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If you want to stay on a Polish person’s good side, there are three major faux pas you’ll want to avoid. One is making any sort of ahistor

If you are a citizen of a democracy (or democratic republic), voting in elections is an important part of how your society functions. While methods of

If you’ve lived in the United States since birth, you’ve been inundated with American politics. Talking about elections comes as naturally as breathin

“Say I love you to someone, but say it in German because life is confusing and scary,” goes one version of this popular meme. Life, emotio

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When it comes to language learning, there’s no magic bullet. No matter who you are, you’re going to have to put in the work. And the method one person

Without love songs, it’s hard to imagine what music there would be in the world. Sure, not every song is about romantic love, but there sure are

Can you own a word? There are plenty of things that make sense to trademark, like a brand name or a logo, but you enter a more contentious territory w

When your first language is English, learning how to figure out grammatical gender is a pretty difficult task. You’re learning Spanish, and all

A YouTuber might say ¡Esto es tan dosmildiez! (“That’s so 2010!”). Maybe we’re already in for a plot twist because if there’s anything that characteri

If you’ve ever decided to read a few “classic” Spanish books in your free time, you might have come across a strange expression or a word

At Babbel, our endgame is getting people to have conversations with other people, in a new language. There are fantastic folks here making that possib

The young crêperie attendant probably said something like, Excusez-moi? Or Pardon? Or however you say, Would you like to try the chocolate? But I coul

There’s a greeting and a farewell for every situation, and the way you say goodbye in Indonesian will depend on a number of factors. How well do

Becoming a great athlete is sort of like learning to speak a new language, but instead of studying vocabulary and drilling grammar, you’re working out