Pre-curated phrase sets per language and scenario combination
Phrazl does not build your curriculum from scratch. It holds pre-curated phrase sets for each language and scenario combination across the ten languages it covers, ordered by trip-relevance rank, and your three setup answers decide which of those sets lands on your trip screen.
What this article covers
Use this when you have set up a trip and want to know why your phrase list looks the way it does, or when you are about to set one up and want to choose scenarios on purpose rather than by instinct.
Phrazl keeps a pre-curated set for each language and scenario combination, across the ten languages it covers. Nothing is generated at the moment you ask for it, and nothing is ordered by how pretty the phrase is. You pick a destination and up to three scenarios, and the matching sets are stacked into one list in trip-relevance order.
How to get the set you want
- Pick the destination, and the language comes with it
The first step of trip setup is the destination selector. Your choice there fixes the language of every phrase you will see, so the sets are pulled for that language rather than for a language family in general.
- Set the departure date
The date does not change which phrases you get. It calibrates the review schedule, which compresses its intervals towards your departure as a hard deadline.
- Choose up to three scenarios
Restaurant, transport, hotel, emergency, shopping. Each one you tick adds its pre-curated set for your language, so three ticks means three sets. Choose where you will actually be standing, not what reads well on a list.
- Read the emergency disclaimer if you tick it
Selecting emergency shows a disclaimer on the selection screen, repeated in the terms: those phrases are for general communication practice, not a substitute for contacting local emergency services or a qualified interpreter.
- Open the set at the top, not the bottom
The combined list arrives in trip-relevance rank, most trip-critical first. The first 20 phrases of your trip are free to practise before you buy anything, and they are the first 20 by that ranking, not a random sample.
- Say them out loud in one of the three modes
Flashcard, listen and repeat with audio playback, and fill in the blank all draw from the same set. The single readiness bar on the trip screen reports curriculum coverage completed, with no streaks and no XP.
What trip-relevance order actually means
Within each language and scenario set the phrases carry a relevance rank, and the trip screen honours it. The phrase you need at the counter in the first ten minutes sits above the one you might need on day four.
Two things follow from that:
- Working top down is the whole point. If you only get through a third of the list before you fly, you want that third to be the top third.
- A phrase low in the list is not filler. It is simply further from the moment you step off the plane.
The set itself does not reshuffle as departure gets closer. What changes is the review schedule, which tightens its intervals so the phrases you have already met come back more often as the date approaches.
If the set is not what you expected
Check the destination and scenarios shown on the trip screen first. The list is the sum of those answers, so a missing scenario is almost always a scenario that was never ticked.
If you are on the free preview, you are seeing the first 20 phrases of your trip, which is one trip set up. The Trip pack at £6.99 once opens the full curriculum for that destination, 200 to 300 phrases, being 150 essentials plus 50 per scenario, with up to three scenarios. The Full bundle at £16.99 once covers all ten languages, up to 400 phrases per destination, and lets you set up new trips without buying again.
If the phrases on screen still do not match the destination and scenarios you chose, email support@phrazl.com and say which trip it is. New to the product and want the setup walkthrough instead, see the getting started article.
Questions
How many phrases are in my set?
On the Free preview you practise the first 20 phrases of your trip. The Trip pack covers 200 to 300 phrases for one destination, being 150 essentials plus 50 per scenario, with up to three of the five scenarios. The Full bundle covers up to 400 phrases per destination across all ten languages.
Which languages have pre-curated sets?
Ten. You do not choose the language directly, you choose a destination in the first step of trip setup and the language follows from it.
Can one trip have more than three scenarios?
Trip setup takes up to three of the five scenarios: restaurant, transport, hotel, emergency and shopping. Pick the three places you will genuinely stand in.
Does the set change as my departure date gets closer?
No. The phrases and their trip-relevance order stay as they are. The review schedule is what changes, compressing its intervals towards your departure date as a hard deadline.
Is the audio on each phrase a native speaker?
No, and we say so on the phrase itself. Every phrase in a trip pack carries AI-voice audio, not a native speaker, playable at normal speed or slowed, alongside a written pronunciation guide.
What does the readiness percentage on my trip screen measure?
Curriculum coverage completed: how much of your set you have worked through. It is a measure of coverage, not a prediction of how a conversation will go, and there are no streaks or XP attached to it.
Can I rely on the emergency set in a real emergency?
Treat it as general communication practice only. The selection screen and the terms both state that those phrases are not a substitute for contacting local emergency services or a qualified interpreter.