Ser Vs Estar: Get It Right Every Time
Out of all the common Spanish verbs, most learners have trouble knowing the differences between the verbs “ser” and “estar”. In English, the verb is literally translated as “to be” …
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The Main Rules of Portuguese Pronunciation
People say that Portuguese pronunciation is very difficult, but I’ve seen harder (wink wink). Learning Portuguese is a little bit easier than learning French but not the same as learning …
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Learning Japanese, Music and Japanese Culture: Interview with Nyk (ニックちゃんねる)
I actually didn’t have any specific interest in learning Japanese, per se, until I was faced with having to choose a second language elective when I entered high school and at my high school, they had French, German, Spanish, and Japanese as options for us. And as someone who at the time was not particularly interested in language, I figured out of those four why not Japanese?
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Russian Question Words: The Who, What, Where, and Why
In English we have 7 question words: What, Who, Why, Where, Which, When and How. In Russian we have a whole host of new ones to learn! Today, we are …
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Learn Japanese Using Anime and LingQ
Hey everyone, it’s Eric from LingQ and today I’m going to show you a new, better, faster method to import anime into LingQ to create your own interactive lessons. Let me quickly show you what I’ve done. I have imported an episode of Shirokuma Cafe into LingQ, episode one to be exact.
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Learn French Online with LingQ
LingQ was instrumental for my language learning. When I began studying French, I would do cold reads of various stories. I knew NOTHING except “merci”, “bonjour,” and that’s about it. I remember reading the stories and being clueless as to the vocabulary. Through these cold reads I began to assess the language. It’s something I often do with other languages. I did it with Italian and Portuguese, and after French, with Catalan, Norwegian, and Indonesian.
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Learning Japanese with Matt Vs Japan
Matt Vs Japan discovered his own method to learn Japanese. Now he is fluent and learning Mandarin! Learn more in this interview.
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How to Learn Chinese Online with LingQ
Since taking up Chinese as a hobby four years ago, I have used numerous different language apps and online resources in an attempt to achieve fluency in the language. Of …
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Learn Portuguese by Listening to These Brazilian Podcasts
Portuguese is one of the most spoken languages in the world, and learning it can open doors to a new culture, group of people, and way of life. It can …
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Study Using Korean Dramas
You can make your own lessons on LingQ with Korean dramas. All you need is the LingQ extension, which is free to download. After that, you’re going to need to go to a website called vicki.com. Now Vicki has a ton of Korean content, as well as Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese…
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