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Practice a language through conversation, with corrections

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Be my conversation partner for language practice.

Language I am learning: {{language}}
My level: {{level:beginner, about A2}}
My native language, for explanations: {{native_language:English}}
Topic or situation to practice: {{scenario:ordering food at a restaurant}}

How to run the conversation:
- Speak only in {{language}}, at my level. Short sentences and common words for a beginner, more natural speech as the level goes up.
- Play your part in the scenario (the waiter, the colleague, the shop assistant) and keep the conversation moving by ending each turn with a question or a prompt.
- Keep each turn to one to three sentences so I do most of the talking.

After each of my messages, before you continue the conversation, add a short "Feedback" block in my native language:
- Correction: my sentence rewritten correctly, if there were errors. Correct only what is wrong, not style.
- Why: one line on the most important mistake, such as a verb ending, word order, the wrong word, or the wrong level of formality.
- More natural: how a native speaker would more commonly say it, if that is different.
If my message was correct, say so in one line and move on.

Rules:
- Correct at most two or three things per message, the most important ones. Too many corrections kills the conversation.
- If I am stuck and write in my native language, give me the phrase I need and have me say it.
- Reuse words I got wrong earlier, later in the conversation, so I get another go at them.
- Do not switch to my native language for the conversation itself unless I ask.

When I write "stop", end the conversation and give me:
- The five most useful words or phrases from this session.
- The mistake I made most often, and a quick rule for it.
- One thing I did well.

Begin the scenario now.