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AmarensElise

Half-centaur, half-human. I'm an occasional student of linguistics, and full-time sleep deprived. You can find me online, binging anything murder related on Netflix, or off-line, second guessing my life choices.

Music // Muziek classics //  klassiekers This list is a compilation of some of the most famous songs in the Dutch music history from all genres. The Dutch Classic Playlist pop music // popmuziek  Acda en de Munnik, Marco Borsato, Eefje de Visser, Miss Montreal, Ilse DeLange, Waylon, Dotan, Nielson,  Trijntje Oosterhuis, Mr. Probz, VanVelzen, Het …

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Many people start learning a language, however many people quickly lose their motivation after their enthusiastic start and I myself have done this many times already. While I am fluent in 5 languages and are not new to the rodeo of language learning I still find myself making the same mistake when trying to learn a …

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  Caution: Use At Your Own Risk Please note that this is a list with different languages and countries. Some words may be used universally across different countries that speak the same languages, some might differ from region to region.  Algeria – “Kho” Argentina – “Chabon” , “Flaco” (Skinny) Austria – “Oida” Azeri – “Qardaş” …

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Finnish has a reputation of being very hard. Maybe that reputation is deserved, but there are a couple of things that certainly don’t make Finnish as hard as people think it is. 1. No Articles Like many “complicated” languages like Japanese and Chinese, Finnish frees you from mind-numbing memorizations of gendered articles. Speaking of being …

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  This article was originally shared on EuropeLanguageJobs.com English as a second language is becoming more and more competitive. Due to the weight the language carries in the modern, professional world, speaking English is fast becoming less of a benefit and more of an essential, or even basic, requirement when looking for a job in Europe. Approximately 2 …

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