¡Bienvenidos a Maria y Pablo Spanish! En los dos episodios anteriores, estuvimos hablando sobre algunas frases, refranes y dichos muy populares en español. En este tercer episodio, concluiremos con frases sobre el tiempo y diferentes acciones, que son muy útiles para integrarse mejor en nuestra cultura. Te invitamos a conocernos más en: 

📍María: https://linktr.ee/spanishwithmariap  
📍Pablo: https://linktr.ee/pabloalejos 

Maria & Pablo Spanish

11. Frases, refranes o dichos populares relacionadas con el tiempo y acciones en español

⭐ Contents: 1/ La ville et la campagne 2/ La ville d'hier et celle d'aujourd'hui 3/ La beauté des villes 4/ La laideur des villes 5/ Le tourisme de villes 6/ Le tourisme de ruines 7/ Les villes fantômes 8/ La transformation des villes 9/ Le devenir des villes

⭐ To go further, visit www.explorefrench.com. On my website, you can become a Premium Member and gain full access to all transcripts, games and language activities for both of my podcast channels "Learn French with Anthony" and "Explore France with Anthony". On my website, you'll also gain full access to my French online courses, "Skills Trainer" modules to enhance your proficiency in French, "Word Builder" modules to expand your French vocabulary, and audiobooks specially designed for learners of French. 

⭐ In this B2-level podcast, we'll talk about towns and cities—discussing their beauty and ugliness and their development and transformation. We'll also explore various ways to express causation and techniques to avoid repetition in speech. Additionally, we'll uncover the nicknames of many cities in French, among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak French at normal speed, and in the second part, I will repeat everything at a slower speed, with some translations and explanations in English.

Learn French with Anthony

B2#01 Villes et transformations

A leitura de hoje nos faz pensar sobre a sociedade de consumo a qual fazemos parte e somos atravessados, um texto do século passado que ainda hoje ressoa forte em nosso cotidiano. Na crônica Eu sei, mas não devia escrita pela autora Marina Colasanti para o Jornal do Brasil em 1972 nos faz lembrar de como deixamos nossas vidas serem pouco a pouco enquadradas dentro de rotinas e repetições que nos distanciam da beleza do agora. Ler as palavras de Marina é vislumbrar o capitalismo como um comedor de tempo, de mente, de corpos, de mundos. Espero que goste de ouvir tanto quanto gostei de ler. 

Ah! Ao final preparei um vocabulário com algumas palavras e expressões que surgiram na crônica. 

Tenha uma boa escuta!


Quando Conto um Conto

Piloto: Eu sei, mas não devia

This is an important grammar topic at the intermediate level. This short episode introduces the idea of ergative verbs. 

Ergative verbs are a set of verbs which have a third option besides being active or passive: ergative. This means they are active in form, with the receiver of the verb's action as the subject. The meaning is the same as the passive. 

The examples I use in the episode: 
The store opens at 10. 
The movie will star at 8pm. 
The music stopped. 
The weather changed.
The chicken is cooking. 
The car is reversing. 
The plants grew. 
The window broke. 

I hope you enjoy the episode and find it helpful. Message me with any questions you have. 
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See you soon!


English with Eric

Grammar: Ergative Verbs

You can listen to this episode when reading the first chapter of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This short podcast highlights some of the themes and vocabulary from this chapter, and it also shares a fun quote. 

Here is the vocabulary covered in this episode: 

1. primeval (adj.) – having existed from the beginning
2. pondered (v.) – think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion
3. digesting (v.) – convert food into absorbable substances
4. disheartened (adj.) – having lost determination or confidence; dispirited
5. encounters (n.) – an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something
6. consequence (n.) – a result of a particular action or situation

If you would like to join the The Little Prince book club, you can find more details about the group class at the following link: 

https://www.italki.com/en/group-class/detail/1969828545 

Please let me know if you have any questions or need further information! 🌟

Book Club: The Little Prince

Let's Explore The Little Prince: Chapter 1 

Do you know what 躺平 means in Chinese? Let's learn this handy word among young Chinese generations now. 

Between the Lines 字里行间

躺平

In this episode, we explore why many young people in the UK say they would prefer growing up without the internet. We talk about how social media affects their feelings, teach you useful English words like exist, protect, and privacy, and ask: Could you live without going online?

Learn With Kimiya

"Would You Live Without the Internet?"

Netflix now has 10 million subscribers in Japan, according to the streaming company.

It got to that number during the first half of 2024, so it may be even higher by now — and it's double the number of subscribers Netflix had in the country four years ago.

It's believed that new Japanese shows on the platform — including Tokyo Swindlers, The Queen of Villains and The Boyfriend — have helped the streaming service get more subscribers.

"Japan in particular is a country which wants to see a lot of its own content so we strongly feel the need to produce it," said Kaata Sakamoto, Netflix's vice president of content for Japan.

He added that the company wants to produce more content that will be popular with people in Japan, including more sports and comedy shows.

Subscribers around the world have also been enjoying Japanese content on the platform. It's the third-most-watched non-English-language content on Netflix, after Korean and Spanish. And Japanese anime shows and movies have been watched more than 1 billion times on Netflix in the last year.

Sakamoto said there are plans to make more anime for the platform, but he wants to find "stories that have never been told before."

Netflix first came to Japan in 2015. In 2023, it was the most popular streaming service in the country, with about 22% of the market share.

Around the world, Netflix has more than 280 million subscribers.