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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
Coptic / Script foundations

Coptic · core letter recognition

ⲙⲛⲧⲣⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ

24 Greek-derived lower-case letters and seven familiar Egyptian extensions. ϧ is particularly associated with Bohairic; Sahidic does not use the same full inventory. Letter sounds must be tied to a dialect and reading tradition.

Coptic script writes Egyptian. Similar-looking Greek letters do not make a Coptic sentence Greek. The current language foundation is Sahidic.

recognition cards
31
scope
Letters, not a full sound course
Unicode character chart

Signs

31