French has 21 tenses. You need to actively use about eight. Four of those carry most of what you’ll ever say out loud. TL;DR French conjugations can feel overwhelming, but …
If you’ve ever tried to learn Chinese or Japanese, you already know the wall every learner eventually hits: the characters. Mandarin Chinese uses thousands of hanzi. Japanese layers thousands of …
TL;DR The best Japanese podcasts depend on your current level and what your personal interests are. Absolute beginners should start with shows that use slow speech and high-frequency vocabulary. Intermediate …
TL;DR The best Korean dramas on Netflix for learning Korean are the ones that you actually enjoy. For beginners, consider slow-paced romances like Crash Landing on You and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha. …
Japanese numbers look simple until you try to use them. You start by memorizing one through ten. Easy enough. Then, when counting three dogs, you realize that the word for …
Most language learners look at Korean writing and assume they’re in for months of memorization. Luckily, that’s not the case. Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was designed in the 15th century …
TL;DR: Jonathan Pilieci kept a Duolingo streak for over 10 years and still couldn’t understand real Italian. After switching to LingQ and reading authentic content daily, his comprehension went from …
TL;DR The Spanish subjunctive is a mood, not a tense. You use it whenever you’re expressing wishes, emotions, doubts, recommendations, or hypothetical situations, almost always in the part of the …
TL;DR I spent years on Duolingo without reaching real fluency. When I switched to learning Spanish through reading and listening to authentic content, my comprehension jumped from 15% to 90%. …
TL;DR Minna-Moffatt Feldman learned Polish so well within five months of using LingQ that her native Polish friends were shocked by her progress. Her secret: short, daily reading sessions with …
You finally think you’ve mastered Spanish… and then “por” and “para” show up. Why is it gracias por venir but este regalo es para ti? They both mean “for,” right? …
When it comes to romance, basic communication isn’t enough. Your language should be poetic, witty, and romantic. Here are a few Spanish pick up lines to assist you in your …
Spanish stories are a fantastic language learning resource. Not only do you get to lose yourself in a literary world (or something closer to the real world if you’re reading …
Squid Game is one of the most watched shows in Netflix history. It is also one of the best accidental motivators for learning Korean that has ever existed. The moment …
Podcasts are a great way to make progress in any language. They tend to be lengthy and boast a larger variety of vocabulary. And, of course, podcasts dive deeper into …
