Portuguese
Happy New Year Around the World: Greetings in a Dozen Languages
It’s hard to believe that it is almost 2009! Time to bring out the party hats and noise makers to ring in the New Year. Since having kids, my New Year’s celebrations have taken on a whole new vibe. Instead of paying top dollar for a sitter and hitting the town, I like to stay [...]
Snow in French, Spanish, German, and More
It’s snowing. It’s mid-November, our yard is covered with leaves patiently waiting to be raked and placed into bags, and it’s snowing. Sticking, too. Though we had a few melty flurries already this season, this is the first official arrival of the white stuff here in Michigan.
In honor of our first flakes, [...]
What’s Scooby Doo Speaking? Here are the Answers!
I hope you enjoyed playing “Name That Language!” Here are the answers to yesterday’s Scooby Doo video clips:
1. French
2. Swedish
3. Portuguese
4. Spanish
5. Polish
6. Russian
I’ll fess up . . . I could only correctly identify three languages on my own: French, Swedish, and Spanish. How did you do?
What’s Scooby Doo Speaking? Name That Language!
We haven’t played “Name That Language!” in awhile. We have two generations of Scooby Doo fans in our household. It’s the perfect cartoon for October . . . scary!
Settle in with a Scooby snack, watch these video clips and try to guess the language you hear. Leave a comment if you think you know. [...]
A Multilingual Children’s Book Author: Meet Dulce Rodrigues
Meeting interesting people is by far the best part of blogging. Let me tell you about a new email acquaintance of mine—Dulce Rodrigues.
Dulce, a native of Portugal, is the author of plays, books, and a CD-rom for children. This talented, award-winning writer has been published in both French and [...]
Hear Foreign Languages with the Lion King: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by my son’s interest in my new blogging hobby, particularly this Foreign Language Fun site. At first, he just wanted to see Mommy’s picture on the computer. Later, he became fascinated with the ClustrMaps counter. He likes to check in every few days, ask about countries, and spot new dots (so [...]
Hannah Montana Around the World
I thought Hannah Montana fans might get a kick out of seeing the international, reigning princess of Disney dubbed in different languages. Let’s play the “What’s Hannah Speaking?” game! Answers are at the bottom.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Were you able to figure out the languages Hannah was speaking? Here are the correct answers:
1) Spanish, 2) French, 3) German, 4) [...]
National Holidays Around the World: July
Francophile that I am, it’s going to be an effort not be too France-centered in this blog. So, oui, July 14 is Bastille Day–France’s Independence Day. But there are other countries celebrating national holidays besides the American 4th and le quatorze juillet. I got this list of national holidays in July from the U.S. Department [...]
