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A very brief introduction to Linguistics. How to pronounce the 'ch' sound in German and other insights into back and front vowels

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"I want to speak Spanish: Quiero hablar español. In the past I have attempted to teach myself, attended evening classes. Neither was...

Bonne année is Happy New Year in French. This highlights the relationship between certain pairs of words. Bonjour/Bonne journée, par exemple

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There is only a limited number of ways in which you can finish a sentence that starts with “Ich bin…”

Can you find a link between the pics, or as Dr Spooner might have said, a pink between the licks?

Have you ever despaired at the rapidity with which Spanish people seem to jabber? Well, it's an accurate observation. Here's the reason