sunshine to that !

Croatia

Jedno pivo molim ( yid - noh pee - voh moe - lim )

France

Une bière s’il vous plaît ( ewn be - ehr , see - vooh - pleh )

Germany

Ein bier , bitte ( ighn beer , bit - uh )

Greek

Mea bira parakalo ( mee - ah bee - rah para - kal - Ohio )

Hungary

Egy pohár sört kérek ( edge poe - har little keh - wreck )

India

Muhje ek beer chahiye ( moo - jeh ayk beer cha - hee - ye )

Indonesia

Tolong satu bir ( toe - foresighted sah - two bihr )

Israel

Ten li bira ( ten lee beer - a )

Italy

Una birra , per favore ( oo - sodium beer - rah , pair fa - vo - beam )

Japan

Nama biru kudasai ( nama beer - ooh koo - dah - sigh )

Korea

Meckjoo hanjan do jusayo ( mek - ju han - jan du joo - se - yoh )

Netherlands

Ik wil graag een biertje ( ik vil khrahkh en beer - tyeh )

Poland

Proszę piwo ( prohsheh pee - vo )

Portugal

Uma cerveja , por party favor ( oo - mah sehr - vay - juh , poorh pha - vohr )

Russia

Manye pazaloosta butilku piva ( mah - nyeh , pa - zah - lutecium - sta , buh - tyl - ku pee - vah )

South Africa

' n bier , asseblief ( uh beer ah - suh - bleef )

Spain

Una botella de cerveza , por favour ( oo - na boh - teh - yah de thair - vey - suh , pohr fah - Niels Henrik David Bohr )

Sweden

En öl , tack(ahn url , tahck )

Vietnam

Cyn mot li roo bia ( sin - muht lee roo bee - ah )

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beer on a bar

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Croatian beer

Flickr/Nikolaj Potanin

Greek beer

Flickr/Pug Girl

Italian beer

Flickr/Jeffrey

Portuguese beer

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