Hi everyone, in this episode I talk about how I like to take time off of work, vacation or staycation. Which do you prefer? Let me know in the comments :)

What's Your Opinion?

What's Your Opinion? Vacation or Staycation

Partez aujourd'hui avec nous sur les pas de Claude Monet en Normandie. 


Douce France

Claude Monet et la Normandie

I will greet everyone. I will briefly introduce myself and talk about this channel. I'm a bit nervous, so I'll gradually show more of my true self. In the next episode, I plan to talk about what I'm looking forward to as I return to Japan for the first time in a year. 


Nihongo no Café : リラックスしながらまなぶ

EP1. じこしょうかいとNihongo no Café へようこそ / Introduction and Welcome to Nihongo no Café

In this episode we are going to learn 【Appearance】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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她很漂亮，不高不矮。
tā hěn piào liàng ， bù gāo bù ǎi 。
She is beautiful, not too tall, not too short.
她很苗条，皮肤很白。
tā hěn miáo tiáo ， pí fū hěn bái 。
She is slim and has fair skin.
她有一头黑色的长发。
tā yǒu yì tóu hēi sè de cháng fà 。
She has black long hair.
她的脸很小，眼睛很大。
tā de liǎn hěn xiǎo ， yǎn jīng hěn dà 。
Her face is small and her eyes are big.
她的哥哥又高又帅。
tā de gē ge yòu gāo yòu shuài 。
Her brother is tall and handsome.
他喜欢运动，不胖不瘦。
tā xǐ huān yùn dòng ， bú pàng bú shòu 。
He likes sports and is not fat or thin.
他有一头棕色的卷发。
tā yǒu yì tóu zōng sè de juǎn fà 。
He has brown curly hair.
他的鼻子很高，嘴巴很大。
tā de bí zi hěn gāo ， zuǐ bā hěn dà 。
He has a high nose and a big mouth.
他们长得很像爸爸和妈妈。
tā men zhǎng de hěn xiàng bà ba hé mā ma 。
They look a lot like dad and mom.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

外貌 Appearance （Beginner）

Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino di Carlo Collodi

Incipit

Incipit # 2 - Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino

Did you know why it’s hard to catch a dragonfly?

Did you know?

Dragonfly eyes

"To have a lot on your plate"

Eg; “Forgive me, but I’ve had a lot on my plate.”

or 

“Sorry, I can’t do that right now… I have enough on my plate as it is.”


"To bite off more than you can chew”

Eg; “We planned to see too many landmarks in this city in one day. I think we bit off more than we could chew.”

or 

"I signed up for five advanced courses this term, but between the exams and the extra assignments, I definitely bit off more than I can chew."

Have you ever used these expressions before? 

Luke's English Sessions

Ep 11. Food-related Metaphors

Listen to this episode to learn how to count things like a native speaker using units like 권(books), 일(days), and 달(months). It’s the perfect way to level up your basic Korean numbers while having a laugh!

조이:
💬 안녕하세요!
💬 <쉬운 한국어로 이야기해 봐요> 팟캐스트예요.
💬 저는 조이예요.

우디:
💬 안녕하세요. 😔
💬 저는 우디예요.

조이:
💬 어? 우디 씨, 얼굴이 안 좋아 보여요.
💬무슨 일 있어요?

우디:
💬 네... 기분이 안 좋아요. 😞
💬 '기분이 안 좋아요' means 'I am feeling down'.


조이:
💬 왜요?

우디:
💬 저는 새해 목표가 있었어요.
💬 '목표' means 'goal'.
💬 그런데 실패했어요.😢
💬 ‘실패해요’ means ‘to fail’.

조이:
💬 벌써 실패했어요?
💬 목표가 뭐였어요?

우디:
💬 하루에 책 1권 읽기예요.
💬 ‘하루’ means ‘a day’.
💬 ‘책 1권' means ‘a book’.
💬 ‘읽기’ means ‘reading’.

조이:
💬 하루에 1권이요?! 😲 One book a day?!

우디:
💬 네, 하루에 1권!  
💬 일주일에 7권!  7 books a week!
💬 한 달에 31권!  31 books a month!
💬 1년에 365권!  365 books a year!

조이:
💬 우디 씨, 그건 너무 많아요! 

우디:
💬 많지 않아요! It's not too many!
💬 저는 할 수 있어요. I can do it!

조이:
💬 하… 🤦‍♀️ 그럼 질문할게요.
💬 지금까지 몇 권 읽었어요? 
💬 ‘몇 권’ means ‘how many books’.

우디:
💬 음… 오늘까지… until today…
💬 1권 읽었어요.

조이:
💬 1권이요?
💬 지금 3월이에요!
💬 그런데 1권 읽었어요?! 

우디:
💬 저는 너무 바빠요!
💬 ‘바빠요’ means ‘to be busy’. 

조이:
💬 그런데 무슨 책을 읽었어요? 

우디:
💬 <아이언맨>이에요!   

조이:
💬 만화책이요?
💬 ‘만화책’ means ‘comic book’.

우디:
💬 왜요? 만화책도 책이에요! 😤
💬 그리고 저는 아이언맨이 될 거예요. 
💬 “I’m Iron Man.”


조이:
💬 우디 씨, 그건 비현실적이에요.
💬 ‘비현실적이에요’ means ‘to be unrealistic’.
💬 그리고 우디 씨 목표도 비현실적이에요.

우디:
💬 으아악! 그럼 어떻게 해야 해요? 😫

조이:
💬 목표를 바꾸세요.
💬 한 달에 1권 읽기, 어때요?

우디:
💬 한 달에 1권이요?
💬 그럼 1년에 12권이에요.
💬 에이, 그건 너무 적어요!

조이:
💬 지금까지 몇 권 읽었어요?

우디:
💬 음... 좋아요! 한 달에 1권! 
💬 그런데... 웹툰도 괜찮아요?

조이:
💬 아휴… 마음대로 하세요. 
💬 그럼 오늘 배운 단어를 정리해 볼게요. 

조이:
'기분이 안 좋아요.' = 'I am feeling down’
'목표' = 'goal'
‘실패해요’ =  ‘to fail’
‘하루’ = ‘a day’
‘책 1권' = ‘a book’

우디:
‘읽기’ = ‘reading’
‘몇 권’ = ‘how many books
‘바빠요’ = ‘to be busy’
‘만화책’ = ‘comic book’
‘비현실적이에요’ = ‘to be unrealistic’


조이:
💬 여러분은 1년에 책을 몇 권 읽어요?

우디:
💬 1권? 12권? 48권? 365권?

조이:
💬 오늘은 여기까지예요.
💬 안녕히 계세요!

우디:
💬 안녕히 계세요! 
💬 다음에 또 만나요!


쉬운 한국어로 이야기해 봐요 (Let's chat in easy Korean)

[A1+] 책을 몇 권 읽어요? 

Уживајте у поучној причи / Uživajte u poučnoj priči! After listening to this short story try to answer these questions in the comments below:
1. Где је отац одвео дечака? Зашто? / Gde je otac odveo dečaka? Zašto.
2. Шта је за тебе највеће богатство? / Šta je za tebe najveće bogatstvo?
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!
