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Swear Words Central: Your Hub For Insults, Obscenities And Taboos In Other Languages
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How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Dutch
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Join The Babbel Brand Ambassador Program
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Celebrate The Season Globally With Babbel’s Multilingual Holiday Playlist
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The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Norwegian
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Should You Engage In PDA In Other Countries?
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Quiz: Do You Remember The Words That Defined 2020?
Language, for the most part, seems to change pretty slowly. Teens might start using new words like &...
Un Día En Español 2: My Pet Armadillos
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How To Talk About Family In Polish
Family is a pretty big deal in just about every culture, and Poland is no exception. As a student of...
Winter Traditions In Sweden And Russia
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What’s The Difference Between Britain, England And The UK?
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How To Talk About Family In Norwegian
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What Are Grammatical Tenses And Aspects?
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Spanish Grammar: When To Use Tú And Usted
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How To Say Goodbye In Polish
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German Grammar: How To Use The Genitive Case With Proper Names
The German language doesn’t always make things easy. The Case of the Possessive Genitive S is as c...
How To Say Goodbye In Turkish
Just as there’s a wide range of ways to greet someone in Turkish, so, too, are there various w...
How To Say ‘I’m Sorry’ In 10 Different Languages
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6 TV Shows You Can Stream To Help You Learn Danish
While streaming options have changed a lot about the television industry in the past few years, perh...
How To Get The Most Out Of Reading In Other Languages
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Behind The Scenes: Jen (she/her)
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5 German Slang Words From The 2000s That Deserve A Comeback
The youth lol’t, checkt ein, checkt ab, gammelt hart and geht steil. Are these words familiar to y...
8 German Phrases Native Speakers Never Actually Use
You might already know that the English language is related to German. This may have led you to thin...
What Is The Longest Word In The World?
You may have heard that the longest word in the world is antidisestablishmentarianism. This 28-lette...
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Punctuation?
You’ve used punctuation your whole life, and it might come as second nature to you (well, exce...
Do You Need To Speak French In Quebec?
So, you want to move to Montreal or Quebec City. Often billed as a slice of Europe within North Amer...
How To Apologize In Swedish
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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: What US Soccer Culture Borrowed From The World
Soccer, or football as it’s known everywhere else, is truly the world’s game. 43 percent of the ...