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ROMANIAN

Strada. Strada.

1. Siete persone competitive nel gioco?
2. Avevate già sentito parlare dell’Ayurveda?
3. Avevate mai paragonato la medicina occidentale con quella orientale?
4. Come gestite la rabbia? Come gestite la competizione? La sofferenza? E l’amicizia?

In questo episodio parlerò dell'ultimo libro di Gianluca Gotto, intitolato "Verrà l'alba, starai bene."

🔤 Vocabolario 🔤

Controllo ossessivo — Obsessive control

Crollo emotivo — Emotional breakdown

Costretta a fermarsi — Forced to stop

Persona persa — Lost person

Colpi di scena — Plot twists

Ayurveda, l’antica scienza della vita — Ayurveda, the ancient science of life

Questionario — Questionnaire

Temi alquanto interessanti — Quite interesting topics

Competizione — Competition

Monaci buddisti — Buddhist monks

Sofferenza — Suffering

Alimenti l’ego — Feeds the ego

Il desiderio, la rabbia, l’ignoranza — Desire, anger, ignorance

Saggio — Wise person / Sage

Fonte di interesse — Source of interest


Puro Parlare

28. Verrà l'alba, starai bene

LAS GRUTAS DE XTACUMBILXUNAÁN, CAMPECHE MÉXICO.

Las grutas de Xtacumbilxuna’an, también conocidas como las grutas de la “Mujer escondida” se localizan en el ejido de Bolonchén de Rejón en el municipio de Hopelchén, Campeche.

Pese a que el recorrido es corto, en su interior puedes ver diversas formaciones de estalactitas y estalacmitas que se han formado a través de varios años.

A diferencia de otras grutas- como las de Cristal en Tekax, Yucatán– las de Xtacumbilxuna’an son aptas para toda la familia. Su recorrido durará el tiempo que decidas permanecer en ellas aunque el tiempo estimado es entre 40  minutos y una hora.

Dentro de las grutas podrás disfrutar de un camino  iluminado con diferentes colores que van cambiando durante tu recorrido. Ya sea que escuches la explicación de algún guía o bien escuches el sonido ambiental que han adaptado para este recorrido.

Para llegar recorrer este atractivo tendrás que descender por una escalera de concreto con un barandal hecho del mismo material. Si así lo decidieras podrá acompañarte un guía para explicarte la leyenda y el origen del nombre de las grutas, así como algunos sucesos o experiencias que han tenido algunos visitantes en el lugar.

Estas grutas eran consideradas un lugar sagrado por los mayas. Según cuenta la leyenda Lol-Be (flor del camino), la joven hija de Timot fue escondida en estas cuevas para evitar una relación amorosa con un joven llamado Dzulin. Éste finalmente la encuentra, pero debido a una promesa hecha por Lol-be a su madre Lol-Ha (flor de agua), quien finalmente muere, decide regresar a las cuevas y tomar forma de una mujer con un niño en brazos para convertirse en piedra. Esta figura es claramente identificada por todos los visitantes.





Spanish México

LAS GRUTAS DE XTACUMBILXUNAÁN, CAMPECHE MÉXICO.

Hi everyone, I am Sara and this is Persian made EZ, episode 2. 

One way to say “how are you?” in Persian is to use, “chetor i?” and, “chetor in?”.

We use “chetor i”, with the “i” ending, when we’re talking to one person in an informal setting, for example when talking to a friend or family.

And we use “chetor in”, with the “in” ending, either when we’re talking to one person in a formal setting, or to more than one person in both formal and informal situations. 

It's also very common in person to ask, “khub i?” and, “khub in?” when we're greeting each other.

“Khub” means “good”, “well”, or “fine”, so “khub i?” and “khub in?” literally mean, “are you fine?” or, “are you doing well?”

You can also put “khub i?” and “khub in?” together with “chetor i?” and “chetor in?”, and greet each other like this: 

Salām! Chetor i? Khub i? (Informal, Singular)

Or

Salām! Chetor in? Khub in? (Formal / Plural)

We can answer “chetor i?” and “khub i?” with, “khub am, merci!” and, “khub am, kheili mamnun!”, or, “bad nistam, merci!” and, “bad nistam, kheili mamnun!”.

And then we can ask, “to chetor i?” and, “to khub i?” or, “shomā chetor in?” and, “shomā khub in?”.

Now let’s practice! 

Dialogue 1

Salām! Chetor i? 
Salām! Khub am, merci! To chetor i?
Khub am, kheili mamnun! 

Dialogue 2

Salām! Chetor i? Khub i?
Salām! Bad nistam, kheili mamnun! To khub i?
Khub am, merci! 

Persian Script

سَلام: hello, hi
چِطوری / چِطورین: how are you
خوبی / خوبین: are you fine, are you doing well
خوبَم: I'm fine
بَد نیستَم: I'm not bad
مِرسی: thanks
خِیلی مَمنون: thank you so much

Latin Script 

Salām: hello, hi
Chetor i? / Chetor in?: how are you?
Khub i? / Khub in?: are you fine?, are you doing well?
Khub am: I’m fine
Bad nistam: (I’m) not bad
Merci: thanks
Kheil mamnun: thank you so much

Persian Made Easy 

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Motivation and Learning (with transcript for study).

Transcript for learning: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o6M1u7lHott1JyZto-kfwsLp5jFpn_2L/view?usp=drivesdk