How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Polish

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Polish

The internet is a vast resource for learning, which also happens to be the most distracting place in...

How To Apologize In French

How To Apologize In French

The first thing you need to learn about saying “sorry” in French is that you probably wo...

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Indonesian

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Indonesian

We’ve said many times before that immersion is one of the best ways to master a language. Some...

The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Danish

The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Danish

As a beginner on your quest toward Danish literacy, you might be weighing whether you have sufficien...

How To Talk About Family In Dutch

How To Talk About Family In Dutch

Learning the vocabulary for family in Dutch may actually be a bit easier than you think, thanks to t...

How To Talk About Family In Portuguese

How To Talk About Family In Portuguese

You might be just starting out on your language studies, but don’t sleep on learning the vocab...

Quiz: Do You Know Where These English Words Are Originally From?

Quiz: Do You Know Where These English Words Are Originally From?

The English language is a patchwork. Despite being a Germanic language, its linguistic influences co...

Un Día En Español 1: Surfing In Puerto Escondido

Un Día En Español 1: Surfing In Puerto Escondido

Header photo by Jenna Elizabeth Subscribe to Un día en español: A Spanish learning podcast on Appl...

Multilinguish: Words Of The Year 2020

Multilinguish: Words Of The Year 2020

Subscribe to Multilinguish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever you listen....

How To Talk About Family In Polish

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...

Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Babbel UK Scholarship

Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Babbel UK Scholarship

At Babbel, we believe that language is the key to unlocking higher education, whether that’s o...

The 8 Best Films For Learning Norwegian

The 8 Best Films For Learning Norwegian

It might seem too easy to say that watching a movie in your learning language counts as studying, bu...

How To Use Movies To Learn A Language

How To Use Movies To Learn A Language

Learning a language is not just about rote memorization of vocab and grammar rules. The Babbel appro...

What’s a Tandem Partner And How Should I Get One?

What’s a Tandem Partner And How Should I Get One?

Illustration: Daniel Marin MedinaWhen looking for the perfect tandem partner, it’s easy to feel li...

Multilinguish: Talking To Animals

Multilinguish: Talking To Animals

Subscribe to Multilinguish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever you listen...

How To Learn A Language Based On Your Enneagram Type

How To Learn A Language Based On Your Enneagram Type

When it comes to language learning, there’s no magic bullet. No matter who you are, you’re going...

Love Songs In Other Languages To Serenade Your Partner With

Love Songs In Other Languages To Serenade Your Partner With

Without love songs, it’s hard to imagine what music there would be in the world. Sure, not eve...

Owning Language: The Weird World Of Trademarking Words

Owning Language: The Weird World Of Trademarking Words

Can you own a word? There are plenty of things that make sense to trademark, like a brand name or a ...

A Review Of The Ample Variety Of ‘Butt’ Words Across The World

A Review Of The Ample Variety Of ‘Butt’ Words Across The World

Imagine being new to the English language and learning that “badonkadonk” is a suitable ...

How To Say Goodbye In Turkish

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...

Is Learning A Language While Sleeping Possible?

Is Learning A Language While Sleeping Possible?

The average human sleeps about eight hours a night for, on average, 75 years. That adds up to around...

How To Use Flashcards For Language Learning

How To Use Flashcards For Language Learning

There’s something fundamental about using flashcards when you’re in the process of learning....

12 Brazilian Dialects That Enrich The Portuguese Language

12 Brazilian Dialects That Enrich The Portuguese Language

Brazil is a large country with enormous cultural diversity. The official language is Portuguese, but...

How I Learned Teeline Shorthand

How I Learned Teeline Shorthand

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a notepad, pen and a spare pair of underwear are the thr...

A Beginner’s Guide To The Eurovision Song Contest

A Beginner’s Guide To The Eurovision Song Contest

Each spring, countries across Europe (and a few other continents) compete in one of the most gruelin...

What Is The Longest Word In The World?

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?

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...

20 Provençal French Phrases To Add To Your Vocabulary

20 Provençal French Phrases To Add To Your Vocabulary

Provence is perhaps most famous for its magnificent landscapes, but there is another unique feature ...

6 Struggles Russian Learners Understand All Too Well

6 Struggles Russian Learners Understand All Too Well

To be fair, you were probably warned, but you chose the path of linguistic violence anyway. Russian...

The Buzzy History Of Spelling Bees

The Buzzy History Of Spelling Bees

Each year, whiz kids from around the United States gather for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the...