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How to Say “No Straw Please” in 40 Languages

by Bianca Caruana April 3, 2019April 13, 2019
written by Bianca Caruana April 3, 2019April 13, 2019
no-plastic-straw

It was only one straw, said 8 billion people.

Plastic straws account for about 2,000 tons of the nearly 9 million tons of plastic waste that enters our waterways each year. While there is much being done across the world to ban the straw and other single-use plastics, we have a role to play as travellers to refuse single-use plastics and say no to plastic straws. Our comments and refusals will then hopefully prompt restaurants and cafe owners to cease the use of plastic straws completely. It’s already starting to happen in many places worldwide.

In order to make that a little bit easier for you, I’ve collaborated with travel bloggers to bring you 40 ways to say “No Plastic Straw” –

French

Contributed by Laurence from Finding The Universe 

Pas de paille s’il vous plait [Pah-duh-pie-seal-voo-play]

Swedish

Contributed by Alex from Swedish Nomad

Inget sugrör i plast, tack [Ing-et sug-roer i pla-st, takk]

Armenian

Contributed by Megan from Absolute Armenia

Առանց պլաստիկ ձողիկի [Arants-plasteek-zorghiki]

Romanian

Contributed by Joanna from The World in My Pocket

Fara pai (de plastic) va rog [fah-rah pai (deh pla-stik) vah rog]

Filipino

Contributed by Katherine from Tara Let’s Anywhere

Wag na po yung plastic straw. [Wag na po yung plas-tik stro.]

Italian

Contributed by Sabrina from In My Suitcase

Per favore, senza cannuccia di plastica [per-favore-senza-cannuccia-di-plastica]

Bulgarian

Contributed by Lyubomira from Bulgarian On The Go

Без (пластмасова) сламка, моля. [Bez (plastmasova) slamka, mоlja.]

Finnish

Contributed by Niina from Bizarre Globehopper

Ei muovipilliä, kiitos. [a-moi-v-pilli-æ-key-tosh]

Hebrew

Contributed by Or from My Path in The World

בלי קש בבקשה ]Bli kash bevakasha]

Japanese

Contributed by Sylvia from Wapiti Travel

プラスチックストローはいりません。[Purasuchikkusutorō wa irimasen]

Lithuanian

Contributed by Jurga from Full Suitcase

Prašau be šiaudelio [Prashau-be-sheuwdælö]

Spanish

Contributed from Bella from Passport and Pixels

Sin pajita, gracias [SIN pa-HEET-a, GRA-see-ass]

Portuguese

Contributed from Bella from Passport and Pixels

Sem palhinha, obrigada (woman) or obrigado (man) [Sane pel-EEN-ya OB-ree-GARD-ah (or OB-ree-GARD-oh for a man)]

German

Contributed by Andy from Travel Made Simple

ˈoːnə ˈʃtʀoːhalm ˈbɪtə [Ohne Strohalm, bitte.]

Chinese (Taiwan)

Contributed by Mariza from Hop On World

我不想要吸管 (Wǒ bùxiǎng yào xīguǎn) [Wo boo shang yao shee-guan.]

Afrikaans

Contributed by Mariza from Hop On World

Geen strooitjie, dankie. [Gheen stroi-ki, dan-ki.]

Turkish

Contributed by Haley from Border Lass

Pipet istemiyorum lütfen [Pipet ist-em-me-yor-um lut-fen]

Euskera (Basque Country)

Contributed by Elisa from France Bucket List

Plastikozko lastoa ez mesedez [plastikozko lastoa etz da mesedetz (the “z” sounds like a “tz”)]

Malay

Contributed by Yen from Swing Abroad

tʌk nʌk straw [Tak Nak Straw]  

Croatian

Contributed by Vera from Frank About Croatia

Bez plastične slamke, molim! [bəz-pla:stichnə-sla:mkə]

Vietnamese

Contributed by Emily from Wander Lush

Không sử dụng ống hút [Khom su zung ung hoút (upward inflection on the last word)]

Spanish (Mexico)

Contributed by Julien from Cultures Traveled

Sin popote [seen poh-poh-tay ]

Ukrainian

Contributed by Inna from Executive Thrillseeker

без соломинки, будь ласка [bez solomynky, bud laska]

Polish

Contributed by Diana from The Elusive Family

Poprosze bez słomki. [pup-rosh-e bez (short e) s-wom-key]

Greek

Contributed by Chris from Trip & Trail

Χωρίς καλαμάκι παρακαλώ [horis kalamaki parakal]

Arabic

Contributed by Daisy from Beyond My Border

بدون مصاصات لو سمحت [Bidoon mas-sa-sat lao sa-mahit]

Bengali

Contributed by Tanaya from Tanaya’s Table

Straw chhara [strɔ chāṛā (“straw” is pronounced the same as in English)]

Iranian

Contributed by Daniel from Layer Culture

Neye plastici nemikham loftan [nehy-plas-tikay-nemy-haam-lot-fan]

Dutch

Contributed by Lisanne from Chapter Travel

Geen rietje, alsjeblieft [Geen ri-tjah als-je-blieft]

Czech

Contributed by Veronika by Travel Geekery

Bez brčka, prosím. [bez brchkaa proseem]

Estonian

Contributed by Zenja by Bearly Here

Kõrt pole vaja, aitäh! [Kyrt poh-leh va-yah, ai-tah (õ is a very specific sound, can’t transcript)]

Hungarian’

Contributed by Eniko from Travel Hacker Girl

Nem kérek szívószálat! [Nem kirek sivosalat!]

Luxembourgish

Contributed by Mei and Kerstin from Travel With MK

əʊniː ‘ʃɑlymo/ vɑn eɕ gəlift [Ouni Schallimo wann ech gelift]

Nepali

Contributed by Hannah from Naturally Hannah

मलाई नराख्नुहोस् [malai straw nadinnus]

Hindi

Contributed by Chandresh from Family on the Wheels

तरल पदार्थ पीने की नली को उपयोग न करें [Taral Padarth peene ki nali ka upyog na kare]

Tamil

Contributed by Priya from Outside Suburbia

ஸ்ட்ரா வேண்டாம் [Sṭrā Vēṇ-ṭām]

 

Related reading: 5 Travels Hacks to Make Your Travels Plastic Free

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