What is Romanian?

How much do you know about the Romanian language? In this post, learn more about this interesting Romance language, including where it’s spoken and the languages that have made it into what it is today. Romanian: the ‘forgotten’ Romance language Which language do you think Romanian is most closely related to? If you said Italian, … Read more

The 20 Most Common Catalan Verbs

If you’ve already started learning Catalan, then you’ll know a few verbs already. They’re an important building block and often a tricky part of grammar because in many languages, verbs change to reflect tense and who is speaking or being spoken about. In this post, you’ll learn about the 20 most common verbs in Catalan, … Read more

¿Cuántos idiomas hay en América Latina?

Según el Banco Mundial, América Latina es el hogar de más de 500 idiomas – ¡definitivamente no es todo sobre el castellano y el portugués! ¿Pero cuántos idiomas indígenas hay en América Latina, donde se hablan y cómo son? En esta publicación, vamos a echarles un vistazo muy de cerca y descubrir su estado en … Read more

20 Fascinating Facts About the Arabic Language

With over 300 million speakers around the globe, Arabic is the fifth most-spoken language in the world. It has many different (colloquial) varieties and is considered to be one of the more difficult languages for English speakers to learn. Discover more about Arabic in this blog post! What do you know about Arabic? You might … Read more

How to Count to 20 in Igbo

Numbers can be a difficult thing to learn in any language, but you’re going to need them when you talk to other people. That’s why we’ve written this post to help you learn how to count to 20 in Igbo, which is mainly spoken in Southern Nigeria. Take a read and see how much you … Read more

Lenguas oficiales y lenguas minoritarias en España: todo lo que necesitas saber

España tiene no uno, sino cinco idiomas oficiales, y también es hogar a muchos otros que no son oficialmente reconocidos (¡todavía!). El aranés, el euskera y el catalán son tan solo algunos de los idiomas hablados a través de la península, y según la UNESCO, algunos están en grave peligro. En esta publicación, haremos una … Read more

How Many Languages Are Spoken in Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, the third largest island country in the world, has an estimated population of nine million people. There are also at least 839 languages spoken in the country, which is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, making it one of the most linguistically diverse in the world! Join us as we learn more … Read more

How to Tell the Time in Italian

Want to learn to tell the time in Italian? Being able to tell the time in any language is important, and it’s really not as difficult as it might first appear. Read our blog post and, by the end of it, you’ll be telling the time like a pro! Telling the time in Italian is pretty straight … Read more

How Many Languages Are Spoken in China?

Over one billion people around the world speak Mandarin Chinese, the national language of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). But did you know there are other languages spoken there – almost 300 of them, in fact! Join us as we take a brief look at some of the languages of China and how they’re … Read more

Französisch und die Sprache der Liebe, Deuce, Let und Tennis

Werfen Sie einen Blick auf unser kleines Handbuch der Tennisbegriffe und deren Herkunft. (Tipp: Meistens aus dem Französischen!) Gemäß einiger Experten kommt das Wort Love im Tennis möglicherweise vom französischen Wort für das Ei, l’oeuf, weil ein Ei einer Null gleicht. Andere bestehen darauf, dass es so heißt, weil das Spiel aus lauter Liebe und ohne etwaige Einsätze … Read more