The Lingvist Blog

French speakers often use proverbs, sayings and expressions in the everyday's life. To make sure you don't get lost in translation, here is a selection of some local idioms from French speaking areas!

Today is a very special day for us at Lingvist. We’re excited to announce that we’ve just released the Lingvist mobile app for both iOS and Android.

Travelling is a great way to improve your French skills, but in case you have some trouble at your hotel or in restaurants we've prepared this vocabulary guide to help you a bit.

We have prepared a short compilation of the new “official” words in French, which have been added to dictionaries over the last few years, along with their meanings!

You may have been learning French for a few weeks now. Or maybe you are just planning to start. Either way, you might be afraid of practicing your speaking skills; afraid of making mistakes.

Today, on March 20, is the official International Francophonie Day. It should be easy to find various events to learn more about the French culture or exchange thoughts with French speakers.

In December we asked an unsuspecting member of the public, Kristel, 28, to try out Lingvist for 2 weeks and tell us how it improved her French. The results were breathtaking.

Tips on how to get the most out of Lingvist and learn a language faster!

Kristel has finished her 14 day French experiement with Lingvist. Find out more about her experience!

We discovered a good article on TED Blogs, sharing tips for language learning from people who operate in 2 or more languages every day - translators.