--- title: "English language learning extension · NoaLingua" description: "What NoaLingua provides for English: grammar tables, offline definitions, examples and word highlighting — with every unverified capability marked." url: "https://noalingua.com/languages/english/" language: "en" modified: "2026-08-17" license: "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- Language # NoaLingua for English — a language learning extension What actually works in English, capability by capability English is one of the 28 languages NoaLingua offers, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified from the extension's own registries. This page lists what exists, what is documented as absent, and the specific things about English that do not apply to any other language. English BCP-47 `en` · latin script ## What NoaLingua supports in English, capability by capability | Capability | State | Detail | | --- | --- | --- | | Chrome on-device translation per pair | · Not documented | Varies by pair; Chrome decides | | YouTube caption translation | · Not documented | YouTube covers 156 languages; the list is not published per language | | Cloud translation (MyMemory) per pair | · Not documented | Opt-in, quota-limited, and the only source that sends sentence text off your device. | | Offline word dictionary per pair | · Not documented | FreeDict/WikDict coverage is per pair and not enumerated | | Grammar tables (UniMorph) | ● Yes | 18 MB | | Definitions & IPA (Wiktionary / kaikki) | ● Yes | 475 MB | | Example sentences (Tatoeba) per pair | ● Yes | Real bilingual sentences, searched locally once downloaded. | | Speech recognition (Chrome pack) | · Not documented | Chrome owns this pack; availability is Chrome's, not ours | | Uncommon-word highlighting | ● Yes | Bundled top-1500 list | | Punctuation for captions without it | ● Yes | One 56 MB model covering 47 languages, downloaded once per profile. | Specific to English ## Things that are only true of English in NoaLingua - The English Wiktionary pack is 475 MB — by far the largest NoaLingua downloads, and more than three times the next biggest. It is the clearest illustration of what local-first actually costs in disk space. - English UniMorph is comparatively small at 18 MB, because English has little inflection to tabulate. - English has one of the seven bundled frequency lists, so uncommon words are underlined with no network request at all. Setting up for English Choose English as the language you are learning in the extension popup or Settings → Languages. Packs begin downloading immediately and in the background — leave the browser open for 15 to 30 minutes and check the corner of the screen. When it goes quiet, everything is local. [The full first-run guide →](https://noalingua.com/getting-started/) ## Common questions about NoaLingua Does NoaLingua work for English? English is one of the 28 languages in the learning and translation selectors, and 5 of its ten capability axes are verified. The table on this page shows exactly which ones — including the ones that are documented as absent. Can I get grammar tables for English? Yes. 18 MB Conjugation and declension tables open at the exact form you clicked. Does English work offline? Yes, once the packs finish downloading. Expect to leave the extension running 15 to 30 minutes after choosing your languages. What does “not documented” mean in the table? That we have not verified it ourselves, so we will not claim it either way. It is not the same as “no”. Several of those columns depend on data Chrome owns and does not publish per language. ## Other languages NoaLingua supports - [Español Spanish](https://noalingua.com/languages/spanish/) - [Français French](https://noalingua.com/languages/french/) - [Deutsch German](https://noalingua.com/languages/german/) - [Italiano Italian](https://noalingua.com/languages/italian/) - [Português Portuguese](https://noalingua.com/languages/portuguese/) - [Русский Russian](https://noalingua.com/languages/russian/) - [Nederlands Dutch](https://noalingua.com/languages/dutch/) - [Polski Polish](https://noalingua.com/languages/polish/) - [Svenska Swedish](https://noalingua.com/languages/swedish/) - [日本語 Japanese](https://noalingua.com/languages/japanese/) - [中文 Chinese](https://noalingua.com/languages/chinese/) - [한국어 Korean](https://noalingua.com/languages/korean/) - [العربية Arabic](https://noalingua.com/languages/arabic/) - [Türkçe Turkish](https://noalingua.com/languages/turkish/) - [Српски Serbian](https://noalingua.com/languages/serbian/) - [Hrvatski Croatian](https://noalingua.com/languages/croatian/) - [Čeština Czech](https://noalingua.com/languages/czech/) - [Ελληνικά Greek](https://noalingua.com/languages/greek/) - [हिन्दी Hindi](https://noalingua.com/languages/hindi/) - [Tiếng Việt Vietnamese](https://noalingua.com/languages/vietnamese/) - [ไทย Thai](https://noalingua.com/languages/thai/) - [Українська Ukrainian](https://noalingua.com/languages/ukrainian/) - [Română Romanian](https://noalingua.com/languages/romanian/) - [Magyar Hungarian](https://noalingua.com/languages/hungarian/) - [Suomi Finnish](https://noalingua.com/languages/finnish/) - [Dansk Danish](https://noalingua.com/languages/danish/) - [Norsk Norwegian](https://noalingua.com/languages/norwegian/) - [full matrix →](https://noalingua.com/supported-languages/) ## Start English on the next video you open. Free, with every feature. No account, nothing to cancel, and your deck stays on your machine. [Add to Chrome — Free Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ocimolffhgpeeoifjpjhgikgfbnmlkdh) Opens the Chrome Web Store listing **NoaLingua — beyond dual subs: video, web, PDF** — free, no account, Chrome 138 or newer. - [Free, and not a trial Every feature on the free plan — both PDF modes, shadowing, all 30 practice formats.](https://noalingua.com/pricing/) - [No account, no email Nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. There is no login screen at all.](https://noalingua.com/privacy/) - [Two dropdowns to set up Pick what you are learning and what you want translations in. That is the whole setup.](https://noalingua.com/getting-started/) - [Your words stay yours Export to Anki, CSV, a spreadsheet or a full JSON profile — free on every plan.](https://noalingua.com/docs/export-import/) [What happens after you install](https://noalingua.com/getting-started/) · [Pricing](https://noalingua.com/pricing/) · [What it cannot do](https://noalingua.com/limits/)