In this lesson we speak about the Spanish-speaking world with a focus on countries, cities, places, and people. Best for beginner and elementary learners! (A1-A2)

Super Basic Spanish

Basic Spanish: El español en el mundo (Spanish in the world)

Welcome back to our captivating adventure! In Chapter 11, our little prince continues his thrilling journey and arrives on the second planet, which is inhabited by a conceited man.

Here is the vocabulary featured in this episode:

admirer (n.) – someone who admires somebody
salute (n.) – a sign or respect
acclaim (n.) – praise and public approval
conceited (adj.) – to proud of yourself and your abilities

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Book Club: The Little Prince

Let's Explore The Little Prince: Chapter 11

You don't need to use any articles in these situations: ... Pt.2

English Syndicate

No articles, Pt.2

*This episode is about Bushehr" a port city in the Central District of Bushehr County, Bushehr province, Iran,

**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

شهر بوشهر

Class 38 — two conversations under pressure. Most real speech happens when something has gone wrong, and the language of things going wrong has its own vocabulary, its own grammar, and above all its own emotional manners.

Lakshmi misses her bus. Later she realises she forgot something at work. Both times Sashmira does something very Malayali — reassures her without quite letting her off the hook.

FIVE THINGS WORTH MORE THAN A HUNDRED VOCABULARY WORDS:

1. One borrowed English adjective ridden through the whole become family. ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോ റെഡി ആവുന്നു (njaan ippo ready aavunnu) I am getting ready · ഞാൻ റെഡി ആയിരുന്നു (ready aayirunnu) I was ready · നാളെ ഒൻപതിന് ഞാൻ റെഡി ആയിരിക്കും (ready aayirikkum) tomorrow at nine I will be ready. If you know the English word, the become family will conjugate it for you.

2. NO-BLAME GRAMMAR, and this is a small piece of cultural genius. ബസ് മിസ് ആയി (bus miss aayi) — not I missed the bus, but the bus became missed. ആയി rather than ആക്കി. Things become missed, cancelled, late, broken. മാച്ച് ക്യാൻസൽ ആയി · ഫോൺ ഓഫ് ആയി. English puts a subject in front of the failure; Malayalam very often lets the failure simply occur. Not evasion — a different instinct about how much fault a sentence needs to carry.

3. കഴിക്കാതെ പോകാൻ പറ്റില്ല (kazhikkaathe pokaan pattilla) — you cannot go without eating. Three classes in three words: ആതെ without doing, ആൻ the infinitive, പറ്റില്ല impossibility. And notice: Sashmira is not giving an order. She declares the alternative unthinkable. That is how Malayali affection works.

4. അതുകൊണ്ടല്ലേ ബസ് മിസ് ആയത്? (athukondalle bus miss aayath?) — isn’t that why you missed the bus? Gentle teasing built entirely out of particles. It lets you make a point without making an accusation.

5. കേട്ടോ (ketto) — a warm attention tag. Without it, an instruction. With it, care. One word, an entirely different relationship.

Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.

Speak Real Malayalam | Slow • Clear • Natural

#38 When Things Go Wrong in Malayalam — No-Blame Grammar and the Art of Telling Someone Off Kindly

In this episode, we talk about the meaning of “Monday blues” and “Sunday scaries.”


Learn useful English vocabulary like dread, burnout, and motivation with simple examples and natural grammar structures.

Learn With Kimiya

"Monday Blues" and "Sunday Scaries"!

Don't feel afraid, almost all of us we have had that feeling and no one cares more than us.

Chat & eat 🌮 Charlar y comer ⚡ Monday & Wednesday 

CAPITULO 1 : Miedo a hablar en una segunda lengua  /// CHAPTER 1 : Fear to speak your second language

¿Sabías que América Latina tenía sus propios tipos de abejas antes de la llegada de los colonizadores? ¿Sabes lo que eso representaba para la región en esa época y hoy? Es tanto así, que a pesar de su abundancia y gran número de especies, cuando las personas oyen la palabra “abeja” solo la asocian a la abeja amarilla y negra, Apis Mellifera, la más común a nivel económico, por esto es importante ampliar el concepto, ya que la denominación “abejas” tiene un sentido más amplio y se refiere a miles de especies que, en general, pasan desapercibidas para el hombre, así como sus aportes en la polinización de cultivos y producción de alimentos. Escucha el episodio.

Español con todo 

ABEJAS NATIVAS EN AMÉRICA LATINA

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