Esta semana hablamos de eufemismos, que son estructuras, palabras más suaves o más políticamente correctas que usamos en lugar de usar su equivalente, que a veces puede sonar vulgar o duro.

Después de escuchar el episodio no te olvides de dejar una valoración ni de pasarte por mi instagram para decirme qué te ha parecido el episodio, ¿habías escduchado estos eufemismos antes? En tu idioma nativo, ¿también los usáis?


Blanca to go 

137 – Eufemismos en español

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about some Portuguese expressions. If you feel like, you can skip directly to the portuguese part at one minute and twenty five seconds. 
And you can check out the episode description at this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iLKXeqhwnF3MIIUMtQoYt_G6Mc3IouQxze1GPB4BUNU/edit?usp=sharing
Let 's go? 

Portuguese Drops 

Portuguese Expressions (3)

In this episode of Merhaba Türkçe!, we dive into the three main tenses in Turkish: past, present, and future. Learn how to form sentences in each tense with clear examples and practical tips.

Merhaba Türkçe 

Tenses in Turkish: Past, Present and Future

Paola is finally in Italy, her adventure begins! Let's also see some useful phrases for taking a taxi in Italy.

Un viaggio pieno di sorprese! 

Capitolo 2: il taxi

みなさんは、日本の居酒屋を知っていますか？
日本の飲み物と食べ物を出す店で、お酒を飲む人がよく行きます。
食べ物は小さい料理が多く、友だちや仕事の仲間と一緒に行きます。

居酒屋で日本人は、まず、飲み物を注文します。
その時に私たちは「とりあえずビールで」とよく言います。
「とりあえず」は、日本語でよく使う言葉で、「まずは」「ひとまず」という意味です。

ですから、
「まずはビールを飲もう」
「他のことはあとで考えて、とにかくビールを注文しよう」
という意味になります。

飲み物を注文すると、お通し　という、小さい料理が出てきます。

これは最初に出るサービスの料理で、少しお金がかかります。
料理を楽しむ前の軽い食事として、または酒の進みを良くするための役割を果たします。

お通しは、日本の飲食文化の中で非常に重要な位置を占めており、特に居酒屋などの店舗では、ほぼ必ず提供されます。お通しには地域や店舗ごとに特色があり、季節に応じた食材を使ったり、店主の工夫が凝らされていたりします。
お通しはお客様に対する「おもてなし」の一環としても重要視されています。
私は、お通しが好きです。
なぜなら、お店によって、お料理が違って、お店のこだわりが感じられるからです。
居酒屋でお料理を注文すると似たようなものになりがちです。
でも　お通しは　食べたことがないものが出てくることが多く、新たな発見があり、ワクワクするからです。

最近は、お通しを出さないお店も増えています。
食べたくないものを食べるのが嫌だという人が増えているようです。
みなさんは、日本のお通しの文化をどう思いますか？
意見を教えてくださいね！


Japanese culture ♪

日本の居酒屋のお通し　Japanese Izakaya Culture :Otooshi 日本の居酒屋のお通し

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Have a holiday 】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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A: 明天就放假了，你回老家吗？
míng tiān jiù fàng jià le ， nǐ huí lǎo jiā ma ？
Holiday is starting tomorrow! Are you going back to hometown?
B: 回啊，好不容易有8天的长假。
huí a ， hǎo bù róng yì yǒu bā tiān de cháng jià 。
Yes, we finally got an 8-day holiday.
A: 是啊，今年中秋节和国庆节一起放，好多人准备去旅游。
shì a ， jīn nián zhōng qiū jié hé guó qìng jié yì qǐ fàng ， hǎo duō rén zhǔn bèi qù lǚ yóu 。
Right, this year the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are together, so many people are going to travel.
B: 你呢？有什么安排？
nǐ ne ？ yǒu shén me ān pái ？
What about you? What are your plans?
A: 我准备去新疆旅游，票和酒店都订好了。
wǒ zhǔn bèi qù xīn jiāng lǚ yóu ， piào hé jiǔ diàn dōu dìng hǎo le 。
I'm going to Xinjiang. I've booked tickets and hotels.
B: 这个季节新疆很漂亮，有的地方已经开始下雪了。
zhè gè jì jié xīn jiāng hěn piào liàng ， yǒu de dì fāng yǐ jīng kāi shǐ xià xuě le 。
Xinjiang is very beautiful this season, and It has begun to snow in some places.
A: 是啊，我很期待去看雪。
shì a ， wǒ hěn qī dài qù kàn xuě 。
Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing the snow.
B: 祝你玩得开心。
zhù nǐ wán de kāi xīn 。
Have a good time.
A: 你也是，回家一路顺风。
nǐ yě shì ， huí jiā yí lù shùn fēng 。
You too, have a safe trip home.
B: 我买不到高铁票，要开车回去。希望不要太堵车。
wǒ mǎi bú dào gāo tiě piào ， yào kāi chē huí qù 。 xī wàng bù yào tài dǔ chē 。
I could't get a high-speed train ticket. I have to drive back. I hope there's not too much traffic.
A: 是啊，堵车太麻烦了。
shì a ， dǔ chē tài má fán le 。
Yeah, traffic jam is too much trouble.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

放假 Have a holiday （Beginner）

Egg prices are rising in America. The average cost of a dozen eggs hit a record $4.95 in January — up 53% from a year earlier. The price was below $2 in early 2022.

While the coronavirus pandemic and inflation have affected prices, experts say the real problem has been bird flu. An outbreak that began in early 2022 has become the largest in US history, affecting more than 100 million egg-laying hens.

To cope with rising egg prices, some Americans have been going straight to the source — and renting hens.

Rent The Chicken in New Hampshire is letting people rent egg-laying hens for six months at a time. For $595, you get two egg-laying hens and a guide on how to take care of them, as well as chicken feed and a coop to keep the birds in.

The birds actually aren't very difficult to take care of, explains Brian Templeton, owner of Rent The Chicken. "You just let them out and walk around and they go in at night on their own," he told CBS News.

"People really enjoy it," he added.

Rent The Chicken says two hens should produce eight to 14 eggs per week.

That comes to about $25 for every dozen eggs — so it's not really a savings.

You can also get four hens for $735, which would reduce your cost to about $15 per dozen eggs.

However, if you'd like to keep your chickens and coop at the end of your rental period, you can — for an extra $350 to $450.

According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hens will usually live for six to eight years, and produce eggs for three to four of those years.

So that might bring your price down over time.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Americans Rent Chickens as Egg Prices Rise

Sunday Afternoon

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G5dnkdwizR0FIQwP6xSR9QFA_cGuq6EV/view?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Sunday Afternoon (with transcript for study)

Neil McTaggart makes his first journey into town after settling in Canada.
The air is clean, the world quieter than the mills of Kilbirnie he left behind. In a warm little café, he meets Mrs Brant, a woman with her hair pinned up and a strong puritan look that reminds him of his grandmother. Through her quiet kindness, Neil begins to sense what belonging might feel like in this new land.

This gentle, reflective story captures the rhythm of early immigrant life in rural Canada — the small kindnesses, the silence, and the slow building of community far from home.

🎧 Part of the “Neil McTaggart” storytelling series — following a young Scottish man’s journey of migration, memory, and identity in 1920s Canada.