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When one learn a new language, the 1st thing one should learn is to say is "Help, I'm dying!", instead of a greeting. (lemmy.world)
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You never know when you might need to say "Help, I'm dying" in a foreign country, and the sooner you learn how to say it in the local language, the better your chances of survival are.

However, your chances of survival don't depend on whether you know the local greeting or not, since it's mostly used in a casual conversation, not a life-threatening situation. Therefore, one should 1st learn how to say the phrase "Help, I'm dying", and then learn the greeting.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I see you're a "glass half full of deadly poison" kind of person..

[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have never learned languages to go to a foreign country. I always did this to watch movies or read books.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Also in that context that might be a helpful phrase.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

It's really context dependent

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

You'd be much better off learning the local emergency number and how to provide a street address.

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How about "you need to slapped"? Backpfeifengesicht.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Phew! Thankfully I know how to say "Iuuāte mē! Morior!" in Latin. That'll increase my odds of survival! /s

Okay, I'm clearly joking with the above.

Serious now: OP's advice is solid; when travelling through a region it's sensible to know at the very least "help me!", "danger!", and similar in local languages, even if you won't learn the rest of the languages in question.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year ago

I think it would be better to know the word to warn others of danger, because not only could you warn others of danger, you'd also be able to understand if they attempt to earn you.

The first sentence should be "excuse me sir, it would appear that there is a fierce rattlesnake behind you."