The Nuances of the English Verb "to become" and How They Translate into Spanish
In English, one can speak of someone “becoming” a firefighter or “becoming” angry, but in Spanish these require different …
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Learn French Online using BBC's Fun, Interactive Resources
The British Broadcasting Corporation offers online resources for French language learning. Their layout is a little more complex than some language …
Continue ReadingReview : LanguageGuide.org - Learning French Online
One great Internet resource for learning French is http://www.languageguide.org/francais/. Read on to learn how you can use this site to learn …
Continue ReadingFighting for Native Rights - Whaling, for the Makah, Is Part of Their Spiritual Heritage
Can America condone a culture that participates in whaling? What if the tribe involved has a legal treaty to do so and the whale is not an endangered …
Continue ReadingHow Do You Say "Ago" in Spanish? "Hacer" to Form Time Clauses
If you look in any bilingual Spanish-English dictionary, you’ll discover there is no one-word translation for the English word …
Continue ReadingHow to Speak About Color in Spanish: Beyond the Basics
This article takes you beyond being able to speak about color in Spanish than simply knowing the names of the three primary and three secondary …
Continue ReadingPoder, Querer, Saber and Conocer in the Preterite
Poder, querer, saber and conocer – four high-frequency verbs which, when used in the preterite, do not mean what they normally mean. Better yet: …
Continue ReadingFrench in Action: a Review of the Online Language Series from Yale University
French in Action is a dynamic, excellent language learning curriculum that will help you drastically improve your reading, listening, speaking and …
Continue ReadingWhat Are Conjunctions? How Are They Used in Spanish?
Words that join and unjoin…. conjunctions also play a stylistic role in Spanish. Read this brief article to know what they are and how they are …
Continue ReadingWhat are Interjections? An Explanation of Interjections in Spanish and English
Interjections are usually short utterances, mostly one-syllable expressions. They are the little words that have almost no meaning in themselves but …
Continue ReadingMaking Eye Contact in Different Cultures - What Are You Saying?
Eye contact may communicate very different things to people of various cultures. What will you be “saying” by your nonverbal communication …
Continue ReadingExplanations of Spanish Prepositions
There aren’t many prepositions in English or Spanish – a couple dozen, plus compounds. But their usage is tough to master. This primer …
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