LingoMitraᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
Santali through English
Start with say who is present. This course is for learners building a foundation in Santali with explanations in English.
- Instruction
- English
- Target language
- Santali
- Written structure
- 25 numbered lessons
- Level
- Foundations; no certified CEFR level
Historical Roman foundation. Contemporary usage review and Ol Chiki lessons pending.
Listen to short teaching recordings, pause to construct a sentence, then hear the explanation. Written lessons provide a broader recap. Audio is prepared when available and reused; further lessons may need preparation. Text feedback does not assess pronunciation.
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Santali · opening recording · AI-generated voice
Read the sample transcript
Welcome! Today you’ll learn how to say that you or someone else is present in Santali. We’ll build this using small pieces: a verb for ‘be present’ and short markers for the person. Let’s start step by step.
This is an opening excerpt. Full lessons add untimed questions and explanations. Teaching and pronunciation await fluent-speaker review.
Course outline
- Say who is present
- Two people and three or more
- Who is included in we?
- Describe someone with kan
- Descriptions of pairs and groups
- Identify people with noun descriptions
- Ask who someone is
- Talk about things that are present
- Locate people and things
- Report absence instead of presence
- Point out this and that
- Count a small set
- Say whose person or thing
- Recognise possession after the noun
- State that someone has something
- Describe an earlier state
- Separate location from source
- Give a short direction
- State a simple plan with an action
- Describe work happening now
- Report a completed action
- Decline a planned action
- Make a condition with if
- Express uncertainty with perhaps
- Recombine a small complete scene