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Reading articles in Russian 

“献给列翁.维尔特”

我请孩子们原谅我把这本书献给了一个大人。我有一个很重要的理由：这个大人是我在世界上最好的朋友。我还有另一个理由：这个大人他什么都能懂，甚至给孩子们写的书他也能懂。我的第三个理由是：这个大人住在法国，他在那里挨饿、受冻。他很需要安慰。如果这些理由还不够的话，那么我愿意把这本书献给儿童时代的这个大人。所有的大人都曾经是个孩子。（可惜，只有很少的一些大人记得这一点。）

因此，我就把献词改为：
“献给还是小男孩时的列翁.维尔特”

跟茗一起学汉语【Talk to Ming in Chinese】

0.1《小王子Little Prince》序言

Neste episódio, conto um poquinho sobre a minha experiência em Berlim com nível A1 em alemão e como isso serviu de motivação para continuar aprendendo! Espero que gostem!

Praia e Dolce Vita

Minha experiência em Berlim com nível A1 em alemão

What does this idiom mean? Let's take a look at some examples!

How would you translate that in Italian?

English with Serena

*A blessing in disguise*

[conversation]

A : 진아 씨, 이분은 누구세요?
B : 우리 아버지세요.
A : 아버지는 무슨 일을 하세요?
B : 은행에서 일하세요.
A : 이 사람은 누구예요?
B : 제 동생이에요.
A : 동생은 뭘 해요?
B : 학생이에요.

A : Jina, who is this?
B : My father.
A : What does he do for a living?
B : He works at a bank.
A : Who is this?
B : My younger brother.
A : What does he do?
B : He is a student.


[vocabulary]

할아버지 grandfather 할머니 grandmother 아버지 father 어머니 mother
형 elder brother (from a male perspective) 누나 elder sister (from a male perspective)
오빠 elder brother (from a female perspective) 언니 elder sister (from a female perspective)
남동생  younger brother 여동생 younger sister 동생 younger brother or sister
가족 family
이분 this person (honorific) 저분 that person (honorific)

[grammar]

N의 N
When expressing possessive case, '의' is added to posessor, N.
Also note that '의' is often omitted.

N(이)세요
-(이)세요 is a combination of -이에요/예요 and -(으)시-, which shows respect towards the subject.
nouns ending with a vowel + -세요
nouns ending with a consonant + -이세요

무슨 N
무슨 is used when asking someone to choose and answer from a pool of options.



Reading Korea.

Family

¿Vosotros qué vais a hacer estos días? Con esta pregunta comienza el podcast de hoy sobre la perífrasis de futuro, usada en presente, ir a + infinitivo. En el audio tenéis unos muchos ejemplos de uso en contexto y una explicación final, para que tengáis claro cómo utilizar la que es la más común de todas las perífrasis.

Reyes from Spain

La perífrasis de futuro Ir a + infinitivo

أَمَامَ  delante
خَلْفَ detrás
 Al lado بِجَانِبِ
تَحْتَ  debajo 
فَوْقَ encima 
عَلَى يَمِين a la derecha
عَلَى يَسَار  a la izquierda
Cerca de قَرِيب - ة مِنْ 
Lejos de بَعِيد - ة عَنْ 


الأمَاكِن  - Los lugares 
Colegio مَدْرَسَة  
Barrio حَيّ
Edificio  بِنَايَة
Banco  بَنْك
Ayuntamiento بَلَدِيَّة 
Plaza سَاحَة 
Hotel فُنْدُق
Panadería مَخْبَزَة 
Carnicería مَجْزَرَة 
Locales  مَحَلاَّت
Hospital مُسْتَشْفَى 
Tiendas دَكَاكَين 
مَطْعَم  Restaurante 
مَطَاعِم  restaurantes 

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En el barrio - في الحي

Today we're talking about an idiom that comes from the sport of boxing. I hope you find it useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Have you ever done this with a towel?

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