TL;DR: Does your voice change when you switch languages? You're not alone. Learning a new language forces you to account for differences in etiquette, produce unfamiliar sounds, and even question your confidence. All these factors can affect your voice! I grew up in a bicultural home, where

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You know that feeling when your tongue gets tied up trying to say something in your native language? Now imagine tackling that challenge in Japanese! But here's the thing – those tricky tongue twisters (早口言葉, hayakuchi kotoba) aren't just there to make you stumble. They're

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If you will be visiting China or spending the holiday with your Chinese friends this Christmas, you want to learn how to say Merry Christmas in Chinese! In this blog post, you'll learn how to say Merry Christmas in Chinese, other Chinese Christmas vocabulary, and even how people