Foundations reading practice

Every passage here is written inside Foundations — the grammar and the vocabulary stay in the level, so you read rather than decode. Shortest first.

How Do You Say This in Chinese?这个中文怎么说?Anna does not know the words for what is on the table, so she uses the only four lines she needs: what is this called, say it again, I understood, tha…Foundations · 67 characters · 1 min · dailyI Didn't Catch That我没听懂David misses the question the first time and says so, which is the whole point of the lesson: not understanding is a line you can say, not a conversat…Foundations · 102 characters · 1 min · dailyWho Is the Teacher?谁是老师?Two strangers introduce themselves at a language school. Names, then countries, then the one question that turns out to have a surprise in it: which o…Foundations · 103 characters · 1 min · daily

These readings are one step of a course that moves. GraphChinese teaches HSK 0 through HSK 6 on a mastery-gated knowledge graph: the reading arrives when the words in it are ones you have already met, and spaced review brings them back just before you would forget. One payment of $49, lifetime access.

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