Learn Faleni
Start by ear. Hear and say the sounds first, then build up to real sentences. Every new word is introduced with audio, so you say it before you read it. Ten lessons, each with practice and answers.
Lesson 1: Sounds, by ear
The 16 sounds, the traps English speakers fall into, and the stress rule, by ear, first.
Lesson 2: Your first words
Greetings, “I am…”, saying no, yes/no questions, your name.
Lesson 3: Doing things
Verbs, objects, open questions, plurals, possession, counting.
Lesson 4: Describing your world
Adjectives, adverbs, time, space, comparison, and building new words.
Lesson 5: Food & home
Name food, order politely, and build kitchen, restaurant and the three meals.
Lesson 6: A day, family & shopping
Introduce your family, narrate a day, and get through a shop.
Lesson 7: Feelings & health
Say how you feel, ask why, and get through a doctor’s visit, with no new grammar.
Lesson 8: Work, study & getting around
Talk about your job and studies, and find your way across town, still no new rules.
Lesson 9: Telling a story
Put events in time, join them, and quote what someone said. Still no endings to learn.
Lesson 10: Numbers, money & time
Ten digits and three powers of ten, then prices, the clock and dates fall out of them.
Keep the cheat sheet beside you: the whole language on one page, and it prints.
After the lessons: drill the words in Practice (spaced repetition over the whole dictionary, with audio), read the first reference text: the Cat and the Moon (a whole story with audio and a word-for-word gloss), take sentences apart in the translator, keep a compound cheat-sheet handy, browse the dictionary, and read the full grammar when you want the details.