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JOHNNY AUWENEARTH
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Language practice

Choose a language, then practise its grammar, vocabulary, culture or writing.

WORKSPACE

Pick a task before a language tab. Choose the language you want to use, then work on one small task. Reading a script, learning a grammar rule and responding in conversation need different practice.

How to use this
  1. Need to speak today?

    Choose a language and start with Survival. Practise the reply as well as the phrase you say first.

  2. Need to read?

    Use Writing systems for recognition, Pronunciation for spelling-to-sound rules, and Kanji + Hanzi for character and word study.

  3. Need to build sentences?

    Read a grammar rule, work through its example, then answer without looking. Check Vocabulary and Culture to see how the words are used.

Try this: Choose German. Find a survival exchange and say both parts aloud. Change one noun using the grammar explanation instead of memorizing a second whole sentence.

You should get: You can make one small variation and explain why the form changes. If you cannot, revisit that rule before adding more phrases.

Know the limit: Track depth varies. A chart is a reference, and recognizing an answer is not the same as producing it in a conversation.

Start with pronunciation
Arabic / Arabic

Arabic letters & joining

العربية

Read from right to left. Most letters join; their shape changes by position. Short vowels are often absent from ordinary writing.

Arabic writing belongs to the family of scripts descended from Aramaic. Modern Standard Arabic uses this script across regions with different everyday spoken varieties.

Joining
ا د ذ ر ز و do not join to the following letter on their left. Compare ب + ا + ب → باب.
Read
باب bāb = door. كتاب kitāb = book. A letter name is not its sound in every word.
Practise
Copy a complete word, then identify its letter boundaries. Do not reverse character order manually.
Unicode script charts

Signs

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