Post written by François Grosjean. As is well known, bilinguals are extremely good at keeping to just one language when they are in a monolingual environment. If, in addition, they speak that language ...

Cognates - words that sound similar in different languages - can be very helpful when learning another lingo. But sometimes they can turn out to be 'false friends' and mean something completely ...

Henning reveals the deeper meaning of the German word Rathaus and other English-sounding words in German. FANTASTIC!!! I learn more in these videos then in 6 months of German class here in Germany.

From confusing a fitness studio with an academic institution to wondering why Germans are looking for celestial beings when they go fishing, here are seven funny false friends for Spanish-speakers to ...