Two ways to ask about price.
1.	Noun + 多少钱duō shǎo qián + 一yī + measure word
e.g. 苹果多少钱一斤？
píng guǒ duō shǎo qián yì jīn？
How much is half a kilo of apples?
苹果五块一斤（Five yuan for half a kilo.）
píng guǒ wǔ kuài yì jīn .
 
菠萝多少钱一个？
bō luó duō shǎo qián yí gè ?
How much is for one pineapple?
菠萝十块一个。（Ten yuan each ）
bō luó shí kuài yí gè 。

2.	Noun+ 怎么卖zěn me mài？
e.g. 苹果怎么卖？（How much for the apple?）
     píng guǒ zěn me mài ?


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

9.	买东西（shopping）

You will know some reasons why Colombian coffee is so successful

1. Especie y variedad

2. Investigación

3. Madre naturaleza

4. Cosecha manual

5. Beneficio húmedo

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

5 razones de por que el cafe colombiano es tan exitoso

Este episodio es un ejercicio de descripciòn de los paisajes tìpicos primaveriles, ambientes de naturaleza y los colores de la misma. Utilizo vocabulario acerca de la naturaleza, entre estos: tipos de àrboles, flores, plantas aromàticas y pàjaros tìpicos de la primavera en Italia. A nivel gramatical utilizo elementos del presente de indicativo, gerundio. 

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

Bienvenida Primavera

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222756982626
https://youtu.be/CtGa__8uF-Q

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 8.  - Beginner 1  Part 1 에서,  Part 2 -았어요/-었어요/-였어요

Hey everybody!! I want to talk to you about a strategy my students are using to help them memorize new, authentic language. It's fun and motivating, it makes you feel good, and it has been proven to be the best way to memorize new vocabulary and sentence structures. Do you know what it is?

Music! It's a fun tool to use inside and outside the classroom. In this episode, I give you a strategy for using music to improve your language skills and discuss why Music is the secret to success when learning a new language. :)

Learning Strategies for Success with Tyler Teacher

It's time to face the music -- How music can make you a better language learner (Episode 6)

Hey, how are you? I hope you are well. I'm Milo Spanish, a Spanish tutor at italki, and today we're going to talk about some interesting words in Spanish that sometimes confuse those who are learning the language.

1. Madrugar: Esta palabra no tiene equivalente directo en inglés. "Madrugar" significa levantarse temprano, especialmente antes de lo habitual. En algunas culturas, madrugar es una costumbre para aprovechar más el día. Por ejemplo, "Hoy tuve que madrugar para llegar a tiempo al trabajo."

2. Pena ajena: Esta expresión se refiere a la vergüenza que sentimos al ver a otra persona en una situación incómoda o embarazosa. No se trata de nuestra vergüenza, sino de sentirla por otro. En inglés sería algo similar a "secondhand embarrassment". Ejemplo: "Me dio mucha pena ajena ver cómo olvidó su discurso."

3. Empalagar: "Empalagar" significa sentir cansancio o hartazgo debido a algo que hemos consumido o experimentado en exceso. Puede aplicarse a comida, como cuando hemos comido tanto dulce que ya no queremos más. "Este postre está delicioso, pero después de dos porciones, me empalagué."

4. Desvelarse: Este verbo es usado cuando alguien no puede dormir o se queda despierto hasta tarde, generalmente por alguna preocupación o actividad. "Me desvelé estudiando para el examen y ahora estoy muy cansado."
 
5. Friolento: Se usa para describir a alguien que es muy sensible al frío. Una persona friolenta siempre tiene frío, incluso en temperaturas moderadas. "Soy muy friolento, necesito una chaqueta incluso en primavera."


And that's all for today. If you have questions or want to learn more, feel free to book a class with me. You can find more information in my profile. See you next time!

Spanish Words with No Direct English Translation

The Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are regularly top scorers in world happiness rankings. These countries have placed in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report (WHR) every year since 2013 — so what's their secret?

These five countries score well in all six of the things considered in the WHR: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption.

But the WHR has noted that there might be another thing these countries have more of than others — trust.

Trust is very important, says WHR editor John F. Helliwell, a former professor at the University of British Columbia. And he developed a study to test how community trust is linked to better well-being.

In Helliwell's study, he looked at how likely people thought it would be for a lost wallet to be returned to them, and he compared this to their life satisfaction score from zero to 10.

He found that those who expected their wallet to be returned had a higher life satisfaction score.

"We find people are much, much happier if they feel they're in an environment where people are going to watch their back," Helliwell told Euro News.

In a 2023 experiment by Reader's Digest, wallets were actually left for people to find in cities around the world. And where was a lost wallet most likely to be returned? In Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The WHR has noted that a high level of trust may be among the things that explain Nordic happiness.

However, as Forbes has suggested, it may not be so much about big-smile "happiness" as quieter "contentment."

Rather than always trying for something better, people in Scandinavian countries are more often content with what they have. As a result, few of them will say they are unhappy — which helps these countries do well in world happiness rankings.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

What's the Secret to Nordic Countries' Happiness?

「ます形」を使う表現についての第２回目
前回紹介した動詞の「ます形」を使った表現は
ひるごはんを　たべましょう。
ひるごはんを　たべませんか。
ひるごはんを　たべにいきます。
ひるごはんを　たべたいです
ひるごはんを　たべましょうか。　でした。

今回は動詞のます形を使った表現を４つ紹介します。
①	「ながら」②「すぎます」③「やすいです」④「にくいです」

①	「ながら」 ひとりの人が二つのことを同時にすることを表します。
あさご飯を食べながら、新聞（しんぶん）を読みます。
I read the newspaper while eating breakfast.
たべます＋ながら→たべながら

音楽（おんがく）を聞きながら、宿題をしています。
I’m doing homework while listening to music.
ききます＋ながら→ききながら

②	「すぎます」　ちょうどいい線を超えていると言いたいときに使う。
きのう　パーティーで　飲みすぎました。
I drank too much at the party yesterday.
のみます＋すぎます→のみすぎます

あるきすぎて、足がいたいです。
My feet hurt from walking too much.
あるきます＋すぎます→あるきすぎます

③	やすいです　　なにかをするのが　かんたんだという意味です。
このペンは　書きやすいです。
This pen is easy to write with.
かきます＋やすいです→かきやすいです

このタブレットは使いやすいです。
This tablet is easy to use.
つかいます＋やすいです→つかいやすいです

④	にくいです　　なにかをするのが　むずかしいという意味
これは大きすぎて、食べにくいですね。
This is too big and difficult to eat.
たべます＋にくいです→たべにくいです。

雨で洗濯物がかわきにくいです。
Laundry is hard to dry in the rain.
かわきます＋にくいです→かわきにくいです。


ことばコトバ言葉kotoba

ます形を使う表現②　Expressions using masu-form②

El mundo cambia y estos cambios traen consigo conceptos, o cosas que necesitan nuevas palabras para describirlos. Muchas veces creamos palabras totalmente nuevas, y otras creamos palabras fusionando dos palabras que ya existen.

 En el episodio de hoy te hablo de unas palabras bastante recientes que han nacido para adaptarse y describir cosas de los nuevos tiempos.

Espero que disfrutes del episodio y aprendas algo nuevo. Después de escucharlo no te olvides de decirme:
-si habías escuchado estas palabras antes

-si conoces otras palabras que han nacido como consecuencia de algo nuevo

-y si en tu idioma también habéis desarrollado nuevas palabras.
