Chinese New Year, or 春節 (Chūn Jié / Spring Festival), is one of the most important holidays throughout the Chinese speaking world. The new year of the traditional Chinese calendar …
In this lesson, we’re going to revisit some of our best strategies for getting the most out of studying or working abroad. These strategies will help you to maximize your …
With the holidays upon us, we’re going to look at some appropriate seasonal greetings in French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese. French Joyeux Noël! Merry Christmas! Bonne …
This week we’re going to provide some phrases that are useful for entry-level Spanish language learners. These are common expressions that can you use frequently and in a wide variety …
In this lesson, we’re going to cover the Spanish cardinals, the numbers used for counting, from 100 through 1000. This lesson builds on the previous two lessons on Spanish numbers, …
In our last lesson, we looked at the first ten Spanish ordinals, the numbers used to indicate position in a sequence. We also looked at the first twenty cardinals, the …
Let’s round out our lessons on how to express the time in various languages with the basic expressions used to tell time in Italian. Telling time in Italian is similar …
This week we’re going to continue looking at how to express the time in various languages with the basic expressions used to tell time in Brazilian Portuguese. Two notes before …
This week we’re going to cover the basic expressions used to tell time in Japanese. Compared to other aspects of the Japanese language, expressing the current time is actually quite …
Some words just don’t translate well into other languages. Usually, these are words that have very precise, nuanced meanings, making literal translations nearly impossible. Italian is no exception in this …