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Learn languages by copying everyday conversations.

Rehearse the conversation before you have it.

Know the words, but stuck when it comes time to talk? Hear a line from an everyday conversation. Say it out loud and see a score on every word. Then use it with Copy, your AI conversation partner.

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Can you follow this?

One lesson’s opening lines, at normal speed. No subtitles.

Lower intermediate (A2) · Lesson 23 · Going to the restaurant

Missed half of it? One 15-minute lesson, and you’ll be saying lines like these yourself.

See how the lesson gets you there

You can read the menu. Then the waiter looks at you.

And nothing comes out. That isn’t nerves. You trained your eyes for months. You never trained your mouth.

Your Duolingo streak built your vocabulary. Copycat builds the part that comes out of your mouth: real lines, said out loud, scored, and said again.

200 conversations. Three steps each.

Every course has 200 everyday conversations, from ordering a coffee to making plans. You hear each one, say it, then use it.

  1. Watch. Hear it at real speed.

    Listen to each line at normal or slow speed, then rebuild it from what you heard. You start catching where one word ends and the next begins.

    Try it: press Listen to phrase, then tap the words in order.

    Watch · Step 1 of 3

    Phrase 3 of 9

    .

    Listen, then rebuild the line.

  2. Copy. Say it. See a score on every word.

    Record the line and get a 0–100 score for each word. Hear the original again, then go until it sounds right. Nobody is waiting on you.

    Try it: press Hear it for the whole line, or Hear word for just “métro”.

    Copy · Step 2 of 3

    Phrase 3 of 9

    Nice work — one word to polish.

    métro: tongue tip down, light r in the back.

    76

    Use the score as a guide, not a grade. It may change a little between tries.

    Your copy

    Le métro est là-bas.

    The subway is over there.

    Word feedback

    Le 91 métro 58 est 84 là-bas 80

    Your next move

    Focus on “métro”

    métro: tongue tip down, light r in the back.

    Record your own take with a 7-day free trial.

    Say the line, hear yours next to the original, and get word-by-word feedback on the spot.

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  3. Chat. Use it with Copy.

    Talk through the same scene with Copy, your AI conversation partner, by voice or by typing. You start with the words already in your mouth.

    Try it: press Play reply to hear Copy, and tap Tiny upgrade under your last line.

    Where is the subway?

    tourist

    Excusez-moi, où est le métro ?

    Excuse me, where is the subway?

    Le métro est là-bas.

    tourist

    Ah, merci ! C’est loin ?

    Oh, thank you! Is it far?

    Non, c’est cinq minutes.

    Tiny upgrade

    Try: Non, c’est à cinq minutes à pied.

    For how far away something is, French says c’est à cinq minutes — that small à is the piece English leaves out. Adding à pied (“on foot”) makes it clear you mean a five-minute walk.

    Answer Copy with a 7-day free trial.

    Speak or type your reply, hear Copy answer, and get a tiny upgrade whenever one helps.

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Stuck? Ask Copy for an idea or a translation. Outside lessons, Free Chat is open about anything, typed or as a call.

They were stuck too. Then they started copying.

Chris passed his B1 oral exam in Switzerland. Stephanie’s neighbours in Paris noticed. Rebecca was speaking up after seven weeks.

“Had to take a FIDE test here in Switzerland to renew my resident permit and passed B1 oral A1 written with 92 and 95 percent pass rates. No way would have achieved that without this course.”

Chris Horler

Switzerland

“I'd been having a hard time with aural comprehension, but thanks to this course, that has improved dramatically. I live in Paris, and since I started, people I interact with regularly have been commenting on how much my French has improved.”
Stephanie Argy

Stephanie Argy

Paris, France

“Before, I would never have tried speaking even though I knew what to say. This course has given me more confidence in my pronunciation and usage. I really only had about 7 weeks and already felt more confident speaking.”
Rebecca Spears

Rebecca Spears

United States

“I tried everything to gain confidence in speaking French… courses in France, one to one conversation with native speakers. Nothing worked! Actually hearing myself speak French and being able to correct my pronunciation has finally given me a huge boost of confidence!”

Christine

“I tried others like Babbel and wasn't getting anywhere. With Copycat Cafe, I'm finally getting conversational. It's great.”
A. M. Steiner

A. M. Steiner

Fantasy author

“I had a chance to speak to a French person - I traveled to Normandy and dared to start a conversation with our guide. I was thrilled that he understood me and I - him. He was very surprised that I had studied French only for a few months.”
Irene Belyakov-Goodman

Irene Belyakov-Goodman

United States

Benjamin Houy Nur Houy

We’re Benjamin and Nur. Benjamin taught French in South Korea. Nur is learning Spanish and French with Copycat right now. Two people, self-funded, and we read every email.

What people ask us before they start

Do I need a card for the free trial?

Yes. We’re two people running a small business, and asking for a card stops fraud and fake accounts from eating into what we can give real learners. We email you before your trial ends, and you can cancel in one click before then and pay nothing. Paddle handles the payment, so we never see your card number.

What happens when the trial ends?

You pay for the plan you picked when you started: monthly, or yearly in one payment. Changed your mind after paying? Email Benjamin within 30 days of your first payment for a full refund.

How is this different from Duolingo?

Duolingo is good at building vocabulary. Copycat has you say every line of an everyday conversation out loud, scores every word, then has you use those lines in a conversation with Copy, your AI conversation partner.

How is this different from AI conversation apps?

Most AI chat starts from a blank conversation. Copycat starts from lines you have already heard and said, so when you talk with Copy you have the words ready.

Which languages do you teach?

French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Italian and German, with 200 everyday conversations each from A1 to B2. One subscription includes all five.

How much time does it take?

About 15 minutes a lesson. One a day is plenty.

Do I have to use my microphone?

No. You can listen, read and type in chat without it. Pronunciation scores and spoken chat need your microphone, because we can't score speech you don't send.

Do you sell my recordings?

No. We don’t sell your recordings, chats or transcripts, and the companies that run our speech and AI features may not train on them. The privacy policy has the details.

“Copying isn’t cheating. It’s how you learned your first language.”

The waiter is going to look at you. Have your line ready.

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