Let's listen to the great sorceress Circe and her brief story about her life while we practice the difference between Por and Para.

In this link you will find the work material: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IKtT0jvAFHBtDER8Pfv0bUn3EIbI4-39HCXqHzzTRNo/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy it!

Real Spanish Podcast

Circe, the sorceress

conjuguemos y conjugamos 

intro

The letter from Chen Yinke to Liu Wendian.

Lily's Chinese 对话

20240102陈寅恪先生写给刘文典先生的信

Acompáñanos a tomarnos una taza de café colombiano mientras escuchamos experiencias de distintas personas que se dedican a cultivar café en el país. 

¿Sabías que Colombia produce el 15% del café mundial?

En esta nueva entrega nos acompañan tres caficultoras y un caficultor de distintas partes del país, quienes nos compartirán sus vivencias con el café. Así que ve por tu taza de café y ponte cómoda/o.
Recuerda que en el siguiente enlace puedes encontrar la transcripción del podcast: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IQs0sYKyWUWPCq-P8kxWfEIGVzur3lA0wo49f9jFWuI/edit?tab=t.0




Voces Difusora

El Café en Colombia: historias y experiencias de caficultoras y caficultores.

안녕하세요. 2026년 2월 4일. 오늘도 여름입니다.
Hello, February 4, 2026. Today is summer again.
Today, I boiled potatoes. I found five potatoes I'd forgotten on the veranda. I washed them thoroughly and peeled them. I carefully cut off the sprouts. I cut the potatoes in half, placed them in a large glass bowl, and microwaved them for about 6 minutes. I love using the microwave when cooking. It's so convenient! I boiled the potatoes warm and plan to eat some and save some for later. Do you like potatoes? They seem like a versatile ingredient that can be cooked in many ways.

〈365일 한국은 여름〉 안녕하세요. 2026년 2월 4일. 오늘도 여름입니다.
오늘은 집에서 감자를 삶았습니다. 사실 요리를 하려고 계획한 건 아니었어요. 베란다를 정리하다가, 잊고 있었던 감자 다섯 개를 발견했거든요. “아, 이거 지금 안 먹으면 안 되겠다”라는 생각이 들었습니다.
먼저 감자를 하나씩 꺼내서 깨끗하게 씻었습니다. 흙이 조금 남아 있어서 물로 여러 번 씻어야 했어요. 그다음에는 감자 껍질을 벗겼습니다. 감자에 싹이 나 있는 부분이 있어서, 그 부분은 칼로 꼼꼼하게 잘라주었어요.
껍질을 벗긴 감자는 반으로 잘랐습니다. 그리고 큰 유리그릇에 담아서 전자레인지에 넣었어요. 약 6분 정도 돌렸는데, 생각보다 아주 잘 익었습니다. 저는 요리를 할 때 전자레인지를 쓰는 걸 좋아해요. 불을 쓰지 않아도 되고, 무엇보다 정말 편리하니까요.
따끈하게 익은 감자를 꺼내서 몇 개는 바로 먹고, 몇 개는 나중에 먹으려고 따로 남겨두었습니다. 아무 양념 없이 먹어도 감자는 맛있는 것 같아요. 배도 부르고, 마음도 좀 편안해졌습니다.
여러분은 감자를 좋아하시나요? 감자는 삶아 먹어도 맛있고, 구워 먹어도 맛있고, 다른 재료랑 같이 요리해도 잘 어울리는 식재료인 것 같아요.
혹시 여러분이 좋아하는 감자 요리가 있다면 알려주세요. 저도 다음에 한번 만들어보고 싶어요.
내일도 여름에서 만나요. 안녕.

365 days of Summer in Korea

Do you like potatoes? 감자를 좋아하시나요?

Class 210 — nicknames, pet names, and how Malayalis actually call each other.

You meet a man introduced as Rajesh. His mother calls him Unni. His wife calls him ഏട്ടാ. His colleagues call him Rajesh sir. His childhood friends call him Kuttan. His children call him അച്ഛാ. His neighbour calls him മോനേ, though he is fifty-two. Six names, one person, none of them wrong.

THE വിളിപ്പേര് (vilipperu), the calling name. Almost every Malayali has a home name given in infancy, used by family and by anyone who knew them as a child, entirely independent of the birth certificate. The recurring set: ഉണ്ണി · കുട്ടൻ · കുട്ടി · കുഞ്ഞ് · അപ്പു · ബാബു · അച്ചു · ചിന്നു · അമ്മു · ദേവു · രാജു.

Notice the pattern — most end in -u. That is a productive diminutive: Anil → Anu, Rajendran → Raju, Amrutha → Ammu. English does it with -y and -ie (Robert → Bobby, Elizabeth → Lizzie), Spanish with -ito and -ita. Diminutive name-formation is close to universal; Malayalam’s is the -u.

THE SOCIAL RULE, and this is the one to get right: a home name is not public property. You use somebody’s വിളിപ്പേര് only if you are family, a childhood friend, or if they have told you to. Using one without standing is a claim of intimacy you have not earned. If a Malayali offers you theirs, that is a real gesture. The safe question is ഞാൻ എന്ത് വിളിക്കണം? — What should I call you?

KINSHIP ADDRESS, used for everybody, related or not: ചേട്ടാ (elder brother) to a man moderately older · ചേച്ചീ (elder sister) to a woman moderately older · ഏട്ടാ · അനിയാ, അനിയത്തീ to younger people · മോനേ, മോളേ · അങ്കിൾ, ആന്റി · സാർ, മാഡം · ടീച്ചർ, permanently, to anyone who ever taught you. And the name-plus-term form: സുരേഷ് ചേട്ടൻ, ലീലാ ചേച്ചി, രമേശ് സാർ.

Calibration is by age, not rank — genuinely different from a class-based system. The instruction: default to ചേട്ടാ and ചേച്ചീ. You will be right ninety percent of the time, and the other ten you will have erred toward warmth.

Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.

Kerala Culture Decoded | Onam, Weddings, Family and Customs

Six Names, One Man — Nicknames, Pet Names and How Malayalis Really Address Each Other

Duas amigas de São Paulo vão decorar a casa para o Natal! 

Portuguese Audios for Beginners A1 -Áudios em Português para Principiantes A1

A decoração do apartamento

Vocabulary:
a couple of: two
fur baby: a cute way to refer to a pet
glance: to look quickly
self-checkout: buying items by scanning them yourself and paying for them at a computer
tricky: hard to do something
homeless: without a home
oversee: to look over

Learn English with Stories

The Kindness of Strangers

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


こんばんは！

今回は、北海道の冬のイベント、千歳市の支笏湖氷濤まつりの話をします。

このイベントでは、支笏湖の近くの駐車場を使って、大小様々な氷のオブジェを作ります。湖水をスプリンクラーで吹き付け凍らせて作ります。
 昼は支笏湖ブルーと呼ばれるとても綺麗な青色の氷の像を見ることができます。
夜は色とりどりのライトに照らされ、幻想的な世界になります。

今回、僕たちは夜に行きました。
支笏湖は家からそんなに遠くないので、何回か行ったことがあります。
その中でも、今回は1番車と人が多かったです。

像がたくさんあるだけではなく、氷の階段を登ることができたり、氷の展望台から全体の像を見渡すことができたり、氷の部屋のように中に入れたりと、いろんな体験ができました。

気温はたぶんー5℃ぐらいで、雪も降っていたので、かなり寒かったですが、その寒さを忘れるぐらい、おもしろかったです。

湖の水を使って作っているところも、支笏湖が近くにあるからこそできるイベントで、地域の特性が出ていてとても良かったです。

僕たちは車で行きましたが、空港からバスも出ているようでした。海外のかたも多い結構多かったです。

2/23までやっています。
1人500円です。
10:00-20:00までしているみたいです。
リンクもはっておきます。気になる人は見てみてください。
https://hyoutou-special.asia/

ということで、今回は以上です。
北海道は、日本人の僕でも知らなかったイベントなどがたくさんあります。

みなさんの国のおもしろいイベントは何かありますか？
ぜひオンラインレッスンで教えてください！
お待ちしています！

今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！
