You already know two words. Can you construct a brand-new sentence from them?
I wantquiero
coffeecafé
So how would you say “I want coffee.”?
That's LanguagePath.
The LanguagePath Method™
Reason it out — don't cram it in
You won't memorize phrases. You'll construct real sentences, then listen and rebuild them. Every step reuses what you already built — so the language compounds.
1 · UNDERSTANDGet one piece of the language.
2 · CONSTRUCTBuild a sentence you've never seen.
3 · SAYSay it out loud before you reveal.
4 · HEARListen and compare with the target.
5 · REBUILDReuse those pieces in the next sentence.
Language Bridges™
You're not always starting from zero
Every language you already know hands you free bridges to a new one. Words stick on first contact when you spot the connection.
English — information
French — informations
Spanish — información
Portuguese — informação
Real sentences you'll learn to build
Tap any phrase to hear it — then you'll build them yourself.
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No. Your progress is saved in your own browser's local storage. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
How is LanguagePath different?
You don't memorize phrases — you reason them out. The teacher gives you a piece, you build real sentences yourself, say them aloud, then reveal and check. Every step reuses what you already built.
Which languages can I learn?
Nine flagship courses (Mandarin, Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Telugu, Farsi) plus dozens more in the picker. Each Path rolls a new eastbound line of cities from languages you can practise here.
What is Path?
Path is LanguagePath’s race: construct a sentence at each city. Misses cost days; a clean build costs nothing. The eighty-day clock is the rule, not the title. Explore → Path, or tap Play Path above.
🧠 How this works
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🔊 Voice
Pick the most natural voice your device offers. A female voice is chosen automatically when available.
The 3 rules of the method
🗣️ Say everything out loud. Silent reading doesn't build speech. Speak before you reveal.
⏸️ Always pause and try first. When you hit a challenge, actually work it out — getting it slightly wrong is how it sticks. Then tap Reveal.
🔁 Don't fear forgetting. Everything comes back through use in later steps. Keep moving; understanding beats memorizing.
Your course (≈10 min each)
Do roughly one a day. They build in order — each lesson reuses the last.
🎧 Lessons
Tap to begin. Speak each answer aloud before revealing.
🔁 Spaced recall
Your daily warm-up. Sentences you've built come back at growing gaps — but don't recall them from memory. Rebuild each one from its pieces, every time; that's what makes them permanent. Read the English, work it out aloud, then reveal.
🧩 Build
The real test of the method: brand-new sentences you've never seen, made only from words and structures you've already learned. You can't recall these — you have to construct them. That's fluency in miniature.
👂 Listening drills
Real conversations hit your ear with no subtitles. Here you only hear the language — work out the meaning, then reveal. This trains the skill you'll actually use in real conversations.
🗣️ Shadowing
A powerful way to develop more natural rhythm and pronunciation: hear a line and repeat it immediately, copying the rhythm and melody — not translating. 10–15 focused minutes beats an hour of tired mimicry.
✚ Chunk builder
Heard a useful phrase out in the world? Capture it here. Every chunk you save joins your Recall, Listen, Shadow and Quiz automatically — so it actually sticks.
📺 Resources & daily plan
Free listening you can understand and enjoy — the comprehensible-input piece. Mix these with your lessons.
💬 Real conversations
Full exchanges you'll actually have, start to finish. Tap 🔊 on any line, or play the whole conversation. Try covering the English and reading the other language aloud.
🎯 Quiz
Test yourself across everything you've learned. Multiple-choice both ways, plus a typing challenge. You need 80% to call a set solid.
🤖 Conversation partner
The practice no drill gives you: a real back-and-forth. Chat with an AI partner that stays at a beginner level and gently corrects you — a powerful way to turn what you've learned into speech.
🌍 Culture & etiquette
Speaking well is half of it — these unwritten rules will make locals warm to you instantly.
🗂️ Pocket phrases
Grab-and-go reference for real situations — greetings, numbers, emergencies that you just need ready. Search or filter, tap 🔊.
🔊 Sounds
Quick grammar
🌐 Hub
Your command centre — progress across every language, one daily plan, a single review that spans them all, and a phrase explorer that shows how your languages connect.
Mandarin greetings (pinyin + tones): notes and examples
Essential Mandarin greetings with characters, pinyin and tone marks — nǐ hǎo, zàijiàn, xièxie.
Worked examples from the course
Greetings
Key pieces: 你好 · 谢谢 · 你好吗
Mandarin starts tiny and logical. Tap the audio and mimic the tune — that's the whole method here.
你好(nǐ hǎo · nee-HOW) — hello
谢谢(xièxie · SYEH-syeh) — thanks
再见(zàijiàn · dzye-JYEN) — goodbye
To say “Hello” in Mandarin: 你好(nǐ hǎo (nee-HOW)). Built from 你 nǐ = you; 好 hǎo = good.
To say “Thank you” in Mandarin: 谢谢(xièxie (SYEH-syeh)). Built from 谢谢 = thanks.
Add 吗 ma to the end to make a yes/no question. 你好吗？= 'you good?' = how are you?
To say “How are you?” in Mandarin: 你好吗？(nǐ hǎo ma). Built from 你好 = hello; 吗 ma = ?.
'I' is 我 wǒ, 'very' is 很 hěn. So 'I'm fine' = 我很好.
To say “I'm fine” in Mandarin: 我很好(wǒ hěn hǎo). Built from 我 wǒ = I; 很 hěn = very; 好 hǎo = good.
To say “Goodbye” in Mandarin: 再见(zàijiàn (dzye-JYEN)). Built from 再见 = see you again.
More phrases for this topic
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Meaning
你好
nǐ hǎo
hello
谢谢
xièxie
thank you
请
qǐng
please
再见
zàijiàn
goodbye
对不起
duìbuqǐ
sorry
是
shì
yes / is
不是
bú shì
no
Written by the LanguagePath editorial team from our own course material. Pronunciation guides are approximate English respellings; tap any phrase in the app above to hear it. Native-speaker review of every course is ongoing — tell us if you spot an error.
Mandarin greetings
Mandarin greetings
Mandarin uses tones to tell words apart. 你好 (nǐ hǎo, hello) is the standard greeting; 您好 (nín hǎo) is more polite.
Build it: greet with 你好 then ask 你好吗？ — that's a friendly hello-and-how-are-you in one line.
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