Travelling is one of the best ways to unwind, discover new places and flavours and, why not, learn a language. So, in this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about five breathtaking places that, in my opinion, you should visit if you are planning to travel to Latin America.

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Five breathtaking places to visit in Latin America

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한국 커피숍에서의 경험 ☕️

나는 한국에 온 지 한 달이 되었다. 한국에서는 커피숍이 정말 많다. 길을 걸으면 커피숍이 계속 보인다. 나는 커피를 좋아해서 한국 커피숍에 꼭 가 보고 싶었다.

어느 날, 친구와 함께 홍대에 갔다. 거기에는 예쁜 카페가 많았다. 우리는 조용하고 아늑한 커피숍을 찾았다. 커피숍 문을 열고 들어가자 좋은 커피 향이 났다. 따뜻하고 달콤한 냄새였다.

나는 메뉴를 보았다. 아메리카노, 라떼, 카푸치노, 그리고 한국에서 유명한 달고나 라떼도 있었다. 나는 고민하다가 아메리카노를 주문했다. "아메리카노 주세요." 직원이 웃으며 물어봤다.
"뜨거운 거요? 아이스요?"
나는 아이스를 좋아해서 대답했다. "아이스 아메리카노 주세요."

주문을 하고 자리에 앉았다. 커피숍 안은 조용했다. 어떤 사람들은 책을 읽고 있었고, 어떤 사람들은 노트북으로 일을 하고 있었다. 나와 친구도 조용히 이야기를 나누었다.

잠시 후, 커피가 나왔다. 나는 커피를 한 모금 마셨다.

한국의 문화

한국 커피숍에서의 경험 ☕️

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📝 Make up (draw up, fabricate) 编造 (Biānzào)
🧹 Make up (tidy) 收拾 (Shōushí)
💪 Manage (able to do) 办到 (Bàn dào)
🛠️ Manage (handle) 处理 (Chǔlǐ)
🎖️ March 行军 (Xíngjūn)

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5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C (52) Verbs Set : Make up (draw up, fabricate) Make up (tidy) Manage (able to do) Manage (handle) March

Velar consonants are sounds you make with the back of your tongue touching the soft palate, also called the velum. It's the fleshy bit at the back of the roof of your mouth, near your uvula (the little dangly thing).

Production:
Raise the back of your tongue up to touch the velum. Airflow is blocked completely for a moment.

Examples in English:
/k/: This is the voiceless velar plosive, the sound at the beginning of "kit" or "cat."
/g/: This is the voiced velar plosive, the sound at the beginning of "game" or the "g" in "going."
/ŋ/: This is the velar nasal, the sound at the end of "sing" or "long." Notice how air can flow out your nose while making this sound.

Other interesting facts:
The sound /k/ is actually one of the most common consonant sound across all human languages! Velar consonants can be influenced by nearby vowels. They might move slightly forward in the mouth (called "fronting") before front vowels like /

i:/ or /ɪ/ or move back (called "retraction") before back vowels like /u/ or /ʊ/.

Some practice tongue twisters:
Kate keeps giving up in the morning
My gran’s going to see the king in the Congo
Can a king conquer a sinking kangaroo
Kick the giggling goblins guarding the gold
Kevin clung to the clinging kangaroo

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Velar Consonants 

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Going to the Pharmacy 

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I introduce Japanese news in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “ポテトチップスの袋《Plastic Bag of potato chips》”.
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☆Words☆
紙（かみ / kami）：paper
プラスチック（ぷらすちっく / purasutikku）：plastic
環境（かんきょう / kankyō）：environment
～を守（まも）る（～o mamoru）：protect
カルビー（かるびー / karubi-）：Calbee（Confectionery Company in Japan）
空気（くうき / kūki）：air
薄（うす）い（usui）：thin
商品（しょうひん / shōhin）：products
親指（おやゆび / oyayubi）：thumb

☆Grammar☆
・～ために：in order to
・～そうです：heard
・～（よ）うと思う：be going to（This sentence pattern is used to talk about the speaker’s determinations or plans.）

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