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Regular live classes in small groups. Ask questions, practice conversation, progress fast.
You speak Fon every week, with a native teacher
You join whichever slot suits you, with nothing to book. The joining link arrives by email, and the session is recorded.
- 4 slots this week, across all three levels
- 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
- Replay available the same evening, with no time limit
Reconnect with Fon
The language of your parents, your grandparents or your partner. The one you want to pass on to your children.
- Finally understand what is said at the table, and answer back.
- Your in-laws speak Fon to you. Answer them in Fon.
A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.
Start for freeProgress in Fon between classes, at your own pace
Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.
Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day
Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.
- 136 lessons across 35 modules, from beginner to advanced
- Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
- Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
You hear the language as it is actually spoken
The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.
- Every sentence can be played and slowed down
- The transcription and translation sit under the audio
- You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box
You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.
- Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
- An end-of-level test opens the next level
- A level certificate at the end of the course
Your Fon level, certified in your name
- Issued once you have passed every lesson of a level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
- Downloadable as a PDF and shareable on LinkedIn
- A unique number, verifiable online on targumi.com
- Included in the plans with live classes, from the first payment: it is not issued during the trial
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Your Fon curriculum
Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 35 modules, 136+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.
- Le clan et la hierarchie , Akota10 min
- La vie familiale au Benin , Gbezizanme10 min
- Le vodun et la spiritualite familiale , Vodun xwedo ton10 min
- Les membres de la famille , Xenu10 min
- Les tons et la nasalisation , Gbe sin10 min
- Les pronoms fon , Alɔdokpɔnu10 min
- Saluer et demander , Dokpoɖe10 min
- Le vodun et la famille , Vodun kpo xenu10 min
- Le marche Dantokpa , Axi Dantokpa10 min
- Les chiffres et le CFA , Akwɛ nunɔmɛ10 min
- Marchander , Xɔ́ kan10 min
- Les aliments au marche , Nùɖuɖu ɖò axi10 min
- Transport et marche , Ali kpo axi10 min
- La cuisine beninoise , Nududuhwe Benin tɔn10 min
- Akassa et amiwo , Plats emblematiques10 min
- Palm wine et boissons , Atan kpo nununu10 min
- Au marche , Ahi ji10 min
- Demander son chemin , Ali biabia10 min
- Cotonou, capitale économique , Cotonou10 min
- Abomey et Ganvie , Sites historiques10 min
- Prendre un zemidjan , Zemidjan hu10 min
- Les grands plats fon , Nudunu ɖaxo lɛ10 min
- Le tchoukoutou , Biere de sorgho10 min
- La street food beninoise , Nudunu ali ji10 min
- Cuisiner en fon , Ɖa nudunu10 min
- La famille elargie fon , Xwé ɖaxo10 min
- Le mariage fon , Asidida10 min
- Les ceremonies familiales , Xwé sinsɛn10 min
- Respect et hierarchie , Yɛ kpo sisi10 min
- Cotonou la vibrante , Cotonou10 min
- Abomey , Cite royale du Dahomey10 min
- Porto-Novo et Ganvie , Porto-Novo kpo Ganvie10 min
- Se deplacer au Benin , Yiyi Benin mɛ10 min
- Le parc de la Pendjari , Pendjari10 min
- Le fleuve Mono et la mangrove , Tɔ Mono10 min
- Les arbres et plantes sacrees , Xɛ kpo ama10 min
- Saisons et climat , Hwenu kpo ji10 min
- Le vodun , Origines et principes10 min
- Le Zangbeto , Gardien de la nuit10 min
- Les Amazones du Dahomey et Gelede , Mino kpo Gelede10 min
- La fete de l'igname , Tedugbe10 min
- Le mobile au Benin , Telefonu10 min
- MTN Mobile Money , Akwɛ telefonu ji10 min
- Les marches numeriques , Ahi interinɛti ji10 min
- Startups et innovation , Yɔyɔ dosin10 min
- + 1 more
- Agojie — The Female Warriors of Dahomey22 min
- Axɔ́sú Bèhànsín — The Colonial Resistance20 min
- Àpícɛ̀ Abɔmɛ — Royal Art and Dahomey Memory16 min
- Mawu-Lisa — Vodun Cosmology of Creation22 min
- Xɛvioso — Master of Thunder and Justice20 min
- Lɛ̀gbá — Vodun of Crossroads and Passages18 min
- Zangbeto — The Masked Night Guardians17 min
- Fá — The Fon Divination System21 min
- Kotonu — The Fon Metropolis of Benin18 min
- Tàn Gbe — Beninese Press and Freedom of Expression17 min
- Wéxɔmɛví — Education and Beninese Youth17 min
- Sunnu, Nyɔnu — Gender, Society and Evolution in Fon Culture18 min
- Gbɛ̀ — The Fon Philosophical Concept of Life20 min
- Fɔngbè lɛ̀ — Dialects and Regional Varieties18 min
- Gbègbe C2 — Aspect and Complex Verbal Constructions22 min
- Hwenu — Time and Temporality in Fon Thought17 min
- Tɔn Gbɛ̀ — Tonal Polysemy at C2 Level22 min
- Xó gbló — The Art of Palavering in Fon18 min
- Awuì — Wordplay and Humor in Fɔngbè16 min
- Ahì — Trade, Bargaining and Fon Economy18 min
- Dosin — Technologies and Digital Life in Fɔngbè16 min
- Sò Dòdó — Agriculture, Land and Environment in Fon17 min
- Mawu-Lisa — The Fon Cosmology of Creation20 min
- Sakpata — The Vodun of Earth, Smallpox and Healing18 min
- Gu — The Vodun of Iron, Forge and Warriors17 min
- Fá — Oracle, Divination and Destiny in Fɔngbè20 min
- Lɛ̀gbá — The Vodun of Crossroads, Thresholds and Messages16 min
- + 2 more
- Dɛ́ssì — The Great Beninese Sauces in Fɔngbè18 min
- Àkásà and Tévi — Pastes, Yam and Starches in Fɔngbè17 min
- Djà and Tchoukoutou — Traditional Beninese Drinks16 min
- Nùɖùɖù Blǒ — Advanced Cooking Techniques in Fɔngbè18 min
- Ahì Nùɖùɖù — The Fon Food Market in Fɔngbè17 min
- + 2 more
- Sinima Bénin Tɔn — Beninese Cinema in Fɔngbè18 min
- Idrissou Mora-Kpaï — Beninese Documentary Cinema17 min
- Sylvestre Amoussou — Beninese Satirical Fiction17 min
- Sinima Critique — Analyzing a Film in Fɔngbè C218 min
- Sinima Gbèjiké — Film Music and Beninese Soundtracks16 min
- + 2 more
- Tò Sín Yì — The Slave Trade in Fɔngbè: Memory and Vocabulary20 min
- Candomblé — The Fon Tradition in Brazil: Continuities and Transformations20 min
- Haitian Vodou — The Kinship of Fon Vodun and Haitian Vodou18 min
- Diaspora Yɔ̀yɔ́ — The Contemporary Beninese Diaspora in Fɔngbè17 min
- Zɔ̌nmɛ kpó Ɖagbemɛ kpó — Memory, Reconciliation and Fon Heritage18 min
- + 2 more
- Gbè Fɔn — The Gbe Family: Niger-Congo, Kwa, Gbe Subgroup18 min
- Xógbè Ji — Fɔngbè Phonology: Vowels, Consonants, Nasality17 min
- Xógbè Sín — Fon Syntax: Verb Serialization and Focus17 min
- Xógbè Lè — Fon Lexicon: Borrowings, Neologisms and Creativity16 min
- Xógbè Bló — Fon Morphology: Composition and Derivation17 min
- Lo Sín Mɔ̌ — Fon Semantics: Proverbs and Polysemy17 min
- Gbè Wí — Fon Sociolinguistics: Registers and Variants16 min
- Avɔ̀ Wewé — Cotton, the White Gold of Benin18 min
- Avɔ̀tɔ́ Hɛ́nnu — Cotton Producers and Cooperatives in Fon17 min
- Sodeco — Ginning and Beninese Textile Industry17 min
- Avɔ̀ Wewé kpó Gbɛ̀ — Sustainable Cotton and Environmental Challenges17 min
- Kotonu Tɔ̀ — Cotonou Port, Economic Lung18 min
- Awòn — Informal Economy and Border Trade17 min
- Awòn Yɔ̀yɔ́ — Economic Diversification of Benin17 min
- Xógbè Ɖaxó — Ceremonial Eloquence and Noble Registers18 min
- Lo Ɖaxó — Complex Proverbs and Fon Wisdom C217 min
- Hìnsì — Fon Oral Tales: Structure and Social Function17 min
- Ji Fɔn Tɔn — Fon Poetry, Song and Oral Performance17 min
- Xógbè Politique — Political Discourse in Fɔngbè18 min
- Sinsɛn — Plural Religious Vocabulary in Fon17 min
- Gbe Médias — Fɔngbè in Modern Media17 min
- Sɛ́n Xó — Fine Analysis of a C2 Fon Text18 min
- Wlán Xó — Written Production at C2 Level in Fɔngbè18 min
- Sè Xó — Fon C2 Oral Comprehension: Real Discourse17 min
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What you'll learn in Fon
A curriculum designed to get you speaking Fon in the situations that actually matter to you.
Start for free- 01Conversational Fon from Cotonou and Abomey
- 02Fon tones: mastering the three tonal levels in practice
- 03Fon and Vodun: spiritual vocabulary and ritual language
- 04History of the Kingdom of Dahomey and Fon culture
- 05Fon for NGOs, researchers and development workers in Benin
- 06The connection between Fon, Ewe (Togo) and neighbouring Gbe languages
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Verified learner testimonials.
4.9 / 5 · Verified learner reviews
“Been on Targumi for 3 months. The small group format is exactly what I needed. My teacher takes time to correct accent, it's precious. Made more progress in 3 months than in 2 years of regular apps.”
“What sold me is you actually speak from class one. No 10 hours of theory before opening your mouth. And the platform between classes is well-built, I revise on the morning commute.”
“Honestly I had doubts at first because I'd tried plenty of methods without sticking. This is different, the teacher knows their stuff, adapts to your level, and we have fun on top of it. 6 months in and still motivated.”
“Really good experience overall, the rhythm between live classes and independent practice is well-balanced. Small note: the mobile app lags sometimes, but the teaching content is well worth the price.”
“The thing that makes a real difference compared to other platforms: teachers are native and trained. You feel it, especially on accent and everyday expressions you don't learn in textbooks.”
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- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
- Every language included: over 100 languages, and you switch language whenever you like, at no extra cost.
Launch offer until October 31 at 11:59 pm (Paris time) · Limited number of spots
Reduced price kept for as long as you stay subscribed
- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
- Every language included: over 100 languages, and you switch language whenever you like, at no extra cost.
Launch offer until October 31 at 11:59 pm (Paris time) · Limited number of spots
Reduced price kept for as long as you stay subscribed
- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
- Every language included: over 100 languages, and you switch language whenever you like, at no extra cost.
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