Please answer this riddle called LOST.?

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You are lost in a forest. The forest is between two villages. In villageA live only liars, they always lie. In village B people always tell the truth. You want to go to village B. Then you see a man from village A or B. You can ask him only one question.
Which question will you ask him to know for sure where village B is ?
The answer is Ask the man which city he lives in. He will always point to village B.
 
I'm assuming you only have one question to ask. Ask him what someone from the OTHER village would say where village B is. No matter who the villager is, the answer would always be the opposite of the truth (because villager B would truthfully repeat villager A's lie, and villager A would lie about villager B's truthful statement.)
 
Ask the man something you know the answer to already, something you know for sure, like which way north is or how many fingers on a normal human hand, this will find out if he is a liar or not, then depending on if he lies or is correct you can take is word if you ask him where village B is
 
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