comparative linguistics

Most students learn the word own very early. Usually, the explanation is simple: The translation seems straightforward. The lesson ends. Everyone moves on. But sooner or later English starts producing sentences that make that explanation feel incomplete. Consider: What exactly is being possessed here? A room? Perhaps. But what about ideas? Decisions? Opinions? The deeper […]

Most students eventually notice something strange. English allows both: At first glance, they appear identical. Many textbooks treat them as interchangeable. Most dictionaries translate both simply as: Technically, that translation is correct. But something important disappears. Native speakers often choose one form over the other for a reason. And that reason tells us something fascinating […]

Most language learners eventually encounter one of the strangest discoveries in English. A teacher writes: Then says: “One means not many. The other means several.” Technically, that explanation is not wrong. But it misses the most important part. The real difference is not quantity. The real difference is perspective. And once you understand that, you […]

If I had to choose one English word that causes more confusion than it deserves, some would be a strong candidate. Students usually learn it as: Then they open a real book, watch a film, listen to native speakers, and suddenly discover that some can mean: The problem is not grammar. The problem is that […]

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Author: Tymur Levitin, founder of Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur Levitin Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages The soul of a character lives in the language When a student asks me why learning English or German matters so much, I often tell them: Because literature doesn’t lie. Real novels reveal how a person thinks. But what […]

© Tymur Levitin, Founder and Director of Start Language School by Tymur Levitin 📌 Choose your language Introduction Translating fiction is more than finding the right words — it’s about finding the right rhythm, tone, and emotional equivalent in another language. Drawing from more than two decades of experience teaching and translating between Ukrainian, Russian, English, […]