Basic Phrases and Conversation

What the page covers

Most of this unit is flashcard decks, so it suits short, regular practice. Many decks begin with the same everyday needs: saying hello, giving your name, saying where you come from and where you live.

• Introductions: the deck Unit 03_How to Introduce Yourself runs through asking someone's name, where they are from and where they live, in Indonesian.
• Japanese: JLPT N5 Level Japanese Expressions and Greetings/Expressions cover set phrases such as morning and evening greetings, thanks, apologies and the words said before and after meals.
• Korean: Korean sets out formal and informal forms of hello, goodbye, thank you and sorry. Sentences Korean Lesson 1 builds a short first conversation.

Where to start

Begin with a deck in the language you are learning. If you are new to it, Beginner Irish Phrases, Basic Questions in Hindi or Korean Phrases #3 are natural places to look for first words and questions.

1. Read through a greetings deck once, slowly.
2. Cover the answer side and say each phrase aloud.
3. Move on to a question deck, such as Getting to know you questions, and practise asking and answering.

Using quizzes alongside decks

Once a deck feels familiar, test yourself. The page has quizzes such as Basic phrases, Everyday Expressions and Level 1 korean. Take one cold, note what you missed, then go back to the matching deck and repeat the weak phrases. A second attempt a few days later shows what has stayed.

Notes help with the rules behind the phrases. The notes on nationality, language and using "and" to connect nouns explain how sentences fit together, while the Japanese revision notes give a quick overview.

Where this unit sits

This unit belongs to the Everyday Communication strand of Other languages (Catalan, Galician, Basque, Romanian, Asian...), within Languages and literature. Teachers can use the classroom decks, such as General Classroom Language and Classroom Instructions, to set up simple routines for a class.

Choose one deck today, work through it, then see how a quiz goes.