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Sentence check · ItalianExample
Ti va di prendere un caffè domani?
To a friend · text chat · casual
Speakers answer
Sounds natural
Clear consensus from Italian speakers.
| Nothing stands out | 5 |
| It works, but something stands out | 1 |
| It wouldn't come across as intended | 0 |
| I wouldn't understand it | 0 |
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Bring the questions a dictionary can't answer
Short questions about real sentences, asked with the situation you're in.
Does this sound right?
Check something you wrote before you send it.
Le scrivo per chiedere un’informazione.
Which version is better?
Choose between two ways of saying the same thing.
Could you send it over?
Can you send it to me?
How do I say this?
Find a natural way to say it in the other language.
Running late, start without me!
What does it really mean?
Understand a phrase you read or heard, and when people use it.
Magari!
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Speakers answer separately
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We bring their answers together and show you how strongly they agree.
What a result looks like
Every result leads with the answer, then shows how speakers got there.
Sentence checkEnglish
I'm going to the library to buy a book.
To a friend · text chat · casual
Speakers answer
It wouldn't come across as intended. Try: I'm going to the bookstore to buy a book.
Clear consensus from English speakers.
How to say itEnglish to Italian
Running late, start without me!
To friends · text chat · casual
Speakers answer
Sono in ritardo, iniziate pure senza di me.
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