Advanced Beginner Coursebook

 

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Grammar Points Covered

1) The Weather

• The particle dɛ
• Using situative to express sensations
• Expressing “to need”
• Progressives with bɛ ka
• The constrastive particle dun

2) Studies

• Light-verb constructions
• Converting verbs to nouns
• The particle kɛ
• Making action nouns
• Topicalizing verbs

3) Tea

• Expressing “to like”
• Sequential verb constructions
• Determiners
• The particle sa

4) Children

• Expressing “to have” with bolo/fɛ
• Expressing “a long time ago” with ka mɛɛn
• Asking/talking about age
• Counting above 10

5) Boutique

• Expressing “to love/want” with fɛ
• Converting adjectives into nouns
• Counting money
• Discussing price per item
• Expressing “X worth of”

6) Market

• Expressing “to seek” with kɔ
• Metaphorical descriptions with qualitative verbs
• Verbs and indirect objects

7) Drinking Spot

• Expressing “done”
• Expressing “to bring” and “to take away”
• The future with bɛna
• Using verbs statively

8) Taxi

• Progressives with -ra/la/na
• Modal verb constructions
• Naked infinitives as orders
• Conditionals with mana

9) Eating Spot

• Making verbs with -ya
• Reflexive verbs
• The quotative ko
• Expressing “because”

10) Wedding

• Expressing “to be/become” with kɛ X ye
• Expressing “if/when/once” with ni
• Compound nouns

11) Nostalgia

• Resultative participle -len
• Progressive participle -tɔ
• Negative participle -bali
• Potential participle -ta

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Details About the Chapters

Each chapter of this book is structured around a written dialogue, complete with an audio recording and an English translation. Through the dialogue, you are introduced to new vocabulary and 3-5 key grammar points.

The structure of each chapter is as follows:

• Dialogue Vocabulary: A list and set of audio flashcards to review before engaging with the dialogue itself.
• Dialogue: A text-based dialogue accompanied by an audio recording, with numbered annotations highlighting new grammar points. Following the dialogue, there is an English translation that can be toggled on as needed.
• Grammar Points: A list of the new grammar topics featured in the dialogue.
• Lesson: A video-based lesson where we listen to the dialogue together, followed by my line-by-line reading, translation, and breakdown of the dialogue's grammar points.
• Exercises: Interactive exercises designed to help you practice the vocabulary and grammar points of the chapter.
• Related Vocabulary: A list of terms and expressions related to the chapter's topic, useful for similar contexts or other classroom activities.