German grammar is often said to be maddeningly complex. There’s some interesting stuff with word order, the modal verbs are a little tricky – but the main complaint is far …
When using Spanish question words, there are a few things you should keep in mind. First of all Questions in Spanish don’t always look like they do in English. In …
Watching Italian movies is not only a great way to work on your listening skills but also to improve your understanding of the country. In this post you will learn …
No matter where you are in your Chinese learning journey, you’ll definitely have noticed the huge variety of “dialects” that all fall under the term “Chinese.” This is a huge …
You know, I’ve always been one of those people who wants to do things exactly the way they’re supposed to be done. So when I first started learning English, which …
In English, there is a concrete grammatical structure. In a simple sentence, you have the subject, the verb, and the predicate. Of course, this changes as we get into more …
Je voudrais un café s’il vous plaît. I would like a coffee please. This sentence in French uses the conditional tense. Voudrais is the conditional tense of the verb vouloir …
I’m French and grew up in a very small village in the French countryside. At home, at school and everywhere around me we spoke only French, and yet I’m fluent …
The Russian language is notorious for its six cases, which, along with the endings, arguably make up the biggest challenge for learners. Do not be daunted, though. If you take …
It’s pretty common knowledge that German has a very regular writing system. Unlike some languages (say… English….) the German-speaking world has agreed on a series of spelling reforms that have …
