This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we're focusing on this week is the French adverb 'loin'. Read More
Another day and another pair of similar-looking Spanish nouns with different endings and genders whose different meanings and usage may be worth spelling out. These are siglo (masculine) and sigla (feminine). You can listen to how siglo (masculine) is pronounced here:… Read More
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we're focusing on this week is the French verb 'retirer'. Read More
Many people are unsure of when you can use ‘who’ and when you should use ‘whom’. Although ‘whom’ is grammatically correct in some cases, you can generally use ‘who’ in standard English. Who and whom are both pronouns. They are used as shown below: asking for information You use who when you are asking for… Read More
Another opportunity is here to roll out some similar-looking, potentially confusable Spanish nouns and look at their differences. Today it’s the turn of rodillo (masculine) and rodilla (feminine). Read More
This series of weekly blogs takes a closer look at words from our French dictionaries. The word we're focusing on this week is the French verb 'serrer'. Read More
To, too and two are homophones that are often confused by learners and native speakers of English alike. Here is a short guide to help understand the difference between them. to To is a preposition. You can use to in a large number of different ways. She went to the window and looked… Read More
The latest instalment of our Learning French blog examines the expressions that are useful for talking about past, present and future events. Read More
On the workbench today are two more similar-looking Spanish nouns with different endings, genders and meanings. These are madera and madero. Let’s split apart their differences. Read More