Jonathan Del Prado

If you’ve ever promised yourself that this will be the year you finally learn Korean, only to end up watching Crash Landing on You for the third time, you’re not alone. The truth is, Korean dramas can be your secret language teacher. Every “ya” or “gomawo” you catch

Five months ago, I joined a company where half my coworkers spoke Portuguese. They all spoke excellent English, but there’s this disconnect when the team banter switches to Portuguese, and someone has to pause mid-joke to translate for me. I needed translation help that could keep up with real

Three months before my Italy conference, I had a problem. I spoke zero Italian. Not "rusty high school Italian" zero—complete beginner zero. My native language is Tagalog, so I didn't even have that Spanish or French background some people lean on. Just me, a plane

Ever walked down a street in Stockholm and heard some angry Swedish words being thrown around? Despite their reputation for politeness and being among the happiest people in the world, Swedes have a wide range of Swedish curse words and Swedish insults, just like everyone else. In this post, I&

My girlfriend fell hard for Heaven Official's Blessing. She'd light up talking about Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, quote lines that clearly meant something profound, get emotional about plot twists I knew nothing about. And I'd nod along as I understood. I wasn'

I've spent the last five months testing Japanese translation apps during my regular trips to Japan. Not in some controlled lab setting, but in actual restaurants where I couldn’t read the menu, at train stations trying to figure out which platform, and in conversations where I desperately

You know what kills most language learning attempts? It’s not the difficulty of conjugations or memorizing vocabulary. It’s the Tuesday three weeks in when you're tired, Netflix is calling, and your Duolingo streak just doesn’t feel worth protecting anymore. The truth is, language learning is

Duolingo popularized gamified language learning, but it's not the only option. If you're looking for apps similar to Duolingo that use game mechanics to keep you motivated, you've got plenty of alternatives that might actually work better for your learning style. These apps are

You've probably heard "Shanah Tovah" tossed around every September, maybe seen it on greeting cards or heard it at a friend's Rosh Hashanah dinner. But here's what most people don't realize about saying happy new year in Hebrew: there are