Description
Your first confident steps in Sesotho: greet warmly, count, shop, find your way and talk about family, with a clear say-it-like guide on every single line. This is the full written study guide for Sesotho CEFR A1 (Beginners): about 4,600 words to work through at your own pace, viewable online from your student dashboard for as long as you own it.
What is inside
- 13 modules with vocabulary tables: 172 words and phrases, each with its meaning and, where given, a say-it-like pronunciation hint
- A sounds and pronunciation section
- 2 dialogues to read aloud, line by line with meanings
- 8 grammar and usage notes with examples and tips
- Practice exercises (matching, fill in the missing word, translation and a self-check) with a full answer key
Modules in this guide
- About Sesotho
- Greetings & courtesy
- Introduce yourself
- Numbers 1–20 & beyond
- Days, time & when
- Food & drink
- Shopping & money
- Places & directions
- Everyday verbs & actions
- Speaking Like a Local – Formal vs Everyday
- Family & people
- Around the home
- Feelings & heart words
By the end of this level you can
- Greet people warmly at any time of day, ask how they are and say goodbye correctly to one or many.
- Introduce yourself – give your name, where you come from and where you live – and ask the same of someone else.
- Count from one to twenty, use the tens, hundred and thousand, and ask and state a price.
- Name the days of the week and say simple times and when things happen.
- Order and ask for everyday food and drink, and say please, thank you and excuse me.
Good to know
- Viewable online in your account, on any device. It is not a download to keep.
- A Teach Yourself level: this level’s interactive lessons plus its full written guide. No certificate, and not a live or tutor-marked course.
- Built from the same content as our interactive Sesotho A1 lessons.
Get every level for less
The complete Sesotho pack ($99) includes all six Sesotho study guides (A1 to C2) plus the interactive online lessons for every level.
Practise speaking
When you are ready to use it in conversation, find a tutor for 1-on-1 lessons.