The Specificity Key: Hungarian’s Definite Conjugation
In English, "I see a dog" and "I see the dog" use the same verb form, but in Hungarian, the verb itself changes based on whether the object is specific…
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A Computer Learns ‘Amo, Amas, Amat’
Long before AI could write a poem, the pioneers of computational linguistics took on a monumental task: teaching a room-sized computer grammar. This is the story of their work in…
Know Your Type: A Language Learning Hack
Is your target language a "Lego" language or a "sculpture" language? This practical framework introduces language typology (isolating, agglutinative, fusional) to help you understand your language's fundamental design. By knowing…