Poder Conjugation: All Tenses, Explained Simply (with Examples)
Learn every tense of the Spanish verb poder with clear conjugation tables, example sentences, and an explanation of when to use poder versus saber.
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The Captain Jack Sparrow approach to language learning
From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014) — kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions. Of all the idols to have when learning languages (I’m sure there are plenty of amazing polyglots throughout history), mine is quite an unlikely one: Captain Jack Sparrow (from Pirates of the Caribbean). As far as I […]
Travel anecdote: How the Kindle saved me
“I’m sorry sir, but there’s no way I can let you fly to the states today!” Of all the times to hear this, 33 minutes before your international flight is scheduled to take off while you are still trying to check in, is among the worst. Not getting into the states would have meant well […]
New mission: Speak any language, anywhere
From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014) — kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions. Hello from Colombia! I’ve just arrived and am ready for my last language mission of 2010. Since the blog started just over a year ago, I’ve learned pretty good Czech and Hungarian (both in two months), got […]
How I became a pro Language Hacker
The question of “What do you do?” has always been a tough one for me to answer. I have actually had about 40 jobs in the last 10 years, so answering with a single description just doesn’t describe what I “do” with my life in any real sense. I was the race controller at a […]
Two months in Budapest
My time in this Amazing city has come to an end! I’m quite happy with the progress I made in Hungarian, and genuinely sad to leave! As this post goes live, I’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic, on my way to Las Vegas to attend the Blogworld conference to meet some blogger friends and make […]
Speaking with mistakes quickly is better than speaking “perfectly” slowly
Rather than write a long post about a topic that I have covered in various forms before, I’ll make this short. Above you will see a video showing me talking Hungarian with Bálint Kőrösi, who translated the Language Hacking Guide to Hungarian for me. My level in the language is the result of my two […]
Your worst enemy on the path to success? You!
Whether your goal is to lose weight, save money, or speak a language, out of the many obstacles you will encounter on your path, the biggest one by far is you. In a language-learning context I see people spending countless hours on forums and even the few blogs like this one to get the latest […]
Speak! Or stop pretending you want to
If you read different sources to see what language ‘experts’ have to say about mastering a language, you’ll get such vastly different advice that sometimes it’s hard to know which one to apply. Listen a lot even when you sleep, read all day, study thousands of words of vocabulary before you are ready to speak, […]
Solo travel hacking: How to make new friends using a stethoscope and 200 ear plugs
Ever since I started travelling over nine years ago, I have arrived at each location by myself, many times not having a single contact or friend waiting for me in my destination. This has been essential for my language missions, since I need to immerse myself in the local language. Bringing someone with me to […]
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