Food and Dining
40 resources created by 23 users
This Food and Dining page on GoConqr gathers community-made flashcard decks for food vocabulary in languages beyond the usual lists, including Arabic, Japanese, Dari, Thai, Chinese, Greek, Polish and Urdu. It's built for school students learning food and restaurant words, and for teachers after ready-made decks, with a few university students finding it useful too. There are more than 30 flashcard decks here, shared by over 20 contributors. Open a deck, flip through the words, and say each one aloud as you go.
Top Food and Dining resources
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87 cardsArabic - English 3.2 Food and Drink
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26 cardsJapanese food 1-30 Dekiru! P362
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34 cardsDari - English RestaurantFood
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109 cards06.25 plain cooked rice
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72 cardsCHIN 30A Unit 4
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28 cardsLevel2-18-Do you Want More Thai Chicken Rice? You're late; I ordered already. If you want anything, we can order more.
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53 cardsGreek - English Shopping and Eating Out - At a Restaurant 2
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52 cardsGreek - English Shopping and Eating Out - At a Restaurant 1
Flashcards
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87 cardsArabic - English 3.2 Food and Drink
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26 cardsJapanese food 1-30 Dekiru! P362
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34 cardsDari - English RestaurantFood
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109 cards06.25 plain cooked rice
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72 cardsCHIN 30A Unit 4
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28 cardsLevel2-18-Do you Want More Thai Chicken Rice? You're late; I ordered already. If you want anything, we can order more.
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53 cardsGreek - English Shopping and Eating Out - At a Restaurant 2
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52 cardsGreek - English Shopping and Eating Out - At a Restaurant 1
Topics in Food and Dining
More Other languages (Catalan, Galician, Basque, Romanian, Asian...) topics
About Food and Dining
GoConqr OriginalWhat the decks cover
Every resource on this page is a flashcard deck, and together they cover the words you meet around meals. Some decks are about dishes. Dari - English Typical Dishes and the Arabic deck on food and drink list foods such as falafel, lentil soup and grilled meat. Others are about drinks, fruit and shopping for ingredients, like the Chinese deck on shopping for food, which has mushroom, garlic, potato, shrimp and banana.
Many decks are built around eating out. The Greek decks on being at a restaurant include appetizers, menu, check, main dish and mineral water. The Thai decks use full sentences, such as ordering a plate of chicken rice and being asked whether you want more to drink.
Where to start
- Pick the language you are learning and open the deck with the simplest title, such as Food and Drinks or Food.
- Move to a restaurant deck, like Dari - English restaurant, to learn the words you need to order.
- Finish with the sentence-based decks, where words appear in short exchanges between a customer and a waiter.
The Japanese deck mixes native script with romanized readings, which helps if you are still getting used to the writing system. The Arabic decks are written in Arabic script, so they suit learners who can already read it.
Making the decks work harder
This page lists flashcards only, with no ready-made quizzes or mind maps. That makes self-testing the main method. Go through a deck once to see the words. Then go through it again and try to say the meaning before you flip the card. Put the words you miss in a short pile and come back to them later in the day.
Teachers can use a single deck as a warm-up for a lesson on ordering food, or set a deck as a short task before class. Because many decks come from textbook-style lessons, they often fit neatly beside a course you are already following.
Where this page sits
This unit belongs to the Vocabulary by Topic strand in the Other languages subject, which covers Catalan, Galician, Basque, Romanian, Asian languages and more. Food and Dining is one topic among many, so the decks here pair well with other topic pages for the same language.
Choose one deck today, work through it, and see how many of the words you can recall without looking.
Frequently asked questions
Which deck should I open first?
Start with a short, general deck such as Food and Drinks or Food, which gather everyday words. If you are learning a particular language, choose the deck named for it, like the Dari or Greek restaurant decks. Once those feel comfortable, move on to the longer decks that use full sentences.
Are there quizzes or mind maps on this page?
No. This page lists flashcard decks only, more than 30 of them. You can still test yourself by covering the answer, saying the meaning aloud, then flipping the card. Repeating the words you miss works well as a simple way to practice without any extra tools.
Which languages are covered?
The decks include Arabic, Japanese, Dari, Thai, Chinese, Greek, Polish, Urdu and Nynorsk, along with a deck of Indonesian-style glossary words and several decks from lesson-based courses. Titles usually name the language, so you can scan the list and open the ones that match what you are learning.
Are the resources free, and who made them?
Yes, every deck here is free to open and study, with no account needed. They were made by GoConqr users, not by GoConqr itself, and more than 20 contributors have shared them. A free account also saves your scores and lets you make your own decks, quizzes, mind maps and notes.
Who are these decks useful for?
They suit school students learning food and restaurant words, and teachers who want ready-made decks for a lesson or a short task. A few university students may also find them handy for filling gaps. Pick the deck for your language and level.
What if I can't find the language or words I need?
Try the other decks on the page first, since a restaurant or shopping deck often holds words you were looking for. If nothing fits, you can make your own deck with the exact words from your lesson. Looking at other topic pages in the same subject may also help.