Over the last decade, Japanese, Chinese, and most notably, Korean dramas have seen a surge in popularity. If you’re learning an Asian language, there’s a good chance you’ve come across …
Sometimes it seems like life is all about questions. Language certainly is – my conversations at least wouldn’t get far if I just swapped stories with people and never asked anything …
At some point in your language learning process, you’re probably going to want to graduate from single words and short phrases to longer and more complex French sentences. While this …
In every language, there are always inside jokes, a play on words, and funny phrases that can make you laugh—or at least everyone around you if you’re the object of …
To the untrained eye, the Japanese language can look quite puzzling, like a quilt made of different textures. The characters don’t all look alike or even similar. The reason for …
As a learner at the beginning of your Russian language journey, the first things you’re going to need to know are the Russian alphabet and how to say hello and …
Imagine that someone did something nice for you. So, what would you say? Thank you, of course. The answer seems pretty straightforward until you consider all the variations you can …
Does learning to read Japanese need to be hard? As both the regular readers of my blog know, I have been learning Japanese on LingQ this year, mostly to see how hard it is. I wrote some posts on it, if anyone is interested: http://tracesofdodo.blo…
In October I decided to take the TestDaF, a German exam designed to test academic German skills. The November signup deadline had already passed, and that was great – I …
The big question most people who start learning French is usually, “How long does it take to learn French?” I was lucky enough to have been born in a part …
