Elementary (B1)
Conversations about work, renting a home, the hospital, relationships, advice and travel problems, with the small words that give everyday Tagalog its tone.
- 215 lessons
- About 6 lines each
By the end of Elementary you will
- Follow conversations about work, renting, health, relationships and travel when people speak clearly.
- Understand advice, complaints, excuses and opinions, and the reasons behind them.
- Catch what small words such as naman, nga, kasi and pala add to a sentence.
The lessons in this level don't have audio yet: they show the dialogue and its translation, and their audio is coming soon.
All Elementary lessons
- Day 1 Lolo Went to Card Day
- Day 2 A Fan Fifteen Centimeters Tall
- Day 3 Half Pills to Make Them Last
- Day 4 Tickets Left on the Table
- Day 5 Graveyard Shift Starts Monday
- Day 6 No Teasing at Tita's Party
- Day 7 Twelve Post-Dated Checks
- Day 8 Too Matted to Brush
- Day 9 First Time on a Motorcycle Taxi
- Day 10 Laptop Left in the Grab
- Day 11 Rice and Salt Go In First
- Day 12 A Misspelled Name on Every Souvenir
- Day 13 Two Days in Rice
- Day 14 No Drums After Ten
- Day 15 Where Did My Salary Go?
- Day 16 Kare-Kare on the Barong
- Day 17 Not Packed When the Van Came
- Day 18 Invited to Her Ex's Wedding
- Day 19 Asleep on White Beach
- Day 20 Don't Start It Yet
- Day 21 Waiting for Walang Pasok
- Day 22 Paid the Carpenter in Advance
- Day 23 The Crushed Box at the Gate
- Day 24 Rush Thesis by Three O'Clock
- Day 25 Upgrade It, Don't Replace It
- Day 26 Papers for a Flying Dog
- Day 27 The Nonrefundable Deposit Clause
- Day 28 No Change for a Thousand
- Day 29 Burned While Cooking for a Date
- Day 30 Wind Chimes All Night
- Day 31 Two Bettas in One Bowl
- Day 32 The Faucet Came Off
- Day 33 Stuck Behind a Broken Truck
- Day 34 Monstera Without a Pot
- Day 35 Board Exam or First Job?
- Day 36 A Seminar Before the License
- Day 37 Best Friend Dating His Ex
- Day 38 We Can Only See the Ceiling
- Day 39 The Companion Gets Checked Too
- Day 40 Dormant Account, Missing Pension
- Day 41 Don't Sign the Turnover Yet
- Day 42 Trains Stopped at Recto
- Day 43 Don't Eat Lunch Alone
- Day 44 The Calculator That Isn't Allowed
- Day 45 Paid to Walk the Barking Puppy
- Day 46 Writing the Lost Dog Poster
- Day 47 Paying for the Empty Seat
- Day 48 The House Lola Asuncion Built
- Day 49 She Still Signs in Ink
- Day 50 Fit to Work by Tomorrow?
- Day 51 When Does the Cord Go On?
- Day 52 Any Power Supply Will Do
- Day 53 Rebooked on the 5 A.M. Flight
- Day 54 The Promise Ring in the Sink
- Day 55 The Alarm Only Nelson Sleeps Through
- Day 56 Someone Else's Transcript
- Day 57 Three Things Before Moving In
- Day 58 A Necklace From the Emergency Fund
- Day 59 Cook Him His Favorite
- Day 60 No Unboxing Video, No Refund
- Day 61 A Bangus Bone in the Throat
- Day 62 The Drone in the Mango Tree
- Day 63 Make Peace at the Fiesta
- Day 64 Stop Inviting Me to Seminars
- Day 65 Missed the Last Bus Down
- Day 66 Beep Card on the Tracks
- Day 67 Don't Lend Your Pension, Ma
- Day 68 Every Paper Must Move Too
- Day 69 No Pork for the Baby's Lola
- Day 70 Reunion Shirts Still Not Here
- Day 71 Swapping Shifts for Christmas Eve
- Day 72 Firecrackers and a Frightened Dog
- Day 73 A Lock Before She Moves In
- Day 74 Two Weeks Before the Board Exam
- Day 75 The Mixer Behind the Wall
- Day 76 In Line Since Five
- Day 77 The Water Jug at Midnight
- Day 78 Fried Galunggong for the Cat
- Day 79 A Thousand Pesos in the Wash
- Day 80 A Pink Stroller by Accident
- Day 81 Try the River Ferry
- Day 82 Silent Mics Before the Party
- Day 83 Black Sneakers with a Barong
- Day 84 The Cabinet Won't Fit
- Day 85 Cheap Rent, Quiet Neighbors
- Day 86 A Cake for the Kapampangans
- Day 87 Beach, Tagaytay or the Office?
- Day 88 Adobo for a Forgotten Monthsary
- Day 89 No Boats to Puerto Galera
- Day 90 He Followed the Old Schedule
- Day 91 A Rice Cooker from Japan
- Day 92 Ask Before You Order
- Day 93 A Fishing Reel Too Cheap
- Day 94 So That's Where My Hoodie Went
- Day 95 Label Everything in the Fridge
- Day 96 The Ring Became a Diploma
- Day 97 Just a Scratch, He Says
- Day 98 The Cruise Ship She Didn't Board
- Day 99 Bagoong in the Hand-Carry
- Day 100 What the Parrot Learned
- Day 101 Lolo's Radio Goes Silent
- Day 102 Ninang at Eighty
- Day 103 He Slept Past Ayala Again
- Day 104 Ninety-Eight in Math
- Day 105 Shouting at Two in the Morning
- Day 106 The Scanner Doesn't Know Her
- Day 107 The Cat Didn't Do It
- Day 108 Classmates on a First Date
- Day 109 Mother-in-Law's Kaldereta
- Day 110 Thirty Pots of Orchids
- Day 111 Gasoline in a Soda Bottle
- Day 112 She Wanted to Sing Too
- Day 113 The Aspin Who Refuses Rice
- Day 114 Southbound by Mistake
- Day 115 Afraid to Drive on EDSA
- Day 116 The Parcel Was for Dad
- Day 117 The League Finals Can Wait
- Day 118 Spelling Bee Nerves
- Day 119 Shampoo and No Water
- Day 120 Scissors for the Credit Card
- Day 121 The Old Owner's Promise
- Day 122 No Credit Today, Only Tomorrow
- Day 123 Seventy and Still Lifting
- Day 124 Her Share of the Beach House
- Day 125 Twelve Godparents Are Too Many
- Day 126 Wrong Group Chat
- Day 127 Workout Upstairs at Dawn
- Day 128 The Projector Died Mid-Demo
- Day 129 Eleven-Eleven Logic
- Day 130 No Aircon Since Tarlac
- Day 131 First Time Giving Blood
- Day 132 The Patient Was a Nurse
- Day 133 Ghost Touch Messaged Her Boss
- Day 134 Their Cat Went Viral
- Day 135 She Carries Her Own Bayong
- Day 136 Reading Glasses at Forty-Five
- Day 137 Eighty Hours Short
- Day 138 A Parol Since September
- Day 139 Asking Her to the JS Prom
- Day 140 Mango Seeds, Not Mangoes
- Day 141 A Speech in Tagalog Instead
- Day 142 We Should Have Used the AVR
- Day 143 Since the LRT Came South
- Day 144 Her Turn in the Paluwagan
- Day 145 Lola's Rules for the Wet Market
- Day 146 Who Rides With the Truck?
- Day 147 The Other San Isidro
- Day 148 Fifty Pesos Short
- Day 149 Ten Years in Unit 2B
- Day 150 Gifts on the Pillow
- Day 151 The Line After the Brownout
- Day 152 Not Crying, Just Practicing
- Day 153 The Open Cage Door
- Day 154 On the Way to the Pamamanhikan
- Day 155 A Table With a History
- Day 156 The Toothache He Hid
- Day 157 Boarders for the Empty Rooms
- Day 158 I Thought You Paid It
- Day 159 Everyone Got Number Seven Wrong
- Day 160 Benched Every Game
- Day 161 Dropping the School Service?
- Day 162 Quiet Since Singapore
- Day 163 Viewers but No Buyers
- Day 164 Still No Bus to Legazpi
- Day 165 Not Broken, Just Dirty
- Day 166 Not From Our Store, Ma'am
- Day 167 One Screw Left Over
- Day 168 Puto Biñan on the App
- Day 169 No Permit, No Elevator
- Day 170 A Husky in April
- Day 171 The Roosters Belong to Ninong
- Day 172 Waiting for a Seat
- Day 173 Diamonds Before Rent
- Day 174 The Bridal Car Is Tatay's Jeep
- Day 175 Allowance Gone by Wednesday
- Day 176 Overheating on Marilaque
- Day 177 Sundays Belong to Basketball
- Day 178 When the Pension Comes In
- Day 179 Midnight Review Over Fries
- Day 180 Fit to Sail Again?
- Day 181 Before He Asks Her
- Day 182 Six Thousand for the Engine
- Day 183 Chicken Feet Instead of Wings
- Day 184 The Hamster's Night Shift
- Day 185 Lolo's Letters in the Trunk
- Day 186 Renting Out the Condo
- Day 187 What Was Inside the Microwave
- Day 188 Use My HMO Card, Ma
- Day 189 Six Years Without a Raise
- Day 190 Who's Making Tatay Laugh?
- Day 191 The Ledger Since 1983
- Day 192 Coding Day Plans
- Day 193 The Loudest Teleserye on the Street
- Day 194 The Bag That Stayed in Cebu
- Day 195 Lolo on the Panel
- Day 196 Three Legs and a Good Heart
- Day 197 A Mattress in a Box?
- Day 198 Same Bus, First Words
- Day 199 How Cold Is Mount Pulag?
- Day 200 Three Bedrooms in Las Piñas
- Day 201 Basketball Until Midnight
- Day 202 Not the Lending App, Pa
- Day 203 Almost a Year of Almost
- Day 204 To Pin or Not to Pin
- Day 205 Booked for Next Month
- Day 206 Five Floors, No Elevator
- Day 207 Near the MRT, Supposedly
- Day 208 The Laptop That Keeps Restarting
- Day 209 Cotton Buds Were the Problem
- Day 210 Is 1.25 a Bad Grade?
- Day 211 The Drone Dies Before the Kiss
- Day 212 Welcome Pancit From Next Door
- Day 213 Coins That Don't Pay Bills
- Day 214 Fifty Pupils and One New Teacher
- Day 215 Free Spaying on Saturday
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