Sofia Garcette

Ever thought about how often you use numbers in your daily life? Well, if you're traveling to Portugal soon, then you must know that learning Portuguese and how to count Portuguese numbers is a super handy skill to have. Just imagine strolling through a bustling market in Rio, haggling over

So, you've committed to making 2022 the year you finally learn Spanish – great! But if you're intimidated by grammar rules, get bored with repetitive learning apps, or don't have any native Spanish speakers around to chat to, you might feel like you've lost the battle before you've even begun. Not

If you've ever stressed out over verb conjugations or French pronunciation, you might well have wondered how to learn French faster – and without that feeling of taking one step forward and several great big leaps backward. Thankfully, a lot has changed over the last decade or so, and these days,

How did Italian cooking shows change my language skills in just two months?

Language learning doesn't have to be a boring experience. Watching Japanese anime can be an incredible add-on to other useful tools that you can use to study Japanese. If you're still wondering if it's actually possible to learn Japanese from anime, then the first thing to know is that you

Few European countries saw as much political turmoil and change in the 20th century as Germany. One of the aftereffects of this is an extraordinary cultural output. Of course, keeping track of everything that's shaped and reshaped German history over the last century or so can be tricky business, which

When compared to other languages, the Italian language is so melodic that many of us will probably have had the dream to learn it at some point in our lives. If you're one of the brave ones that have decided to stick with it, congratulations! Well, first things first, let's

There are some wonderful and succinct words in other languages that are impossible to translate directly, such as the word Mamihlapinatapai from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this word literally translates to “a look that without words is shared by

When you begin to learn a new language, mastering the numbers of that language (as well as basic vocabulary with which to use them, of course) are the best places to start. Learning German numbers is easy compared to many other languages. This is due to the fact that the