Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Falloir - to be necessary

Falloir - to be necessary

Learn how to conjugate falloir, an impersonal and irregular -ir French verb.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Fun Ways to Teach Verbs in World Language Classes

Fun Ways to Teach Verbs in World Language Classes

Verbs are the backbone of any language; without verbs, sentences would simply be a collection of nouns and adjectives without any subject or any purpose. Foreign language teachers introduce verbs in the earliest levels of their classes, starting with regular verbs and then adding irregular verbs whe

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: modique

modique

What does the French word modique mean? How is it pronounced and used?

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Sentence Combining #10: Mrs. Bridge

Sentence Combining #10: Mrs. Bridge

This sentence-combining exercise has been adapted from the final chapter of the novel "Mrs. Bridge," by Evan S. Connell.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Speak Cherokee

How to Speak Cherokee

Learning any new language can be difficult, but attempting to learn a language that has relatively few speakers can be especially challenging. The Cherokee language, also called Tsalagi, has less than 10,000 speakers across the United States, with most speakers located in Oklahoma and North Carolina

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: 2007 Blog Archive for Grammar & Composition

2007 Blog Archive for Grammar & Composition

Essay exams, participial phrases, Bushisms, quote abuse, Mark Twain, spell checkers, Pink Floyd, wild apostrophes, lost hyphens, Monty Python, sprezzatura, Homer Simpson, and more: a roundup of blogs from Grammar & Composition in 2007.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Brazillian Business Protocols

Brazillian Business Protocols

Conducting business in Brazil requires an understanding of the country's rich heritage and culture.flag of brazil with globe image by patrimonio designs from Fotolia.comBrazilian business protocols are greatly shaped by the country's diverse culture and geography. The culture is a...

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Si tu veux

Si tu veux

What does the idiomatic French expression si tu veux mean and how is it used?

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: doublé

doublé

What does the French word doublé mean? How is it pronounced and used?

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Pronounce Mandarin Chinese

How to Pronounce Mandarin Chinese

The Mandarin language has 21 consonants and 16 vowels. They can be combined together to create more than 400 mono-syllabic sounds. This basic guide will teach you how to pronounce Mandarin Chinese with the aid of sound clips.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: overregularization

overregularization

A part of the language-learning process in which children extend regular grammatical patterns to irregular words.