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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
Bengali / Bengali

Bengali script

বাংলা

Consonants carry an inherent vowel; dependent signs change it. Conjunct letters and spoken vowel changes make whole-word practice essential.

The Bengali script developed from eastern Brahmi-derived writing traditions. Related forms are used for Assamese, with differences in inventory and usage.

Transliteration
The labels distinguish written letters; they are not a claim that modern speech preserves every Sanskrit sound distinction.
Read
পানি pāni = water. Short/long vowel spellings do not imply the same length contrast as Sanskrit.
Practise
Identify ক in ক, কি, কু and কো. Then study a conjunct inside a complete word.
Unicode script charts

Signs

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