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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Japanese Particles: an Introduction
Japanese is a language that is not dependent upon sentence structure so much as it is dependent upon particles (in Japanese, joshi, 助詞). Particles are characters that relate a noun …
The Easiest Way to Learn Spanish Reflexive Verbs
Spanish reflexive verbs are verbs that we use when talking about actions that we do to or for ourselves. They are often common Spanish verbs that are used in our …
Speak Like a Native With These French YouTubers
French, just like English, is an ever-evolving language that is heavily influenced by the cultures of those who speak it. And just as cultural phenomena change in an instant, so …
Mastering the Simple Present Tense in English
Ask yourself this one simple question: what do you do every day? Just think about it for a second and write your answers down. Here are some of my answers: …
Russian grammar 101
Just like English, the Russian language has a grammatical structure that is too complex for one blog post. However, we’ll try to give a general outline of the Russian grammar …