These lessons are meant to give the student a feel for laya or tempo in addition to getting acquanted with the articulation system. Rhythm patterns are not important at this level.

Each line contains one lesson which is to be recited once in slow speed, twice in medium speed and four times in fast speed (before going on to the next lesson). For compactness, only the medium speed version is written (often followed by the recitation). The slow speed is twice as slow and the fast speed is twice as fast as the medium speed.

For example the 4 beat compact form T I E M (Tha Thi Thom Num) represents a much longer (24 beats) lesson T - I - E - M - [T I E M]2 [tiem]4

Audio for each lesson can be heard by clicking on the corresponding icon.

T I E M		Tha Thi Thom Num
TT II EE MM		Tha Tha Thi Thi Thom Thom Num Num
X		Kitta
TX IX EX MX		ThaKitta ThiKitta ThomKitta NumKitta
TTK+ IIK+ EEK+ MMK+
XV		KittaThakka
TXV IXV EXV MXV		ThaKittaTakka ThiKittaThakka Thom . . .
TTXV IIXV EEXV MMXV		ThaThaKittaTakka ThiThiKittaTakka ThomThom . . .
TXXV IXXV EXXV MXXV		ThaKittaKittaTakka ThiKittaKittaThakka Thom . . .

M D		Num Dhim
tLg		Thalaangu
VBtLg		ThakkaDhimmi Thalaangu
VP		ThakkaDhinna
T'I'		ThakkuDhiku
VB		ThakkaDhimmi
JV		JannuTakka
BX		DhimmiKidu
N'XXV		NakaKittaKittaThaka
VZXV		ThakkaThariKittaThaka

TTXV VZXV IIXV VZXV EEXV VZXV MMXV VZXV
TXXV VZXV IXXV VZXV EXXV VZXV MXXV VZXV