All nouns in Spanish have a gender. They are either masculine or they are feminine. Every noun is either one or the other and you just have to learn them. But there are some clues. Un problema is a ...

When the United Nations introduced guidelines with gender-inclusive strategies for six major languages, not everyone was keen to jump on the bandwagon. Some felt the changes altered the symmetry of ...

One of the things that French learners struggle with the most is the language's complicated and detailed grammar rules - so we're launching a new series, offering a few tips and tricks to help on your ...

There’s a story about a certain Costa Rican president who, upon Pope John Paul’s death, went on television to announce to the Gringo audience in English, “I have bad news. Our potato is gone.” If you ...

Well, everyone in Stockholm knows that. So does everyone in Amsterdam. Go to Berlin or Moscow, though, and they'll tell you there are three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. So will people in ...