How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Swedish

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Swedish

Technology is everywhere in most of modern society. It’s in your pocket, it’s on your wr...

10 Insults From The Past That Deserve A Comeback

10 Insults From The Past That Deserve A Comeback

Insults these days can sometimes feel so drab. While once in a while someone will get out a good zin...

7 Linguistics Podcasts For The Language Curious

7 Linguistics Podcasts For The Language Curious

What makes language so endlessly fascinating is that it intersects with every other topic you can th...

The Top 10 Reasons To Learn Russian

The Top 10 Reasons To Learn Russian

Ask anyone what they think of the Russian language, and you’ll likely hear the same answer: Di...

The Origins Of 10 Space Terms That Are Out Of This World

The Origins Of 10 Space Terms That Are Out Of This World

In the 21st century, we know a decent amount about astronomy. There’s plenty of phenomena still sh...

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Norwegian

How To Talk About Tech And The Internet In Norwegian

Learning a language online is becoming an increasingly popular option. When you can’t make it ...

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...

The 7 Best Films For Learning Dutch

The 7 Best Films For Learning Dutch

When you’re learning Dutch, it’s important to find the right mix of work and play. We wo...

How To Say Goodbye In Swedish

How To Say Goodbye In Swedish

The first thing pretty much anyone learns when they first start studying Swedish is how to say hello...

The 7 Best Films For Learning Polish

The 7 Best Films For Learning Polish

Poland has a rich cinematic history. Coming out of the brutal repression of World War II, Poles have...

Should You Engage In PDA In Other Countries?

Should You Engage In PDA In Other Countries?

A smooch is just a smooch — until, of course, it lands you in jail. No, this isn’t going to ...

How To Say Goodbye In Danish

How To Say Goodbye In Danish

As a newcomer to Denmark or to the Danish language, you might be confused when you hear people sayin...

Introducing ‘Speaking Of Berlin’: Our Latest Podcast For German Learners

Introducing ‘Speaking Of Berlin’: Our Latest Podcast For German Learners

Learning a new language requires a variety of skills. Beyond learning the vocabulary and grammar, it...

Five Takeaways from the Women in Tech Conference

Five Takeaways from the Women in Tech Conference

It is safe to say that in 2020, nothing went the way we had imagined. Everyone around the world felt...

Un Día En Español 3: Teaching Spanish To American Students

Un Día En Español 3: Teaching Spanish To American Students

Subscribe to Un día en español: A Spanish learning podcast onApple  Spotify &n...

How To Talk About Family In Swedish

How To Talk About Family In Swedish

There’s nothing like learning the names we give our family members to completely upend your ex...

The 7 Best Films For Learning Indonesian

The 7 Best Films For Learning Indonesian

Historically, it’s been somewhat difficult to find non-English movies in English-speaking coun...

“Sie” And “Du”: How To Use Them And Avoid A German Faux Pas

“Sie” And “Du”: How To Use Them And Avoid A German Faux Pas

A few years ago, on the eve of a trip from Berlin to Bavaria to meet my boyfriend’s four grandpare...

What’s The Funniest Word In The World?

What’s The Funniest Word In The World?

Pop quiz! Which word in each of these pairs is funnier: War or booty? Sctori or rembrob? Tomato or p...

7 Struggles Spanish Learners Understand All Too Well

7 Struggles Spanish Learners Understand All Too Well

If you’re a Spanish learner just about anywhere in the world, you’re in pretty good comp...

How To Talk About Family In Indonesian

How To Talk About Family In Indonesian

If you’re studying the language in any capacity, it certainly wouldn’t hurt to learn ho...

21 American English Phrases That Are, Like, Totally Useful To Know

21 American English Phrases That Are, Like, Totally Useful To Know

English may be a global lingua franca, but the way it’s spoken is very different from place to...

Here Are Some Of The Most Common Surnames Around The World

Here Are Some Of The Most Common Surnames Around The World

The most common surname in the United States is Smith. Actually, the most common surname in just abo...

How To Say ‘I’m Sorry’ In 10 Different Languages

How To Say ‘I’m Sorry’ In 10 Different Languages

Often the best way to end a fight is to admit you were wrong and apologize.  If apologizing in ...

Behind The Scenes: Jen (she/her)

Behind The Scenes: Jen (she/her)

At Babbel, our endgame is getting people to have conversations with other people, in a new language....

Why Is Most Language Read From Left To Right?

Why Is Most Language Read From Left To Right?

If you only ever had exposure to a single language, it would be easy to take certain aspects of it f...

How I Went About Learning A Language From Scratch

How I Went About Learning A Language From Scratch

Is there anything more daunting than learning a language from scratch? Libra here, the most indecisi...

Learning A Language For Love In Costa Rica

Learning A Language For Love In Costa Rica

In the pitch darkness, as the hammock swing swayed slightly with the buffets of summer winds, my hus...

From Milan To Naples: Italian Dialects In Music

From Milan To Naples: Italian Dialects In Music

Anyone who has been to Italy, even just once, knows to what extent it’s a country of dialects, and...

20 Swiss French Expressions To Know Before Visiting Switzerland

20 Swiss French Expressions To Know Before Visiting Switzerland

Did you know that around two million people in Switzerland are French speakers? For the most part, t...