French Identifying and Avoiding False Friends in French Learning a language can be fun, but it can also be confusing and complicated. There are a lot of challenges you'll come across during your language learning journey, and one of those challenges is known as false friends. Despite how they may sound, false friends aren't easy or nice. Nobody
Language Learning 3 Benefits of Thinking in Your Native Language Raise your hand if you have been told this in the past: "If you want to learn a new language, you have to stop thinking in your native language!" or "Stop thinking in your mother tongue, that's why you are struggling!". Well, things might not actually
Spanish 10 Embarrassing False Cognates in Spanish When you come across a text in Spanish containing the words actor, animal, central, chocolate, editorial, familiar or oriental, you are likely to come to the accurate realization that Spanish and English have a lot more in common than we give them credit for! However... False cognates - or, as
French 12 False Friends to Know When Learning French When learning new languages, one common technique to significantly improve your vocabulary is to identify the Cognate words, also known as true friends. These words are words that you recognize from your native language and mean the same thing in another language. For example opinion is the same word and
