Songs at level A1
The 54 cards we grade at A1, across 7 languages and 5622 study entries. Every card links to its own page, with the words it teaches and a few real questions you can try without an account.
What A1 means for a song
At A1 you have a few hundred words and one or two tenses. A song at this level repeats the same short phrases, stays in the present, and is sung slowly enough that you can hear where one word ends and the next begins. Do not expect to follow a whole verse: the win is catching the chorus and knowing exactly why it means what it means.
This level
- Songs
- 54
- Languages
- 7
- Study entries
- 5622
- Quiz questions
- 1890
Songs at this level
Sorted from the easiest card to the hardest within the level.
- Can't Stop the Feeling! — Justin Timberlake (2016)English · A1
- Ai Se Eu Te Pego — Michel Teló (2011)Portuguese · A1+
- Bailando — Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona (2014)Spanish · A1+
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun — Cyndi Lauper (1983)English · A1+
- Alors on danse — Stromae (2009)French · A1+
What A1 vocabulary looks like
A sample from the songs at this level, one table per language. Single words only — the full list for a song is on its own page.
English
| EN | ES | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| angel | ángel | angelo | ange | anjo | engel | Engel |
| air | aire | aria | air | ar | lucht | Luft |
| bee | abeja | ape | abeille | abelha | bij | Biene |
| song | canción | canzone | chanson | canção | lied |
By language
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How we grade a song
Each card gets a CEFR grade from its own lyric — vocabulary spread, sentence length, tense range and how much of it is idiom. The full method is in the levels guide.
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