Try your first book

Three things a real book does that this path left out, and what to do with each of them. Then open Green Hill, where Mina, Tobi, Tika and Dara are waiting.

≈ 2 min of reading · Practise at your own pace

What’s in this chapter

Start with the Green Hill fables, which use deliberately limited language.
Read the Spanish line before looking across at the English.
One habit matters more than everything else: keep going.
After Green Hill, move to Winnie-the-Pooh, then Doctor Dolittle.

Three things skipped on purpose

These three turn up in a real book and were left out here on purpose. The right column says what to do with each one.

What you will meet	What to do with it
lo violoh byoh, le dijoleh DEE-hoh, se fueseh fweh	Little words in front of the verb, pointing back at somebody already mentioned. Read past them.
vosotrosboh-SOH-trohs, tenéisteh-NAYSS	Spain, and older books. Read them as ustedes forms and nothing is lost.
porpohr against paraPAH-rah	Read para as for, and por as for, by or through — por is not always for. Caminó por el bosque is “walked through the forest”.

When you're ready

Into the reading room

Try your first book.

Open Twelve Tales from the Green Hill and read a scene with the translation beside you.

Books open inside a Zaban account, so you’ll be asked to log in first.

Go back a chapter

Try a story before checking the English

The same kind of story, with the pronunciation and the English hidden until you ask for them. Aim for the scene, then open each answer to check your reading.

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