This is an Italian legend about the giant of Barletta, who saved the town from invaders.

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The Giant of Barletta- Italian legend

これはよく生徒さんに聞かれる質問です。この二つの「すみません」は確かに多少違いがあるんです。

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10、“对不起”VS“不好意思”  = 「对不起」と「不好意思」はどう違いますか？

¿Tienes pájaros en la cabeza? Descúbrelo conmigo =)

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真不错！zhēn bùcuò ！That's really wonderful !
太好了！ tài hǎo le ！Excellent!
棒极了！bàng jí le ！Great !
你真了不起。nǐ zhēn liǎobuqǐ.  You're really terrific！
你的衣服真漂亮！nǐ de yīfu zhēn piàoliang! Your dress is so pretty !
你的男朋友真帅！nǐ de nán péngyou zhēn shuài ！Your boyfriend is so handsome！
这个菜真好吃！zhège cài zhēn hǎochī What a delicious dish！
你唱得真好听！nǐ chàng de zhēn hǎotīng ！You sing so well !
哪里哪里。nǎli nǎli. That's nothing/not at all.
您过奖了。nín guòjiǎng le. You're flattering me.
还差得远呢。hái chà de yuǎn ne 。It‘s not that great.

p.s：Chinese people are usually very modest. When being praised, they always say"哪里哪里" "过奖了" "还差得远呢“ instead of saying ”谢谢“directly.

真zhēn + adj. / Psych verbs
好hǎo + V.
beautiful mĕi 美
cool kù 酷
smart cōngmíng 聪明
lovely / cute kĕài 可爱
interesting yŏu yìsi 有意思
delicious hăochī 好吃
(sth. sounds) beautiful hăotīng 好听
(sth. looks) pretty hăokàn 好看
(sth. drinks) tasty hăohē 好喝
funny hăowánr 好玩儿




Say It Now! 想说就说[xiǎng shuō jiù shuō]

5. 称赞[chēng zàn] ～Compliments

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world on August 22.

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905.

The diamond was presented to the world at the office of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. It weighs about half a kilogram and Masisi was one of the first to hold it.

Masisi said: "I am lucky to have seen it in my time." He said "wow" before calling government officials over to take a closer look.

Officials said it was too early to value the stone or decide how it would be sold. Another smaller diamond from the same mine in Botswana was sold for $63 million in 2016, a record for a rough gem.

Naseem Lahri, Botswana managing director for Lucara, the Canadian mining company that found the diamond, added: "I am very proud. It is a product of Botswana."

Lucara said in a statement that it recovered the "exceptional" rough diamond from its Karowe Mine in central Botswana. Lucara said it was a "high-quality" stone and was found intact.

It was located using X-ray technology designed to find large, high-value diamonds.

The weight would make it the largest diamond found in 119 years and the second-largest ever dug out of a mine after the Cullinan Diamond that was discovered in South Africa in 1905.

The famous Cullinan was 3,106 carats and was cut into gems, some of which form part of the British Crown Jewels.

Botswana, a country of 2.6 million people in southern Africa, is the second-biggest producer of natural diamonds behind Russia and has unearthed all of the world's biggest stones in recent years.

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Huge Botswana Diamond is Biggest Found Since 1905

“Your Voice Isn’t Broken”

Most professionals I work with already know how to speak English.
But they don’t feel like themselves when they speak it.

They sound smaller. More careful. Less certain.
Not because they lack skill — but because they don’t trust their voice in the moments that matter.

I don’t fix English.
I help leaders speak from clarity, not tension. From self-trust, not perfection.
And when they do — everything changes.

🌱 If this resonates, DM me “VOICE.”
Let’s bring your real voice back.

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“Your Voice Isn’t Broken”

In dieser Episode von Deutsch durchdacht spreche ich über gängige Sportarten in Deutschland und im deutschsprachigen Raum. 

Deutsch durchdacht 

Episode 4: Sport 

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222824744445
https://youtu.be/SkDo4JDu06E

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/Korean-alphabet-Vowels-%EB%AA%A8%EC%9D%8C-The-pronunciation-of-vowels
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/Korean-alphabet-Consonants-%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%8CThe-pronunciation-of-consonants
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80-%EB%B0%9B%EC%B9%A8-Korean-alphabet-Final-Consonants-%EB%B0%9B%EC%B9%A8-Pronunciation-of-the-final-consonants

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 14. - Beginner 1  Part 1  -아서/-어서/-여서(1),  Part 2  못 

In this episode we are going to learn 【Having meals】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我7点吃早饭。
wǒ qī diǎn chī zǎo fàn 。
I have breakfast at 7 o'clock.
早饭我吃面包，喝牛奶。
zǎo fàn wǒ chī miàn bāo ， hē niú nǎi 。
For breakfast I eat bread and drink milk.
我中午12点半吃午饭。
wǒ zhōng wǔ shí èr diǎn bàn chī wǔ fàn 。
I have lunch at 12:30 noon.
午饭我和同事一起吃。
wǔ fàn wǒ hé tóng shì yì qǐ chī 。
I have lunch with my colleagues.
我们一般吃快餐。
wǒ men yì bān chī kuài cān 。
We usually eat fast food.
晚上我在家吃晚饭。
wǎn shàng wǒ zài jiā chī wǎn fàn 。
I have dinner at home at night.
有时候我自己做饭，有时候我叫外卖。
yǒu shí hòu wǒ zì jǐ zuò fàn ， yǒu shí hòu wǒ jiào wài mài 。
Sometimes I cook by myself, sometimes I order food delivery
晚上饿了我还会吃宵夜。
wǎn shàng è le wǒ hái huì chī xiāo yè 。
I'll have a late night snack when I'm hungry.
宵夜我最喜欢吃烧烤。
xiāo yè wǒ zuì xǐ huān chī shāo kǎo 。
My favorite snack is BBQ.