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Your native Sinhala teacher
Regular live classes in small groups. Ask questions, practice conversation, progress fast.
You speak Sinhalese 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 Sinhala
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.
- “Hi Mum, I speak Sinhala!”
A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.
Start for freeProgress in Sinhalese 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.
- 160 lessons across 41 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 Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese curriculum
Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 41 modules, 160+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.
- සීයා සහ ආච්චි , Grandfather and grandmother10 min
- එක දෙක තුන , From 1 to 310 min
- හතර පහ , Four and five10 min
- හය හත අට , Six, seven, eight10 min
- නවය දහය , Nine and ten10 min
- විස්ස සහ සියය , Twenty and hundred10 min
- Number Combinations10 min
- රතු සුදු කළු , Red, white, black10 min
- නිල් කොළ කහ, Blue, Green, Yellow10 min
- Describing with Colours10 min
- ඉස ඇහ කන, Head, eye, ear10 min
- කට නාසය දත , Mouth, nose, tooth10 min
- අත කකුල හෘදය , Hand, foot, heart10 min
- බල්ලා පූසා , Dog and cat10 min
- එළදෙන එළුවා, Cow and goat10 min
- කුරුල්ලා මාළුවා ඇතා , Bird, Fish, Elephant10 min
- වතුර කිරි තේ , Water, milk, tea10 min
- බත් පාන් මස් , Rice, bread, meat10 min
- ලුණු සීනි බිත්තර , Salt, Sugar, Egg10 min
- පළතුරු එළවළු පොල් , Fruit, Vegetables, Coconut10 min
- මාලු , Fish and Sea10 min
- ගෙදර කාමරය කුස්සිය, House, room, kitchen10 min
- දොර ජනේලය , Door and window10 min
- ගම නුවර කඩේ , Village, town, shop10 min
- යනවා එනවා, To go and to come10 min
- කනවා බොනවා , Eating and drinking10 min
- කරනවා දෙනවා ගන්නවා , To do, to give, to take10 min
- කියනවා කථා කරනවා , To say and to speak10 min
- බලනවා දන්නවා ඕනෑ , To See, to Know, to Want10 min
- තේරෙනවා ආදරෙයි , Understanding and Loving10 min
- සල්ලි මිල , Money and Prices10 min
- ගණන් ලාබ , Expensive and Cheap10 min
- ගන්නවා විකුණනවා දෙනවා , To Buy, to Sell, to Give10 min
- හොඳ නරක , Good and Bad10 min
- ලොකු පොඩි, Big and small10 min
- රස්න සීතල, Hot and cold10 min
- කවුද මොකක්ද , Who and What10 min
- කවදාද කොහොමද , When and how10 min
- ඇයි, Why10 min
- ලියනවා කියවනවා , Reading and Writing10 min
- ඉන්නවා තියෙනවා , Being Animate and Inanimate10 min
- වැඩ කරනවා , To Work10 min
- අද ඊයෙ හෙට , Today, yesterday, tomorrow10 min
- උදෑසන රෑ , Morning and Evening10 min
- Sri Lankan calendar10 min
- බුද්ධ ධර්ම, Buddha and Dharma10 min
- දාගැබ පන්සල කෝවිල, Stupa, Buddhist temple, Hindu temple10 min
- නැටුම ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Kandyan Dance and Sri Lankan Identity10 min
- At the café, Ordering a drink10 min
- At the Market , Doing the Shopping10 min
- Introducing Your Family10 min
- Greeting + politeness combinations10 min
- Pronoun + Verb Combinations10 min
- Number + noun combinations10 min
- Summary, Politeness and forms of address10 min
- Summary , Describing and Counting10 min
- Summary , Verbs and Sri Lankan culture10 min
- Greetings in Sinhala12 min
- Sinhala numbers10 min
- Greetings and politeness , beyond "hello"13 min
- Expressing needs and requests14 min
- Talking about your family and daily life13 min
- Avurudu , the Sri Lankan New Year13 min
- Sri Lankan cuisine , tastes and vocabulary12 min
- + 5 more
- The Tripitaka and sacred vocabulary16 min
- Buddhist Temples , Architectural Vocabulary15 min
- Philosophical concepts , karma, impermanence, suffering17 min
- The Four Noble Truths , Advanced Vocabulary18 min
- Poya , Buddhist lunar calendar and practices16 min
- + 5 more
- Administrative Sinhala, forms and correspondence16 min
- Political and Media Discourse15 min
- Law and Jurisprudence , Sinhala Legal Vocabulary18 min
- Diplomacy and International Relations , Vocabulary17 min
- Education and the School System, Official Vocabulary16 min
- + 4 more
- Kandyan Dance , Ves Natuma14 min
- Sri Lankan Identity , Sinhalese, Tamils and Moors16 min
- The Sea and Coastal Traditions13 min
- Sri Lankan Gastronomy , Culture and Advanced Vocabulary16 min
- Sri Lankan textile arts and crafts16 min
- + 5 more
- Martin Wickramasinghe, Father of modern Sinhala literature18 min
- Kāvya, Classical Sinhala poetry16 min
- The Mahāvaṃsa , The Great Chronicle and Its Language17 min
- Gunadasa Amarasekara, Literature and Nationalism16 min
- Sinhala diglossia , Literary vs spoken register (C1 analysis)20 min
- + 2 more
- The media landscape of Sri Lanka16 min
- Advanced Sinhala Journalistic Vocabulary18 min
- Reading and analysing a Sinhala press article20 min
- BBC Sinhala , Register and journalistic style17 min
- Digital Sinhala , Social Media and Online Language15 min
- + 2 more
- The Kingdom of Anuradhapura, The first great civilisation18 min
- Polonnaruwa , The second medieval capital17 min
- Theravada Buddhism in Anuradhapura , Institution and Language17 min
- The Mahāvaṃsa as a historical source , Methods of analysis18 min
- Sigiriya, The Lion Rock and its Meaning16 min
- + 2 more
- The 1948 Independence and Nation-Building17 min
- The Civil War 1983-2009, Vocabulary and Context19 min
- The Aragalaya 2022 , The Sri Lankan people's revolution18 min
- Ethnic relations in Sri Lanka , Vocabulary and nuances18 min
- Economy and development in Sri Lanka , C1 vocabulary17 min
- + 2 more
- K.N. Jayatilleke, Buddhist epistemology and logic20 min
- Impermanence (Anicca) , Advanced Philosophical Vocabulary18 min
- Science and Buddhism , A Contemporary Dialogue17 min
- Karma and causality , Advanced philosophy18 min
- Nirvana and liberation, Advanced Buddhist terminology17 min
- + 2 more
- Nominal Cases in Literary Sinhala , Advanced Grammar20 min
- Advanced Verbal Aspect , Aspectual Forms in Sinhala19 min
- Complex Sentences, Subordination and Coordination18 min
- Sinhala Pragmatics , Politeness and Forms of Address17 min
- Sinhala Idiomatic Expressions , Level C216 min
- + 2 more
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What you'll learn in Sinhalese
A curriculum designed to get you speaking Sinhalese in the situations that actually matter to you.
Start for free- 01Conversational Sinhalese from Colombo and daily life
- 02Sinhala alphabet: 54 letters, reading and writing
- 03Sinhalese for tourism: Sigiriya, Kandy, Galle, the southern coast
- 04Theravada Buddhist culture and Sri Lankan festivals
- 05Business Sinhalese for Colombo's textile and tech sectors
- 06Differences between formal and spoken Sinhalese (diglossia)
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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.
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