The voiced and unvoiced sounds of “s” at the end of a word.
We will look at two special cases where the letter “s” appears at the end of a word:
1. at the end of a verb,
2. at the end of a noun.
In these two cases the pronunciation of the “s”, whether it […]
If you want to become a great speaker of a foreign language, the
first thing you will want to do is lose your inhibitions. Allow
yourself to make mistakes, and allow yourself to make a lot of
them. If you’ve ever had the opportunity to watch a toddler
acquire language, you know that most of […]
Did you know there are only 6 ways of forming Chinese characters?
Yes, 6 kinds of Chinese characters make up the 50,000 Chinese characters in existence today.
Amazing isn’t it?
It shows that there is a logical symbol system used to create Chinese characters. That they are not just made up of random lines and strokes.
Once you know […]
Thanks to an exciting new service being launched by antipodean translation company New Lingo, no business need ever be lost for words again – whatever the time of day or night! For New Zealand’s leading Internet language services company recently added a new string to its corporate bow, with the launch of a 24-hour translation […]
An idiom is a phrase that has a meaning different from the meanings of its parts. Idiomatic expressions are commonly used and understood slang phrases. An essential kind of idiom is the phrasal verb, a verb whose meaning is changed when a second word is added. The second word is known as a particle. Verb […]
The internet is full of a wide variety of Spanish language courses and the decision of which one to purchase can be overwhelming. Do you follow the traditional paths and go with Pimsleur, Berlitz or Rosetta Stone? All are great products, but they carry a pretty hefty price tag. What’s more, the “big guys” teach […]
Have you ever wondered how you learned to speak your native language?
We can speak the language perfectly well, with grammatically perfect utterances and appropriate and accurate vocabulary for every possible situation or context in our lives.
Obviously, we can infer, our parents had something to do with this. After all, we speak their same language.
However, I […]
The Spanish language began when Southwestern Europe’s first settlers, the Iberians of Libya, got together the Celts, the nomadic Aryan tribes who migrated from the north. Together they formed the Celtiberian race and spoke a form of Celtic. At that time Spain was known as the Iberian Peninsula.
The Phoenicians of Lebanon followed. These great pioneers […]
I remember the first time I visited Mexico. It is a beautiful country. I was young so naturally, I went with my parents. None of us could speak more than a few words of Spanish. We had a vague idea of how the Mexican currency worked, but we were clueless when it came to how […]
I live in Caracas, Venezuela and spend my entire day speaking in English. Sounds bizarre right; I live in a Spanish speaking country and speak English all day. Well as an English teacher it is my job and one I don’t really mind. The only problem is that after three months here my Spanish is […]