French word of the week: dehors
Welcome back! In this edition of our French Word of the Week blog, we’re going to improve your vocabulary by … Continued
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Learning Spanish: How the language is evolving
Spanish has traditionally used the masculine plural as a default to refer to mixed groups of males and females. Even if there are 999 females in a group and one male, masculine plural takes precedence. This is because, while the masculine plural form may refer just to males, down the centuries it has also been used to denote all the members in the category.
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Spanish word of the week: tardar
Have you ever tried to ask or explain in Spanish how long it takes or took to do something? Why are we asking this? Because there’s a key verb you need to know to talk about the time required for an action or process, and native speakers use it a lot – tardar.
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French word of the week: fermer
To start the new week, we have a new French word for you to study. In this edition of our
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What’s the difference between ‘threw’ and ‘through’?
Threw and through are homophones in English and can sometimes be confused; they are both pronounced / θruː/ but have different spellings and their
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What’s the difference between ‘where’, ‘were’ or ‘we’re’?
Where, were and we’re are homophones that are often confused by learners and native speakers of English alike. Here is a short guide
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Spanish words of the week: cerámica or cerámico?
It’s another occasion to go pottering about among some similar-looking Spanish words, unearthing how they are typically used and cracking apart the differences between them and some other terms. Our main subjects today are cerámica and cerámico.
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French word of the week: dur
Welcome to our French word of the week blog! In this edition, we’re exploring the word dur. First of all,
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Spanish words of the week: narrativa or narrativo?
Today we enter the world of storytelling as we explore the differences in usage between the Spanish words narrativa and narrativo, and we consider a couple of related words too.
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