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Learning the Spanish alphabet requires only learning three more letter than are found in the English alphabet. These include ch (che), ll (elle) and ň (eňe). The fit into the alphabet in an order that also makes sense, following the letter from the English alphabet that starts with the same similar letter. Here is the order they appear in: Read full article »

There are more verb endings in German than in English, and these verb endings are often repeated. Like most European languages, German has a different ending for every subject or “person”. So, in German, “I play” becomes “ich spiele”, “You Play” is “du spielst”, and “he/she/it plays” becomes “er/sie/es spielt”. In the plural, most verbs, except in the 2nd person ends with “en”, as in “wir spielen (we play)” and “ihr spielt (You play)”. Learning this pattern for a verb makes it easier to learn the pattern for all regular German verbs. Read full article »

Learn Japanese for a real communication for your work, school project, and communicating with your Japanese mate properly.

Many people think that Learning to speak Japanese language is more difficult than learning to write Japanese. But, it is actually vice versa, because there are 3 different Japanese symbol called Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana, if you want to learn to write Japanese. Read full article »

There are a few important things you need to know about French verbs before learning how to conjugate them. First, there are very few irregular French verbs. Second, you need to learn only 6 forms of a French verb. Third, there is a logical relation between the moods, the tenses, or the subject persons. And last, in French verb conjugation patterns, most verbs share a common conjugation pattern with one or more other verbs. Read full article »

Exeter University Beginners’ German
(http://www.ex.ac.uk/german)

From the German Department of the University of Exeter, this free online German course is for beginners, and contains twenty chapters of dialogue and exercises on the German language. The course is designed as an introduction to German for the absolute beginner, and provides additional information such as life and culture in all the major German-speaking countries. Read full article »

Six reasons to study Italian in Tuscany.

Reason 1:
The best way to learn a language, one knows, is to go abroad. But if the apprehension is combined with relaxation and enjoyment, one can obtain a double result. You learn in a more efficient way because you are always in contact with native speakers and can put into practice your new knowledge right away. Read full article »

One of the most frustrating things about learning Spanish is that, somewhere along the line, students realize that the Spanish they hear spoken by native speakers may or may not be the same Spanish that they had been taught at their university or high school. Read full article »

First, I’d like to clear up a common misconception: “Castellano” and “español” are two words for the same thing – and both words mean Spanish. If someone asks you, “¿Hablás castellano?” they want to know if you speak Spanish, not if you speak “Argentine.” Read full article »

Nowadays, just as we, Japanese people, love to use English symbols or phrase on T-shirt, Logo or jewely design, Westerners start to use Japanese Kanji Symbols for their own design needs as well. Read full article »

The impossible becomes mundane, and taboo topics become commonplace. That was my initial reaction to the Japanese culture of anime. Most of their stories bordered from the impossible to the ridiculous, unlike anything I have ever watched. I mean, come on, I have never seen eyes so exaggerated, reactions too theatrical, and characters too complex I had to wonder if they were schizophrenic or possibly high on something. Read full article »