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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
Ukrainian / Script foundations

Ukrainian · core letter recognition

Українська

All 33 Ukrainian alphabet letters in capitals. Ukrainian has Ґ, Є, І and Ї; do not substitute the Russian alphabet. The soft sign is not an independent vowel, and an apostrophe separates certain sequences.

Ukrainian uses Cyrillic with its own orthography and sound values. This identification chart precedes lower-case and sound-contrast practice.

recognition cards
33
scope
Letters, not a full sound course
Unicode character chart

Signs

33