Speaking
Understand and speak everyday Bangladeshi Bangla, without learning the script first.
Who it's for, and what you'll be able to do
This course suits you if
- You want to talk with friends, colleagues or family in Bangladesh
- You would rather start speaking now and leave the script for later
- You like learning through real moments: the tea stall, the rickshaw, the bazar
By the end you can
- Introduce yourself, your family and your day
- Count, bargain and pay in taka
- Take a rickshaw or CNG and give directions
- Order at the tea stall and shop at the kacha bazar
- Ask for help, and say how you feel
Every Bangla word is romanised, with the script shown quietly underneath and never tested. Switch between Plain and Precise spelling at any time.
How the course is laid out
FoundationsCourse F1 · 22 lessons · everyone starts here
Numbers, time, days of the week, sentence order and the words you need every day. Short, track-neutral lessons that get you speaking from the first one.
- Unit 1First words3 lessons
- Unit 2Numbers4 lessons
- Unit 3Times of day and days3 lessons
- Unit 4Telling time4 lessons
- Unit 5Sentence order2 lessons
- Unit 6Everyday essentials3 lessons
- Unit 7A morning in Dhaka3 lessons
Course A110 modules · 60 lessons
Situations from daily life in Dhaka. Each module ends with a Grammar in focus lesson and a checkpoint.
- A1.1Hello, I'm…পরিচয়
- A1.2My familyআমার পরিবার
- A1.3Numbers and takaসংখ্যা আর টাকা
- A1.4Rickshaw and CNGরিকশা আর সিএনজি
- A1.5At the tea stallচায়ের দোকানে
- A1.6My dayআমার দিন
- A1.7At the kacha bazarকাঁচা বাজারে
- A1.8Can you help me?একটু সাহায্য
- A1.9How are you feeling?শরীর কেমন?
- A1.10Pohela Boishakhপহেলা বৈশাখ
Course S18 modules
Seven conversations across Bangladesh and beyond, from a CNG ride in Sylhet to a rickshaw painter in Old Dhaka. You ask the questions, and the grammar steps up.
- S1.1Who's who?কে কে?
- S1.2A CNG ride in Sylhetসিলেটে সিএনজিতে
- S1.3Shopping for khichuriখিচুড়ির বাজার
- S1.4A Saturday Bangla schoolশনিবারের বাংলা স্কুল
- S1.5A phone call to Khulnaখুলনায় ফোন
- S1.6At the doctor'sডাক্তারের কাছে
- S1.7The rickshaw painterরিকশা-শিল্পী
- S1.8Putting it togetherসব মিলিয়ে
Find your exact starting point
Five quick questions. We'll pick the course and the first lesson, so you don't repeat what you already know.