¿Sabías que la letra ñ no siempre existió? En este episodio de Entre tapas y eñes, descubrimos como nació esta letra tan icónica española, su importancia en nuestra lengua y las curiosidades que la rodean.
¡Prepárate para una historia de monjes, manuscritos y un pequeño trazo que hizo historia!

Entre tapas y eñes con Escudero

Episodio 5. El origen de la ñ

Intermediate Chinese Listening：刻板印象 Stereotype

Intermediate Chinese Listening

如果有人放你鸽子，那不是一件愉快的事，我今天会告诉你。

西班牙语表达

"Dejar plantado"？你是想说像种花那样吗？

白石塔，白石搭，白石搭白塔，白塔白石搭。搭好白石塔，石塔白又大。

ListenChinese Podcasts

绕口令 - d/t 练习

HSK2

HSK2-10-Text 2

In this episode we will talk about the three main sentence elements; and why it is important to be able to identify them.

Vlad's teaching tales

Sentence elements (Part 1)

庭の梅が咲きました。梅の花が咲くと、本格的に春が来るなとそわそわします。梅の話から、神社、そして地元の伝統工芸の話をしています。


Today I talk about Japanese plum, ume blossoms. Seeing ume blooming, I feel I have to do something just because spring is coming! 
The topics move from ume blossoms to the shrine, and local traditional crafts.


+++ words +++
様子（ようす）　　　　　　　appearance
感動（かんどう）する　　　　be moved, touched
梅干し　　　　　　　　　　　pickled dried ume(plum)
梅の実（うめのみ）　　　　　ume, Japanese plum
漬ける（つける）　　　　　　pickle, preserve in (salt, suger...)
干す（ほす）　　　　　　　　dry (in the sun)
植える（うえる）　　　　　　plant
お参りに行く（おまいりにいく）go to pray
人形（にんぎょう）　　　　　doll
素朴な（そぼくな）　　　　　rustic
伝統工芸（でんとうこうげい）traditional crafts

+++ grammers +++
Nばかり　　　　　　　　　　 only N
V1たり、V2たり　　　　　　　do such as V1 and V2
N好き（Nずき）　　　　　　　person who like N ⇔Nぎらい

Country Life in Japan とかいとちがう　かもしれない　いなかのくらし

梅の花から天神さん、張り子のお話

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #47 - Ragni giganti e serpenti.

When something — or someone — is annoying you at work, you may feel that you need to share your feelings with another person.

We often call this "venting" — letting out negative emotions by talking about what's bothering us. It actually comes from the French word vent, meaning "wind" — because you're letting those feelings out of your body and sending them off into the wind!

It might feel good for a moment. But is it really healthy?

There are advantages to venting, experts say. Keeping stress inside us can increase our risks of getting things like heart problems or high blood pressure.

And sharing our problems with others can also help make us feel connected and supported, which can boost our mental health, according to Rachel Millstein from Harvard Medical School.

However, there are some studies that have found that venting can make things worse.

In fact, Brad Bushman of Ohio State University says it's the "worst thing you can do," and he believes that venting may only make us angrier.

Whether it's right or wrong, experts agree that we have to be careful when we're venting at work.

We most often feel the need to vent when our emotions are at their highest. But Michael Wiederman, writing for the Psychology Today website, says it's better to take some time to calm down before sharing anything with anyone.

Saying too much, or sharing with the wrong person, could get you into trouble and bring you much more stress!

And don't forget to think about the emotions of the person you're venting to — your venting could make them feel stressed too!