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How can I give direction in English in this case? Hi, whenever I have foreign visitors in the meeting room, it was always difficult to explain to give direction to restroom, so I was just saying like 'You can go this way.' 'You can take this path and turn right and right again.' 'You can go this way, and the restroom will be on your left.' But I really want to know how to say it properly in this case since I will face this situation many times in the future. Easier way will be fine, but I want to know examples that sound like native English speakers too. #1. How to give direction to female restroom. (The location is after exiting the meeting room, turn right and go, turn right again and go, it is on your right.) #2. How to give direction to male restroom. (The location is after exiting the meeting room, turn left and go, it is on your left.) Thank you
9 мар. 2024 г., 3:04
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Your question isn’t correctly posed. What is a good way to give directions from the meeting room to the men’s and women’s bathrooms? (English is assumed. ‘Directions’ is plural here and you are missing some articles) There are many answers and the best requires you to understand where the listener might go wrong. Some possibilities: Women’s: Go right after leaving the room, then take the immediate right. Go right at the next turn also, and the women’s bathroom will be on the right. (It might be good to give additional information: how far you walk, whether there is something to help people recognize that it’s the bathroom, whether the turns are at corners or junctions etc.) Out the door, three rights, and it’s on the right. Turn right after leaving the meeting room, take the next two rights, and it’ll be on the right. Men’s: Go left after leaving the room, and the men’s bathroom will be on the left.
9 марта 2024 г.
The way you have been saying it would make sense (people would be able to understand). You don't need to add "and go" after saying "turn right/left" - that is something we already know (it's implied when giving directions). Two 'native speaker' suggestions: Female: "Out the door, turn right and follow the corridor, turn right again and then the restroom is on your right." Male: "Out the door, turn left and it's the door on your left."
9 марта 2024 г.
Male -- straight along the corridor, the left door Female -- turn right twice, straight along the corridor, the right door
11 марта 2024 г.
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