¿Sabías que en Costa Rica la gente le dice "usted" a su pareja, sus hijos… y hasta a su perro? 

En este episodio te explico por qué los ticos vivimos en "usted", cuándo usamos "vos", y cómo funciona realmente el español que se habla en mi país. Spoiler: ningún libro te lo enseña así.

Español Pura Vida/Mini episodios para hablar español con naturalidad

¿Tuteo o ustedeo? El secreto que Costa Rica esconde

**The little black fish is the main character in our story . Its a long story that is divided into several episodes. this one is the Fourth episode
**Hope you enjoy listening to it
**if you need any help with the words or text, feel free to send me a message

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

ماهی سیاه کوچولو (4) / The little black fish

Commonly used phrases, Please read after me.
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*妈妈和女儿
  打电话
 坐出租车
 吃米饭
 下雨了
 买东西
 在医院
 喝茶
 写字
 十块钱
 五本书
 太热了
 看电影 
 读书
 五点零四分



Merry's voice (HSK一）

HSK一， Commonly used phrases, Please read after me.

Una volpe affamata entra in un bosco in cerca di cibo. All'improvviso, nota in un tronco vuoto del pane e del formaggio e decide di mangiarli. Finito il pasto, la volpe cerca di uscire dal tronco, ma non ci riesce, avendo la pancia piena. Una sua amica volpe, che passa di lì, la rassicura dicendole che, una volta digerito, la sua pancia tornerà come prima e lei potrà finalmente uscire dal tronco.

Vittorio per Voi

La volpe con la pancia piena

Speaker 1: For me, having a dumbphone would be …dumb. I really like surfing the web on my phone to find out about things. If I hear the name of an actor I don’t know about, I can look them up, or if I‘m in a new place and I want to find a restaurant to go to, I can find somewhere easily. Plus, I love Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I follow loads of celebrities and I love to watch concerts and live-tweet what is happening. Without my smartphone, my friends wouldn’t know what I was doing. It would feel very strange.

Speaker 2: I’m seriously thinking about getting a dumbphone. I hate how the battery on my smartphone is in control of my life. I always have to find somewhere to charge the phone when I’m out and I’m always worried about it. I also don’t like the way search engines record your history and use it to sell you things. I feel as though my attention is always taken away from everything I do with my smartphone because I use it so much. I was with a friend the other day and after a while, we were sitting there not talking, just looking at our phones. It was like our phones just killed the conversation. We didn’t even realize it was happening.

Speaker 3: I like the idea of a dumbphone. I’m just not sure if I would like it in practice. I travel a lot with my work, so it really helps being able to access my inbox when I’m out. If I didn’t, I would spend all my time in the office answering emails. I also have a favorite podcaster who I listen to all the time when I’m traveling. I can download his latest episode and pass the time when I’m on a flight or a train. I do enjoy being offline as I feel as though I am always using my phone to communicate, with email, Skype, phone calls, and text. But I think if I didn’t have access to the Internet most of the time, I would worry.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

DUMBPHONES

¡Hola cómo estás y cómo está usted! Bienvenido a este episodio donde exploramos la sutil distinción entre calidad y cualidad, adentrándonos también en la impactante realidad de la calidad del aire en la vibrante ciudad de Santa Cruz. 
Esta lección de español no solo expandirá tu vocabulario, sino que también te hará reflexionar sobre la calidad de vida y su conexión con nuestro entorno.
¿Listo para llevar tu español al siguiente nivel? 
Te invito a unirte a mis lecciones personalizadas. Desde conversaciones fluidas hasta el dominio de la gramática y la perfección en la pronunciación, te guiaré en cada paso del camino. 
¡Haz clic ahora y descubre cómo el español puede ser más que un idioma, una experiencia transformadora en tu vida!
🔴Konrad Rovira - Tutor de Español Italki

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Calidad y Cualidad 🥇⭐[Capítulo 27]

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Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

😱😱 "Your over there!" "Their coming over for dinner!" 😱😱 Use your, you're and there, their, they're correctly instead of making these mistakes!

「あっという間」とは「時間が短い」という意味の表現です。例えば、「新幹線なら東京から大阪まであっという間だよ」とか、「今年もあっという間だったね」と言ったりします。

この２年間はずっとパンデミックでした。もう元の生活に戻った人もいると思いますし、今、隔離をしているという人もいるかもしれません。

私にとってこの2年間はあっという間でした。パンデミックが始まる直前にドイツに来て、オンラインで日本語を教え始めたり、ポッドキャストを始めました。また、このパンデミックの間にもイタリアやポルトガルに旅行することができました。パンデミック中にいくつか新しいことを始められたり、旅行ができたことは私にとってとてもラッキーでした。
でも、この2年間どこにも旅行に行くことができなかったという人もいるかもしれません。
自分のやりたかったことが何もできなかった2年間だったという人もいるかもしれません。
私にとって日本に帰ることがむずかしい2年間でもありました。今も隔離やPCR検査は必要なので、以前のように簡単に日本と外国を行ったり来たりすることはまだできません。

みなさんにとってこの2年間はあっという間でしたか？

あっという間：In the blink of an eye
新幹線：しんかんせん　high speed train
元の：もとの　original
元（もと）の生活（せいかつ）：the life which people used to have, normal life
隔離：かくり　quarantine
行ったり来たり：いったりきたり　back and forth

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

あっという間-Today’s Word

Happy International Artist's Day!👩‍🎨 In my 102 podcast episode, you are about to learn how to compliment an artist! 🌷There are 2 SECTIONS of the podcast episode – 1. for A1-A2 LEVEL and 2. for B1-B2 LEVEL. You will hear 10 compliments in each section.
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!👋
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