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5 songs to fine tune your Italian

If you’re in the process of learning Italian, you might need a little break from your grammar book, and we can hardly blame you. We can blame you a little though.

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A brief history of slang

At Gymglish we love historical facts, both alternative and actual fact facts. You may recall our article on the history of the word “fuck” – Google Analytics showed us that you at least read the headline, there’s no use in denying it.

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The European language landscape: a tour of the French language

When it comes to linguistic diversity, Europe may appear to be a poor performer at first glance. In terms of indigenous languages, it accounts for only 3% of the world’s spoken languages, a percentage that pales in comparison to 30% for Africa or Asia.

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The European language landscape: a tour of the English language

Although English is far from being the most common mother tongue globally, it enjoys the status of an international language. Spoken by nearly 1 billion people, it is the most widely learned foreign language in the world.

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5 untranslatable German words demystified

While German is often considered one of the toughest languages to learn, you’ll be relieved to know that both German and English are more closely linked than you might think.

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Beer, flies and train stations – 5 German expressions that will surprise and delight you

Learning German is more than mastering most complex grammar modules and verb tenses.

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5 Spanish expressions to learn rápido

Does learning Spanish go beyond tapas, sensual flamenco moves and afternoon siestas? Hard to say, but we’re going to go with sí.

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5 English words we stole from Spanish

Hola and welcome to another thrilling article dedicated to the language of Cervantes and Iglesias.

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5 songs for your New Year’s Eve bash that may possibly infect you with the boogie-woogie virus (proceed with caution!)

2022 is mere hours away and if you’re not rambling incoherently about lizard people, popping champagne bottles or trying not to fall asleep, you’re very likely to read a niche blog post about e-learning.

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5 English words that you didn’t know come from German

German and English are more closely linked than you might think. Both languages share the same roots, and therefore a great deal of vocabulary is similar (around 60% of the lexicon).