Brian Amador, Author at The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/author/brian/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:03:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 What is the Day of the Dead? https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/day-of-the-dead-traditions/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/day-of-the-dead-traditions/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:30:10 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=487 Día de Los Muertos – Day of the Dead and Halloween Traditions Día de Los Muertos and Halloween have quite a bit in common, but there are important differences as well. Halloween, as practiced today in the U.S., is mostly about dressing in costume and collecting enormous quantities of candy. Symbols of death and otherworldly Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/day-of-the-dead-traditions/feed/ 3 How Latin Dancing Can Help You Learn to Speak Spanish https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-speak-spanish-move-hips/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-speak-spanish-move-hips/#respond Tue, 12 May 2015 20:23:02 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=411 There are many challenges for an English speaker trying to learn how to speak Spanish. Adjectives and nouns are placed in a different order. Verbs must be conjugated to agree with their subjects in person, gender, and number. And then, there’s the pronunciation, with all those rolled r’s! Not to mention the r’s that aren’t rolled Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-speak-spanish-move-hips/feed/ 0 Set Yourself Apart When You Travel to Mexico: 10 Things You May Not Know https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/set-yourself-apart-when-you-travel-to-mexico-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-mexico/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/set-yourself-apart-when-you-travel-to-mexico-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-mexico/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:25:09 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=472 When you travel to Mexico you can find spectacular scenery, mind-blowing pre-Colombian ruins, and beautiful colonial cities and towns. Mexico has 32 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List scattered throughout the country. It’s a country full of warm, friendly people who love to laugh, and there’s lots of great food to be had. And Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/set-yourself-apart-when-you-travel-to-mexico-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-mexico/feed/ 0 Speaking French May Earn You a 15 Percent Higher Income https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/speaking-french-increase-income/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/speaking-french-increase-income/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:39:44 +0000 http://pimsleurspeaks.pimsleur.com/?p=292 Boost Your Pay by Learning French Being bilingual can benefit your career and provide you a higher income. There is no way around it; we are all part of a digital world connected through Wi-Fi, modems, and routers. The future now stretches out before us to a fascinating high-tech horizon. As we trek through the Read More >>

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