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Responde preguntas en japonés usando hai, iie y chigaimasu | Answer Japanese questions with hai, iie and chigaimasu

Aprende a presentarte en japonés | Learn basic Japanese self-introductions

Hey guys I am back after a long break. I had been thinking about the drawing I made from a previous drawing prompt -- home from the snow I planned then to further develop and build the world of these three

Could you imagine being a guide of an important Militar chief and you do a terrible mistake, in part not your falt but the foreign pronuntiation of the chief? Mentioned at The Art of War: A Pronunciation

Studying linguistics makes you see languages differently. We often say that Spanish, French or Italian “come from Latin”. But that’s not exactly true. They didn’t develop from Classical Latin — the one

Pedagogic Code is a proposal to make code not only functional and but also highly instructive and easily understandable

Crafting the Calphabet, a unique fusion of alphabet and calendar

Español Buenas noches comunidad de liketu, Hive y futuros profesionales. El día de hoy quiero compartirles mi esfuerzo de cada día estar en la universidad, me dio chance de tomar alguna fotografías en

By Tiffany Marcum If you use Instagram, Vine, listen to pop radio, or have seen any of the Love and Hip Hop series, you may know who I am describing already. Cardi B., born as Belcalis Marelnis Almanzar,

By Joana Atanasova We naturally perceive our ancestors as the “old and wise” ones. “Listen to your grandfather! He knows better!” is what your mom would say when you start arguing about the back garden

By Stefano Nunes I would like to begin by stating the simple fact that there is no such thing as “not having an accent”. Every language has accents; if they are not regional, they are foreign, and none

By Rachael Brown This month the Dispatch is from Rachael Brown, who narrates a humorous tale of learning German and how this can bring an extra level of stress to those tricky everyday occasions that are

By Valentin Pradelou There are as many varieties of language as there are customs attached to these languages. It is easy to note, when learning a new language, that some representations of the world may

By Gil Cohen Ever heard of the saying: “Once you see it, you can’t unsee it”? Let’s say you have a friend who has a habit of chewing very loudly, but you don’t hear it. Then, one day, another friend talks

By Catherine Muxworthy Every language has words in it that are unique to it, that don't translate exactly as a singular word or idea from one language into another. There are thousands of these words in

By Alessio F. Bona The promise of “the best way” to do a certain thing is a very tempting one. Advertisements and click-baits are full of such promises: the best diet, the best work-out routine, the best

By Rebekah Bradshaw In many ways, Hollywood, and popular culture more generally, has become a kind of lingua franca for the younger generations across the globe. Whilst on exchange in France, I chatted

Ancient antagonists: how our ancestors cursed at each other. Part two — the Romans.

How Yerkish helps us understand primates By Joana Atanasova Every now and then an article from a sketchy website would come up on my newsfeed, claiming that the first human-monkey hybrid was born or that

How to read Japanese characters and why it is so hard and interesting at the same time