Small talk - love it or hate it, you cannot avoid it!

Share you experience with making small talk - are you good at it?

British English with Maria

Making small talk

Let's talk about our experience with kimchi.

A : 마이클 씨, 김치 먹어 봤어요? 
B : 그럼요. 먹어 봤어요.
A : 미국에서도 김치를 먹은 적이 있어요?
B : 아니요, 미국에서는 먹은 적이 없어요.
     작년에 한국에 왔을 때 처음 먹어 봤어요.

A : Michael, have you ever eaten Kimchi?
B : Sure. I have.
A : Have you eaten Kimchi in the States, too?
B : No, I haven't eaten Kimchi in the States.
      I ate Kimchi for the first time when I came to Korea last year.

Grammar

V-(으)ㄴ 적(이) 있다/없다

'-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다' is used when a person has experienced something,
and '(으)ㄴ 적이 없다' is used when a person has not experienced something.
* verb stems ending with a vowel + -ㄴ 적이 있다/없다 : 가다 -> 간 적이 있다/없다.
* verb stems ending with a consonant + -은 적이 있다/없다 : 읽다 -> 읽은 적이 있다/없다

Reading Korea.

Experience

speak like Egyptians

Parts of the body

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The Social Evolutionary

How Hot is Your Personality?

En el episodio de hoy hablamos de palabras homógrafas, que son palabras que tienen más de un significado. Podemos decir que son palabras con más de un significado porque se escriben y se pronuncian igual, pero tienen un significado diferente. 
Espero que disfrutes el episodio y te ayude a aumentar tu vocabulario en español.
No te olvides de pasarte por mi Instagram después de escucharlo para decirme qué te ha parecido el episodio de hoy y decirme si conoces otras palabras con más de un significado. ¡Te espero!


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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wZ2AC9I4hHTJxiyqseiykIlxq4Y7NekLu-_yWb7ktVs/edit?usp=sharing"

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