Alexandra Bornhoft, Author at The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/author/alexandra-bornhoft/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:07:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 Learning German with Pimsleur: An Expats Review https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/learning-german-with-pimsleur-an-expats-review/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/learning-german-with-pimsleur-an-expats-review/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:00:35 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=9721 Learning a Foreign Language When Living Abroad While on a hike a few weeks after moving to Zurich, I commented to my friend that I was proud to be developing an ear for German. “It’s so weird, though,” I said, “that the Swiss say ‘bitte’ to you as a greeting.”  Bitte means please, and while I thought it Read More >>

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