Hello! Welcome to Shay's Language Hub!

In this week's very first episode, it's my pleasure to read the first few pages of Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone with you. 

If you have the book, you can follow along as I read or simply challenge yourself by listening only. 

Send me questions if you've got any, otherwise, enjoy!

Shay's Language Hub

Episode 1 - A little dive in a magical world 

Vocabulario de expresiones sobre clima, grados celsius, un poco de historia y la "Semana Santa". 
Transcripción: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ZdZXODWQga0sVhoWes7BWjUgflce52WmzCN-QTXXG8/edit?usp=sharing 

Inspirando a principiantes: Audios para nivel A2

El 21 de marzo inicia la primavera (Con transcripción)

这期我会说说关于大家为什么听不懂中文的三个中文的原因：
1. 中国人的方言口音
2. 电视剧演员的台词能力
3. 新闻的文学性语言
希望对大家有帮助！

Cherry Blablabla｜Chinese&English

Why you can't understand Chinese by listening?

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

私はいま、マレーシアにいます。

海外旅行(かいがいりょこう)をするとき、
なやむこと・・それはお金(かね)ですね。

日本では円(えん)ですが、
マレーシアでは、リンギットです。

日本にいるときは、ほとんど現金(げんきん)をつかいませんでした。

現金とは、お札(さつ)やコイン、
お金そのもののことです。

たとえば、

「このおみせは、現金だけしかつかえません。」

「現金のほかに、クレジットカードやQRコードもつかえますよ。」

「カードはつかえますか？」
「すみません、現金だけです。」

というかんじでつかいます。

日本では、昔(むかし)ながらのお店(みせ)やスーパーでは、
現金だけのところがあります。

みなさんの国では、どうですか？
現金だけ、のところはおおいですか？

きのう、マレーシアで電車(でんしゃ)にのりました。

現金だけしか、つかえませんでした。

しかもお札(さつ)は使えず、コインだけでした。

ちょっと大変(たいへん)でした。

電車に乗るまでに、20分ぐらい、かかりました。

これも旅のいい思い出(おもいで)です。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

□現金(げんきん)
cash

□お札(おさつ)
bill

□旅(たび)
Journey

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

29. 現金(げんきん)だけです/Japanese だんだんpodcast

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems
A 4-year-old boy from the UK has signed a book deal to publish his collection of poems.

Nadim Shamma-Sourgen was discovered by poet and teacher Kate Clanchy, who won the 2020 Orwell Prize for political writing. Clanchy knew Shamma-Sourgen's mother, who teaches the study of poetry at the University of Reading.

Clanchy began sharing Shamma-Sourgen's poems on Twitter, where they became popular with her followers. Speaking to The Guardian, Clanchy said that she didn't share them because they were like an adult's poems, but because they were so much like a child's way of thinking.

The young poet has now signed a book deal with Walker Books, a children's book company, making him one of the youngest writers to get a book deal.

According to Guinness World Records, Dorothy Straight from the US is the youngest female to publish a book. She wrote a book in 1962 when she was 4 years old. It was published in 1964.

The youngest male writer is Thanuwana Serasinghe from Sri Lanka, who wrote a book when he was 4 years and 9 months old. It was published nine days before his 5th birthday.

In an interview with Sky News, Shamma-Sourgen's mother said that he's still learning to read and write, so he speaks his poems out loud and she writes them down for him.

"I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book," Shamma-Sourgen told The Guardian. As well as nature, Shamma-Sourgen's poems talk about things like love, being lonely and bugs in his garden.

The book of poems will be published in summer 2021.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

4-Year-Old Signs Book Deal to Publish Poems

1 - Qué es la que hay?
“What’s up!” This is a phrase you can use when you great your friends.

2 - Chavo
Money. It’s the equivalent of dinero.

Example: Mi amiga me ha prestado chavo. — My friend lent me money.

3 - Pela'o
“Broke” in terms of not having money.

Example: Estoy pela’o, no tengo chavo. — I’m broke I don’t have any money.

4 - Brutal
Something that is amazing!

Example: Esa pelicula fue brutal! — That movie was amazing!

5 - Acicala'o
Flashy or well put together (in terms of dressing and style).

Example: Ese tipo está acicala’o con las cadenas puestas. — That man is flashy with his chains on.

6 - Guagua
Bus or truck

Example: I’m going to take the bus tomorrow. — Voy a coger la guagua mañana.

7 - Revolú
Mess

Example: Limpia este revolú. — Clean this mess.

8 - Corillo
Group of friends (gang)

Example: Saldré con mi corillo. — I will go out with my friends.

9 - Birras
Beer

Example: Pásame una birra. — Pass me a beer.

10 - Parquear
To park (the car)

Example: ¿Dónde parqueaste el carro? — Where did you park the car?

11 - Bregar
To deal with (something)

Example: No puede venir porque está bregando con cosas de la casa. — He can’t come because he’s dealing with things at home.

12 - Al garete 
Disaster or mess

Example: La situación está al garete por el gobierno. — The situation is a disaster because of the government.

13 - Ahorita (Orita)
Meaning “later.” Not to be confused with “ahora” which means now. Ahorita is an abstract time in the future.

Example: Te llamo ahorita, estoy ocupado ahora. — I’ll call you later, I’m busy right now.

14 - Embuste o Embustero
Lie or Liar. The equivalent to mentira and mentiroso

Example: Él es un embustero, no le creas. He his a liar, don’t believe him.

15 - Bochinche
Bad gossip that usually includes some sort of defamation.

Example: Ellos me dijeron un bochinche de tu amiga. — They gossiped to me about your friend.






Different countries speak Spanish: North America ,Central America, Caribbean Sea , South America and Spain.

Puerto Rican Words and different expressions.

저는 보통 토요일에 마트에 가요.
I usually go to a mart on Saturday.

오늘은 토요일이라서 마트에 갔어요. 
Today was Saturday, so I went to the mart.

오후 한 시에 갔어요.
I went there at 1 o'clock.

마트에서 계란이랑 라면이랑 우유를 샀어요. 
At the mart, I bought eggs and ramens and milk.

비누와 휴지도 샀어요.
I also bought soap and tissue.

계란이 좀 비쌌어요. 
Eggs were a bit expensive.

4000원이었어요.
It was 4000won.

비누가 싸서 많이 샀어요. 
Soap was cheap, so I bought a lot.

모두 23000원이었어요.
In total, it was 23000won.

Daily Journal in Korean(한국어 일기)

마트(Mart)

En este audio puedes escuchar frases con los verbos:

Necesitar
Saber
Hacer
Poder
Querer

¿Comprendes todas las frases?

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 7. Verbos de supervivencia. Frases simples 1.

Esta semana empiezan los Juegos Olímpicos, por eso en el episodio de hoy hablamos de este evento. Te voy a contar un poco acerca de su historia, como han evolucionado, y algunos de sus símbolos.

Si te gusta el episodio, te agradecería si pudieras tomarte un par de minutos y dejarle una valoración en la plataforma desde donde lo estás escuchando.
También me gustaría saber si eres un aficionado a las olimpiadas y cuál es tu deporte favorito para mirar. ¡Cuéntame!
