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Latin Word Order: Why the Verb Comes Last
How Latin arranges words in a sentence, why the order is flexible, and what a typical Latin sentence looks like.
Read article →Macrons and Vowel Length in Latin
What the macron marks in Latin words, why vowel length changes meaning, and how dictionaries use it.
Read article →Reading a Latin Dictionary Entry: Principal Parts and Genitives
How to interpret Latin noun, verb and adjective entries, including the principal parts of verbs, genitive endings and gender labels.
Read article →The Six Latin Cases: What Each One Does
A clear guide to the Latin cases, nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative and vocative, with the job of each and English examples.
Read article →Counting in Malay: Numbers from Satu to Seribu
Malay numbers are regular and easy. Learn 1 to 100, the 'belas' and 'puluh' patterns, and how to say prices in ringgit and sen.
Read article →Days, Months and Dates in Malay
The Malay names for days and months, how to say dates, and a note on the Islamic calendar that shapes many holidays.
Read article →Malay Pronunciation and Spelling: A Friendly Guide
Malay is written the way it sounds. Learn the vowels, the tricky letters c, ng, ny, sy and kh, and the stress patterns that make your Malay clearer.
Read article →Malay Verbs Without Tenses: Sudah, Sedang, Akan and Belum
Malay verbs never change form. Learn the small time words that show past, present and future, and how context does the rest.
Read article →You and Me in Malay: Saya, Aku, Awak, Anda, Kami and Kita
Malay has several words for I, you and we, and choosing correctly shows politeness. Learn who to use each with, including the difference between kami and kita.
Read article →Conjuncts in Marathi: Joined Consonants and the Halant
How Marathi writes two consonants together, the halant mark, and the most common conjuncts in everyday words.
Read article →Days and Months in Marathi, and the Marathi New Year
The Marathi names for the days of the week and months, plus the traditional calendar and the festival of Gudi Padwa.
Read article →Marathi Pronunciation: The ts and dz Sounds and Other Features
The sounds that make Marathi distinctive, including the ts and dz sounds for च and ज, the retroflex ळ and the vowel patterns.
Read article →Marathi Vowels and Consonants in Devanagari
A guide to the Marathi alphabet: the vowels (स्वर), the consonant table (व्यंजन) and the letter ळ that sets Marathi apart.
Read article →Vowel Signs in Marathi: How क Becomes का, कि and कु
How Marathi attaches vowel signs (मात्रा) to consonants, with the full pattern for क and practice words.
Read article →Percentages Made Easy: Fractions and Successive Changes
Fraction-percentage equivalents to memorise, and shortcuts for successive percentage changes that appear in nearly every quantitative section.
Read article →Profit, Loss and Discount: Formulas in One Place
The core profit, loss and discount formulas with worked examples, and how to handle successive discounts and marked prices.
Read article →Ratio, Proportion and Alligation: The Shortcuts That Work
How to split quantities in a ratio, solve age problems and use the alligation method for mixtures with worked examples.
Read article →Squares, Cubes and Mental Maths Tricks for Competitive Exams
The tables worth memorising, plus quick tricks for squaring, multiplying by 11 and checking divisibility that save minutes in objective exams.
Read article →Time, Speed and Distance: Formulas, Trains and Boats
The essential relationships between time, speed and distance, with quick methods for average speed, train problems and boats in streams.
Read article →Articles and Contractions in Portuguese: Do, No, Pelo and Dum
How Portuguese joins prepositions with articles, with a table of the most common contractions.
Read article →Counting in Portuguese: Numbers, Prices and Reais
Portuguese numbers from zero to a thousand, the patterns for compound numbers and how to say prices in reais and euros.
Read article →Portuguese Accents: Acute, Circumflex, Tilde, Grave and Cedilla
What each Portuguese accent mark does, when it's required, and the small pairs of words that accents separate.
Read article →Portuguese Noun Gender and Plurals, Including the Tricky -ão Words
How Portuguese nouns show gender, the plural patterns, and the three different plurals of words ending in -ão.
Read article →Portuguese Pronunciation: Nasal Vowels, LH, NH and the R Sounds
The sounds that make Portuguese distinctive, from nasal vowels to lh and nh, with practice words and tips for English speakers.
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