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我可以用翻译软件吗?

Can I use a translation app?
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

0/4 recalled Next: hear it cold. Continue next step

Scene

When to use it

Asking permission to use a phone translation app in a practical conversation.

Risk

safe

Do not use it where phones are restricted or during confidential discussions without consent.

Literal

I can use translation software?

This is more respectful than silently pointing your phone at someone.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 Sorry, can I use a translation app?
02 My Chinese is not good. Can I use a translation app?

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Did you understand?
B Can I use a translation app?

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 translation app/software
02 map app/software

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 我可以用翻译软件吗? mean?

Answer: Can I use a translation app?

This is more respectful than silently pointing your phone at someone.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 我可以用翻译软件吗?

Answer: wǒ kě yǐ yòng fān yì ruǎn jiàn ma?

软件 is ruǎn jiàn: third tone plus fourth tone.

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03 · Which line asks permission before using a translation app?

Answer: 我可以用翻译软件吗?

我可以用...吗 asks Can I use ...?

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