This is a reimagining of The Ugly Duckling by the great Danish author H.C. Andersen, set in a Norwegian context.

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The Ugly Kitten

Learn to use the most common Spanish vocabulary and expressions relating to cities. Best for beginner and elementary students!

Super Basic Spanish

Basic Spanish: La ciudad (the city)

Like many other grandmothers, Daisy likes to knit, and she isn't very good with technology.

Or, at least, that's what she might tell people on the phone.

Daisy also describes herself as "your worst nightmare." But don't worry, she's not talking to you — she's talking to phone scammers.

That's because Daisy is actually an AI chatbot. She was created by UK phone company Virgin Media O2 to speak to scammers on the phone and make them believe they're talking to a real person.

Older people are very vulnerable to scams. In July, a UK study found that about 67% of people over the age of 75 were victims of at least one scam attempt in the six months before the study — with almost 75% being phone scams.

Enter Daisy, who has been trained to have conversations with phone scammers and waste their time.

Virgin Media O2 worked with Jim Browning, a YouTuber who has spent years "scambaiting" — that is, pretending to be a clueless victim to waste scammers' time.

And that's the whole point — Daisy can't stop scammers, but she can slow them down.

"Whenever she's on the phone with a scammer, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, are not being scammed," Browning told Sky News.

The company says Daisy is already "wasting hundreds and hundreds of hours of scammers' time," and has shared real-life conversations the chatbot has had with scammers.

Some conversations last nearly an hour. She talks about her cat, Fluffy, and people in her family. In some conversations, she gives the scammers what they want — bank details. But of course, they're not real.

Murray Mackenzie from Virgin Media O2 said Daisy is also a reminder that the person you're speaking to on the phone might not always be who they say they are.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Meet the AI Grandma Wasting Scammers' Time

In this episode of channel Let's speak Albanian/Le të flasim shqip we'll have Greetings/Përshëndetjet in  Albanian language for level A1 - C1. I wish these episodes will help everyone practice and enjoy listening Albanian any time you like to.    
Lets enjoy together!
                  Formal greetings
Përshëndetje! - Hello!
Mirëmëngjes! - Good morning! 
Mirëdita! - Good afternoon! 
Mirëmbrëma! - Good evening! 
Më vjen mirë që ju takoj! - I am glad to meet you!
Kënaqësi që ju takoj! - Pleasure of meeting you!
Gëzohem që ju takoj! - I am glad to meet you!
Gëzohem gjithashtu! - Glad too!, I'm happy too!
Kënaqësia është e imja! - The pleasure is mine!
Shikues të nderuar, mirëmbrëma! - Dear viewers, good evening!
Të nderuar kolegë! -  Dear colleagues!
Të nderuar debutetë! - Honorable debutantes!

      Informal greetings 
Si je?! - How are you?!/What's up!
Ç'kemi! - Hi! (What do we have!)
Ça bëre! - What's up! (What did you do!/What have you done!)
Si kalove! - How were you!/How did you spend!
Mirë?! - Good?!/ Okay?!
Mirupafshim! - Goodbye!
Mirë u takofshim! - Good to meet you!/Nice to meet you!
Ditën e mirë! - Good day!/Have a nice day!
Drekën e mirë! - Good afternoon!
Natën e mirë! - Good night!
Shihemi së shpejti! - See you soon!
Kalofshi mirë! - Have a nice day!/Have a great time!
Gjithë të mirat! - All the best!



Let's speak Albanian

Përshëndetjet 

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

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もジョージアでPodcastを録っています。

今回は漢字。
式を説明します。

音読みは、しき
訓読みは、のっとーる

意味はやり方、という意味があります。

熟語です。

・正式ーせいしき　ただしい方法

・形式ーけいしき　きまったやり方

・入社式ーにゅうしゃしき　その会社に入る人たちを会社がむかえる式

・公式ーこうしき　公に決めた方法

・一式ーいっしき　全部


例文
・正式に社長になることが決まった。

・日本は形式的なことが多い。

・4月になるといよいよ入社式です。

・政府はこれを公式の発表とした。

・関連書類一式をご返送ください。

ということで、今回は以上です。

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！






Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#460 N3 漢字　式(しき)について！

Full episode on Spotify

Mi camarada Isela N, una chava de Jalisco, me cuenta cómo fue su proceso para adoptar a un hijo.

Mucho que decir

La adopción en México

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

Si viajas a Yucatán, es muy probable que escuches expresiones que no tienen sentido en el traductor, esto se debe a la mezcla de la cultura Maya, creando modismos únicos que hacen de la península yucateca un lugar tan pintoresco.
Vamos a practicar las siguientes palabras y frases: “nené” significa bebé, pero también se usa solo “Ne” como una manera amigable para hablar a alguien, “pásame ese negociante” se usa cuando queremos que nos traigan un objeto del que no recordamos el nombre, por ejemplo, en lugar de decir pásame el vaso, decimos pásame el negociante, “a platicar al parque” es una expresión que indica que no es momento ni el lugar para conversar, “lo busco, lo busco y no lo busco” es una expresión que implica que no encontraste lo que buscabas, “Xo” es una expresión que quiere decir que hagas silencio, “acechando” se usa para indicar que alguien te está observando a escondidas, “Fo” indica desagrado, como cuándo algo huele mal,  “Maa”  y “Mare” son expresiones de sorpresa o emoción, “chichí” significa abuela y por último tenemos la palabra “quita” que se usa para referirse a que alguien dejó un lugar o como orden de que te muevas de lugar.
Sigue disfrutando de este hermoso lenguaje. Feliz Navidad