Tune in for a special episode! Here, I share my conversation with Audrey and Abigail, the hosts of the You Don't Say?! English Podcast. We talk about cultural differences, interviewing, traveling and living abroad, culture shock, and more!

Episode originally published April 22, 2021.

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This episode introduces three idioms that use the word hand. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Hand

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの28回目です。私は最近、鼻水が止まりません。季節が変わるときは、寒暖差アレルギーというアレルギーが出ます。寒暖差アレルギーは、気温の差が7度以上になると出やすいそうです。特に朝と夜がひどいです。寝不足になるのは辛いですが、私はずっと家にいるので、昼に休むことができます。最近のレッスンはだいたい午前中です。

Hello. This is episode 28 of my podcast. I have had a runny nose recently. When the seasons change, I get an allergy called a cold weather allergy. I’m told that cold-weather allergies are more likely to appear when the temperature difference is more than seven degrees Celsius. It is particularly bad in the morning and at night. It is hard for me to sleep, but I am at home all the time, so I can rest during the day. My lessons these days are usually in the morning.

最近また、音楽を作り始めました。私は美術大学に通っていました。入学試験のために二年ぐらいデッサンを勉強しました。音楽や、美術や、スポーツなど、文化的な活動はなんでもそうですが、頭で理解することより、練習を通して経験することが重要です。先生のアドバイスは感覚的な表現が多く、同じ経験がないと理解できないからです。筋肉だけではなく、耳や目なども、活動するためのトレーニングが重要です。

I recently started making music again. I used to go to art college. I studied drawing for about two years for the entrance exam. As with any cultural activity, be it music, art or sports, it is more important to experience it through practice than to understand it in your head. This is because the teacher’s advice is often expressed in sensory terms, which cannot be understood without the same experience. Physical muscle training is important for certain activities. However, training our hearing sense and visual sense is important too.

なので20代のときは、ほとんど毎日絵を描いていました。しかし、それは思っていたより楽しくありませんでした。私は小さい頃から絵を描くことが好きでしたが、絵を描くことで、空想の世界にいることが好きでした。人に絵を見せて褒められることよりも、一人で絵を描いて楽しんでいる時間の方が重要でした。評価にはあまり興味がありませんでした。

So when I was in my twenties, I drew almost every day. But it wasn’t as much fun as I thought it would be. I had loved drawing since I was a little girl, but I loved it because it let me be in my own imaginary world. It was more important to me to spend time alone drawing and having fun than to show my drawings to others and receive compliments. I was not really interested in evaluation.

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

28. 絵と音楽

Seguro que te has preguntado alguna vez: ¿Cuándo “tú”? ¿Cuándo “usted”?  Hay muchas teorías, pero la mía, es que es una cuestión cultural, no de ser más educado o menos.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Usted y mi madre... Tú y yo.

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La rubrica di oggi riguarda una parte della sfera sociale molto importante. Partendo dal corteggiamento per arrivare alla famiglia. Quando un uomo italiano incontra una donna italiana, o viceversa, cosa succede nel 2024? Lasciando da parte il modo in cui questo potrebbe avvenire – perché significherebbe parlare di rimorchio*, amici di amici**, applicazioni varie, insomma tutti i modi in cui l’incontro è organizzato – cosa succede al primo, ma anche al secondo e al terzo appuntamento? Mi sono chiesta se esistesse ancora, o perlomeno se stesse tornando di moda la galanteria, quel modo di fare per cui l’uomo farà di tutto per essere estremamente gentile e affascinante per conquistare la donna. E se la donna farà di tutto per essere bellissima e elegante, truccata e profumata. Ma la risposta è: NO! Da molteplici o tutti i punti di vista. In Italia, oggigiorno, non ci si mette più insieme così. Tutto è più fluido, lasciato al caso. Siamo più liberali e moderni. E non lo dico con nostalgia. Oggi credo che sia l’uomo che la donna cerchino di essere compagni, amici, complici; loro vogliono condividere, essere in sintonia.Forse un fiore 🌷 regalato sarà sempre piacevole, ma non solo per le donne!!! Tutto questo, come ho detto all’inizio, per arrivare a aggiornarvi sulla situazione “famiglia”. Perché, nel caso in cui il corteggiamento andasse a buon fine, si arriverebbe a qualcosa in più. Si sa che l’Italia è sempre stata famosa per un’idea molto forte di famiglia – ma sempre secondo la tradizione occidentale eh! La famiglia, quella grande, comprensiva di nonni, zii, cugini. Quella che si ritrova sempre nelle grandi occasioni, che si invita al matrimonio, quando il corteggiamento è andato bene. Ma aggiorniamoci: pratica diffusa è la convivenza prima del matrimonio, o una convivenza eterna. Si va a convivere per un po’, per fare le prove generali, vedere se “funziona” nella realtà di tutti i giorni. Alcuni decideranno poi di sposarsi. 

la Rubrica di Simona

IL CORTEGGIAMENTO E LA FAMIGLIA IN ITALIA NEL 2024

This is a trick I use to help students remember whether or not put an article for locations. Some locations tend to not need an article, learn which locations in this episode!

English in a minute!

When NOT to use the word "the"- locations

Oi gente, aqui é a Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. Nessa nova temporada do Portuguese Drops trarei uma fábula famosa em cada episódio. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário. E se quiserem acompanhar o script desse episódio é só clicar no link a seguir: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1000gvAwgHM4DckbVlofKaBP-sfP95uaaFLQtOsulo1E/edit?usp=sharing
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Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In this new season of Portuguese Drops I will bring a famous fable in each episode. In the end, I will bring some words with their meanings in English to help if you have difficulty with vocabulary. And if you want to follow the script of this episode just click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1000gvAwgHM4DckbVlofKaBP-sfP95uaaFLQtOsulo1E/edit?usp=sharing
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