If you are familiar with Russian grammar, you’ll probably assume that learning Russian verb conjugations will be a horror show. You might already know that conjugation presupposes change of a …
50 Japanese Words You Need to Know Before Going to Japan
Going to Japan? You might be wondering how much Japanese you need to know. In some places you can get by with virtually no Japanese and only English. In others, …
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Italian Grammar: Demystifying Italian Nouns
Italian grammar is tough, and one of the first grammar hurdles for the English speaker to overcome when learning Italian is the definite article: the word “the.” While English has …
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Catchy & Fun German Sayings
Everyone knows about big news sites and laid-back chat rooms, but how often do you take a look at more in-depth content in your target language? Recently I was reading …
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Italian Proverbs for English Speakers
Did you know that the early bird gets the worm? Of course you did. You heard it in your childhood when you did not want to get out of bed …
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Let’s Eat! Japanese Phrases For Eating Out
One of the universal aspects of humanity that transcends cultural or language boundaries is hunger. We all must receive nutrients somehow or another. One of our great pastimes of the …
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The Future Simple Tense in English: Let’s Time-Travel
Running off of my previously published posts where I spoke at length about the simple present tense and past tense, it’s finally time to travel into the future. Let’s take …
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Italian Slang: The Devil is in the Detail
Knowing formal Italian is important for professional purposes and many other everyday situations a language learner can find himself or herself in. However, if you want to be well-versed and …
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Japanese Grammar: Get to Grips with the Basics
The English language and the Japanese language have very strong differences that can seem off-putting to a native speaker of either language to attempt to learn the other. When focussing …
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The Multi-Purpose Present Continuous Tense in English
After covering the present simple tense in one of my last articles, it’s only right that we proceed with its little brother – the present continuous tense. However, this article …
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