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Conhecer a expressão "A GENTE" em português brasileiro é muito importante no aprendizado. Hoje você que esta aprendendo português terá a oportunidade de conhecer de forma completa o seu uso e a sua pronuncia com acento nativo da língua.

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05. O uso da expressão 'A GENTE' no português brasileiro

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。今天，我给你们说说一只小猫的故事。


有一只小猫叫噜噜，它非常饿，它已经两天没有吃东西了。今天，噜噜要去家里找东西吃。
上午，噜噜去了客厅，看见在桌子的上边有一杯热巧克力和一块面包，它不喜欢。
中午，噜噜去了书房，看见在电脑的旁边有一杯咖啡和一个苹果，它不喜欢。
下午，噜噜去了厨房，看见杯子里边有一点儿冰淇淋，冰淇淋太冷了，它不喜欢。
晚上，噜噜又去了客厅，看见椅子的旁边有一条小鱼和一点儿牛奶！它太高兴了！
噜噜最爱吃鱼，它吃了鱼，也喝了牛奶，嗯……真好吃！现在，噜噜要去卧室睡觉了！

这些词语你听明白了吗？

客厅Kètīng living room   书房 shūfáng study room    厨房chúfáng kitchen   卧室wòshì bedroom
上午shàngwǔ morning  中午zhōngwǔ noon  下午xiàwǔ afternoon   晚上wǎnshàng night
上边shàngbian on...  旁边pángbiān beside...  里边 lǐbian inside...   热rè hot   冷lěng cold
高兴gāoxìng glad   好吃hǎo chī delicious    睡觉shuìjiào sleep
               
好，现在我们再听一次吧！


There is a kitten named lulu. It is very hungry. It has not eaten for two days. Today, Lulu is going to find something to eat at home.

In the morning, Lulu went to the living room and saw a cup of hot chocolate and a piece of bread on the table. It didn't like it.

At noon, Lulu went to the study and saw a cup of coffee and an apple next to the computer. It didn't like it.

In the afternoon, Lulu went to the kitchen and saw a little ice cream in the cup. The ice cream was too cold and he didn't like it.

In the evening, Lulu went to the living room again and saw a small fish and a little milk beside the chair! It's so happy!

Lulu likes fish best. It eats fish and drinks milk. HMM... it's delicious! Now, Lulu is going to the bedroom to sleep!

Do you understand these words?

HSK1&2 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

02. 小猫很饿Xiǎo māo hěn è The kitten is hungry

Nihongo Hiyori | Japanese Podcast

#134 日本人の夏の過ごし方 How to Enjoy HOT SUMMER in Japan

In this episode, I discuss how external pressure to feel productive can create stress and share my strategy for managing it and avoiding frequent disappointment.

Curious Teacher Podcast.

The Burden Of Productivity 

En este episodio escucharás la presentación de este podcast. Espera hasta el final para que conozcas mi voz en español y comiences a reconocer desde ya mi acento. ¡Que lo disfrutes!

Love in Spanish

Presentación en inglés, francés y español

まあ、楽しそうな私！でも、本当は、こんなんじゃないです。もっと静（しず）かな誕生日（たんじょうび）でした。いつもどおり、レッスンしたり、ご飯作ったり、朝起きてから寝るまで、普通（ふつう）の日でした。だから、聞きやすいんじゃないかな。ときどき、文法がわからないかもしれないけど、まあ気にしないで。何となく聞いてみてください。日記だけど「ます」の形が多いのは、みなさんに、今、私と一緒（いっしょ）に経験（けいけん experience）しているように感じてほしいからなんですよ。

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楽しみ方はこちらを見てください。
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じゃあ、またね！

すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第34話　誕生日の日記

We’ve been told that positivity is the key to learning a language. But what if the opposite is true? In Episode 94 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, I explore how pessimism—or clear-eyed realism—can actually make you calmer, happier, and more consistent in your studies. By accepting limits, releasing the struggle for perfection, and embracing mistakes as inevitable, you may find more freedom and even more fluency. Listen now and discover the bright side of gloom in your language journey.

Which part of “pessimism as freedom” resonates most with your language learning?

Facing reality and acting for its own sake?

Accepting limits and stopping the struggle?

Embracing failure as non-destructive?

Using defensive pessimism to prepare better?

Episode 94 challenges the idea that positivity is the only path to language learning success. Instead, we explore how pessimism—rooted in reality and acceptance—can set you free. Facing reality helps you value learning for its own sake rather than for a distant fantasy. Accepting limits reduces stress and allows you to appreciate small wins. Embracing failure as inevitable removes the fear of mistakes, and defensive pessimism turns anxiety into thorough preparation. Research in intrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan), acceptance-based coping strategies, and defensive pessimism (Norem) shows that this approach can reduce stress, improve memory, and keep you consistent. The episode concludes with an invitation to stop bracing for perfection and instead find joy in the imperfect but deeply worthwhile present of learning.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 94 - (ง ◉ _ ◉)ง Do you have what it takes to be a pessimist? How it can help you learn a language.

"I'm not myself in English." 

You know exactly who you are in your language. Authoritative. Clear. Confident. 

You know what to say, how to say it, where to put your hands. 

Then English enters the room. 

And someone else shows up instead. 

In this episode I name what is actually happening when you switch languages — and it is not a vocabulary problem or a grammar problem. 

It is a personality split. 

You shift from your original self into a student. And students do not lead meetings, do not win interviews, do not command rooms. 

The methods you have been using to fix this were never designed to solve it. 

They were solving something else entirely. 

Listen to this. Then ask yourself: who actually shows up when you speak English?