diff --git a/src/ui/android/res/drawable/second_person_worst_utterance_bg.xml b/src/ui/android/res/drawable/second_person_worst_utterance_bg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4effe3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/android/res/drawable/second_person_worst_utterance_bg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:shape="rectangle">
+    <corners android:radius="4dp" />
+    <solid android:color="#FF303e" />
+</shape>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ui/android/res/layout/second_person_worst_utterance.xml b/src/ui/android/res/layout/second_person_worst_utterance.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12d33a24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/android/res/layout/second_person_worst_utterance.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<TextView
+        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
+        android:layout_marginLeft="32dp"
+        android:layout_gravity="right"
+        android:padding="8dp"
+        android:textSize="20sp"
+        android:background="@drawable/second_person_worst_utterance_bg"
+        />
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java
index 96bcbabb9..2e848ef9d 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/ConversationView.java
@@ -96,9 +96,16 @@ public class ConversationView extends ScrollView {
 
     public CharSequence addSecondPersonUtterance(CharSequence text) {
 
-	// parse by chunks, marked by *, red colour
 	TextView view ;
-	if (text.charAt(0) == '*') {
+
+	// parse by words, marked by %, darkest red colour
+	if (text.charAt(0) == '%') {
+                 view = (TextView) 
+                	mInflater.inflate(R.layout.second_person_worst_utterance, mContent, false) ;
+	     		text = text.subSequence(2, text.length()) ;
+	}
+	// parse by chunks, marked by *, red colour
+	else if (text.charAt(0) == '*') {
                  view = (TextView) 
                 	mInflater.inflate(R.layout.second_person_chunk_utterance, mContent, false) ;
 		 text = text.subSequence(2, text.length()) ;
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ public class ConversationView extends ScrollView {
 	// parse error or unknown translations (in []) present, red colour
 	else if (text.toString().contains("parse error:") || text.toString().contains("[")) {
                  view = (TextView) 
-                	mInflater.inflate(R.layout.second_person_chunk_utterance, mContent, false) ;
+                	mInflater.inflate(R.layout.second_person_worst_utterance, mContent, false) ;
 	}
 	// parse by domain grammar, marked by +, green colour
 	else 	if (text.charAt(0) == '+') {
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
index 5e4a5a7cb..f540371f6 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
@@ -264,6 +264,36 @@ public class Translator {
     	}
     	return out;
     }
+
+    public String translateWord(String input) {
+
+	List<MorphoAnalysis> morphos = lookupMorpho(input) ;
+
+	String output = "[" + input + "]" ;
+
+        Concr targetLang = getTargetConcr();
+
+	for (MorphoAnalysis ana : morphos) {
+	    if (targetLang.hasLinearization(ana.getLemma())) {
+		output = targetLang.linearize(Expr.readExpr(ana.getLemma())) ;
+		    break ;
+		} 
+	} 
+	return output ;
+    }
+
+    public String parseByLookup(String input) {
+	String[] words = input.split(" ") ;
+
+        String output = "%" ;
+
+        for (String w : words) {
+	    output = output + " " + translateWord(w) ; 
+        }
+
+	return output ;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Takes a lot of time. Must not be called on the main thread.
      */
@@ -280,8 +310,10 @@ public class Translator {
             String output = targetLang.linearize(expr);
             return output;
         } catch (ParseError e) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "Parse error: " + e); //lookupMorpho
-            return "parse error: " + e.getMessage();
+	    //            Log.e(TAG, "Parse error: " + e); //lookupMorpho
+	    //            return "parse error: " + e.getMessage();
+	    String output = parseByLookup(input) ;
+	    return output ;
         }
     }