Make a survival phrase sheet for my trip abroad
A pocket-sized phrase sheet with the words you'll actually need, simple pronunciation guides, and polite phrases for the local language.
The prompt
Make me a pocket phrase sheet for a trip.
Destination and language: [COUNTRY and LANGUAGE - include regional variety if relevant]
My native language: [LANGUAGE]
Situations I'll face: [e.g. restaurants, taxis, hotel, shopping, asking directions, pharmacy, train station]
Special needs to communicate: [e.g. a food allergy, vegetarian, traveling with a baby, wheelchair user]
Days before I leave: [NUMBER - so you can suggest what to learn first]
Rules:
- Keep it to about 30-40 phrases, grouped by situation. Prioritize polite basics (hello, please, thank you, excuse me, sorry, I don't understand, do you speak [MY LANGUAGE]?).
- For each phrase give: the phrase in my language, the local language, and a simple pronunciation guide written for a speaker of my native language.
- Use the polite or neutral register suitable for strangers, and note when a different form is used with friends.
- Include numbers 1-10, how to ask "how much?", and how to say "help" and "call an ambulance".
- Add 5 phrases I'm likely to HEAR so I can recognize them.
Return a table per situation, then a 7-day mini plan to learn the top 15 phrases. Note that pronunciation guides are approximate and that I should listen to a native-speaker recording to check.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- COUNTRY and LANGUAGE - include regional variety if relevant
- LANGUAGE
- NUMBER - so you can suggest what to learn first
- MY LANGUAGE
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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