From first sentence to reading alone.
Five seasons, twenty units, 392 lessons, and what each season gives us.
Season 1, 47 lessons
First sentences
Say who does a simple action, for any person and number, and read it aloud.
आवां पठावः लिखावः च।
We two read and write.
Unit 1: Who does it?
17 lessonsUnit 2: Sounds and script
11 lessonsUnit 3: New actions, same endings
19 lessons
Season 2, 82 lessons
Who, whom, with what
Build sentences with people, things and places in their roles, and ask and answer simple questions.
यदा शिक्षकः आगच्छति तदा छात्राः पठन्ति।
When the teacher comes, the students read.
Unit 4: Naming things
17 lessonsUnit 5: The object
17 lessonsUnit 6: Roles in the sentence
24 lessonsUnit 7: Pronouns and questions
24 lessons
Season 3, 82 lessons
Time and manner
Tell what happened, what will happen and what should happen, and join actions into a short narration.
तेऽपि अत्रैव सन्ति।
They are right here too.
Unit 8: Command, past, future
24 lessonsUnit 9: Middle verbs and prefixes
16 lessonsUnit 10: Joining actions
19 lessonsUnit 11: Connected speech
23 lessons
Season 4, 108 lessons
Families of nouns and verbs
Recognise and use the main patterns of real texts.
रामः पित्रा सह नगरम् याति। तत्र पिता फलानि क्रीणाति।
Ram goes to town with his father. There his father buys fruit.
Unit 12: Noun families
31 lessonsUnit 13: Numbers and comparison
16 lessonsUnit 14: Special uses of cases
17 lessonsUnit 15: Passive and participles
20 lessonsUnit 16: Verb classes
24 lessons
Season 5, 73 lessons
Reading and independent use
Read sourced verses and short prose with a dictionary, and write a self-introduction and a short letter.
रामः नेपालदेशे ग्रामे वसति। सः त्रयोदशवर्षीयः अस्ति।
Ram lives in a village in Nepal. He is thirteen.
Unit 17: Compounds
15 lessonsUnit 18: Derived verbs and words
21 lessonsUnit 19: Forms to recognise
16 lessonsUnit 20: Reading and writing
21 lessons
ॐ सह नाववतु। सह नौ भुनक्तु।सह वीर्यं करवावहै।