I bet there are words you usually confuse- words that may sound similar or are written in a similar way either in your mother tongue and the language you are learning. These are called FALSE FRIENDS and becoming aware of them can help you clear up this confusion. So, in this episode of My Spanish Journey we will talk about the 10 most common mistakes in Spanish related to FALSE FRIENDS. Are you ready?

Your Spanish Journey

False friends in Spanish and English- 10 most common mistakes

Let's talk about the weirdest countries and cultures. over 3800 cultures. We're not sure how many cultures there really are. But they're matched up to the weirdest countries, so here we go.

Can I Say - Can I Do

Top 5 Weirdest Countries and their Cultures. 

¡Hola! Bienvenido/a a un nuevo podcast en español. Soy Camila de Buenos Aires, y te invito a practicar tu escucha del idioma con 3 historias cortas. Cada historia sube un poco el nivel de dificultad, es decir que la primera historia es la más facil, mientras que la última es bastante más dificil en vocabulario y tiempos verbales. Si necesitas escucharlas más de 1 o 2 veces, ¡ESTÁ GENIAL! Go for it - Es bueno para practicar y entenderlas cada vez mejor.

¡Confío en que van a servirte y acompañarte en tu aprendizaje hoy!

Disfruta de aprender

3 HISTORIAS CORTAS EN ESPAÑOL 

이 에피소드에서는 한국의 유명 관광지 5곳에 대해 이야기하고 있습니다. 요즘 한국을 찾는 외국 관광객들이 부쩍 많아졌는데요, 여러분은 한국에 가면 어디를 가고 싶으세요? 제가 이 에피소드에서 소개하는 곳 중에 가고 싶은 곳이 있다면  어디를 가고 싶은 지 왜 가고 싶은 지 댓글로 알려주세요.
감사합니다. 

Korean with Yuna

[Only Korean] 한국의 관광지 5곳 

提起葡萄，您是想起了法国的波尔多、还是新疆的吐鲁番？When you think of grapes, do you think of Bordeaux in France or Turpan in Xinjiang Province?
生产葡萄的地方很多，仅国内就有七大栽培区，它们是：There are many places to produce grapes. There are seven growing areas in China alone. They are:
（1）西北产区：包括新疆、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙西部等；Northwest producing areas: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, etc.
（2）黄土高原栽培区：包括陕西、山西，汉中等；Cultivation areas of Loess Plateau: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hanzhong, etc.
（3）环渤海湾栽培区：包括河北、山东和京津地区以及辽宁等；Cultivation area around Bohai Bay: Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, Liaoning, etc.
（4）黄河故道栽培区：包括河南、山东鲁西南地区、江苏北部和安徽北部等；Old Yellow River cultivated areas: Henan, southwest Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, etc.
（5）南方栽培区：包括安徽、江苏、浙江、上海、重庆、湖北、湖南、江西、福建、广西等；Southern cultivation areas: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, etc.
（6）东北中北部栽培区：包括吉林、黑龙江等；North-central cultivation areas of Northeast China: Jilin, Heilongjiang;
（7）西南栽培区：包括云贵高原、川西高原及金沙江沿岸河谷地区。Southwest cultivation areas: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, west Sichuan Plateau and Jinsha River valley.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

莲花架下的奶葡萄

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Daily English Podcast

Daily English Podcast Chapter # 5

Hi, everyone! Today I talk about how my trip from Italy to Japan went! Have fun!

Some words to check before listening to this:
・陽性（ようせい）　　　　　　tested positive
・陰性（いんせい）　　　　　　tested negative
・隔離（かくり）　　　　　　　quarantine
・航空券（こうくうけん）　　　airline ticket
・航空会社（こうくうがいしゃ）airline

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たつきのにほんご

Going back to Japan (Intermediate)

【なぞなぞとは、ちょっとおもしろい問題のことです。言葉遊びです☆】

〈#8〉左に進むほど低くなるものはなーんだ？

① 木と土の間にあるもので、嬉しいものってなーんだ？

②左に進むほど低くなるものはなーんだ？

③宇宙で一番小さいものはなーんだ？


正解/せいかい…こたえ
ヒント/ひんと…問題を答えるためのもの

なぞなぞで遊びながら、
いろいろな単語を覚えていきましょう！

レッスン待ってます♪


答え
①金
②ピアノ
③ゅ

なぞなぞPodcast

〈#8〉左に進むほど低くなるものはなーんだ？

If you're looking to make a good first impression on a dating app, from your POV, you might think it would be a good idea to send a text using lots of abbreviations to make it seem like you're BFFs with the person you're texting.

But FWIW, according to a recent study from Stanford University and the University of Toronto, nobody likes receiving text abbreviations — not even young people.

Don't know those abbreviations? "POV" means "point of view," "BFF" means "best friend forever," and "FWIW" is "for what it's worth"!

Researchers studying the use of such abbreviations did a number of studies with several thousand people, and they found that texts using abbreviations were less likely to get replies. And writers using abbreviations were more likely to be seen as insincere.

Of course, we all use abbreviations — in one survey, it was found that 99% of people said they used them. But the researchers found that people don't like receiving texts with abbreviations, because rather than making them feel closer to the other person, it felt like the other person wasn't putting much effort into the conversation.

And while young people are even more likely to use abbreviations, they still felt that people who used them were insincere. Young people were also less likely to reply to such messages.

Lead researcher David Fang said we often put different amounts of effort into our conversations to show how important the other person is to us.

So it might be fine to put little effort into, say, a quick message to a delivery driver. But Fang said his team's results are especially important for people who really want to make a good impression — like at the beginning of a relationship!