Have you ever thought about the origins of pasta? We all know it's an Italian dish, but there's an interesting history behind it, suggesting that it was not born in Italy.
>>What is your favorite pasta dish?
Comment below!

5-minute English Tea Time

ep7. Is Pasta Really Italian?

Today we will read an article. You should listen and read in parallel. Ideally after doing that twice you should read the text out loud by yourself.

Article we will read today is: Первое — лучшее: как синдром утенка отравляет нам жизнь
Source: https://trends.rbc.ru/trends/education/61bb01b29a794780796740d4

After listening to the text, please answer the following questions in comments:
1) Что такое синдром утёнка? Опишите  одним предложением.
2) Синдром утёнка встречается только у обитателей животного мира или у людей тоже?
3) Приведите свой пример (из жизни или придуманный) проявления синдрома утёнка.

I will thoroughly check your answers! Hope to hear some weird examples!

Listen and read

Синдром утёнка (B1-B2)

Listen to an example of how to successfully return an item at the store with my guest Jerome!

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

Alexis : https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4075458

Hey Alexis!

How to Return Products While Shopping

In this episode we are going to learn 【Language】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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中国人说中文。
zhōng guó rén shuō zhōng wén 。
Chinese people speak Chinese.
美国人、英国人、加拿大人和澳大利亚人都说英语。
měi guó rén 、 yīng guó rén 、 jiā ná dà rén hé ào dà lì yà rén dōu shuō yīng yǔ  。
American, British, Canadian and Australian people all speak English.
日本人说日语。
rì běn rén shuō rì yǔ 。
Japanese people speak Japanese.
韩国人说韩语。
hán guó rén shuō hán yǔ 。
Korean people speak Korean.
德国人说德语。
dé guó rén shuō dé yǔ 。
German people speak German.
法国人说法语。
fǎ guó rén shuō fǎ yǔ 。
French people speak French.
西班牙人和阿根廷人说西班牙语。
xī bān yá rén hé ā gēn tíng rén shuō xī bān yá yǔ 。
Spanish and Argentinean people speak Spanish.
埃及人和以色列人说阿拉伯语。
āi jí rén hé yǐ sè liè rén shuō ā lā bó yǔ 。
Egypt and Israel people speak Arabic.
俄罗斯人说俄语。
é luó sī rén shuō é yǔ 。
Russian people speaks Russian.
意大利人说意大利语。
yì dà lì rén shuō yì dà lì yǔ 。
Italian people speak Italian.
你会说什么语？
nǐ huì shuō shén me yǔ ？
What language do you speak?

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语言 Language （Beginner）

犬などの動物の鳴き声が、日本語で何というのか紹介します。
みなさんの言葉と全然ちがうかも！

この話で紹介した動物の鳴き声を日本語で書くと、
犬「ワン」
ライオン「ガオー」
すずめ「ちゅん、ちゅん」
ヤギ「メェ～」
ぞう「パオーン」
ニワトリ「コケコッコー」でした！


日本語聞いてみよう！

犬は日本語で何と話す？！

Repeat after me:

dragonfly, dandelions, duck, dolphin, dirt, dog biscuits, donkey, dalmation, dock, dice, drum

Send me a message for your **FREE** flashcards to follow along.

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Captain Sesalt & The ABC Pirates

Letter D

In this video, I will talk about experience, the difference between 经验jīng yàn,经历jīng lì, and 体验tǐ yàn. In Chinese, we use different words depending on the context.

Cherry Blablabla｜Chinese&English

经验jīng yàn vs 经历jīng li vs 体验tǐ yàn｜The Differences of "Experience" in Chinese

副業20万円ルール！本業以外の所得の総額が年間20万円以下であれば、確定申告は本当に不要なのか？


副業の20万円ルールとは、本業以外の所得の総額が年間20万円以下であれば、確定申告が不要となるルール。 


注意して欲しいのは、不要なのは所得税の確定申告のみで、住民税については申告する必要があります！
また、副業の所得が20万円以下であっても、確定申告によって納めすぎた源泉徴収税の一部が還付される場合もありますよ。
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[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

副業20万円ルール！本業以外の所得の総額が年間20万円以下であれば、確定申告は本当に不要なのか？

In this episode, we’ll explore the subtle yet important differences between the Chinese words 严格 and 严肃. I’ll share practical examples to help you understand when to use each one. Tune in to deepen your understanding of Chinese vocabulary and improve your language skills!