Sentence examples for a basic conversation from inspiring English sources

"I could barely hold a basic conversation," said Mr. Brown, now 33.

Their English is, at best, serviceable, and they struggle to carry on a basic conversation with a reporter.

But it found only 1% of the adult population speaks Mandarin to a level that allows them to conduct a basic conversation.

Thanks to the serendipity of Romance languages, I can fake my way through a basic conversation, a newspaper and a menu in Italian, Portuguese and French.

"What we were ideally trying to do was to get a basic conversation going, that there are gay people and they have rights," said David Campbell, the show's producer.

An investigation of the accident later revealed that the pilot Gruzin and copilot Kolesar were only able to communicate with each other in English, but Gruzin's ability to speak English was too limited to hold more than a basic conversation.

"It starts off with a real basic conversation.

Now, this seems like a very basic conversation.

Use these questions and responses to have a very basic conversation: What is your name?: Como o/a senhor/a se chama?

He'd become so accustomed to communicating by e-mail or chat that he felt he needed a refresher in basic conversation skills.

Even the most basic conversation was often a struggle.