I plan on going abroad in the coming year & want to know enough of the local language to ask basic things. Does anyone know something like 100 or 250 words that I could memorize to get across basic ideas & questions? I don’t care about being grammatical correct just enough to cave man speak during my time there.
I prefer Sandi Toksvig’s method: if you only know one word, make it “hospital.”
Presupposes that you’ve used some of my other five words.
Reserves an Honourable mention, though.