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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
Hindi / Hindi

Devanagari

देवनागरी

An abugida: consonant letters carry an inherent vowel. Dependent vowel marks alter it; a virama suppresses it. Written and spoken Hindi also differ through schwa deletion.

Devanagari descends from the Brahmi family and is used for several languages. This collection focuses on Hindi readings.

Contrast
त and ट are dental and retroflex; थ is aspirated t, not English th.
Read
पानी pānī = water. कि combines क and ि; visual order differs from sound order.
Next
Learn conjuncts such as क्र and Hindi schwa deletion in words, not by pronouncing every consonant with a.
Unicode script charts

Signs

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