Sein or Haben? Why Auxiliary Verbs Reveal Meaning, Not Grammar

Before choosing a language to learn, explore all available options here:https://levitintymur.com/#languages Introduction: A Phrase That Cannot Be Translated — Only Understood There are texts that you read.There are texts that you analyze.And then there are texts that look simple — but refuse to be translated without losing their soul. The Russian romance “Спокойной ночи, господа”, […]

Global Learning. Personal Approach. Before you choose a language, choose the way you want to understand it. At Levitin Language School, language is never reduced to vocabulary lists and grammar tables. It is always connected with thought, culture, identity and real life. Explore the languages and subjects available at https://levitintymur.com/#languages. There is a sentence I […]

Language does not only describe relationships.Very often, it redefines them. A single word can transform how two people relate to each other.Not gradually, but instantly. One moment two people share a history.The next moment language replaces that history with a new label. This phenomenon appears in many languages and cultures, and it reveals something fundamental […]

Language, Memory, and Emotional Reality Across Cultures There are moments in life when a single phrase changes the emotional reality between two people. Not gradually.Not through explanation.But instantly — through language. One such example appears in an old Russian romance whose central line reads: «Мы только знакомы. Как странно…»(Literally: “We are only acquainted. How strange…”) […]

Before choosing a language to learn, explore all available options here:https://levitintymur.com/#languages Language often creates an illusion of universality. When we open a dictionary, it seems that every word has an equivalent somewhere else in the world. English has a translation for a German word, German has a translation for a Spanish word, and so on. […]

When Silence Is the Strongest Choice Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinFounder, Director & Senior TeacherLevitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Choice. Meaning. Watch the podcast — all language versions English Deutsch Русский Українська Read this article in other languages The moment no one talks about Most people believe that language […]

Choose your language → What It Really Means In English, solving problems sounds perfectly normal — if you’re a technician, therapist, or maybe a diplomat. But when someone in Russian says: «Я решаю вопросы»(Ya reshayu voprosy) …it doesn’t mean they fix air conditioners.It doesn’t mean they’re a consultant or politician.And it certainly doesn’t mean they […]

A Monographic Article by Tymur LevitinLevitin Language School • Language LearningsLanguage. Identity. Choice. Meaning. The Idea Behind the Series Every learner believes they “know” a word long before they actually understand it. This illusion of knowledge is one of the strongest traps in language learning — the mind mistakes recognition for comprehension. You see a […]