Platiqué con Andrea sobre El Carnaval de Ecuador. 

Andrea:
https://teach.italki.com/user/6476074

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El Carnaval Ft. Andrea (Ecuador)

안녕하세요! 오늘은 한국어 학습자분들이 꼭 알아두면 좋을 "덕후"라는 표현에 대해 이야기해 볼게요. 
여러분, 혹시 "덕후"라는 단어 들어보셨나요? 덕후는 영어의 "superfan"과 비슷한 말이에요. 
하지만 한국에서는 덕후 문화가 정말 독특하게 자리 잡고 있어요.

덕후는 특정 분야에 정말 깊이 빠져서 좋아하는 사람을 뜻해요. 
이때 어떤 분야든 상관없어요. 예를 들어, 한국 드라마를 정말 좋아해서 밤새워 드라마를 몰아보는 사람이 있죠? 
이런 분을 한국어로 "드덕"이라고 해요. "드덕"은 "드라마 덕후"의 줄임말로, drama + deok-hu를 합친 거예요. 
그러니까 영어로는 "drama superfan" 같은 느낌이죠.

또 다른 예시로는 "뮤덕"이 있어요. 뮤덕은 "뮤지컬 덕후"의 줄임말인데요, 주로 뮤지컬을 정말 열정적으로 좋아하는 사람을 의미해요. 
예를 들어, 한국이나 외국의 뮤지컬을 챙겨보고, OST를 외우다시피 하는 분들을 뮤덕이라고 부를 수 있어요.

사실 덕후 문화는 한국에서 많은 사람들에게 일종의 취미생활로 자리 잡고 있어요. 
어떤 분야든 관심 있는 걸 깊이 파고드는 게 더 이상 이상하지 않게 되었거든요. 
오히려 "나만의 덕질 분야"가 있다는 것이 자랑스럽기도 해요. 
여기서 "덕질"이란, 덕후 활동을 즐기는 걸 말해요. 
덕질은 fandom activity, 혹은 simply "stanning" 같은 의미로 이해할 수 있어요.

그래서 요즘은 덕후라는 표현이 꼭 nerdy한 느낌이 아니라, 자신의 열정을 공유하는 문화로 자리 잡았다고 할 수 있어요.

이렇게 한국의 덕후 문화를 알아보았습니다! 여러분도 혹시 덕후 될 준비가 되셨나요?

그럼 오늘은 여기까지입니다. 감사합니다!

[ㅇㄱㄹㅇ 덕후 톡] Real Deok-hu Talk Straight from K-media

[덕후]가 무엇인가요?

Mel talks about Halloween. Let's find out what she's talking about. This is a special episode.
She's using grammar points from Genki 1,2. Simple and Easy, but some of the sentences would be a little challenging because she combines different grammar points in a sentence,  which Japanese people do all the time.
You get to hear natural Japanese with Tokyo pitch accept

** Patreon ; patreon.com/Melu1142
Transcript, more formal ones/bonus episodes/informal ones are available there!


Thinking out loud in Japanese

ハロウィンパーティー🥳

A1 Arabic

conversation with kid

En este episodio exploraremos cómo los colores de las frutas y verduras están vinculados a su valor nutricional, y colores como el rojo o el amarillo de estos alimentos se asocian con importantes beneficios para la salud 

¡Hablemos de salud!

¡Sabores y Colores de la Salud!

My take on whether AI is to replace teachers... let me know your thoughts in the comments!

British English with Maria

Ep 14 - Educators vs. Algorithms: Who Teaches Best?

Story 1: The Annoying Colleague
Emma works with a colleague named Jack. Jack is always late for meetings, but yesterday he complained that Emma was never on time.
Emma was really annoyed.
She wanted to say:
“You’re always late! You have no right to criticize me!”
But she looked at Jack and thought, “If I say that, we’ll probably have an argument.”
So she bit her tongue and said nothing.
Later, she told her friend:
“I was really angry, but I bit my tongue because I didn't want to start an argument.”

Story 2: The Terrible Gift
David's girlfriend gave him a sweater for his birthday.
David opened the box and saw a bright pink sweater with a huge yellow duck on it. 🦆
He hated it!
His girlfriend smiled and asked:
“Do you like it?”
David wanted to say:
“Absolutely not! This is the ugliest sweater I've ever seen!”
But he didn't want to hurt her feelings.
He bit his tongue and said:
“Wow! Thank you. That's very sweet of you.”
Later, he told his brother:
“I really hated that sweater, but I bit my tongue because I didn't want to hurt her feelings.”

Bite your tongue = to stop yourself from saying something, especially because you know it would be better or more polite to stay quiet.
It often means “I wanted to say something, but I decided not to.”
Imagine: You have something to say, but instead of saying it, you “bite” your tongue to stop yourself. 😄
🔹 Structure
bite + my/your/his/her/our/their + tongue
I bit my tongue.
She bit her tongue.
You should bite your tongue.
I wanted to complain, but I bit my tongue.
⚠️ Notice the past tense:
bite → bit
💡 Useful Examples
Present / advice
You should bite your tongue sometimes.
I need to bite my tongue and stay calm.
If I were you, I'd bite my tongue.
Past
I bit my tongue because I didn't want to offend him.
She bit her tongue during the meeting.
I wanted to complain, but I bit my tongue.
I couldn't bite my tongue, so I told him exactly what I thought.

English Mini Lessons

Bite your tongue

叶公好龙 [yè gōng hào lóng]：Lord Ye/love/drago, professed love of what one actually fears
刻 kè ：carve
装饰 zhuāng shì：decorate;dress up 
探望 tàn wàng：pay a visit to; look up;look in
魂飞魄散 hún fēi pò sàn：be frightened out of one's wits
看起来像 kàn qǐ lái xiàng：look like

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

叶公好龙[yè gōng hào lóng]

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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。

今日は、福袋について。

日本には、正月になると、福袋が販売されます。
ラッキーバッグという国もあるかもしれないです。
今調べたら、他の国ではあまりないみたいですね。

福袋の始まりは、江戸時代に服屋さんが、着物のあまりをまとめて売ったというところから始まったそうです。

今も、雑貨店や服屋さん、百貨店など、いろんなところで福袋がありますね。これも昔は売れ残ったものなどをまとめて安く売っていました。ですが、最近では、福袋用の商品が入っていることも増えたみたいです。
　
僕は今は全く福袋買ったりしません。
昔は少し買ったりしていました。
もう10年以上前ですが、その時にアップルの福袋を買った記憶があります。今もしてるんでしょうか。

今は本当に物欲が少ないので、わざわざ人が多いところに行って、福袋を買いたいという気持ちはありません。
人によっては、それが楽しみな人もいると思います。

みなさんはこういった福袋が売っていたら買いたいですか？ぜひオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

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！
