Indo-European

The 501 Spanish Verbs Book: Is It Worth It?

The legendary '501 Spanish Verbs' book has been a staple for language learners for decades, but is it still the…

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All Spanish Tenses in One Epic Story

Can we use every major Spanish tense in a single story? Challenge accepted! Follow the adventure of a time-traveling historian…

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What Spanish Tenses Do You Actually Need?

Overwhelmed by the 14+ Spanish tenses? The good news is you don't need to know them all to be fluent.…

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The Difference Between Fui and Era (And Why It Matters)

They both can mean 'I was', but 'fui' and 'era' paint completely different pictures of the past in Spanish. This…

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The Two Pasts of Bulgarian: Witnessed vs. Unwitnessed

In most languages, the past is simply the past. But in Bulgarian, your grammar forces you to specify your source:…

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The ‘About-To-Be’ Tense of Lithuanian

Lithuanian, one of Europe's oldest languages, possesses a fascinating grammatical tool that English lacks: a specific way to talk about…

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The Sound That Separates Scottish and Irish Gaelic

They were once a single language spoken across Ireland and Scotland, but a crucial phonetic split sent them down different…

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The Two ‘To Be’s of Irish Gaelic

Like Spanish, Irish Gaelic has two verbs for 'to be', but the logic is entirely different. Instead of temporary vs.…

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The Case of the Missing ‘Is’ in Russian

In Russian, "My brother is a doctor" becomes "Мой брат – врач" (My brother – doctor). This isn't a mistake…

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Forgetting the Subject: The Case of Pro-Drop in Italian

Ever wonder why an Italian speaker says "Vado al cinema" instead of "Io vado al cinema"? This linguistic magic trick…

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