On May 10th, we celebrate all the mothers in the world. It is very important in our Mexican culture. Since pre-Hispanic times, love for the mother was present even in the Aztec culture. This poem, written in Nahuatl from the time of the great Nezahualcóyotl, is still present today.

Quetzal: Explorando la Cultura Mexicana

Episodio 2. Nonantzin 

En este nuevo episodio de la serie 'hablemos de viajes' vamos a conversar un poco sobre los inconvenientes o problemas inesperados que nos encontramos cuando estamos en viaje, y que muchos de ellos se escapan totalmente de nuestro control, como buses demorados, vuelos cancelados, o cambios climáticos. ¿Te pasó alguna de estas cosas incontrolables en tu último viaje? ¿Qué tanto te afectó? ¿Pudiste resolver la situación?



Disfruta de aprender

Hablemos de viajes, parte XIII !

🎙️ 1. Let’s Listen – Can You Hear the Difference?

First, let’s listen to these three words:

자다 (to sleep)
차다 (to kick)
짜다 (to be salty)

Now, let’s pronounce them slowly one more time:
자–다 / 차–다 / 짜–다

Can you hear the difference?

The key difference lies in the intensity of the sound and the movement of the mouth.

🧠 2. The Pronunciation Principle – What’s Going On?

Let’s break it down:

ㅈ (j) – Voiced sound
Your lips and tongue lightly touch, and then the sound is released softly.
You don’t blow out air forcefully.
👉 Examples: jada (to sleep), juiceu (juice), jihacheol (subway)

ㅊ (ch) – Aspirated sound
The tongue blocks the airflow, and then strong air bursts out as the sound is released.
👉 Examples: chada (to kick), chima (skirt), chokollit (chocolate)

ㅉ (jj) – Tense (fortis) sound
It’s much tighter and stronger than ㅈ.
You need to slightly tense your vocal cords and use more pressure with your lips and tongue.
👉 Examples: jjada (salty), jjok (side), jjigae (stew)

📌 In short:
ㅈ – Normal
ㅊ – Strong and breathy
ㅉ – Very tense and tight

💡 3. Pronunciation Practice – Repeat After Me

Let’s try these sets of words together. Repeat after me:

자 / 차 / 짜
조 / 초 / 쪼
줄 / 출 / 쭐

The more you practice,
the more your mouth and ears will get used to the differences!

If you’d like, I can also provide an audio version of this script, or help you record practice drills. Let me know!

한국어 발음 연습

한국어 ㅈ / ㅊ / ㅉ 발음 

Disfruta de esta entrevista a Suzanne, una estudiante de español y de sus respuestas a 7 preguntas sobre su proceso de estudiar español. ¡Seguramente puedan ayudarte!!

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

7 Preguntas a una estudiante de español

AudioLiber presenta con un audiolibro i primi capitoli di Zadig o il destino. Storia orientale è un racconto filosofico di Voltaire, scritto tra il 1745 e il 1747.
Zadig è un uomo che crede in qualcosa ma è vittima di sé stesso e di alcune disavventure.


Voice: Gaspare Del Vecchio

AudioLiber

Audiolibro_Zadig (Capitoli I_II_III)

A [a]
B [be]
C [ce]
D [de]
E [ə]	
F [ɛf]
G [ʒe] 
H [aʃ] 
I [i] 
J [ʒi] 
K [ka]
L [ɛl] 
M [ɛm] 
N [ɛn] 
O [o] 
P [pe]
Q [ky] 
R [ɛʁ]
S [ɛs] 
T [te] 
U [y] 
V [ve] 
W [duble ve] 
X [iks] 
Y [igʁɛk] 
Z [zɛd]


Professeur Maxime

L'alphabet

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!