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Portuguese and Spanish are very closely-related languages. Already knowing one of them makes learning the other considerably easier. Many aspects of Spanish that we talked about in the “Spanish-English Differences” blog are applicable to Portuguese as well. However, Portuguese does have its own share of unique quirks. So let’s go over a few aspects of…

Many English speakers believe that Spanish is a relatively easy second language to learn. This is a natural assumption, as the languages do have much in common. Spanish and English possess nearly the same alphabet, are both written left to right, and contain many similar words. On the other hand, there are some differences that…

Cognates Cognates are words that share a common etymological origin. They can occur both within and across languages. Cognates are very helpful when learning a foreign language whose linguistic background overlaps with that of English. They can dramatically reduce the number of new words you have to learn, allowing you to devote more time to…

Today we’ll touch on various aspects of the French language that native English speakers tend to struggle with. French, like Spanish, shares the same writing style and nearly the same alphabet with English. French has also gifted English with many loanwords (which can be both a blessing and a curse). However, French also requires a…