
Making sense of German separable verbs: a guide for learners
If you’ve ever found yourself scratching your head over why a verb suddenly splits in half, fear not! Because today we’re looking at German separable verbs, and we’re here to
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If you’ve ever found yourself scratching your head over why a verb suddenly splits in half, fear not! Because today we’re looking at German separable verbs, and we’re here to

We’ve reached lesson 30 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this episode we’re reviewing everything we’ve learned in our beginner’s course so far. We’ll be doing this by listening to and

Have you ever wondered why the plural of uovo (“egg”) is uova (“eggs”) in Italian? Or why “one man” is un uomo, but two men is due uomini? While plurals

The agreement of past participles in French is a key aspect of the perfect tense (or le passé composé). It’s a big topic for French learners and can seem confusing

Knowing how to appropriately express obligation in Spanish is a useful aspect to get to grips with if you’re a learner of the language. In Spanish, there are three main

When talking about events in the past in German, we often have to make the choice between using the perfect tense and the imperfect tense, also known as the preterite

If you’re an Italian learner, you’ll know that there are some interesting pronunciation points that take a little getting used to. One of the key ones is understanding how to

Saying “to play” in French initially seems straightforward: jouer. However, do you know the difference between jouer à and jouer de? We receive many questions from our Coffee Break community

Tener is likely one of the very first verbs that you came across in your Spanish-learning journey. As you’ll know, the basic meaning of tener in English is “to have”.
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