Language learning guides

Practice ordering coffee in Spanish, specifying milk or ice, and answering a follow-up question. Learn a simple request without assuming every café uses the same menu.

Learn how to ask for the restaurant check in Spanish, confirm a card payment option, and keep the request separate from asking the price of one item.

Ask for a restaurant recommendation in Spanish, add a food preference, and respond to the suggestion. Practice informal and formal versions without mixing them.

Use para llevar to order takeaway food in Spanish. Practice answering for-here-or-to-go questions and distinguish a new order from packing restaurant leftovers.

Order an iced americano or a hot latte in Korean with 주세요, answer the size question, and say whether you are staying or taking it with you.

Learn the polite ways to say thank you in Korean, when to choose 감사합니다, 감사해요, or 고마워요, and how to answer when someone thanks you.

Ask 화장실이 어디예요? in Korean, get someone's attention first, and understand short answers with directions like 저쪽 and 2층.

Say you don't understand in Korean without ending the conversation: 잘 모르겠어요, 이해가 안 돼요, and polite requests to repeat or slow down.

Order coffee in Mandarin Chinese with 我要一杯, add hot or iced, answer “for here or to go?”, and politely fix a wrong drink. Pinyin and English included.

Say thank you in Mandarin with 谢谢, 谢谢您, and 太谢谢你了, then reply naturally with 不客气, 不用谢, or 没事. Includes tones, pinyin, and a short dialogue.

Ask prices in Mandarin with 这个多少钱, understand answers in 块, buy by the box or jin at a market, and avoid mixing up 四 and 十. Pinyin included.

Ask where the restroom is in Mandarin with 洗手间在哪里, know when to say 厕所 or 卫生间, read 男 and 女 signs, and understand short answers. Pinyin and English.

Order coffee in a French café with Bonjour, un café and je voudrais, know what un café crème or un allongé gets you, and answer sur place ou à emporter.

Say thank you in French with merci, merci beaucoup and je vous remercie, then answer with de rien, je vous en prie or avec plaisir. Includes pronunciation and a short dialogue.

Ask for the check in a French restaurant with l'addition, s'il vous plaît, pay by card or phone, and understand why the server waits for you to ask.

Ask and answer how are you in French: ça va ?, comment allez-vous ? and comment ça va ?, with replies from très bien to bof, and why je suis bien is the wrong answer.