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spanish
Spanish
  • CurriculumOverview, lesson plan, where to start
  • Word listsCore 1,000 and Core 5,000 by frequency
  • StoriesGraded readers at every 100-word milestone
  • GrammarWord order, conjugation, cheatsheets
  • AlphabetLetters, sounds, and special characters
  • Vocab by CEFRA1 through C2 wordlists
french
French
  • CurriculumOverview, lesson plan, where to start
  • Word listsCore 1,000 and Core 5,000 by frequency
  • StoriesGraded readers at every 100-word milestone
  • GrammarWord order, conjugation, cheatsheets
  • AlphabetLetters, sounds, and special characters
  • Vocab by CEFRA1 through C2 wordlists
mandarin
Mandarin
  • CurriculumOverview, lesson plan, where to start
  • Word listsCore 1,000 and Core 5,000 by frequency
  • StoriesGraded readers at every 100-word milestone
  • GrammarWord order, conjugation, cheatsheets
  • PinyinInitials, finals, tones, romanisation
  • Vocab by HSKHSK 1-6 wordlists, level by level
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Mandarin stories

Short stories written within a strict vocabulary tier so every word is one you have already met - or should meet soon.

在这里
Top 100 wordsCore 10001 min

在这里

zài zhè lǐ

Here

朋友找我
Top 200 wordsCore 10001 min

朋友找我

péng yǒu zhǎo wǒ

A friend comes looking for me

不知道在哪里
Top 300 wordsCore 10002 min

不知道在哪里

bù zhī dào zài nǎ lǐ

Don't know where it is

点错了
Top 400 wordsCore 10002 min

点错了

diǎn cuò le

Ordered the wrong thing

最后的车
Top 500 wordsCore 10003 min

最后的车

zuì hòu de chē

The last bus

大伟的工作
Top 600 wordsCore 10003 min

大伟的工作

dà wěi de gōng zuò

David's job

新的医生
Top 700 wordsCore 10003 min

新的医生

xīn de yī shēng

The new doctor

今年去哪里
Top 800 wordsCore 10004 min

今年去哪里

jīn nián qù nǎ lǐ

Where to go this year

卖东西的地方
Top 900 wordsCore 10004 min

卖东西的地方

mài dōng xī de dì fāng

An old friend at the market

角落的咖啡馆
Core 10004 min

角落的咖啡馆

jiǎo luò de kā fēi guǎn

The café on the corner

新工作的第一天
Top 1,000 wordsCore 10004 min

新工作的第一天

xīn gōng zuò de dì yī tiān

First day at the new job

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