The course plan
15 units, 48 skills, 7353 exercises: from your first hello to Mem û Zîn, in the order of a university beginners' course. Here is everything it covers.
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At a glance
| Unit | What you learn | Skills | Exercises |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0. Rojbaş! | Say hello, give your name, say where you are from. | 4 | 482 |
| 1. Family | Count, say your age, talk about your family. | 3 | 528 |
| 2. My day | Jobs, the present tense, having things, telling the time. | 4 | 526 |
| 3. Home & time | The house, the days of the week, little words of place. | 4 | 618 |
| 4. Invitations | Months, wanting, being able, having to. | 3 | 449 |
| 5. Travel | The future, comparing, 'if' sentences. | 3 | 387 |
| 6. The weekend | Talking about the past: what you did, what used to happen. | 3 | 430 |
| 7. Animals & fruit | Animals, fruit and vegetables, 'I have seen', 'I had seen'. | 4 | 513 |
| 8. Food | At the table, in the kitchen, and 'it is made'. | 3 | 393 |
| 9. Culture | Everyday expressions, a poem, a short story. | 2 | 270 |
| 10. In town | Ask the way, buy, pay, put things in order. | 3 | 588 |
| 11. Body and health | Name the body, say where it hurts, see a doctor. | 3 | 592 |
| 12. Saying and remembering | Report what someone said, join two sentences, tell a memory. | 3 | 555 |
| 13. Land and weather | Talk about the weather, the mountains, and why things happen. | 3 | 542 |
| 14. A life, a history | Tell a life with dates, make things happen, and hear Mem û Zîn. | 3 | 551 |
That is 15 units, 48 skills, 7353 exercises and 15 stories. A lesson is ten exercises, about two minutes.
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Three questions on what you have just read. One minute, no account — and the whole course is free behind it.
Not that one — try again.
Rojbaş! Your first word, and a well chosen one.
Spas! Two words, and already a conversation.
Ez kurd im. In Kurmanji, “to be” is an ending: -im means “I am”.
Three right answers, one minute.
The course has 1096 of them — and all of it is free.
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0. Rojbaş!
Say hello, give your name, say where you are from.
- Before you start — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Greetings — 26 words
- I am… — 18 words
- Countries — 26 words
- My, your… — 11 words
- Zeyneb and Ehmed — a story to read, then questions
1. Family
Count, say your age, talk about your family.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Numbers — 34 words
- Family — 25 words
- The ezafe — 26 words
- Gulçîn and her family — a story to read, then questions
2. My day
Jobs, the present tense, having things, telling the time.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Jobs — 19 words
- Present tense — 23 words
- Having — 16 words
- Time & meals — 29 words
- Salih's day — a story to read, then questions
3. Home & time
The house, the days of the week, little words of place.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- The house — 34 words
- Days & time words — 32 words
- Little words of place — 27 words
- Verb stems — 30 words
- Nêrgiz's house — a story to read, then questions
4. Invitations
Months, wanting, being able, having to.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Months & seasons — 23 words
- Want, can, must — 22 words
- The oblique case — 20 words
- The celebration dinner — a story to read, then questions
5. Travel
The future, comparing, 'if' sentences.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- The future — 21 words
- Comparing — 26 words
- If… — 18 words
- We will go to Wan — a story to read, then questions
6. The weekend
Talking about the past: what you did, what used to happen.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Past: I went — 21 words
- Past: I saw — 20 words
- I used to… — 19 words
- The weekend — a story to read, then questions
7. Animals & fruit
Animals, fruit and vegetables, 'I have seen', 'I had seen'.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Animals — 30 words
- Fruit & vegetables — 28 words
- I have seen — 19 words
- I had seen — 18 words
- The donkey and the wolves — a story to read, then questions
8. Food
At the table, in the kitchen, and 'it is made'.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- At the table — 27 words
- In the kitchen — 20 words
- It is made — 16 words
- Siyabend and the man of the night — a story to read, then questions
9. Culture
Everyday expressions, a poem, a short story.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Expressions — 23 words
- The poem — 25 words
- A star slid from our sky — a story to read, then questions
10. In town
Ask the way, buy, pay, put things in order.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Asking the way — 27 words
- Buying and paying — 23 words
- First, second, last — 20 words
- At the market in Amed — a story to read, then questions
11. Body and health
Name the body, say where it hurts, see a doctor.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- The body — 26 words
- Where it hurts — 22 words
- At the doctor's — 20 words
- Bêrîvan's fever — a story to read, then questions
12. Saying and remembering
Report what someone said, join two sentences, tell a memory.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- Reporting what was said — 24 words
- The one who… — 18 words
- At school — 20 words
- The first day of school — a story to read, then questions
13. Land and weather
Talk about the weather, the mountains, and why things happen.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- The weather — 20 words
- Mountains and land — 20 words
- Because, therefore — 22 words
- Up to the summer pasture — a story to read, then questions
14. A life, a history
Tell a life with dates, make things happen, and hear Mem û Zîn.
- What you need to know — the opening guide, no hearts at stake
- A whole life — 23 words
- Making it happen — 20 words
- Dengbêj and memory — 19 words
- Mem û Zîn — a story to read, then questions
How the course moves
Each skill has five levels. A unit opens when every skill of the previous one is at level 1 or above: you move forward without skipping the basics. Words already seen come back in later units, on purpose.
Seven exercise types take turns: choose, match, fill a gap, build a sentence, write it, take dictation, answer a story question.
Test your level, no strings attached
Ten questions to see where you stand. The result shows right away, with the unit to start from.
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