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Belarusian, lesson by lesson

Short daily sessions, topic by topic. Everything stays in your browser.

  1. 01

    Basics

    First words and sentences: greet, talk about family, order food, count.

    • Greetings
    • Family
    • Food
    • Numbers
  2. 02

    Writing systems

    Ў, І and Łacinka: the letters unique to Belarusian Cyrillic and the rules of transliteration.

    • Cyrillic unique characters
    • Łacinka basics
    • Transliteration
  3. 03

    Spelling

    Taraškievica and the official standard, loanwords, and how akanne and dzekanne show up in writing.

    • Taraškievica vs. official
    • Foreign loanwords
    • Vowel harmony & alternations
  4. 04

    Everyday vocabulary

    Core words, the natural world and idioms for everyday conversation.

    • Fundamental vocabulary
    • Natural world
    • Idioms & phraseology
  5. 05

    Regional dialects

    Polesie, the north and the west: the words and sounds that set the dialects apart.

    • Polesie lexicon
    • Northern accents
    • Western dialects

First lesson · Greetings

First words

Прывітанне
Hello
Добры дзень
Good afternoon
Дзякуй
Thank you
Калі ласка
Please
Так
Yes
Не
No
Прывітанне, як справы?
Hello, how are you?
Вялікі дзякуй!
Thank you very much!