Do You Have a Different Personality in Each Language?

Do You Have a Different Personality in Each Language?

Many bilingual people feel like a slightly different person in each of their languages, and the reason is practical rather than mystical: your personality in a language is limited by your fluency in it. Humor, nuance and emotional precision all draw on vocabulary, so...
Siempre Meaning in Spanish: More Than Just Always

Siempre Meaning in Spanish: More Than Just Always

The siempre meaning most learners know is always, and that is correct as far as it goes. In Mexican Spanish the word does much more work. It shows up in siempre no (actually, no), siempre sí (actually, yes after all), and como siempre (as usual). Translate it only as...