Folium: Can You Lose Your Native Language via BBCFuture

… Connect BBCFuture: Can You Lose Your Native Language? … “Bilingualism” is when someone speaks and understands two different languages. This could refer to an individual or an entire society. The proficiency level of the person needs to be that they both understand and speak at the level of a native speaker, or close to […]

Folium: Our Use Of Little Words Can, Uh, Reveal Hidden Interests via NPR

… Connect NPR: Our Use Of Little Words Can, Uh, Reveal Hidden Interests … Audio (Audio via NPR) … Imagine a time where you have been to a very crowded place and have heard the roar of people talking around you. In that roar there is a constant mix of words; vowels, consonants, verbs, nouns. Unless […]

Folium: You Can Buy Happiness, If It’s an Experience via NPR

… Connect You Can Buy Happiness, If It’s an Experience via NPR … There is a common proverb that you have probably heard that reads; “money can’t buy happiness.” Well I beg to differ. You can buy happiness, but the happiness depends on what you spend your money on. Advertising tries to catch your eye […]

Folium: Can Travel Really Change You via HowStuffWorks

… Connect Can Travel Change You via HowStuffWorks … Everyday we are bombarded with stories from friends and family about trips that “changed their lives” but can travel really “change” someone? While the stories may be somewhat of an annoyance, there is much evidence that travel can, in fact, change you. Day to day living […]

Folium: How America Can Get Her Bilingual Groove Back via Huffington Post

… Connect How America Can Get Her Bilingual Groove Back via Huffington Post … I’d like to think that the language barrier in the United States could be broken simply by saying “hello”, but which “hello” do we say? In the United States, “We the people” come from a variety of language backgrounds. Our ancestors […]

French Grammar: The Verb POUVOIR – Verb Conjugation Chart

… POUVOIR : TO BE ABLE / CAN Infinitive POUVOIR Conjugation IRREGULAR Present Participle POUVANT Past Participle PU … Simple Tenses, Indicative Mood: Présent Imparfait Passé Simple Futur je  peux OR puis  pouvais  pus  pourrai tu  peux  pouvais  pus  pourras il / elle / on  peut  pouvait  put  pourra nous  pouvons  pouvions  pûmes  pourrons vous […]

Spanish Grammar: The Verb PODER – Verb Conjugation Chart

Spanish Grammar: The Verb PODER – Verb Conjugation Chart gramática española: el verbo poder – gráfico de conjugaciones PODER = TO BE ABLE TO (CAN) The verb PODER means to BE ABLE TO. It can help you express the ability to do things! PODER is an irregular verb PODER is also known as a stem-changing verb (o-ue) Indicative Mood: […]