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The French Alphabet and Spelling Your Name Aloud
How French letters are named, the phrases for spelling names, emails and addresses over the phone, and how to say accents and punctuation.
Read article →The French R and U Sounds, and How to Make Them
Step-by-step tips for the two sounds English speakers find hardest in French: the throaty R and the rounded U, with practice words and minimal pairs.
Read article →German Days, Months, Dates and Telling Time, Including the 'Halb Drei' Trap
The days and months in German, how to say dates and times, and why 'halb drei' means 2:30, not 3:30.
Read article →German Numbers: Why Twenty-One Is 'One-and-Twenty'
How German numbers are built, the reversed order of units and tens, decimal commas, telling prices and years, and ordinal numbers.
Read article →German Pronunciation: Ch, Sch, W, V, Z and the Sounds That Trip You Up
A practical guide to the German sounds English speakers most often get wrong, from the two ch sounds to final-consonant devoicing, with practice words.
Read article →The German Alphabet and Spelling Your Name Aloud
How German letters are named, the phrases for spelling names and email addresses, and the spelling alphabets used on the phone.
Read article →Umlauts and the Eszett: Ä, Ö, Ü, ß and When to Use ss
What the German umlauts and the ß do, how to type them when you can't, the spelling rules for ß versus ss, and where Swiss German differs.
Read article →Greek Consonant Clusters: μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ and τζ
How Greek writes the sounds b, d, g, ts and dz using letter pairs, when they change sound, and the tricky pronunciation of γ, δ, θ and χ.
Read article →Greek Days, Months and Dates
The Greek names for days and months, why the genitive is used in dates, and phrases for saying when things happen.
Read article →Greek Numbers: Counting, Genders and Prices in Euros
The Greek numbers from one to a million, the genders of one, three and four, spoken prices and phone numbers, and how to ask 'how much?'.
Read article →Greek Stress and the Accent Mark (Tonos): Why It Matters
How Modern Greek marks stress with a single accent, the last-three-syllables rule, words distinguished only by accent, and how stress moves in inflected forms.
Read article →Greek Vowel Digraphs: Why Six Spellings Sound Like 'ee'
How Modern Greek vowel letters and pairs such as ει, οι, υ, αι and ου are pronounced, why spelling looks unphonetic, and how to read words confidently.
Read article →Gujarati Conjuncts and the Halant: How Consonants Join
How Gujarati writes consonant clusters using the halant and conjunct forms, with common clusters and example words to help you decode them.
Read article →The Gujarati Consonant Chart and How to Say Each Sound
The Gujarati consonants arranged by where they're made in the mouth, the aspirated and retroflex distinctions English speakers find hard, and practice words.
Read article →Gujarati Has Three Genders, and Adjectives Agree
How Gujarati nouns are masculine, feminine or neuter, the typical endings -ો, -ી and -ું, and how adjectives change to match them.
Read article →Gujarati Vowels and Vowel Signs Explained
The independent Gujarati vowels, the matra signs that attach to consonants, how the inherent 'a' works, and how to read simple words letter by letter.
Read article →Typing Gujarati on Your Phone and Computer
How to add a Gujarati keyboard on Android, iPhone and desktop, the difference between phonetic and fixed layouts, and tips for typing conjuncts and vowel signs.
Read article →Hausa Days, Months and Seasons
The Hausa names for days of the week, months and seasons, their Arabic roots, and how the Islamic calendar shapes daily and religious life in Hausaland.
Read article →Hausa Hooked Letters: ɓ, ɗ, ƙ, ƴ and How to Type Them
What the special Hausa letters ɓ, ɗ, ƙ and ƴ represent, why they matter for meaning, and how to type them on phones and computers.
Read article →Hausa Numbers: From One to One Hundred and Beyond
The Hausa numbers one to a thousand, how the teens and tens are built, ordinals, and how to say prices and quantities for markets and daily life.
Read article →Hausa Pronunciation Tips for English Speakers
The sounds English speakers most often get wrong in Hausa: the ejective consonants, the rolled r, ts and sh, and vowel quality, with practice words.
Read article →Hausa Tones and Vowel Length: Why They Matter
How Hausa uses tone and vowel length to distinguish words and grammar, why tones usually aren't written, and how learners can train their ears.
Read article →Body Parts and Health Words in English and Hindi
Learn English words for body parts and common illnesses with their Hindi meanings, plus sentences you can use at a doctor's clinic.
Read article →Colours and Shapes in English and Hindi, and How Hindi Colour Words Change
English colour and shape words with Hindi meanings, plus why Hindi colour adjectives change their endings with the noun.
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