Beyond English
First words in a new language.
Beginner vocabulary by topic, with a pronunciation guide and a simple example for every word.
Afrikaans
Learn essential Afrikaans vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, time, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and examples.
American Sign Language (ASL)
Learn core ASL vocabulary by topic: greetings, family, numbers, colors, food, time and feelings, with each sign described step by step.
Ancient Greek
Learn 120 essential Ancient Greek words: mythology, Koine and biblical Greek, English word roots, family, nature and core grammar words.
Arabic
Learn essential Arabic vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and common verbs, with pronunciation guides and example sentences.
Chinese
Learn essential Chinese vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel, and business, with pinyin and example sentences.
Danish
Learn essential Danish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Dutch
Learn essential Dutch vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Finnish
Learn essential Finnish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, time, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips and examples.
French
Learn essential French vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, clothing and festive words, with pronunciation tips and examples.
German
Learn essential German vocabulary for beginners: greetings, numbers, colors, food, clothing, cooking, business and Christmas words with pronunciation.
Haitian Creole
Learn essential Haitian Creole vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and common verbs, with examples.
Hebrew
Learn essential Hebrew vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and biblical terms, with pronunciation and examples.
Hindi
Learn essential Hindi vocabulary in Devanagari script by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, verbs and travel, with romanized pronunciation.
Icelandic
Learn essential Icelandic vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, weather, travel and verbs, with pronunciation tips.
Irish
Learn essential Irish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Italian
Learn essential Italian vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Japanese
Learn essential Japanese vocabulary for JLPT N5 level: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel, verbs and business words with romaji.
Korean
Learn 120 essential Korean words for beginners: greetings, numbers, family, food, verbs and everyday topics often covered at TOPIK I level.
Latin
Learn essential Latin vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, family, nature, verbs, and Latin and Greek roots, with pronunciation and example sentences.
Norwegian
Learn essential Norwegian vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and nature, with pronunciation and example sentences.
Polish
Learn essential Polish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and common verbs, with pronunciation and examples.
Portuguese
Learn essential Portuguese vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Russian
Learn essential Russian vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Sanskrit
Learn essential Sanskrit vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, nature, verbs and more, with pronunciation guidance.
Spanish
Learn essential Spanish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, animals and travel, with pronunciation tips and examples.
Swahili
Learn essential Swahili vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family, travel and common verbs, with pronunciation guides and example sentences.
Swedish
Learn essential Swedish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, food, family and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Tagalog
Learn essential Tagalog vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Thai
Learn essential Thai vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Turkish
Learn essential Turkish vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, common verbs and travel phrases, with pronunciation and examples.
Urdu
Learn essential Urdu vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food and travel, with pronunciation tips and example sentences.
Vietnamese
Learn essential Vietnamese vocabulary by topic: greetings, numbers, colors, family, food, travel and Sino-Vietnamese words, with pronunciation and examples.
These lists are independent starter selections written for English speakers. They are not official course or exam vocabularies.