Admit it: Most of us spend hours staring at a screen on a daily basis. Even if we’re just reading the news on our mobile phone, browsing Facebook for a few minutes or watching two or three episodes of our favourite series on Netflix, we are consuming multiple hours of screen time each week. Social media makes up most of this time, but luckily, it’s possible to take advantage of it. Many social media platforms are available globally, which means…
I bet you’ve encountered articles and funny pictures on social media concerning ‘difficult’ languages which appear impossible to learn. Languages with no prepositions (e.g. Finnish, Estonian) are often considered difficult. Tonal languages, languages in which stress and pitch change the meaning of a word (e.g. Chinese, Japanese), languages with many strict rules (e.g. German) or languages with a completely different alphabet (e.g. Russian) are also regarded as being difficult. But the truth is that no language is too difficult to…
It’s finally here: the new version of WordDive’s mobile app has been released! The new app is even more fun, efficient and easy to use than before. You can follow your progress with fish, which develop from novices to juniors and masters as you learn more. Exercising has been completely overhauled as well. Old exercise modes have been combined into one exercise, where the AI automatically selects the best way for you to learn each study item. The new exercise…
Learning languages is more than just studying vocabulary or grammar and taking endless classes. It means dreams, visions and goals. It brings people and cultures together, it takes you to incredible countries, makes conversations possible and even makes people fall in love. We believe that people rarely study a language just for the language itself. There is often a deeper reason, a wish or a goal that inspires people to study. We interviewed three inspiring persons, Sissi, Lauri and Leena-Mari,…
We have published a new Finnish course: Useful Words. On this course, you will learn important linking expressions and fillers that help you become conversationally fluent in Finnish. The course includes the following topics: Expressions of time Connecting words Pronouns and others These little words will fill empty spaces, buy you some time to think and make you sound more fluent. You will also be able to write more cohesive text. LEARN FINNISH NOW WordDive TeamA mighty mix of language…
WordDive’s handy English and Spanish grammar pages have received fantastic feedback from users. Now we are proud to present WordDive’s free-to-use Finnish grammar page. You might have heard a few jokes about how complicated Finnish grammar is, but don’t be scared by the several cases or different verb forms. WordDive has selected 10 important grammar topics for you and put together easy-to-understand Finnish grammar instructions. It’s important to know some basic grammar rules when you start learning a new language,…
