Learning a new phrase every day is a great way to build your vocabulary step by step. That’s why we post a new phrase every day in several languages* so that you can learn continuously. Whether you’re learning French, German, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2014
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Learning a new phrase every day is a great way to build your vocabulary step by step. That’s why we post a new phrase every day in several languages* so that you can learn continuously. Whether you’re learning French, German, … Continue reading
How to pronounce Japanese ‘R’
In Japanese, there are five syllables containing the ‘R’ sound: ら ra り ri る ru れ re ろ ro. The Japanese ‘R’ is probably one of the trickiest consonant to pronounce because it is very different from the English … Continue reading
LL learner interview: Prepping for a trip to France
Our friend Jessica is planning on spending a month in France this summer, so bien sûr, she needs to learn French! We sat down with her to talk about her trip, her strategy for getting her French up to speed … Continue reading
The World Cup and the United States
The United States men’s national soccer team, USMNT, is ranked 13th in the world according to two major institutions: FIFA (from the French Fédération Internationale de Football Association, meaning International Federation of Association Football) and World Football Elo Ratings. Competing … Continue reading
Barcelona: lights, shadows and languages
Author Antonio Hill shares with us some lesser known facts about the language, culture and neighborhoods of Barcelona, the setting of his latest novel The Good Suicides and Summer of Dead Toys. Continue reading
A great lunch for 8 euros? Go to Spain!
Spaniards traveling abroad at lunch time often miss a great Spanish lunch concept: Los restaurantes de menú (lit., menu restaurants) that serve el menú del día (the menu of the day) for lunch. This consists of a two-course lunch, plus dessert, plus coffee, plus beverages for 7 to 10 euros. Let's go over the basics of the menu del dia.
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Types of Shopping in Brazil
Brazil is a great place for shopping. There, you will be able to find from gigantic shopping meccas in big capitals to small shacks selling handcrafts or produce by the side of roads. Continue reading
Greeting and Addressing Brazilians
Knowing how to greet people in another language could mean the difference between making friends and remaining just another tourist: being informal can be offensive and too formal off-putting.
Brazilians obey a level of formality in greeting and addressing others that is not as rigid as the French, but not also not as informal as Americans. Continue reading
Uma água de coco, por favor!: Ordering drinks in Brazil
To show you have mastered a language, sometimes it’s not enough to order food and drink, you have to know how to do it, the little quirks that will land you just what you want. Here are some sentences that … Continue reading
