the scenario library

Pick a scene. Learn your lines.

Three chapters of real life: eating out, getting around and shopping. Flip the comic between four of our 10 languages, steal the good lines, then make your own version in the app.

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CHAPTER 01 At the RestaurantOrdering, allergies, splitting the bill → CHAPTER 02 Getting AroundTrains, taxis, tickets, lost stops → CHAPTER 03 Out ShoppingSizes, tax-free, gift wrap, returns →
chapter 01 · 🍽️

At the Restaurant

From "how many?" to "the bill, please" — the four lines that get you through any meal.

Dinner for twoTAPAS BAR, MADRID · 21:00
  1. 01STAFF
    ¡Buenas noches! ¿Cuántos son?
    Good evening! How many of you?
  2. 02YOU
    Somos dos.
    There are two of us.
  3. 03YOU
    ¿Qué me recomienda?
    What do you recommend?
  4. 04YOU
    La cuenta, por favor.
    The bill, please.

More scenes in this chapter

Allergic to half the menu Soy alérgico a las gambas. I’m allergic to prawns. Splitting the bill (awkwardly) ¿Podemos pagar por separado? Can we pay separately? Sending back cold soup, politely Perdone, la sopa está fría. Excuse me, the soup is cold. Booking a table for tonight ¿Tienen mesa para dos esta noche? Do you have a table for two tonight?
chapter 02 · 🚆

Getting Around

Platforms, taxis and ticket machines — so you end up where you meant to, roughly on time.

Wrong platform?ATOCHA STATION, MADRID · 8:15
  1. 01YOU
    Perdone, ¿este tren va a Sevilla?
    Excuse me, does this train go to Seville?
  2. 02STAFF
    No, es el andén de enfrente.
    No, it’s the opposite platform.
  3. 03YOU
    ¿A qué hora sale el próximo?
    What time does the next one leave?
  4. 04STAFF
    Dentro de cinco minutos.
    In five minutes.

More scenes in this chapter

Your suitcase vs. rush hour ¡Perdón, me bajo! Excuse me, getting off! Telling the taxi where to go A este hotel, por favor. To this hotel, please. Buying the right ticket Un billete de ida a Valencia, por favor. A one-way ticket to Valencia, please. Missed your stop. Again. Me he pasado de parada. I missed my stop.
chapter 03 · 🛍️

Out Shopping

Browse in peace, find your size, and walk out with the right thing (or quietly return it).

"Just looking"BOUTIQUE, BARCELONA
  1. 01STAFF
    ¿Le puedo ayudar?
    Can I help you?
  2. 02YOU
    Solo estoy mirando, gracias.
    Just looking, thanks.
  3. 03YOU
    ¿Lo tiene en una talla más grande?
    Do you have this in a bigger size?
  4. 04STAFF
    Los probadores están allí.
    The fitting rooms are over there.

More scenes in this chapter

Tax-free? Yes please. ¿Puedo recuperar el IVA? Can I get the tax back? Asking for a little discount ¿Me puede hacer un descuento? Can you give me a discount? Gift wrap for the in-laws ¿Me lo envuelve para regalo? Could you gift-wrap it? Returning shoes you’ve definitely worn Casi no los he usado. I’ve barely worn them.
bonus chapter · ∞

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The doctor's surgery. Your first day at work. A hotel room with no hot water. Whatever's coming, type it in — GigaLearner writes the scene, you tweak it, then hear it out loud.

  1. Type any scenario (or steal a template)
  2. GL writes the conversation that usually happens
  3. Tweak it, then hit play to hear how it’s said
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