In this podcast episode, I'll guide you through the process of introducing your family in Sinhala. "Paula" means family, and if you're at a beginner level, this episode will help you understand how to do it step by step. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any doubts or questions!

Sinhala corner 

මගේ පවුල - Mage Paula

数字 shù zì numbers   16  shíliù   sixteen  17  shíqī   seventeen  18  shíbā   eighteen   19   shíjiǔ   nineteen   20   èrshí   twenty

零基础汉语---zero basic Chinese

第九课 lesson 9

La leyenda del Hombre Caimán proviene de la región del río Magdalena, especialmente en el pueblo de Plato, Magdalena. La historia cuenta que un hombre llamado Saúl Solarte, muy curioso y coqueto, tenía la costumbre de espiar a las mujeres cuando se bañaban en el río. Para hacerlo sin ser visto, fue a donde un brujo, quien le dio una poción que lo convertía en caimán durante el día, para poder nadar y espiar sin levantar sospechas.

Al principio, Saúl lograba volver a su forma humana cada vez que lo deseaba, pero un día, el hechizo falló. Se quedó atrapado en el cuerpo de un caimán, conservando solo su cabeza humana. Desde entonces, el Hombre Caimán ha vivido en el río, ocultándose entre los animales y esperando una cura que le permita volver a ser humano.

Las mujeres del pueblo tienen mucho cuidado al acercarse al río, por miedo a que el Hombre Caimán las ataque o las persiga. Se dice que por las noches, su lamento puede oírse desde las orillas del río, arrepentido por su curiosidad y mal comportamiento.

Colombian Legends

El Hombre Caimán

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The Youth in Asia
"THAT'S IT," MY MOTHER SAID AFTER HAVING SADIE PUT TO SLEEP. "MY CAT DAYS ARE OVER."

In the early sixties, during what my mother referred to as the "tail end of the Lassie years," my parents were given two collies they named Rastus and Duchess. We were living in upstate New York, out in the country, and the dogs were free to race through the forest. They napped in meadows and stood knee-deep in frigid streams, costars in their own private dog-food commercial. According to our father, anyone could tell that the two of them were in love.

Late one evening, while lying on a blanket in the garage, Duchess gave birth to a litter of slick, potato-sized puppies. When it looked as though one of them had died, our mother placed the creature in a casserole dish and popped it into the oven, like the witch in "Hänsel and Gretel."

"Oh, keep your shirts on," she said. "It's only set on 200. I'm not baking anyone; this is just to keep him warm."

The heat revived the sick puppy and left us believing our mother was capable of resurrecting the dead.

Faced with the responsibilities of fatherhood, Rastus took off. The puppies were given away, and we moved south, where the heat and humidity worked against a collie's best interests. Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Age set in and she limped about the house, clearing rooms with her suffocating farts. When finally, full of worms, she collapsed in the ravine beside our house, we reevaluated our mother's healing powers. The entire animal kingdom was beyond her scope; apparently, she could resurrect only the cute dead.

The oven trick was performed on half a dozen peakish hamsters but failed to work on my first guinea pig, who died after eating a couple of cigarettes and an entire pack of matches.


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The Youth in Asia

Un podcast facile pour raconter des évènements passés + le passé composé des verbes irréguliers + la négation au passé composé

France Class Niveau Elémentaire

Je n'ai pas voulu partir mais j'ai dû rentrer !

In this episode we are going to listen to a monologue about her family photo. 
Let's start now.
这是我的全家福。这是我的妈妈，那是我的继父，那是我的弟弟，这是我。在这张全
家福里，妈妈 45 岁，继父 51 岁，弟弟 18 岁，我 21 岁。妈妈和继父都在工厂工作。
我和弟弟是学生。现在妈妈和继父都退休了，不工作。我是老师。弟弟在公司工作。
 zhè shì wǒ de quán jiā fú 。 zhè shì wǒ de mā mɑ ， nà shì wǒ de jì fù ， nà shì wǒ de dì di ， zhè shì wǒ 。 zài zhè zhānɡ quán  jiā fú lǐ ， mā mɑ  suì ， jì fù  suì ， dì di  suì ， wǒ  suì 。 mā mɑ hé jì fù dōu zài ɡōnɡ chǎnɡ ɡōnɡ zuò 。  wǒ hé dì di shì xué shenɡ 。 xiàn zài mā mɑ hé jì fù dōu tuì xiū le ， bù ɡōnɡ zuò 。 wǒ shì lǎo shī 。 dì di zài ɡōnɡ sī ɡōnɡ zuò 。 


Story Chinese

全家福 my family photo (elementary level)

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Nick discusses both sides of this topic to help you with ideas for the IELTS test. 

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