Stories, sheet music, and a word a day
Bilingual stories you can read free in your browser, engraved sheet music you can play along with, and a word a day in nine languages.
- 53 stories
- 34 languages
- Free, no sign-up
Three things, done properly
Bilingual stories for the language you're learning, engraved sheet music you can play along with, and a word a day with its meaning and a real sentence. All of it free, in the browser.
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Web readers
Read a story in the language you're learning, line-for-line with English. Tap any word for its meaning.
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Sheet music
Public-domain pieces engraved note by note, with the score scrolling and the keys lighting up as it plays.
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Word of the day
A new word each day in nine languages, with its reading, its meaning and a sentence from a real story.
Read the original. Understand every word.
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Pick a story
Choose from folk tales and classics in the language you're learning, each one free to read here.
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Read in both languages
Follow the original with English alongside. Tap any word for its meaning, reading and an example — and keep going.
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Build vocabulary that sticks
Words met inside a gripping story are remembered. Context does the work flashcards can't.
Find your way in
Every story here opens in your browser, free: the original on one line, English on the next, and any word a tap away.
Start reading