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Reviewing Japanese Grammar via Genki1

Let's Review Lesson 4, Genki 1

『新完全マスター語彙　日本語能力試験N2』（2011年、スリーエーネットワーク） 教科書を1課ずつ読んでいきます。 N2、N1に必要な語彙です。 今日は、第７章３課です。

N2合格

N2 語彙　第７章４課

On some tour buses, you'll hear the guide welcome passengers in a number of different languages.

And at airports around the world, announcements might be made in more than one language to help more travelers understand what's being said.

But in Belgium, a train passenger made an official complaint after the conductor used both Dutch and French to say good morning.

The problem for this passenger was that the train was traveling through a city called Vilvoorde in the Flemish part of Belgium, where Dutch is the main language.

But Vilvoorde is very close to the capital, Brussels, where both Dutch and French are used.

The French-speaking conductor, named Ilyass Alba, wrote about the complaint on Facebook.

He said that after greeting passengers, one had replied: "We're not in Brussels yet, you have to use Dutch only!"

And while many people have taken Alba's side, the person who complained was technically correct — only Dutch should have been used.

According to the country's language rules, only Dutch should have been used while the train was in the Flemish part of the country. And as Belga News Agency explains, Belgium's rules say only French should be used when trains are in the French-speaking part of the country.

But announcements can be French and Dutch in Brussels. And on trains traveling to Brussels Airport, Dutch, French, German — another of Belgium's official languages — and English can be used.

Some Dutch-speaking politicians have said it's important that conductors stick to language rules.

But the country's French-speaking transport minister said that making passengers feel welcome is the most important thing.

The train company, SNCB, agreed with the transport minister. "Saying hello in several languages is just nice, we can only thank our conductors for that," an SNCB official told Agence France-Presse.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Greeting in Two Languages Upsets Train Passenger

Hace 50.000 años nuestra humilde especie de primates aprendió a hablar, parece poca cosa, pero desde entonces el tiempo se esta acelerando, por que ya no tenemos que esperar toda una generación para mandar otro mensaje al mundo, ahora la información se mueve a la velocidad del sonido. Desde entonces vimos la explosión en complejidad que nos dió el arte, la poesía.

Hola yo soy Belén y en el capitulo de hoy hablaremos sobre este curioso fenomeno de la palabra escrita y de tres de los exponentes más reconocidos en la historia del Ecuador.

Extrapolando Letras

Los 3 Poetas Ecuatorianos Más Reconocidos de la Historia!

If there is one basic success principle in life that people must know is that," you attract who you are." I was listening to  a  podcast of Jim Rohn and she said that attractive people go with attractive people, successful people go with successful people. This means that you attract who you are. If you are attracting the wrong people, you must assess who you are and also invest in who you are.

KRISTEL TALKS

YOU ATTRACT WHO YOU ARE.

theft  / taking sth which belongs to sb else without permission.  He steals cars then sells them. /  thief (pi thieves)

robbery / stealing from a person or place, often using violence  / Two men were planning to rob the bank /  robber

burglary /  entering a building illegally and stealing things from it / They broke Into the house and stole some jewelry. /  burglar

assault / hurting sb physically /  He assaulted/attacked a man. / attacker
attack  / She stabbed the man with a knife.
murder / killing sb when it is planned / He murdered his neighbour. / murderer
 He shot her dead with his father's gun.

English Mini Lessons

Types of crimes

Olá, tudo bem? Eu sou a Georgia, professora de português brasileiro para estrangeiros. A ideia desse podcast é divulgar o português brasileiro falando sobre curiosidades sobre o Brasil, cultura brasileira, música, cinema, folclore e também sobre a língua, gramática, expressões populares, tudo isso em linguagem acessível para alunos de nível intermediário que estejam aprendendo a nossa língua. Esse é o primeiro episódio, minha primeira tentativa, e eu espero que dê certo e você goste!

Mande uma mensagem para mim contando o que achou, dando sugestões para os próximos episódios ou falando um pouco sobre a sua experiência com o português brasileiro. Vou adorar ler as suas contribuições! 

Português Brasileiro

#1 - Expressões comuns em português brasileiro

Today we're talking about "jetlag", what it means and the grammar that we use with it. I hope you find it useful. 

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