To start off, my favorite Waray word is "ambot", which means "ewan" in Tagalog. Having two Waray friends as my closest friends in college didn't help me much in learning the language. Not that I'm not interested or anything. It's just that we always talk pretty much in the same language, either English or Tagalog. And so, sad to say, "ambot" is the only Waray word injected to my vocab.
In contrast, having an almost 4-month vacation in Austria and being able to mingle with people of different nationalities there, I've learned quite a few of the basic phrases in various languages aside from German.
TURKISH
Nasılsın? How are you?
Iyi. I'm good./I'm fine.
Para yok No money
küçük small
büyük big
SERBIAN
Dobar dan! Good day.
Kako si? How are you?
Dobro. I'm good./I'm fine.
Šta radiš? What are you doing?
ALBANIAN
Mirëdita! Good day.
Si je? How are you?
Mirë. I'm good./I'm fine.
Faleminderit. Thank you.
Baklava -- My classmates often mention this in class. I've known this as a kind of sweet/pastry but I never got to see nor taste it.
DISCLAIMER: I am only writing according to what I remember having learned from my classmates. Ergo, I am uncertain as to the accuracy of the aforementioned words and letters/characters and their corresponding translation. :)
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