language learning

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Learning Spanish gave my German a boost!

After two weeks in Madrid learning Spanish at Inhispania, it felt good coming back home – if it was not for the snow. The so-called intensive class (3 hours a day) taught me a bit of grammar and let me practise spoken Spanish quite a lot, which was badly needed. But I learned a lot […]
March 23, 2013
Somewhere between monolingual and bilingual?

Talking on the phone with a friend in French, I was trying to find how you say “kidney failure” or “his kidneys could fail” or any other form of explaining the medical tragedy. As it turns out, I don’t know how to say that in French. I had to check in a dictionary to find […]
October 19, 2012
My favourite dictionaries – part 3: Spanish-French

Ok, this is the last part of the series – then you’re off the hook 😉 Spanish is my fourth language and I don’t use it that much. I don’t translate from Spanish and I’ve been 4 days in Spain in my whole life. Nevertheless, I really enjoy learning it, or rather practice it at […]
October 10, 2012
8 months in Hamburg!

Well, 8 months is not really an anniversary people tend to celebrate, but this one is worth mentioning. Anyone who’s tried to learn German knows it is NOT an easy language. It’s even pretty hard, I think most would agree with me. My relationship with German started when I was 10 and started to learn […]
June 11, 2011
How much space do we have?

When it comes to learning languages, many difficulties get in the way. New pronunciation, spelling, different characters, unknown words, sometimes new alphabet and often different syntax. Not to mention learning grammar rules, words and conjugation. Assuming you can take the challenge and decide to give it a try. You learn and practise thoroughly, religiously even, […]
May 26, 2011