How to say it like a non-Arabic speaker trying their best It’s important to learn about one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world, but whipping out a perfectly pronounced “Qatar” may feel a little out of place at times. In the same way English speakers tend to approximat...
People use this structure all the time. 如果 + Thing the speaker wants + 就好了. This structure is so standard that you can omit 如果 and people will still understand you. A good way to appease anyone in conversation is to say, “你开心就好 Nǐ kāixīn jiù hǎo – As long as you’...
The great thing about Spanish is that the vowels, in my opinion, are easier to understand than in English. You don’t have rules like “when two vowels go a walking” or “ibeforeeexcept afterc…” What you see is what you get. Vowels in Spanish always make the same sound. Spanish ...
Additionally, it is possible that the first-person plural pronoun “we” (i.e., “nosotros”) could be used generically in Spanish. For example, “En España, trabajamos de Lunes a Viernes” (In Spain, we work from Monday to Friday). We were interested in whether these generic person ...
In your mini-project: You need specificity —Do NOT have a vague goal like “learn Spanish.” If you want to go abroad in June, say to yourself that you want to be “basic conversational in three months,” given that you’ll put 10 hours a week into it. If you only have a month...
If you can do something for a customer, by all means, do it. The lower theirperceived effort, the better they’ll rate your customer service. When you really do need a customer to carry out a lengthy set of instructions on their own, use numbers or bullet points. Say, for instance, ...
The title translates to "Love Like In the Old Time Movies." It's definitely inspired by this imagery of the collection of films that my grandfather has left us all. A friend of mine, Pedro Dabdoub, wrote this song called "Besarte Así." There's a line in there tha...
Moving to Spain after Brexit If you are a British national and thinking of moving to Spain after Brexit then you need to sort out visas before you go. For more information on Living in Spain after Brexit for UK nationals you can click on the links below: see the Spanish government's inf...
But I’d want you to come because it’s my place. Because you’d like me to say hello to you and linger at your table for a chat. Maybe we talk about your work. Or about the books we’re reading. Maybe you ask me about my latest cycling holiday. The secret ingredient in your ...
in English and Spanish targeted to children ages 0–9 and available to parents in the United States. We focus specifically on a sample of codeswitching books (N= 45) which present text in one language embedded in another language. All books were transcribed and evaluated for (1) the number...