by Yolaine Bodin | 30 Nov 2019 | Quotes
This is a quote by Flora Lewis: “Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” Flora Lewis was an American journalist who specialised in international affairs....
by Yolaine Bodin | 26 Oct 2019 | French Language
Compréhensif and compréhensible are often mixed up because they look and sound similar. However, they do not mean the same, so if you use one for the other when you speak French, you will be misunderstood. Let’s see how they differ. Compréhensif...
by Yolaine Bodin | 28 Sep 2019 | English Language
Remember to do, remember doing, forget to do, forget doing: remember and forget are English verbs that can be followed both by a verb ending in -ing (a gerund) or by the infinitive form of the verb. However, there is a difference in meaning and that...
by Yolaine Bodin | 10 Sep 2019 | English-French Vocabulary
False friends are words that look and/or sound similar in English and French but that have significantly different meanings. They can be misleading so it is a good idea to be aware of them. However, the list of false friends in English and French is very long...
by Yolaine Bodin | 18 Jul 2019 | English Language
Because there is only one word for both shadow and shade in many languages, you may be wondering when you should use one or the other word in English. Indeed, in Spanish,Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Greek and other languages use one same...