Acknowledgements Introduction Writing System The Alphabet Pronunciation Punctuation Lesson 1 – Greetings and Getting Acquainted Letters: ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, WA ? ?, EA ? Grammar: Verb "to be" Lesson 2 – Numbers and Sharing Personal Information Letters: ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ?? ?? Grammar: Verb "to have" and "to be" Lesson 3 – Countries, Languages, and Origins Letters: ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ? Grammar: Regular verb "to live", verb "to know", ablative and locative cases, possessives Lesson 4 – Review Letters: ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ? Grammar: Regular verbs, present tense and negative present, the nominative case Lesson 5 – People and Occupations Grammar: Possessives, plural, definite and indefinite articles Lesson 6 – Everyday Objects Grammar: Demonstratives, post-positions Lesson 7 – Whose Is This? Grammar: Possessive pronouns, genitive case Lesson 8 – The Time and the Date Grammar: Verb "can" present tense and negative present Lesson 9 – Weather and Mood Grammar: Past continuous tense of verb "to be" Lesson 10 – Daily Routine and Free Time Grammar: Regular verbs, present tense and negative present Lesson 11 – Activities Grammar: Motion, past continuous tense of regular verbs and habitual present tense Lesson 12 – Future Plans Grammar: Future tense Lesson 13 – Activities in the Past Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of regular verbs WA -??, -??, -?? / EA -?? and -?? Lesson 14 – Dining Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of irregular verbs Lesson 15 – Shopping Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of WA -???, -???, -??, -??? and EA -???, -??? verbs Lesson 16 – Asking for Directions Grammar: Simple past tense and imperative mood of causative -???? and of -??? verbs Lesson 17 – Public Transportation Grammar: Instrumental and ablative cases, simple past tense and imperative mood of irregular verbs Lesson 18 – Grammar – Object Pronouns Grammar: Accusative and dative cases Lesson 19 – Health Grammar: Present perfect tense Lesson 20 – Food Grammar: Instrumental case Lesson 21 – Describing People Grammar: Instrumental and ablative cases Lesson 22 – Wants, Needs, Opinions, Requests Grammar: Subjunctive mood and EA future tenses with ???? and ? Lesson 23 – Grammar – Postpositions Lesson 24 – Grammar – Relative Pronouns and Participles Review Exercises Grammar Appendix Further Reading Index