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Portuguese is a wonderful language to learn. You could attend language schools in another country or in your hometown or you could look for a language partner to improve your language skills. But what do we really know about the Portuguese language? 13 facts about Portuguese 1) It is the official language of nine countries: …
If you want to learn Portuguese, you have – first of all – decide which Portuguese you’d like to speak. There is on the one hand the European Portuguese and on the other hand the Brazilian Portuguese. Both of them are wonderful languages, but they have also some distinctions. But that doesn’t matter … You …
Would you like to learn the language of love? If you’d answered with yes, you should start learning Italian. Italian is native to Italy and Switzerland, but also to Dalmatia (Croatia), Slovene Istra (Slovenia) and Corfù (Greece). It is part of the Indo-euorpean languages and has official status in Italy, San Marina, Vatican City and …
German is a wonderful language which could be hard to learn. You get in touch with separable verbs, with complex structures and with a lot of long words. But there are good news: You could start with the most common verbs in German to have a basis to learn more and more words. The most …
Norwegian is a wonderful and special language which is not so often learned. But the Norwegian language is a North Germanic language and is spoken in Norway. In addition, you can also find a lot of similarities with Swedish or Danish. We already wrote an article about the Norwegian language which you can read here …
Porto is the second largest city in Portugal (after Lisbon) and has about 250.000 habitants. It is located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal and is known for the good port wine. In addition, the city in one of the oldest European centres and is a World Heritage Site since 1996. The most …
If you learn a foreign language, you will find a lot of false friends. In the Cambridge Dictionary you could read this definition for a false friend: “a word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar” So as you can …
An autumn abroad could be the best thing since sliced bread. If you haven’t planned a trip until now you should do it in the next days. But why? 6 reasons for an autumn abroad 1) The weather is perfect. In summer it is hot, in winter it’s cold. But in autumn it’s the best …
Every language has special qualities. That’s maybe the reason why we love learning different languages. But what do we really know about the English language? 20 facts about English 1) One of the shortest and also oldest words is “I”. 2) There are panagram sentences in English which means that the sentence contains every letter …
Have you ever thought about that the language you speak or the language you learn creates also your personality and your identity? Every language you are able to speak is a part of you and could form your lifestyle and your personality. Think about it and take these quotes to get motivation to create a …
