Complete beginner's Ainu

Complete beginner Ainu course. Copyright. The lessons are copyrighted by the Sapporo TV, but I think the usage of the lessons here is justifiable as 1) I make no profit from it, and 2) this is to promote Ainu learning among the non-Japanese who are interested in the language yet unable to find any courseworks.

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Resources Used For The Course

Katakana for Ainu

Katakana for Ainu - Notes

Simple Structure

Simple Structure - Grammar

Simple Structure (2)

Talking about the Past

Talking about the Past - Grammar

Handling an object

Handling an object - Grammar

Saying "My..." - Grammar

I do... - Grammar

Continuous - Grammar

Verb Plurals - Grammar

Making a Statement

Making a Statement - Grammar

Topic Marker - Grammar

Saying where in

Saying where in - Grammar

Saying where to

Saying where to - Grammar

Saying where from

Saying where from - Grammar

I am... - Grammar

Your... - Grammar

Your actions - Grammar

Independent Pronoun "I" (1)

Independent Pronoun "I" (1) - Grammar

Independent Pronoun "I" (2)

Independent Pronoun "I" (2) - Grammar

Independent Pronoun "You"

Connector "wa" - Grammar

Connector "wa" (2)

Negation - Grammar

Genitive (1) - Grammar

Genitive (2) - Grammar

Nominaliser - Grammar

"You do..." (pl.)

"You do..." (pl.) - Grammar

Independent Pronoun "You" (pl.)

Independent Pronoun "You" (pl.) - Grammar

"We do..." (1) - Grammar

"We do..." (2) - Grammar

"We do..." (3) - Grammar

"We do..." (4) - Grammar

About the Dialects

"If... then" - Grammar

"I suppose..." - Grammar

Object Pronoun "Me"

Connector "korkay"

Connector "korkay" - Grammar

"Let us" - Grammar

Particle "na" - Grammar

Particle "ya" - Grammar

Particle "rusuy"

Particle "rusuy" - Grammar

Particle "kusu"

Particle "kusu" - Grammar

Yukar / Tuytak (2)

Yukar / Tuytak (3)

Yukar / Tuytak (4)

Where? - Grammar

What? - Grammar

"Even so..." - Grammar

Ainu Theatre (2)

Conversation (2)

Conversation (3)

Ainu Case Markers/Postpositions

Further learning: Intermediate course