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[ad name=”Adsense”] This being the first post about grammatical cases, here is a brief intro…. Grammatical cases can initially seem like intimidating linguistic gunk for native English speakers or those with a background solely in the Romance languages. One of … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] If you’ve browsed through some of our language posts, you will have noticed some tips on how to begin memorizing and absorbing information about a new language. Somewhere in this mess of organized clutter, there is a post … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] Sprechen leicht gemacht is the title of a prominent section of the book I’ve been trying to sell you on a few of these blog posts, namely German: A Self-Teaching Guide (Second Edition). If you do not own … Continue reading
[ad name=”Adsense”] If you have been browsing the “Organized Clutter” section of this website, I must first advise you to seriously consider if there is something more productive that you could be doing. But you probably noticed that we are … Continue reading