After consonants, the vowel letter pairs а/я, э/е, о/ё, ы/и, and у/ю represent 
essentially the same vowel sound. Their only difference is that the letters in the bottom 
row tell you that the preceding consonant is palatalized, or soft.*

HARD CONSONANTS             SOFT CONSONANTS

Да-да! - Oh yes!                       дядя - uncle 
мэр - mayor                             мер - of measures 
быт - daily life                          бит - computer bit 
живот - belly                            живёт - he/she lives 
музыка - music                        мюзикл - musical (show)

* a palatalized consonant is pronounced with the blade of the tongue pressed up 
against the hard palate, it sounds like a consonant plus the [y] sound of “yes” pronounced at the exact same time.

Russian Pronunciation wilth Lubov

HARD / SOFT CONSONANTS PRACTICE. Живот Или Живёт? Listen and Repeat.

In this episode listen in to hear why I am allowed to scream at my mom once a year and use beans to kill some bad vibes. You'll be surprised to learn about this fun holiday that only Japanese people know about.

Crazy Japanese Culture

[Setsubun👹] Throw Beans at the Demons!

Buenas a todos/as, por acá Camila desde Buenos Aires, Argentina, con un nuevo podcast para practicar ESPAÑOL juntos!

Entrena TU LISTENING conmigo!

En este podcast, voy a leer un relato, corto, que yo misma escribí y te invito a que lo escuches y descubras cuánto podes comprender. Escucharlo dos o tres veces, incluso cuatro si es necesario, es el mejor consejo que puedo darte. Cada vez que lo escuches, estoy segura que vas a podes entender un poco más. ¿Empezamos?



DALE PLAY!

Disfruta de aprender

Un relato en español -

How to express abilities and talents in Spanish?
Basic, intermediate and advanced sentences.

Spanish with Jania

Talking about abilities and talents in Spanish

From fast-food counters to Michelin-starred restaurants, the hamburger is much loved in the Western diet, but where did it come from?

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a hamburger as both "ground beef" and "a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger" on a bun. Although these might be the simplest forms of a hamburger, the sandwich is often eaten with other things added, such as lettuce, cheese, sauces and even other meats.

But this popular food didn't start out with all the extras. In fact, it's thought that one of the earliest forms of the hamburger was closer to a steak tartare — raw minced steak mixed with egg.

While a recipe from the Roman Empire suggests the earliest version of this meal, some believe that it came from Mongolian horsemen, who would place beef under their saddles while riding, so that by the end of the day it was tender enough to eat raw.

However, others say these riders placed meat under their saddles only to help heal their horses' sores, and any meat prepared this way would be too dirty to be edible.

A later version is thought to have come from the German city of Hamburg, where chefs around the 17th or 18th century cooked minced beef with onions and breadcrumbs. This came to be known in English as the "Hamburg steak," and made its way to the US during the 19th century, where it was later called the "hamburger."

Although it isn't known who first thought to put this minced meat on bread, adding a bun made the hamburger popular as a sandwich in the US. The first fast-food hamburger chain — named White Castle — was opened in 1921, and still sells its famous square-shaped hamburgers to this day.

Now, hamburgers can be found worldwide thanks to popular American fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. In 2012, PBS reported that an estimated 50 billion hamburgers are eaten in the US alone every year.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

From Rome to Rochester: The History of the Hamburger

Cada año la Real Academia Española incorpora nuevas palabras o expresiones al diccionario. En el episodio de hoy te hablo de algunas de las nuevas incorporaciones.

Después de escuchar el episodio no te olvides de decirme qué piensas, ¿habías escuchado alguna de estas palabras? ¿Conoces alguna otra que se añadió en la última actualización? 


Blanca to go 

72 – Nuevas palabras españolas  

Este episodio es sobre cultura. Voy a hablar de nombres y apellidos españoles. Vamos a aprender como modificamos algunos nombres para sonar más cercanos, y un poco sobre el origen y significado de los apellidos.

13 – nombres y apellidos en español 

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今日もN2やりましょう！
〜にて、をやります。
これは、〜で、と同じなんですけど、
場所 手段・方法 時間 原因・理由

これらを話したい時に使います。
早速例文、いきましょう！

・本日のイベントは大通公園にて行われます。

・場所がわからない場合は、電話にてご連絡ください。

・それでは、会場にてみなさまをお待ちしております。

・その案件は、昨日の会議にて話し合われました。

・あのドキュメンタリーは宮内庁にて撮影されたそうです。


はい、こんな感じです。
いつもの例文と少し違います。
カジュアルな感じではないですね。

そうです。この、にて、はビジネスとかフォーマルな時に使います。少しかたい表現です。

ですので、ぼくは普段使いませんが、ニュースや日常生活で聞くことはあると思うので、今回、にて、にしました。

いろんな使い方がありますが、〜で、とだいたい同じだと思うと簡単かもしれません。

いつも通り、声に出したり、例文を作ったりしてください。覚えやすくなりますよ。

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！

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News Headlines - Saturday 3rd August 2024