Learn A Foreign Language By Yourself
OK, so you want to learn either German or Russian, but you can’t decide. I’m going to try and help you pick one, even though this might not be the easiest of tasks. Both languages belong to big countries with huge populations, rich cultures, and interesting histories. They both have their own, distinctive “sound” to … Read more Should I Learn German Or Russian? (How Can I Decide?)
Romania used to be a socialist republic on the eastern block with strong ties to Russia. In addition to that, the country shares its borders with Ukraine, a country where Russian is widely spoken, and Romanian, although not a Slavic language, has many Slavic loan-words, and some would even say, a Slavic sound to it. … Read more Is Russian Spoken In Romania? (Actually… Not At All)
Polish and German are two Central European languages spoken by very big populations in Poland and Germany. (But German is also spoken in countries like Austria, Switzerland, and other countries). German is – as the name suggests – a Germanic language. Okay, you might have figured out as much, but what you might not know … Read more German VS Polish – How Different Are The Two Languages?
Something that many Korean learners are surprised to discover when first beginning to study the language is, that Hangul, the Korean alphabet actually is nothing like other alphabets. Many assume that the Korean writing system has thousands of individual symbols like the Chinese characters, or that it might be a script that gradually evolved from … Read more Is Korean A Phonetic Language? (Or Is Hangul A Phonetic Alphabet?)
French and Italian are two related languages belonging to the Romance branch of Indo-European languages. They’re both known for their rich history and culture, their magnificent cuisine, and for being beautiful, elegant languages. If you were to learn one of them, however, which one would be easier? Italian is simpler for an English speaker in … Read more Is Italian Easier To Learn Than French? – A Few Reasons Why It Might Be
Bahasa Indonesia is a language belonging to the Austronesian family of languages and a little more precisely, the Malay group of languages. It’s spoken by 40-45 million, mainly in Indonesia, and it’s quite an interesting language! Many languages in Asia, like Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai use tones when pronouncing words. Tones are different changes … Read more Is Indonesian A Tonal Language? (Short Answer: NO)
The Hungarian language is a very special European language. It’s spoken almost exclusively in Hungary by some 13 million people and its closest European relative, Finnish Estonian are quite distant both geographically and linguistically. Hungary is located in Central Europe. It borders no less than 7 different countries who speak 7 different languages from both … Read more Is Hungarian A Slavic Language? (No, And Here’s Why)
Hindi is recognized as the world’s fourth most widely spoken language, yet people don’t exactly agree about what the Hindi language actually is and what it isn’t. Because of this, it can be difficult to actually date the Hindi language and decide how old it is, because what actually makes it Hindi? When people speak … Read more How Old Is The Hindi Language? (How About Hindustani?)
Greek is spoken by close to 13,5 million people mostly in Greece and Cypress. Like English, it’s an Indo-European language, but it doesn’t belong to one of the known branches like Germanic, Slavic, or Romance. Greek is alone in the “Hellenic” branch. This means that Greek is only faintly related to any other language, and … Read more How Long Does It Take To Learn Greek? (Here’s My Take)
German and Italian are some of the most common languages that people want and try to learn, and if you’re a native English speaker, you’ll find that they’re actually languages that are somewhat similar to English which would make learning them easier! While Italian is a Romance language that originates from Latin, German is (as … Read more Should I Learn German Or Italian? (Why Not Both Languages!)
