English Sentences with Audio - Normal Speed and Slowed Down

English with Translations

• Arabic - English (6555)
  All - Tom
• Berber - English (20700)
  All - Tom
• Bulgarian - English (12116)
  All - Tom
• Chinese (Mandarin) - English (11548)
  All - Tom
• Danish - English (9474)
  All - Tom
• Dutch - English (17671)
  All - Tom
• Esperanto - English (77483)
  All - Tom
• Finnish - English (36426)
  All - Tom
• French - English (99952)
  All - Tom
• German - English (109911)
  All - Tom
• Greek - English (12794)
  All - Tom
• Hebrew - English (85650)
  All - Tom
• Hungarian - English (41958)
  All - Tom
• Italian - English (214300)
  All - Tom
• Japanese - English (32762)
  All - Tom
• Macedonian - English (52548)
  All - Tom
• Marathi - English (21316)
  All - Tom
• Polish - English (25655)
  All - Tom
• Portuguese - English (87379)
  All - Tom
• Russian - English (218278)
  All - Tom
• Serbian - English (8069)
  All - Tom
• Spanish - English (72581)
  All - Tom
• Swedish - English (13812)
  All - Tom
• Turkish - English (306198)
  All - Tom
• Ukrainian - English (53085)
  All - Tom

Limitations for Bilingual Pairs

I limited this list to languages that had translations by native speakers linked to 5,000 or more English sentences with audio. The only exception is Esperanto which has no native speakers, so I made no attempt at quality control for Esperanto.

Selections

• All = All the English sentences with audio and native-speaker translations (except Esperanto, which has no native speakers).
• Tom = English sentences with the name Tom. These are sentence patterns that have a person's name. You can substitute in other names, of course, when you use these patterns.
• French = These are sentence patterns that have the name of a language. You can substitute in other language names, when you use these patterns.
• Boston = These are sentence patterns that have the name of a city. You can substitute in other city names, when you use these patterns.
• Monday = These are sentence patterns that have the name of a day of the week. You can substitute in other days of the week, when you use these patterns.
• October = These are sentence patterns that have the name of a month. You can substitute in other months, when you use these patterns.
• Three = These are sentence patterns that have a number You can substitute in other numbers, when you use these patterns.
  
  
• See a page about these and other wildcards used on Tatoeba.org to help avoid near duplicates.

Credits

The sentences from tatoeba.org are being used on this website under the Creative Commons - Attribution 2.0 France license.
The MP3 files were recorded by me.

English Only Selections

Some "Wildcard" Sentences

You can easily substitute other words in for these "wildcards."

• 2:30 (713) Default Wildcard for Time
• 2013 (219) Default Year
• Australia (431) Country
• Boston (5268) City
• Canadian (236) Nationality
• Chuck's Diner (20) Default Restaurant Name
• Cookie (42) Name for Pets
• Do That, Does That, Doing That, Did That, Done That (10919) Verb Phrase
• French (3675) Language
• Harvard (106) University
• Monday (732) Day of the Week
• October (191) Month
• Park Street (127) Street Name
• Thirty or Thirteen (662) Mosty ages
• Three (2509) Number

Sentences Beginning with These Words

• It (8818)
• There (2617)
• This (3995)
• That (5534)
• Don't (3211)
• Let's (2519)
• If (695)
• I (75901)
• You (12471)
• We (13337)
• He, She and They (7850)
• Who (1771)
• What (Questions) (6405)
• What (Not Questions) (551)
• Where (1549)
• Why (3620)
• When (1067)
• How (4099)
• Which (281)
• Are, Is, Was or Were (5645)
• Do, Does or Did (7985)
• Have or Has (1306)
• Will or Would (1565)
• Misc. Other Questions (7264)
• My (2278)
• The (4572)

Sentences Containing These Words

• Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1564)
• Morning, Afternoon, Evening or Night (1026)

Wildcard Names for People

• Sentences beginning with Tom and ending with Mary (3743)
• (Other) Sentences with Tom Followed by Mary (12842)
• Sentences with Mary Only or with Mary before Tom (865)
• Sentences That End with Tom (1082)
• Tom's (865)
• Other Sentences with Tom (67362)
• Jackson (230) Family Name, Surname, Last Name
• The "Wildcard" Names
  • Tom is the default name.
  • Mary is used if another name is needed.
  • Mary is also used instead of Tom when a woman's name seems more natural.
  • John is used if a third name is needed, or when a second man's name is needed.
  • Alice is used if a fourth name is needed, or when a second woman's name is needed.
  • Jackson is the default last name (family name, surname).
  • Try practicing these sentences with other people's names.

Other Sentences Not Used Above

• Please (2106) At the beginning or end of sentences
• 2-Word Sentences (716)
• 3-Word Sentences (3268)
• 4-Word Sentences (4010)
• 5-Word Sentences (3200)
• Misc. Other Sentences (7709)

Note: Sentences are only included once, even though they could be included on various lists. I wanted to keep each set of sentences at a reasonable size.