Go beyond traditional textbooks & classrooms. Understand the cultural nuances that native speakers actually use, and build the strategic fluency needed to advance your professional and personal life. 

Real English Skills

Hoy sale la cabalgata de Reyes Magos en España y los niños recibirán los regalos mañana por la mañana. 

En este episodio aprenderás en qué consiste esta tradición y también a expresar algo que te parece peligroso con presente de subjuntivo.

📩 Apúntate a mi boletín de noticias para aprender una palabra coloquial al día: https://acortar.link/d8H9at

Español coloquial

Me parece peligroso que tiren caramelos

A: 他（tā）是（shì）谁（shuí）？
B: 他（tā）是（shì）我（wǒ）同（tónɡ）学（xué）。
A: 她（tā）呢（ne）？她（tā）是（shì）你（nǐ）同（tónɡ）学（xué）吗（ma）？
B: 她（tā）不（bú）是（shì）我（wǒ）同（tónɡ）学（xué），她（tā）是（shì）我（wǒ）朋（pénɡ）友（you）。


Daily conversation 日常对话

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Join me this week on Tony's Talk Corner as I give you a tour of my cozy two-bedroom apartment. Discover my favorite spots, the joys of small-space living, and a few personal touches that make it home.

Tony’s Talk Corner

My Cozy Apartment Tour

Descubrimos cómo los significados cambian con el tiempo, la cultura y el uso social, y cómo palabras comunes adquieren sentidos nuevos o diferentes.

La raíz del significado

Ep. 7: El cambio semántico | Cómo evolucionan los significados

Enjoy the eleventh episode of Culture To Grow, which allows you to travel the world from the comfort of your home, your car, or if you are still half asleep in your bed.

In this episode, you will hear from listeners about their own resolutions and the challenges and triumphs they've experienced in the past and would like to overcome.

Whether you're a resolution-making pro or new to the game, this episode has something for everyone. Tune in to get a fresh start on the new year and set yourself up for success.

Culture To Grow

Episode 11: New Year's Resolutions

Zhè shì wǒ de māma,
   这 是  我 的 妈妈，
This is my mother,

tā yǒu yì shuāng dàdà de yǎnjing,
她 有 一  双    大大  的   眼睛，
she has a pair of big eyes,

yì bǎ cháng tóufa。
一  把  长  头发。
a bunch of long hair.

Tā jīntiān qī diǎn qǐ chuáng,
她  今天  七 点 起   床，
She got up at 7 today,

bā diǎn chū mén qù mǎi cài。
  八  点  出   门 去 买  菜。
and went out to buy groceries at 8.

Notes:
1）	Monosyllable adjective double indicates to enhance the degree and convey the emotion of like, for example:
dàdà de yǎnjing          gāogāo de bízi      xiǎoxiǎo de zuǐba
大大  的  眼睛                  高高    的 鼻子        小小  的  嘴巴
big eyes                         high nose              small mouth

2) some measure word in Chinese,
A: yì shuāng 一双： used for a pair of 
  yì shuāng kuàizi 一双筷子： a pair of chopsticks
B: yì bǎ     一把： for something in a bunch, or with its legs parted, 
or with a handle
  yì bǎ shūzi 一把梳子： a comb

3)	verb1 + qù 去+ verb2:  
a:   verb2 is the purpose for verb1
                   
a: Māma chū mén qù mǎi cài
     妈妈      出  门     去  买 菜。 （Mother went out to buy groceries.）

 b:  verb1 is the manner for verb2
 b:  Wǒ zuò fēijī qù Shànghǎi. 
       我   坐  飞机  去     上海。    (I took plane to Shanghai.)


Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

我的妈妈

En este episodio hablo acerca de la economía circular y la recogida selectiva de los residuos urbanos, utilizo vocabulario relacionado con la ecología. Uso de los verbos tener, poder, hacer. Tiempos verbales: presente, pasado: pretèrito indefinido, imperfecto. 

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

Economía circular y recogida selectiva de los residuos urbanos

Visiting the Supermarket (no transcript today)