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25 brilliant words that can not be translated into English

February 15, 2019

Every language has a bunch of words that are more or less untranslatable in English or other languages. In today’s blog post, we have a collection of twenty-five brilliant Spanish, German, Swedish and Finnish words that can not be translated into English. Often, words and expressions that are untranslatable describe features of local culture, climate or typical national characteristics that might not even exist in other countries. Enjoy! Untranslatable German words Wanderlust = A strong desire to travel and see the world.…

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Clear and simple program for learning a new language

December 30, 2018

To celebrate the new year, we decided to make a scheduled program for three months (13 weeks) to help you to learn a new language. The basis of the program is regular exercising with WordDive, but it also includes other tried and tested methods for supporting and accelerating your learning. Naturally, there are many ways to learn a new language, and some will work better than others depending on the learner’s starting point, studying skills and situation. In addition, most…

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Best of 2018

December 25, 2018

It’s nearly time to wrap up the year 2018, so now is a good time to stop and reflect on all the great things we have achieved together during the past year. That’s why we put together this blog post, compiling the most popular languages of 2018, the most read blog posts and all the other good stuff. Most popular languages to learn in 2018 English 47% Spanish 14% Finnish 12% Swedish 8% German 5% New in WordDive in 2018 WordDive 4.0 mobile app The…

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How Many Words Do You Need to Speak a Foreign Language?

October 22, 2018

Knowledge of a language means being able to communicate – being able to say things and being able to understand what other people are saying. For example, if you can say a few words in English, it doesn’t mean you can speak it fluently, but at least you can say something. Your ability to communicate will get better as your vocabulary gets larger. So how many words do you need to speak a foreign language? Most everyday conversations involve words…

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Try learning ‘difficult’ languages

October 5, 2018

I bet you’ve encountered articles and funny pictures on social media concerning ‘difficult’ languages which appear impossible to learn. Languages with no prepositions (e.g. Finnish, Estonian) are often considered difficult. Tonal languages, languages in which stress and pitch change the meaning of a word (e.g. Chinese, Japanese), languages with many strict rules (e.g. German) or languages with a completely different alphabet (e.g. Russian) are also regarded as being difficult. But the truth is that no language is too difficult to…

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Learning sentence structure

July 6, 2018

In order to have the ability to use a foreign language fluently, it’s not enough if you just know a bunch of words. You also need to be able to put them together to form sentences that make sense. Some languages are known for their tricky word order, and building sentences just like in your own first language may be impossible. Studying rules from a book is not for all of us Every language has its own challenges. In one…

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