Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin – Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Meaning. Survival. “Ich nehme eine Latte.”A simple sentence.Or is it? If you’re standing at a coffee shop counter in Germany, what you just said could either get you a hot drink… or a weird look. Or a smirk. […]

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — Founder, Director, and Senior TeacherLevitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinGlobal Learning. Personal Approach. It All Started With a Question Just minutes before writing this, I finished a private lesson with one of my students.He looked at me and said, “So what’s the difference between сломал […]

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Meaning. Respect. Why Words Matter More Than You Think Words like chick, девка, mädel, or nena may seem innocent or familiar — until you look closer. What do we really mean when we call someone милая, süße, ma […]

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin — Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Meaning. Respect. From chika to kobieta, from chuvak to dude, words carry more than meaning — they carry identity. They reflect how we see others, how we want to be seen, and how we cross the line between […]

What happens when a single word travels across languages and cultures? Does it keep its meaning? Or does it change its weight, its tone, its soul? I once heard a haunting song called “Dumka na dwa serca” — A Thought for Two Hearts. It exists in both Ukrainian and Polish, and at first glance, it […]

© Tymur Levitin | Levitin Language School There’s a moment when the language stops being about vocabulary and starts being about identity. It’s the moment when a student says, “Ich treffe mich heute mit meinem Freund” — and doesn’t realize they’ve just told everyone they’re dating him. In English, we can say “my friend” and […]

Some moments in life are not spoken — they are declared. Officially, irreversibly, and often without room for emotion. Among them is the end of a marriage. But what if we paused not at the event, but at the language that describes it? In courtrooms and legal documents, the end of a shared life is […]

Author’s Edition — by Tymur Levitin, founder and head teacher at Levitin Language School🔗 Choose your language ✨ One Sentence. One Moment. A World of Grammar. English grammar often seems like a set of rules to memorize. But in real language, grammar tells a story. Let’s take one powerful sentence and use it as a […]

Why Real Conversation Is the Hardest Skill in Language Learning Most people think they struggle with grammar.But very often, what they really struggle with — is having something to say. In over 22 years of teaching languages to students from across the world — in English, German, Ukrainian, Russian, and others — I’ve seen it […]

Why Knowing English Means More Than Following Rules Let’s imagine someone says: “I have not books.” You might stop and think:– It sounds strange.– Maybe wrong.– But also… maybe not? Here’s the surprising truth: This sentence is not grammatically incorrect.But it’s also not accepted in modern everyday English. Let’s unpack why. The grammar is technically […]