Today we're taking a look at two phrasal verbs to ask people to wait when you're on the phone.
These are to "hang on" and "bear with". I hope you find today's podcast useful!

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A black sports car steadily drives down a highway towards a shipping dock somewhere on the coast of Morocco. Inside, five fruits are silent, quietly going over the plan in each of their minds. In the passenger seat is a reddening aged triangle apple named Johannesburg. His hands are stiff, the sign of an experienced carpenter, and his eyes are tired, the sign of 

“I hope this works,” says the driver, a fresh pear. “It’s our last chance to save grandma.”

Johannesburg, who had his attention fixed on the twinkling moonlight, sniffs and rubs his nose. “Trust in the plan, Pear.”

“What if the ship is empty and we risk our lives for nothing?” exclaims Pear.

A voice from the back seat speaks up. “ I trust my source like I trust my own mother.”

“No one doubts you, Grape,” says Johannesburg. “Pear is nervous—that’s all.”

It was six months ago when Johannesburg received a call from Japan. It was Pear, his brother-in-law, informing him that their grandmother, a sweet and kind raisin, had contracted an unknown virus. The aged apple tried not to panic, but became haunted by the news. A few weeks later, his worst nightmare came true. Their dear raisin grandmother had been diagnosed with the corona virus and had been reacting severely to it. It was from then on that Johannesburg started experiencing sleep difficulties: waking up screaming, tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep. He also stopped eating, unable to stomach anything but dry, plain oats.

Feeling hopeless, Johannesburg had practically given up, surrendering to his sleepless nights, stomach knots and growing depression. Then, late one night, he received a call from Grape, his long-time friend. A trusted source had informed him that a large shipment of gold was scheduled to arrive in one week’s time at Port Morocco. Grape proposed a four-man robbery, saying they could split the gold equally amongst the associates.

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Johannesburg the Apple

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В этом выпуске подкаста мы поговорим о том, как использовать творительный падеж на практике. 

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Intro

If you grew up in a Malayali household outside Kerala and understand more than you can say, this class is about you. Here is the vocabulary of migration, and the documented pattern by which a family loses a language in three generations without anyone ever deciding to.

I am Dr. Reshmi R. Nair, an applied linguist from Kerala. I have taught hundreds of learners to speak Malayalam as it is actually spoken.

പ്രവാസി - pravaasi - one who lives away. Not quite emigrant, not quite expatriate: it carries the sense of being away from where you belong, in principle temporarily, for a very long time. It may be the most important word in modern Kerala.

THE VOCABULARY OF MIGRATION
വിദേശം - videsham - foreign country
ഗൾഫ് - Gulf
നാട് - naadu - one's home place. നാട്ടിൽ പോകുന്നു (naattil pokunnu) means going home, and home means Kerala, whatever passport you hold.
ലീവ് - leave - which for a Gulf worker means the trip home
അയക്കുക - ayakkuka - to send (money)
കുടുംബം - kudumbam - family
ഗൃഹാതുരത്വം - grihaathuratvam - homesickness, nostalgia

THREE-GENERATION LANGUAGE SHIFT
First generation: the migrants. Malayalam stays the language of thought and feeling.
Second generation: bilingual. They hear Malayalam at home and speak the local language everywhere else, and they shift to ANSWERING their parents in the local language while still understanding Malayalam perfectly. Linguists call this receptive bilingualism, and it is the pivot point of the whole process. A child who understands but does not produce is not lazy - they are responding rationally to being understood without effort in one language and only with effort in the other.
Third generation: usually monolingual in the local language, with a handful of food words, kinship terms and endearments.

Which generation are you? Comment below.

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Les comparto mi primer truco o estrategia para mejorar DRAMÁTICAMENTE mi aprendizaje de idiomas. Tómate un tiempo y escucha, estaré muy feliz de responderte cualquier pregunta que tengas al respecto y si comienzas a hacer esto de forma regular verás como llevas tu español al siguiente nivel. Or your money back. lol

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