L'interface est traduite, mais les explications de cette page sont encore rédigées en anglais — le texte pédagogique n'a pas encore été traduit.
Say what you need
I need / I want.
Read across a row to watch one language climb its own ladder. Read down a column to see nine answers to the same problem. Every sentence is played by your device's voice for that language, where you have one.
Every language fills it with the same concept, so the sentences differ for one reason rather than two.
| Langue | Closefriends, family, people younger than you | Politecolleagues, strangers, shop staff — the safe default | Deferentialcustomers, clients, bosses, officials | Ce que fait la politesse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 日本語 | reworded | |||
| Français | rebuilt | |||
| Español | rebuilt | |||
| Deutsch | reworded | |||
| Italiano | reworded | |||
| Bahasa Melayu | rebuilt | |||
| Português | adds words | |||
| Русский | reworded | |||
| हिन्दी | reworded | |||
| ქართული | adds words | |||
| 普通话 | adds words | |||
| 廣東話 | adds words | |||
| Tiếng Việt | reworded | |||
| 한국어 | reworded | |||
| Türkçe | reworded |
The last column asks whether the polite sentence still contains the casual one. Ajoute des mots means the original survives intact and politeness is bolted on the outside; rebuilt means the sentence was remade. Measured on the frames, so the filled-in word cannot skew it.
Cliquez une phrase pour voir ce qu'elle fait.
Vous les voulez pour un métier ou un lieu plutôt qu'un par un ? Circumstances builds a whole set from the situation you are in.