Did you know that the Iberian peninsula was a part of the Islamic world for centuries? Plenty of time for deep connections to be forged between the cultures and languages. Read this blog to find out how the Arabic language influenced Spanish.
Our friend Cecilie Gamst Berg brings a little bit of Hong Kong to her new home in Mallorca, Spain. Join Cecilie as she progresses through the Spanish language while sinking into the Mallorcan culture!
Those of us who share a love for languages, either Spanish or any other, we know that there are always difficulties when we are learning a new one. One of those discuss is related to written expression, which is what we are going to treat this time in our blog.
Do you have any friend called James, Jacob or Jamie? Try asking him what’s his name in Spanish. If he doesn’t know the answer, he may want to read this blog and find out the history behind it.
James (in English), Jacques (in French), Giacomo (in italian), Yakub (in Malay) or Yakobu ヤコブ (in Japanese) are all variants of the same Hebrew name, Jacob (יַעֲקֹב).
