A Traveler's Generic Phrase Book and Novel

by Shirley B. Trew

Friday, April 20, 2012


POST #25--TELEPHONE

Where is a phone?
May I use this phone?
How do you use this phone?
Is this a phone?
What do I do?
Where can I buy a token?
Where can a buy a phone card?
Where do I stick in the phone card?

How do I get the operator?
What is the operator saying?
I can't understand what the operator is saying.
Is this the operator?
Do I dial now?

Are they asking for the number?
Do I have to put in more tokens?
Did I get a wrong number?
They're talking much too fast.
They're talking in (language).
Please speak more slowly.
Can you please say that again more slowly?

They hung up.
Should we try again?
How do I get the phone card out?
Does one call use up the whole card?
A card costs four million bongoes.
Is four million bongoes a lot?

Should I just leave the card in there?
What about the next person?
Is that man a policeman/soldier/priest/telephone repairman/militia?
Is there a telephone we can use?
Is there a telephone nearby?
Where is the nearest phone that works?
Can I make international calls on this phone?
Where is this phone connected to?
Is this phone working?
How do you know if the phone is working?

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