The Language Learning Specialists
Alle rendieren kunnen wel hebben gelachen en Rudolf belachelijk hebben gemaakt, maar hoe zit het met de vreemde namen van Donner en Blitzen? Donner en Blitzen, samen met Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet en Cupid, werden allen benoemd door de Amerikaanse schrijver Clement Clarke Moore in zijn gedicht uit 1823 ‘De Nacht voor Kerstmis’. Oorspronkelijk … Read more
What do you already know about Papiamentu, the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao? One of the more recent additions to our app, Papiamentu is spoken by almost 350,000 people in the Dutch Caribbean and around the world. Learn more about Papiamentu in this post, including some words … Read more
Todas as renas podem ter rido e zombado de Rudolph, mas e os nomes estranhos de Donner e Blitzen? Donner e Blitzen, juntamente com Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet e Cupid, foram todos nomeados pelo escritor americano Clement Clarke Moore em seu poema de 1823, “The Night Before Christmas” (Véspera de Natal). E o poeta … Read more
Here’s a hint: it’s one you’ll find in Mexico and can learn on the uTalk app! The MCU (that’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe) is fast becoming one of the unlikeliest places to discover rare languages. Take Black Panther as an example, where some of the inhabitants of fictional Wakanda could be heard speaking Xhosa, a … Read more
Dai un’occhiata a questa breve guida dedicata alla terminologia del tennis e alle sue origini. (Te lo sveliamo subito: sono soprattutto francesi!) Secondo alcuni esperti, il termine “love” usato nel tennis per indicare un punteggio di zero deriverebbe dalla parola francese “œuf”, che significa “uovo”: questo perché il simbolo dello zero ha una certa somiglianza … Read more
Se denne hurtige guide til tennisterminologi, og lær at forstå, hvor ordene kommer fra. (Svar: for det meste fra fransk!) Ifølge nogle eksperter kan love i tennis komme fra det franske ord for æg, l’oeuf, fordi et æg ligner et nul. Andre insisterer på, at det hedder sådan, fordi spillet spilles for kærligheds skyld, dvs. uden at … Read more
Secondo il popolare racconto natalizio, tutte le renne di Babbo Natale all’inizio ridevano di Rudolph e lo prendevano in giro, ma da dove arrivano gli strani nomi di Donner e Blitzen? I nomi di Donner e Blitzen, insieme a quelli di Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet e Cupid, furono inventati dallo scrittore americano Clement Clarke … Read more
No matter whether you call it football or soccer, there’s no denying that association football is one of the most popular sports in the world. In fact, with an estimated 250 million active players in over 200 countries, it might just be the most popular sport around the globe. That means, no matter where you … Read more
France’s national language, French, is one of the most spoken in the world. But did you know that between Metropolitan France and its overseas territories, there are, in total, 82 ‘languages of France’? In this post, we’ll take a look at languages spoken in France, which versions of French are spoken overseas and the state … Read more
With temperatures relentlessly rising in some parts of the world, and massive floods wreaking havoc in others, it’s high time we learnt how to complain about the weather in the language with the highest number of native speakers: Mandarin Chinese. After all, odds are, if you grumble dramatically in Mandarin, someone somewhere will understand you. … Read more