Americans Try Foreign Accents By Accident
I love these! It’s so funny how we think words are these neat packets of meaning, when in fact, they are just sounds that we are used to interpreting in a certain way. “Whale oil beef hooked” when said fast sounds almost identical to “Well, I’ll be f*cked” in an Irish accent 😀 There are […]
Counting in Japanese
Counting stuff in Japanese is weird. To make sure you are following the rules of Japanese properly, you need to use the “counter word” appropriate for the thing you are counting. Long thin things get a counter word and flat things get their own counter word. Even some japanese natives get them wrong! For a […]
German for Turkish people
We all know that it can be hard to learn another language, especially if that language is very different to your native language. There are many Turkish immigrants in German and many of them go to German language classes. But what if instead of them being taught to speak proper German, they were taught how […]
Spanish sayings
Some languages have some really funny sayings 😀 Expressions are like mini stories that get passed down from generation to generation. Sometimes we lose the origin of them, which makes the situation even more funny! I mean, who was the first person to say “the proof is in the pudding”. I don’t think pudding is […]
Accidental curse words
Spanish is a very useful language to learn if you are going to travel in South America. Watch out though! There are some words which have a very different meaning in other countries. A word for angry in one dialect of Spanish could mean horny in another! If you want to make sure you stay away […]
Spanish Words Non Spanish speakers can’t say
It is possible to improve your own pronunciation of another language. It’s all about getting used to not only the sound of the language, but also how it feel to pronounce it. You speak your native language effortlessly because it has become second nature. It is possible to get to that same level in another […]
