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  • 17 Amazing Animal-Related Spanish Phrases
    Whether you’re a Spanish speaker, learning Spanish in your spare time or at school, or are simply enthusiastic about all things language, you’ll find some amazing animal-related Spanish phrases in this blog post. Who knows, maybe you’ll expand your vocabulary and start saying goodbye, …
  • 14 Unusual and Delightful Dutch Nouns
    With about 28 million speakers worldwide, Dutch is the third most widely-spoken Germanic language (after English and German, of course!). With Dutch being known for its varied, interesting, and long vocabulary (the longest Dutch word is 53 letters long!), we thought we’d take a …
  • 8 Coffee-related Phrases from Around the World
    Can’t go without your daily cup’o’Joe? Well, here’s the next best thing to coffee – a blog with coffee-related phrases from around the world! Here you’ll find eight fantastic expressions that will boost your caffeine vocabulary and make you seem ever that bit more …
  • 21 Perfect Portuguese Phrases for Portuguese Language Day
    Celebrate World Portuguese Language Day on May 5th with our collection of perfect Portuguese phrases, alongside their literal translations, meanings, and usages! This blog post contains a brief history of World Portuguese Language Day alongside 21 interesting and useful Portuguese phrases, idioms, and expressions …
  • How to submit a foreign language expression to Untranslatable
    Are you learning a foreign language? Or, maybe you know some fantastic expressions and idioms in your mother tongue(s) that you’d like the world to know? This is where Untranslatable, the world’s first multilingual urban dictionary, comes in clutch. We’ve created a wonderful platform, …
  • 9 Useful Ramadan Phrases to Learn for Ramadan
    Ramadan is an important event that takes place in the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar for Muslims all over the world. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise until sunset. This means that they cannot consume food or water during this period. Ramadan …
  • Eleven Spring-themed Expressions from Around the World
    Well, it’s official, spring has finally sprung for many people all around the world! For lots of us, that means longer nights, more sunshine, and flowers blooming wherever you look. So, we at the Foreign Language Collective thought that we’d take a look at …
  • 8 Fantastic Romanian Everyday Idioms
    Hoping to boost your knowledge of Romanian, a beautiful Romance language that has roots in Eastern Europe? Our collection of 8 fantastic Romanian everyday idioms will get you from sounding like a novice to fitting right in, whether your language-learning goals are for a …
  • The 18 Best Spanish Movies On Netflix
    Looking for Spanish movies on Netflix? Don’t miss out on these! Netflix has an amazing selection of movies from all over the world, including both their original productions and movies they offer through licensing.  Can you learn a language through Netflix? Absolutely! Netflix is …
  • 7 Language Learning Activities for People of All Ages
    The benefits of learning a second language are vast. No matter the age, people who understand and speak other languages boost their brain power, memory skills, and critical thinking in addition to many social and cultural benefits. Today, learning another language is far easier …
  • 7 Italian Shows to Watch On Netflix
    Looking for Italian shows on Netflix? Finding content in Italian used to be hard. But with the invention of the internet, and more importantly – Netflix, this process has become easier than ever.  That being said – binging Casa de Papel won’t suddenly make …
  • Overzoomed with mask-acne or loving cloudclubbing? Expand your coro-cabulary!
    The sun is shining outside, and it has been getting warm the past weeks. The calendar at the bottom right of our laptops tells us that it is June – summer is coming. But this year (and last) we exchanged our summer bodies for …
  • 20 Amazing Portuguese Movies You Can Find On Netflix
    Looking for Portuguese movies on Netflix? Don’t miss out on these! Netflix has an amazing selection of movies from all over the world, including both their original productions and movies they offer through licensing.  Can you learn a language through Netflix? Absolutely! Netflix is …
  • The 19 Best German Movies On Netflix
    Looking for German movies on Netflix? Don’t miss out on these! Netflix has an amazing selection of movies from all over the world, including both their original productions and movies they offer through licensing. Can you learn a language through Netflix? Absolutely! Netflix is …
  • The 15 Best French Movies On Netflix
    Looking for French movies on Netflix? Don’t miss out on these! Netflix has an amazing selection of movies from all over the world, including both their original productions and movies they offer through licensing.  Can you learn a language through Netflix? Absolutely! Netflix is …
  • 15 Cat Related Expressions From Around The World
    Cats. We love them. We hate them. We love to hate them. Not only have they infiltrated our internet, our lives, and our homes on a global scale, they have also infiltrated our language. Here are some of the best cat-related expressions from around …
  • 12 French Movies You Can Watch On Youtube
    Looking for French movies on Youtube? Finding movies in French online might not always be easy when you are not actually in France. Though the French are known for their amazing cinema, getting access to said cinema might be tricky if you don’t know …
  • The 6 Stages of Forgetting Your Native Language
    Anyone who has ever spent a significant amount of time trying to get into another language knows that at some point, you will start forgetting your native language. Really. If it hasn’t happened to you, it because it hasn’t happened to you yet. It’s …
  • 8 Amazing Foreign Expressions for Daydreaming
    Ever wondered about expressions for daydreaming? Daydreaming seems to be one of those universal experiences we have. No matter where you live, we all do it from time to time. Daydreaming is defined as “the stream of consciousness that detaches from current external tasks …
  • 20 Movies You Have To Watch If You Are Learning Spanish
    Looking for Spanish movies to improve your language skills? Improving your foreign language skills through the arts of movies and tv shows is not only very fun – it is also very effective and useful. Why learn a language through movies? The themes that …