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A brief history of Venezuelan food called: Hallaca. It is very common to eat it at Christmas in the Caribbean country. The hallaca is very similar to the tamale, so many times people confuse them, but their preparation and origins may be somewhat different.

Narrated with a Venezuelan accent.*

Spanish Audio bites

Hallaca o tamal

I'm still learning how to do this podcasting thing, but I'm trying to share my words anyway. I speak quite quickly in this episode... Sorry! I will try to speak slower next time. 

There's a question for you to answer at the end - in audio or written form - so if you have 10 minutes to listen, and then 5 minutes to answer the question that end -- why not GIVE IT A GO?! (which is another way of saying -  GO FOR IT! DO IT!) You have nothing to lose and lots to gain!

Using your words to speak about things that matter to you - that mean something to you - is a great way to create output and use your English. If you don't want to answer my question - you could try writing freely for 5 minutes. Or you could speak into your phone and talk about how you're doing/feeling today - or what's on your mind. It may feel strange, at first, and that's normal! But over time, speaking or writing - just for yourself - will start to feel good - and it's a WONDERFUL habit to start to build.

Thanks for listening, and see you next time! 

Hear and There

2. What did you (really) want to "be" (or do for work) - when you were a child/kid? 

안녕하세요? 2023년 5월 13일 한국어 강사 Sadie예요.
오늘은 일상생활 속에서 자주 시용되는 문법을 하나 배워볼까해요. 
Today, we are going to learn a grammar that is often used in everyday life.

* Vern stem + 아/어/해 본 적이 있다 (없다)

과거의 무언가를 시도한 경험의 유무를 물어볼 때 쓰는 표현이에요. 
Which means to have the experience of having tried something. 

예를 들어 볼게요. Let me give you a few examples.
- 가다 to go / 가 +(아)본 적이 있다 have been to
- 먹다 to eat / 먹+어 본 적이 있다  have tried
- 사용하다  to use / 사용+해 본 적이 있다  have used 
- 만나다 to meet / 만나+ (아)본 적이 있다 have met 

- 가다 to go / 가+본 적이 없다 have never been to 
- 먹다 to eat / 먹+어 본적이 없다 have never tried 
- 사용하다  to use / 사용+해 본적이 없다  have never used
- 만나다  to meet / 만나 +(아) 본 적이 없다 have never met 

- 저는 미국에 가 본 적이 있어요. I have been  to the U.S. 
- 한국 음식을 먹어 본 적이 없어요. I’ve never tried Korean food. 

그럼 짧은 대화를 통해서 이 표현이 어떻게 쓰이는지 들어볼까요? 
Let's listen to a short conversation using this expression

1) 
A 어제 명동에서 연예인을 만났어요.   Yesterday, I met a celebrity in Myeongdong. 
B 와， 난 지금까지 한 번도 연예인을 만난 적이 없어요.  Wow, I’ ve never met a celebrity.  

2)
A 시장에서 물건 값을 잘 깎아요? Can you bargain well at the market? 
B 아니요， 깎아 본 적이 없어요. No, I’ve never been able to bargain. 

어땠나요?  어렵지 않죠?  그럼 아래의 연습문제도 한번 해보시기 바랄게요. 

1. Have you seen this guy before? (to see = 보다, this guy = 이 남자) 
2. Have you attended before? (to attend 참석하다)

그럼  다음시간까지 안녕히 계세요. 

Learn Korean with Sadie

문법1: ~아/어/해 본 적이 있다(없다)

¿Qué es? ¿Somos personas empáticas? ¿Está bueno serlo? ¿Consecuencias?
Te respondemos todo esto, y como siempre algo más, con Martín.

Y vos... ¿sos empático/a?


Perfil de Martin, profe acá también en Italki: https://www.italki.com/teacher/5211013

Dale Play al Español

Debatimos sobre "la empatía"

A lesson about living life!
We cover the verbs to want and to live as well as beginner vocabulary related to these verbs.
The goal is to get you speaking Spanish as quickly as possible!

Super Basic Spanish

Episodio 5: Quiero vivir (I want to live)

Слова, которые я объясняю в эпизоде: авторитетно - со знанием дела, уверенно - authoritatively, decisively; утверждают - уверенно говорить, доказывая что-либо - claim, affirm; правы - right;
принадлежал - быть чьим-то - belong; над собой - over/on yourself; власти - power, authority; покидает - перестать жить, находиться, общаться с кем-нибудь - leave; выказываю - показывать, давать возможность увидеть - show; поползновения - нерешительная, боязливая попытка - feeble/faint effort; удрать (разг.) - поспешно убежать, обычно тайком - run away; стало быть (разг.) - следовательно, таким образом - that is; прочная - lasting, strong, stable; завидуйте - envy; читательница - reader (feminine); трогательная - вызывающий умиление, способный тронуть - touching, heartwarming; несчастий - беда, горе - misfortune, unhappiness, disaster; не отступая - не отходить, быть рядом - without retreating; мешает - создавать препятствия, беспокоить - interfere, disturb; наслаждаться - enjoy; строки - ряд слов, букв, написанных в одну линию - line, string; толкает - push, hustle; локоть - elbow; ежесекундно - every second; манит - звать, делая знаки рукой, взглядом, (разг.) привлекать, соблазнять - attract, invite; ложу - постель, кровать - bed, couch; разоряет - делать бедным - ruin, devastate; кокотка - courtesan; привязанность - чувство близости, основанное на преданности, симпатии - attachment; пожертвовал - donate, sacrifice; по её милости - by her grace; раздет - без одежды - undressed, unclothed; ерундой - (разг.) пустяки, чепуха - nonsense, rubbish; бледными чернилами - pale ink; пожирает - есть, кушать - devour, gobble, consume; ненасытная - не может наесться - insatiable, greedy; презираю - despise, scorn; пора развестись - time to divorce; развод - divorce; до сих пор - still, yet; адвокаты - lawyer, attorney; извольте - (стар.) позвольте, разрешите - please; напоминает - похоже на что-то - remind, recall, bring to mind; лень - laziness.
Хороших вам книг, друзья!

Reading Russian

"Моя "она" А.П. Чехов

JOHN: Hi, Alice, it’s John. How are you?

ALICE: Oh, hi, John! I was just thinking about you.

JOHN: That’s nice. I was wondering if you’d like to go to a
movie tonight.

ALICE: Sure, I’d love to! What’s playing?

JOHN: I was thinking about that new comedy Lights Out. What do you think?

ALICE: Sounds great!

JOHN: OK, I’ll pick you up around 7:30. The movie starts at 8:00.

ALICE: See you then. Bye!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

A Telephone Call

EL PAPEL PICADO MEXICANO.

El Día de Muertos se representa con diferentes elementos, como la comida de los difuntos, las flores, las veladoras, etc. Pero, sin duda, uno de los más importantes es el papel picado, tan colorido, volátil y divertido que nos fascina. Además, hay quien asegura que si una ofrenda no tiene papel picado, el color y el viento no se representan correctamente en cada altar.

El papel picado está hecho de un papel que no es mexicano y tiene su origen en un sector social un tanto desprotegido gracias a la colonización y las importaciones provenientes de otros países. De ser parte de la unión entre México y Europa pasó a formar parte imperante del Día de Muertos.

El hermoso y colorido papel picado nació en el siglo XIX, cuando China importaba papel de colores como blanco o negro —de ahí viene el nombre “papel China”— pero éste era llevado a Europa y de ahí llegaba a nuestro territorio. No obstante, no se vendía mucho ya que no tenía un uso real o útil pues es ligero y aunque resistente, su fin se avistaba cercano.

Así, las tiendas de raya ubicadas en las grandes haciendas lo vendían, pero no para hacer papel picado, sino para utilizarse en casa. Al no venderse, los peones eran obligados a adquirir pliegos de papel para darles un uso. La leyenda cuenta que en alguna de las tiendas vendían el papel picado y explicaban que así se utilizaba en China, del otro lado del mundo y es real.

En China se utiliza el papel para crear arte, pero sobresalía esta técnica en la que se cortan figuras en trozos de papel, lo cual se trasladó acá y se llama hasta la fecha papel picado. Puebla era el lugar al que más llegaba el papel China y por ello, eran los habitantes quienes más lo adquirían, más específicamente, Huixcolotla. Así, los peones además de dedicarse a las labores agrarias aprendieron a cortar el papel y al ver que eran bonitas y se podían producir en grandes cantidades, decidieron venderlas en poblados cercanos.

