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Beginner course

Five lessons of about ten words each. Read, flip the cards, then test yourself: you pass a lesson with 80% correct answers.

  1. 1 Greetings and thanks9 words
  2. 2 Talking about yourself10 words
  3. 3 Making yourself understood10 words
  4. 4 Counting to twenty11 words
  5. 5 Words that matter10 words

Lesson 1/5

Greetings and thanks

What you say when you arrive, when you leave, and to say thank you.

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Lesson 2/5

Talking about yourself

Me, you, a friend… and two questions to get to know someone.

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Lesson 3/5

Making yourself understood

To ask someone to repeat or speak slowly, or to say you don't understand.

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Lesson 4/5

Counting to twenty

One to ten, then twenty. From three onwards, the numbers come from French.

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Lesson 5/5

Words that matter

Respect, tradition, ancestors: words and phrases that show how attached the Garinagu are to their culture.

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