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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.

written by Zack Simon

French has tricky pronunciation and grammar, but cognates, recurring verb patterns and real conversations give beginners practical starting points.

written by Caitlin Sacasas

Follow Japanese history from Jōmon communities and court culture through shogunates, empire, war and modern Japan with a clear timeline and sources.

written by George Julian

70 sweet, funny and romantic terms of endearment from around the world, with pet names in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian and more.

written by Benny Lewis

Language islands are a powerful tool to reach fluency faster in your target language. But how can you become an expert at using them?

written by Caitlin Sacasas

Learn Japanese through video games with active reading and listening methods, ten game suggestions, and a checklist for language and region settings.

written by Caitlin Sacasas

Learn the four Mandarin Chinese tones and neutral tone, understand third-tone sandhi, and practise pinyin, tone pairs, listening and pronunciation.

written by Benny Lewis

Use this first-month plan to learn French through checked phrases, pronunciation practice, short conversations, reading, listening and weekly review.

written by Caitlin Sacasas

Learn how Japanese punctuation works, including quotation marks, the middle dot, wave dash, spacing and the ー long-vowel mark.

written by Benny Lewis

Learn how to become fluent in Spanish with five practical steps for useful vocabulary, listening, speaking, feedback and steady practice.