North America Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/north-america/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:27:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Main Differences Between Latin American Spanish and Spain Spanish https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/differences-latin-american-and-spain-spanish/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/differences-latin-american-and-spain-spanish/#respond Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:45:31 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27101 Spanish is spoken as a native language by more than 500 million people, which makes it second only to Mandarin Chinese as the most spoken language in the world. Of those 500 million, around 45 million live in Spain, but the majority come from countries in the Americas. Mexico accounts for the majority of native Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/differences-latin-american-and-spain-spanish/feed/ 0 La Fête Nationale – 2021 Guide to Quebec’s Largest Celebration https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/quebec-la-fete-nationale-st-jean-baptiste-day/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/quebec-la-fete-nationale-st-jean-baptiste-day/#respond Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:54:02 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27012 Everything You Need to Know About Canada’s Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, or “The National Holiday of Quebec” As our lives teeter closer and closer to the brink of “back to normal,” more and more people are making travel plans for the future. However, despite our eagerness to fling the door open and greet the post-pandemic world with Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/quebec-la-fete-nationale-st-jean-baptiste-day/feed/ 0 Best Road Trips in the USA for Language Learners https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/usa-road-trips-language-learners/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/usa-road-trips-language-learners/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:12:07 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=26697 Learn a Language on a Road Trip across America Did you know there are 350 languages spoken in the United States? Although the main language is English, hit the streets and you’ll hear everything from Spanish to German, Tagalog to Cantonese. And that’s not just from the tourists. Historic immigration has brought people into the Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/usa-road-trips-language-learners/feed/ 0 The World’s Most Unusual Languages https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/worlds-most-unusual-languages/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/worlds-most-unusual-languages/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:59:44 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=19464 How Many Languages are Spoken in the World Today? The answer is probably more than you think: there are around 7,000 languages in use today. The exact number is difficult to count because so many are spoken in isolated, difficult-to-reach areas, or only spoken by a diminishing number of elders in minority groups. Amongst these Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/worlds-most-unusual-languages/feed/ 0 The 10 Best Travel Books to Satisfy Your Wanderlust https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/best-summer-travel-books/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/best-summer-travel-books/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:48:20 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=16672 Top Travel Books for Your Summer Staycation Just because we’re stuck at home doesn’t mean the wanderlust goes away. Take a trip around the world from the comfort of your couch with these 10 travel books which explore countries, cultures, and characters from far away lands. Plus, some of them feature language learning, too!  1. Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/best-summer-travel-books/feed/ 1 What is the Official Language of the United States? https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/official-language-united-states/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/official-language-united-states/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:47:28 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=16575 Ask any random person to name the official language of the United States, and you’re bound to get English as the answer. But it’s actually the ultimate trick question. Most countries have an official language – and some have dozens! Bolivia has 37, Mali has 13, South Africa has 11, Zimbabwe has 16, and even Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/official-language-united-states/feed/ 3 Keep Your False Friends Close: Our Guide to Learning False Friends in Spanish https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/keep-your-false-friends-close-our-guide-to-learning-false-friends-in-spanish/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/keep-your-false-friends-close-our-guide-to-learning-false-friends-in-spanish/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:10:41 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=14547 Let’s do a little vocabulary exercise. Take a look at this sentence:  Comer las frutas en la cafetería es su actividad favorita.  If you’ve been learning Spanish for a while, that’s pretty easy to translate, right? “Eating fruit in the cafeteria is his favorite activity”.   No problem. Now try this one:  La multitud emocionada observó la boda real. Uhhh… what?  You’d be forgiven for translating that literally as “the emotional multitude observed the real body”.  Of course, that Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/keep-your-false-friends-close-our-guide-to-learning-false-friends-in-spanish/feed/ 0 From Shamrocks to Leprechauns: St. Patrick’s Day Traditions Explained https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/st-patricks-day-traditions/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/st-patricks-day-traditions/#respond Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:47:34 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=14174 What’s the Origin and Meaning Behind St. Patrick’s Day Traditions? St. Patrick’s Day: A day of eating corned beef and cabbage, drinking Guinness, and Irish dancing. Everyone dresses in green or wears a shirt that says “Kiss Me, I’m Irish!” This fun holiday has been around for centuries. But you may be wondering, how did Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/st-patricks-day-traditions/feed/ 0 5 Dating Differences Between Americans and Europeans https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/dating-differences-between-americans-and-europeans/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/dating-differences-between-americans-and-europeans/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:31:29 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=13848 Deciphering Dating Culture: Europe vs America  As the world gets smaller, more and more people are connecting across cultures.  Interacting with people from various places has become commonplace in today’s world. But this increase in interaction hasn’t necessarily reduced the nuanced cultural differences among people. This holds especially true when dating someone from a different Read More >>

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