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could you help me with this? I'm trying to say "If we call each other, will we
be able to understand each other at all?"

so far I have come with this [僕らはお互いを電話すれば、お互いをわかりますかな?] What you guys think?

I'm not really sure if that's the proper way to say it, and also not sure
about how to say "at all".

ありがとうございます！
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How to say each other on this sentence
I would put the line you quoted - If we call each other, will we be able to
understand each other at all?" in Japanese as;

「お互いに（電話で）話し合ってみれば、兎に角解り合えるのではないでしょうか？」

As you know, in Japanese, particularly in spoken form,the subject (I, we,) is
often dropped.

In addition, 「お互いを」電話すれば sounds awkward, and its repetion -
「お互い」を電話すれば「お互い」を分かる is felt redundant.
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> 僕らはお互いを電話すれば、お互いをわかりますかな?

  * 僕らは is not necessary because it's safely inferred from the context.
  * Unlike _call_ , 電話する is not transitive. The particle you need here is に. Or you can just use お互い without any particle because it also works as an adverb.
  * ～ますかな is a very pompous way of asking a question. I hear this only in fiction, typically from noble people and stereotyped elderly gentlemen.
  * Neutrally saying ～ますか is not a good way to ask a question like this anyway, because you are expecting a positive response. (i.e., You want to say "we do ... don't we?" or "Don't we ...", not simply "Do we ...")
  * 分かる is rarely used transitively. Use ～が分かる isntead.
  * Try using [～あう](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=au) here. If you can use this the second お互い is redundant.
  * "At all" in a positive sentence can be translated as とにかく, ともかく, 何にせよ, etc.

Fixed version:

>   * 僕らはお互いに電話すれば、お互いが分かるのではないでしょうか。 (still a bit clumsy)
>   * お互いに電話すれば、とにかく分かり合えるのではないでしょうか。
>   * 何にせよ、お互い電話すれば、わかり合えるのでは？
>   * 電話で話しあえば、ともかくわかりあえるんじゃない？ (casual)
>
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