
Write the words you hear in hiragana.　きこえた　ごいを　ひらがなでかきます。

おきゃくさん　(customer)
ちきゅう　 (earth)
きょうしつ 　(classroom)
ぎゃく　 (opposite)
ぎゅうにく　 (beef)
きんぎょ　 (goldfish)
でんしゃ　 (train)
しゅくだい　 (homework)
しょくじ　 (meal)
じゃんけん　 (rock, paper, scissors game)
びじゅつ　 (art)
かのじょ　 (girl friend)
おちゃ　 (tea)
ちゅうごく　 (China)
しゃちょう　(president)
こんにゃく　 (solidified jelly made from the rhizome of devil's tongue (konnyaku)
にょうぼう　 (woman who served at the imperial palace)
ひゃくえん　 (one hundred yean)
さんびゃく 　(300)
びょういん　 (hospital)
ろっぴゃく　 (600)
りゅうがく　 (study abroad)
りょこう　 (travel)





ごいのれんしゅう

ひらがな＿ようおん

A bit of a ramble from me this week, just talking about my usual routine. I will have more guests on my show when I can find someone who has the time to appear. All my students seem too busy these days!..ah well, nevermind...

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Oi gente, aqui é Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. No podcast de hoje, vou contar para vocês sobre uma lenda do folclore brasileiro chamada "A Lenda do Curupira". Ela fala sobre um ser mítico que protege a floresta contra caçadores e contra aqueles que derrubam as árvores. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário.
E se quiserem acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar nesse link:
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Гендерные, этнические, религиозные — это только часть стереотипов, которым подвержены люди. Разбираемся, в чём польза и опасность стереотипов и как не стать их жертвой.

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Don't live in your head. BE KIND. We do not know what people are going through behind the scenes. We do not know so the least we could do, I am including myself is to be less judgmental and to be more empathetic because everyone has their own struggles.