When you’re going on a trip abroad, safety is always a primary concern. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to help ensure this. Memorizing basic survival phrases that you can use to communicate with locals is one of them.
Choosing which words and phrases to memorize is the tricky part. Since you’re likely working on a limited time, you’ll have to pick language items you can end up getting the most mileage from.
If you’re hoping to learn phrases for staying safe, then looking for the equivalents of these words in your target language should be among your first order of business:
- Help
- Yes
- No
- Police
- Security
- Hospital
- Stop
- Get away
- Run
- Hands off
After that, a few complete phrases for getting directions and going around should be next. You will want to have the words you need to find a rest room, a police station, a restaurant, a hotel and other places, of course.
Additionally, try to read safety advisories from travel websites specific to the country you are visiting. That way, you’ll get familiar with the different things to watch out for, as well as integrate them (if appropriate) in the list of survival phrases you’re going to learn.
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