What is 17 Minute Languages?

17 Minute Languages is an online provider of language courses for more than 80 languages. Courses come without subscription and with 10-year access, on PC, smartphone and tablet. At their core is the long-term memory method with just 17 minutes of learning per day.

How does learning Belarusian work at 17 Minute Languages?

At 17 Minute Languages you learn Belarusian with a daily task that combines vocabulary training, dialogue exercises, pronunciation with native speakers and grammar. The long-term memory method ensures vocabulary is retained sustainably.

What advantages does 17 Minute Languages offer over other providers?

17 Minute Languages relies on a one-time payment instead of a subscription, gives 10-year access, free updates, audio from native speakers, integrated grammar and pronunciation trainers as well as personal email support.

Which Belarusian courses does 17 Minute Languages offer?

Depending on the language, 17 Minute Languages offers a beginner's course (A1–A2), an advanced course (B1–B2), specialist vocabulary, an express course for travel as well as thematic specialist vocabularies (e.g. business, emigration, au-pair). Which levels are available for Belarusian is shown on the Belarusian page.

How quickly can I learn Belarusian with 17 Minute Languages?

With 17 minutes of practice per day, most learners can handle standard situations (greetings, simple questions, short small talk) within a few weeks. After three to six months of regular training, beginners are comfortably at A2 level; with the advanced course you reach B1–B2 in 9 to 12 months. Exact progress depends on your learning rhythm, prior knowledge and target language.

How does the long-term memory method at 17 Minute Languages work?

The long-term memory method by 17 Minute Languages ensures that vocabulary is reviewed exactly when the brain is about to forget it. An algorithm individually adjusts the review intervals for every word, so you achieve maximum retention with minimum effort. The learned content stays in your memory permanently.

Can I try 17 Minute Languages for free before buying?

Yes. 17 Minute Languages offers a free trial version for Belarusian. This lets you test the learning interface, the vocabulary training and the pronunciation with native speakers without any commitment, before deciding on a course.

How long do I have access to my Belarusian course?

After purchase you have at least 10 years of access to your Belarusian course at 17 Minute Languages, including free updates during this time. You pay once – there is no subscription and no hidden recurring cost.

Does 17 Minute Languages offer a money-back guarantee?

Yes. 17 Minute Languages offers a money-back guarantee: if you are not satisfied with the Belarusian course, you can return it within 31 days.

On which devices can I learn Belarusian with 17 Minute Languages?

The Belarusian course runs in the browser on any modern PC (Windows, macOS, Linux) as well as on smartphones and tablets (iOS and Android). Your learning progress is synchronised across devices, so you can always continue where you left off.

Who is the Belarusian course at 17 Minute Languages suitable for?

The Belarusian course is suitable for absolute beginners, returners and advanced learners who want to expand their language skills systematically. Typical audiences include travellers, expatriates, professionals, students and language enthusiasts who want to learn at their own pace.

Learn Belarusian with the Unique Long-Term Memory Method

Daily trainer for learning Belarusian:
The quick-learning system

The daily trainer guides you through all the lessons of your language course on each learning day – according to your learning level.

The course calculates your exact level of knowledge before each learning unit and teaches you all the learning content of the language course in a logical sequence:

Vocabulary
Using numerous innovative tests, you'll learn and review the Belarusian vocabulary until it is stored in your long-term memory, so you can recall the words automatically.

Words in long-term memory:
After you have completed the daily trainer, we show you an overview with all the words that you have already stored in your long-term memory.

Add your own vocabulary:
You are interested in a certain topic but you can hardly find any vocabulary about it in your language course?
No problem!
You have the option of entering your own words with your translation into Belarusian.
Your new words will then be entered and integrated in the daily trainer in the same way as the vocabulary contained in the course.

To keep the daily trainer varied, the topics aren't split into separate blocks. Instead, they're arranged by subject and your learning level.
Such variety in your daily study keeps it engaging, prompting you to persist for a little longer in each learning period.

Free Belarusian trial version

Variety of exercises that are delightful and immersive:

Variety is key to learning.
You will find a wide range of varied and appealing learning methods, visualisations and bonuses in your language course to encourage you to continue learning every day.

This course will motivate you to learn every day and you will reach level B2 in Belarusian after about 50 hours.

learn Belarusian with a variety of daily tasks

The course programme offers you new vocabulary based on a sophisticated system.
You repeat these as often and as long as it takes to really master the vocabulary in your sleep.
The program is designed to grow as your knowledge grows.
New words will be introduced to you amidst repetitions in a range of daily activities.

varied learning methods for fluent Belarusian

Different learning methods, including vocabulary supported by pictures, multiple-choice tests, matching games, translations and dictations, ensure that learning is always fun.

points for all Belarusian vocabulary you have learned

You will receive points for all the vocabulary you have learned - and the longer you learn, the more points you earn.
Naturally, what's the point of collecting points if they can't be exchanged for rewards?
That's why you can gradually exchange your collected points for valuable rewards.

Belarusian course with detailed statistics

We have implemented detailed statistics that will tell you exactly how extensive your knowledge is in Belarusian.
You can choose to compare your scores with other learners time and time again.

Verbs are at the heart of every language.
We have developed a verb trainer for you.
This training program will teach you frequently used verbs and all their tenses.

studying Belarusian with everyday dialogues

Typical everyday dialogues are narrated by professional native speakers and set to music to give you that authentic feel of real situations you are very likely to encounter.

learn Belarusian with superlearning music

The popular Superlearning music is integrated into every language course to support relaxed learning of the new language.
(Of course you can also learn without this music.)

You can also finish each day of learning with a guided meditation for complete relaxation.
Each learning unit is therefore concluded in a state of deep relaxation.

Be a member of our learning partner circle:
If you wish, you can network with learning or tandem partners and learn the new language together and support and motivate each other.

During the course we will introduce you to Belarusian grammar.
Step by step, the course introduces you to all the important rules of the language and gives you an understanding of the grammar with entertaining exercises.

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Is your trip to Belarus coming up soon? Do you want people to understand you as soon as you arrive?
Do you want to feel that you are making progress?
Do you want to choose when, where and how much to learn?
Do you want to get by in Belarusian on your holiday?

Then try the Belarusian Travel Course. It covers the 450 most important words and phrases for your trip.

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What our customers say
... about the learning methods of our language courses

"It is a more fun approach than other courses.
I like the repetition rhythm of words I do not know. I need a visual approach to support aural learning."
(Andrea Matrosovs)

"It speaks the words so I can hear pronunciation instead of just guessing how written words might sound.
I also like the multitude of ways the words are presented: written words, pictures, fill in the blank sentences, spoken dialogue, etc.
This allowed me to speak more authentically and to learn the words more thoroughly.
This is the best program I have used."
(Ashley Crust)

"I am very content with your language course and I really enjoy learning with it. I like the well-structured way of the course and the wide-ranging possibilities which make learning so much easier and varying as well. Besides I think it's great you can choose to listen to the language as often as you want to as well as being able to print the vocabulary on flashcards. In any case I would love to thank the experts who developed the course very much! It's fun to learn a new language with this course!"
(Gillian Smith)

"This is my first exercise program for PC ever - especially the offered possibilities of long-term memory training as well as the literacy test which are very helpful for me are fascinating to me."
(Tom Livingston)

"The varied learning possibilities are gorgeous! They have something in store for everyone.
Especially being able to print flashcards has been new to me and I think it's brilliant! They are really easy to print and front and back are fitting on top of each other! The everyday situations make learning much easier since sentences out of everyday life are a great motivation learning a language. Learning varies at all times because there are so many different ways teaching myself the language."
(Kelly Roberts)

What our clients say
... about the long-term memory learning method

"I've been mostly impressed by the long-term method for learning new vocabulary, since I didn't expect to know the vocabulary after a pretty long break. The explanation of the psychological backgrounds and the systematics of the memory performance respectively makes the learning methods much more comprehensible."
(Scott Wilkinson)

"I'd learned this language already basically before but I could hardly remember anything about my basics, nevertheless I was able to reaccess the language. For this I'm sure the clear and logical structure of the language course is crucial and also the opportunity to operate within the program in so many different ways."
(Jean-Baptiste Novak)

"I particularly like the diversity of the learning method and the great choice of topics of the lessons or the continuous sequences. The exercising sections containing the long-term memory learning method are really motivating to start learning. Now, my son (15) really enjoys learning new vocabulary and is making great progress. Personally, I was able to develop myself professionally and put into practice what I had learned."
(Marguerite Guérin)

"I was especially amazed by learning with the long-term method. The recordings of the entire vocabulary and dialogues sound very natural and realistic since they were all spoken by native speakers. Putting it in a nutshell, it's a well-made language course."
(Marcus Großkautz)

"The long-term memory learning method for keeping vocabulary in long-term memory is, in my opinion, particularly efficient. Thereby you are developing ambition which keeps you going. Also the pages which hide the vocab are tremendously good to get a quick overview and are very suitable to repeat in fast track. I find the displaying of the last seven wrong inputs in the long-term memory learning method very supportive."
(Frank Collins)

"I really really like the vocabulary training method. Here, I'm especially using the long-term memory learning method. I mostly prefer multiple choice and input. This method makes me build up on my vocabulary knowledge quickly. I'm able to connect proper spelling as well as the right pronunciation by the audio output. To get a quick learning success this is essential to me.
The distinct lessons are prepared well and are really easy to access. Here it's especially useful having the possibility playing the particular sequences."
(Lauren Grey)

"I find the logical and neat outline very appealing. I'm also motivated by the long term memory learning method which makes it easy for me to live up to the learning success of the day before and gets me started over quickly. I've already bought the beginner's course and my experiences with the long term memory learning method are good. You can virtually follow the continuing progress the team is working on - this is what I really like since they give me the feeling that I'm taken seriously when I hand in some suggestions for improvement and changes."
(Agatha Low)

"I really do like learning using the long-term memory learning method. Using the PC is much simpler than writing manually. Moreover using the PC is much more efficient since you cannot cheat yourself - The system is correcting every single mistake also including emphasis which are also registered. Storing the different levels makes repeating the vocabulary and the texts based on the flashcard principle possible and thereby more effective. Learning foreign languages has become a hobby to me - for me, personally, it is not only learning by heart but a leisure pursuit."
(Emily Snyder)

"I liked the logical structure of my language course. The dialogues are easy to follow and very comprehensible. The further possibilities which can be chosen to learn vocabulary by different styles and ways both verbally and written are very well-suited for keeping them in the long-term memory. Even after several months they are still available. My basic understanding of languages has been broadened by this course."
(Anthony Hockner)

"It's very beneficial being able to organize your individual schedule and also being able to print out the entire course. The variety of the teaching materials is also great.
When it comes to learning vocabulary by using the long term memory learning method you only decide once how long you would like to learn per day. Once you've decided on how long you want to learn a day, this will be happening automatically afterwards. So, once you get started you will pull through.
This is also very helpful when having a hard time with motivation. Being able to decide on your own how long you want to learn makes this course "feasible"."
(Henry Smalls)

Customer reviews
... about the daily trainer

"I really have to thank you for the daily exercises. They really give me the motivation I need to do at least my daily exercises on a daily basis since I don't have much time left. Additionally I think the great choice of the different ways of learning is gorgeous, e.g. first, taking a look at the vocabulary, secondly finding them hidden in a text and thereby studying them and then being tested and learning vocabulary intensively. "
(A. Svensson)

"I like the interval repetition, the division in levels and the monitor how much time is left to achieve a level, I like the reward system, when it is possible to get other courses in other languages, I like the meditation music."

"I enjoy the daily exercise program because it's easy to work on and it's varying. Mostly I use the long term memory learning method and the quick repetition. This course allows me to continue my studies on a daily basis and I feel really really motivated to learn another language."
(Jason Big)

"The daily exercises are the greatest thing about this learning software. In this way I'm able to learn in a structured way. Thereby, I can learn both the vocabulary training and text exercises quickly and continuously. Moreover I'm convinced by the different methods of vocabulary training and different learning methods. Above all the text input and the automatic testing of your knowledge gives me a quick and really good result."
(Chris Osborne)

"I am given the possibility to determine the learning rate myself. The daily exercises are giving me the pressure necessary I need to do them.
Apparently different brain areas are getting activated by different learning methods of the program. In my own case, the learning success seems to be lasting."
(Craig Miller)

"To me the daily exercises are awesome and be given the possibility to continue right where I stopped by the repetition.
Not a day goes by without me working with the program and working on my vocabulary knowledge at least.
Within almost 100 days I've stored more than 1000 words in the long term memory.
I would like to thank you so much for this course. I'm enjoying it so much and it really helps me stay on track."
(Victoria Statham)

"The daily exercises learning method seems very effective. It gives you a well-structured schedule that guides you through the program.
And if there is time left you could additionally use further training methods."
(Gunther Rummel)

"I like the lessons being divided in daily exercises.
Still, I can decide by myself independently how much I'd like to learn. That way learning never gets boring.
I further like the speakers being native speakers. From the beginning, you are offered short texts which you can gradually elaborate."
(Frank Roy)

What our clients say
... in regard to structure and content of the programme

"I appreciate the course's systematic regarding the structure, the clarity regarding the titles you can click on.
I also like being able to print out whatever I like and having the correcting aid at my disposal. It's very beneficial having the opportunity to listen to the appropriate vocabulary. This course is definitely meeting my expectations!"

"This course has broadened my vocabulary knowledge tremendously.
For me personally, listening to texts and thereby improving my own pronunciation was particularly helpful. Of course this is really motivating, helpful and is giving me a feeling of getting more and more confident when communicating with native speakers. The method by which you acquire vocabulary is excellent - at the same time it's a fantastic exercise to train my brain."
(Bill Green)

"I like being drilled - and measured against A1/A2 proficiency. I also like the dialogs. I go back over them again and again. (Occasionally the dialog translations are not real accurate but they do give the meaning.) After reading dialogs, I will also type them into my own document, give me a good practice writing. I also like the dictation."
(Ira Lund)

"I like the learning units being split in small very achievable units. The vocabulary being taught is very applicable especially for beginners - that's what I really like since I want to learn this language only on a "vacation" kind of level. Additionally I want to point out the learning monitoring and the opportunity given to print out the vocabulary which makes learning a lot easier for me."
(Mark Curtis)

"I'm really motivated by the short and not too challenging lessons. They encourage me to hang in there because they are easy to process by the self-learning principle. I really like the versatile testing options. Each term or sentence can be repeated - this way the pronunciation can be memorized much better."
(Christen Nixon)

"The program is well-structured and clearly represented. The vocabulary tests are also tremendously effective since you cannot cheat. They are repeated over and over again until each vocabulary can be answered perfectly from every point of view."
(Dorothy Blake)

"I'm very pleased with this course and it helps a lot with my studies. This course is especially helpful when it comes to learning vocabulary and a proper pronunciation. I'm pretty sure I would have given up learning this language if it wasn't for this course. I like the lessons being short and therefore clear. Also the flashcards which can be printed out are great for taking with you and learn whenever I feel like studying."
(Holly Wilkinson)

"The lessons are very versatile. This program also provides the possibility to print out cards which I think is very crucial. Since we're getting ready to move these lessons are great to get prepared.
This course is great!"
(Tess Carlson)

"I was positively surprised by the many lessons. The lessons aren't stuffed full and contain an appropriate amount of vocabulary. The dialogue texts are well-chosen and the basic vocabulary is extensive.
The flash cards which can be printed are a good learning method - it really worked out for me."
(Nicki Chestnut)

What our clients say
... about the price/performance ratio of the language courses

"What I like most about the course is the long term memory learning method. This way it's possible to learn vocabularies which you consider to be essential. Moreover I was surprised by the price... I think it is a very fair price! Kudos to you!"
(Sebastian White)

"I don't think there's a better program to learn vocabulary fast and effectively."
(Emma Cooper)

"I would like to thank you for the excellent price/performance ratio. "
(George Murphy)

"I've tried bunches of language courses and this one is the best so far! The price-performance ratio is absolutely justifiable. The course's navigation is easy to handle whereas the course is both visually and acoustically orientated. This way learning is easy and progress can be seen very soon. This course is highly recommendable - especially for beginners."
(Daniel Robinson)

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What makes this language course stand out from the rest?

Swift progress:

This software program will make learning Belarusian fun and easy – you can hold your first simple conversation after about 3 hours.

Sophisticated software:

We first released this software in 2002.
Every year, our developers update it with great care.

Different daily activities:

Varied daily tasks and a huge selection of learning methods will motivate you to continue learning every day.

Unique learning methods:

With the long-term memory learning method and daily tasks tailored to you, you can reach level B2 in Belarusian after about 50 hours.

No subscription model:

Your access is valid for 10 years – you only pay once.

Exclusive learning community:

Form connections with people of similar interests in our learning community.

	Learning time: 17 minutes a day. Learn at any time, wherever you are – on your computer, phone or tablet.
	The long-term memory method: each word comes back just before you would forget it. If you still know it, it moves on. So the Belarusian words stick.
	With Superlearning music, you can learn 32.9% faster. It is calm background music that helps you focus. You can switch it off.
	You don't need to plan your Belarusian lessons. The course sets your exercises for you every day. You simply open it and practise Belarusian.
	A mix of exercises keeps your Belarusian practice varied. That makes it easier to come back every day.

	I have stomach trouble. I have a headache. Do you need a doctor in Belarus? You learn how to talk to a doctor or pharmacist.
	How do you ask for accommodation in Belarusian? We would like a double room. And a cot, please. And breakfast the next morning, if possible. The course covers these phrases, too.
	How do I get to the station? Excuse me, where is the nearest post office? You learn how to ask the way to the places you need most.
	How do you say 'The menu, please' in Belarusian? What is 'Cheers!' in Belarusian? You may want to try local specialities in Belarus. One list is all about food, so ordering in a restaurant is easier.
	The course also includes phrases for emergencies. You learn what to say when you need help.
	Can you understand common signs in Belarusian? Where is the emergency exit? Which door leads to the ladies' toilets? Where is parking not allowed? This list helps you recognise important signs while travelling.
	How do you say 'Yes' and 'No' in Belarusian? How do you say 'please' and 'thank you' in Belarusian? You need these words almost every day.
	Starting a conversation is often the hard part. So we start with the basics: You learn how to say 'Hello' in Belarusian. You also learn how to say 'Bye' in Belarusian.
	How do you ask 'What is your name?' in Belarusian? How do you ask 'Where do you come from?' in Belarusian? This helps when you make new friends in Belarus.
	Do you want to drive in Belarus? You may also need to stop at a petrol station. One list covers the key words for cars and driving.
	1, 2, 3, 10, 100, ... 'I need to learn to count in Belarusian.' Numbers matter on holiday. They help you pay the bill in a restaurant.
	And much more.

"Learn the 450 most important Belarusian words and phrases for your trip – in 17 minutes a day."

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The most important words in Belarusian:

Prepare for your trip to Belarus:

The Belarusian Travel Course gives you:

Online language course:

What will you learn in the Belarusian Travel Course?

If you have learned Belarusian with 17 Minute Languages, you will have these advantages:

Build your career!

Meet new people!

Unforgettable experiences!

Make more of your free time!

Stay in great mental shape!

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The long-term memory learning method of 17 Minute Languages:
Learn words that stick

Daily trainer for learning Belarusian:
The quick-learning system

17 Minute Languages' exclusive insider learning community

Free Belarusian trial version

Variety of exercises that are delightful and immersive:

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