Five lessons, five characters, and short videos that draw the material as they speak. The first 12 videos are free.
Two films, each in two versions: taught in Spanish or in English. Screen 1 is open tonight; screen 2 is still shooting.
First you say hello. Then everything else.
Pick your versionNothing matters more than family. Well, that and your name, your age and your job.
Pick your version
The teacher. Her book, the gym, and the final exam.
She teaches from her textbook: as she speaks, the pages turn on their own in step with the video, and the whole book stays open on the desk so you can go back to any page. Later she runs the gym (Step Up to the Board!) and presides over the Tribunal.
Deals the cards and picks the music.
She deals new words as collectible cards on the table: each card appears at the exact second she says it, with its art, rarity and pronunciation. Then you practice by matching pairs against the clock, and every word you win goes into your album.
The classmate who takes the notes.
He takes notes in his notebook while watching the class: the page writes itself along with the video, and you can stick post-its, pin a second, save clippings and take the whole page to My notebook.
Street smarts: how people actually say it.
He heads out to the street: how people really talk at the café, at the kiosk, in Dalmatia. Tips on a chalkboard, golden cards and, in every lesson, a Did you know? comic that flips along with the video.
The professor who takes sentences apart.
He takes every sentence apart word by word on his board: what each piece is, why it goes there and how to build another one just like it. Every breakdown becomes a card in the course's file.
No. 012 · Profesorica · 11 letters
The one who opens the book and tells you the secret: one letter, one sound. Earn it by reading the lesson 1 book all the way through.
No. 014 · Greetings · 8 letters
Literally “good day”: dobar = good, dan = day.
No. 040 · Notes · 4 letters
The c with the little roof sounds like the ch in “chocolate.” That's how you write Chile in Croatian. How cool is that?
No. 049 · Tricks · 9 letters
DOO-brov-nik, ZAH-greb, REE-ye-ka. Not sure where the stress goes? Push it to the front and you'll nail it almost every time.
No. 058 · Medals · 16 letters
The book's anchor words: čaša (glass), ćevapi, šalica (cup), žaba (frog), đumbir (ginger). Each special letter with its word.
No. 067 · Sentences · 29 letters
Two verbs (biti + učiti) and the preposition iz, which takes the genitive: Argentina becomes Argentine. Your whole introduction.
No. 337 · Legend · 7 letters
Every table in the course, cleared. The whole academy is on its feet applauding: this is the highest rank in Croatiapp Academy, and there's no card above this one.
Every word you learn is a card for your album.
