SPEAK TO THE WORLD.
In their own language. In minutes.
"Within a couple of minutes, I was able to chat to people of varying nationalities in languages I had never spoken before..." - Android And Me
Hello Pal is the first-ever language exchange app that allows you to easily talk to people of any nationality, in completely foreign languages, within minutes!
If Tinder helps you connect with new friends near you, Hello Pal will help you meet and chat with new partners from across the world irrespective of their native language and nationality.
Interested in conversing with Chinese people in Mandarin even though you don't know a word of Mandarin? No problem! In fact, you could even chat with your Chinese friend, in Japanese, when neither of you have a clue how to speak Japanese!
Thanks to Hello Pal's unique language phrasebooks, translation engine and other tools, there has never been a social platform or language exchange that makes chatting with people in foreign languages so simple!
Video Tutorials
* The Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmO9P4bSiU"> Finding Pals, Using Phrasebooks
* Translation-Assisted Chatting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUrNrtxY5h0"> Text and Voice Chats
HIGHLIGHTS
★MATCH YOURSELF WITH PALS from all over the world
Using Hello Pal's matching abilities, you can easily match yourself with chat partners that suit your criteria. Filter by native language, learning language, nationality, location, etc. to find ideal chat partners you can now talk to without language barriers!
★FIRST-IN-THE-WORLD PHRASEBOOKS
Integrated into our chat system are our unique Phrasebooks and vocabulary designed for online-chatting.
Simply choose a phrase, listen to the professionally-recorded guide audio, and repeat after it. Then send it to your partner! You'll be learning and speaking, on the go!
★CUSTOMIZABLE PHRASES TO SUIT YOU
Not only can you choose from 2000 phrases (organized in 14 categories and over 100 subsections) and countless vocabulary items from each of the phrasebooks, many of the phrases can be customized to suit your particular situation. Eg., change "I also speak Mandarin" to "I also speak Japanese". Choose from over 80 vocabulary lists and over thousands or options.
★DON'T JUST PARROT - TRULY UNDERSTAND
Phrases and vocabulary in the phrasebooks also come with literal translations and comments where appropriate, giving you a much deeper understanding of what you're saying, and revealing sentence structure and grammar. Not only will these help you learn the phrases and vocabulary faster, but they will often also give you an insight into the culture behind the language! In time, you can expect to become fluent and proficient in multiple languages across different nationalities and cultures.
★POWERFUL TRANSLATION TOOLS
When not using Phrasebooks, you can still chat freely with your partner on any topic and in any language. Using the built-in translation tools, you can:
► Translate incoming text messages
► Translate what you wish to say into your partner's language
► Pronounce the translated text with the help of
*(i) guide audio
*(ii) romanized text for languages like Chinese ("pinyin"), Japanese ("romaji") and Korean.
Translation engine used for language exchange supports: Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh
Phrasebooks currently available in English, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, French, Korean and Spanish, with all other major languages coming soon.