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28 August, 2016

Mini-post: The story behind French numbers

  • French

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Do we know why French numbers use ‘quatre-vingts’ or ‘soixante-dix’? Is it like that for all the French speakers around the world? Let’s find out! 🙂

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2 August, 2016

Unusual counting systems in European languages (Part I)

  • Language learning

Counting systems


Ever thought that perhaps not everyone thinks of numbers in the same way? Is 50 “5×10” or “100/2”? Let’s discover some unusual counting systems in Europe!

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28 June, 2016

3 easy ways to include foreign languages to your daily life

  • Language learning

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Do you struggle to find the time you need to devote to your daily language learning ? Keep on reading for some little but perhaps useful tips! ^^

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Enthusiastic about languages and everything else around them for several years now. Academically speaking I'm an engineer, but culturally I'm a proud northern Spaniard, born in the early 90s who sometimes turns into a bit of a know-it-all.

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