Word Spotlight: “Serendipity” Hello, language lovers! Here’s a beautiful word for you: “serendipity.” It means a happy or lucky discovery made by chance. For example, “Finding my favourite book in a café was pure serendipity.” This word could add charm to your vocabulary. Use it when something unexpected and wonderful happens.
Isn’t it serendipity you’re learning this word now?

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Serendipity

Continuación del cuento "El día en que murió Juan Rulfo", autoría de la distinguida escritora mexicana Cristina Rivera Garza.

Cuento de nunca acabar

Episodio 7: El día en que murió Juan Rulfo (Parte 2)

Listening is Learning. Sharing with you all the very first Podcast for learning Hindi. 

Learn Hindi by listening a Native Speaker 

Learn Hindi Daily words just by Listning 

Learning Thai with Kru Tarntawan

How are you

はい、こんにちは、こんばんは。ようへい先生です。
あ、明けましておめでとうですか。あれ？まだ言ってませんでしたね。はい、なみさん、あけましておめでとうございます。
 え～、もう9日ですか。ちょっとおそいですね。はい、今年もよろしくお願（ねが）いします。

今日はですね。みんなの日本語の2 あおい本ですね。2の35か 77ページの6行目(ぎょうめ）,”行目” はわかりますか。six lineですね。from the top 、え、中国語で”行hang” ですか。はい、で、77ページの6行目 の”あるし” 、”おんせんも あるし”の意味(いみ）のお話をしたいと思います。 
”あるし”、 これ、35課までにまだならっていませんよね。

はい、じゃあえーっと、じゃあちょっと77ページを読みますね。
タワポン：鈴木（すずき）さん、ふゆ休みに友だちと スキーに行きたいんですが、どこかいい所（ところ）、ありませんか。
すず木：何日ぐらいの よていですか。
タワポン：3日ぐらいです。
（で、え、ここからですね）
すず木：それなら、くさつか しがこうげんが良いと思（おも）いますよ。おんせんも あるし…。

はい「それなら、くさつか しがこうげんが良いと思（おも）いますよ」、これ、ていあん してますね。ていあん：suggestion してますね。 
で、その後に「おんせんもあるし」。え～～1つ、information、じょうほうをつけていますね。「おんせんもあるし」で、この「あるし」は「あるから」 と同じ意味（いみ）です。はい、あるから。文をかえても大丈夫ですよ。「おんせんもあるから」

はい。で、えーここの「おんせんも」ですよね。”も”。　”も” を使うと、いろいろ、りゆうがあります。りゆう:reasonがあります。
はい、ですから、おんせんもあるし、いろいろあります。他にもりゆうがあります。etc etc ですよね。

例）
おんせんもあるし、高くないし、きれいだし

はい、どうですか分かりますか。

で ”あるし”,”あります”　これ、動詞（どうし）verb　ですね。形容詞（けいしょうし） adjective　を使ってもいいですよ。例えば えー
A：日本旅行 どこに行けばいいですか。
B：おきなわが いいと思います。あたたかいし。

はい。えー形容詞、”あたたかい”ですね。でもこれは、”いろいろ”etc の意味（いみ）にはなりませんよ。
はい。で、例えばえ
「きおん(temprature)”も”あたたかいし」

だと、いろいろetc　の意味にもなりますね。

はい。ま、他（ほか）にも
A：italkiの日本語の先生、誰がいいかな。
B：ようへい先生は？ハンサムだし。

はい。えーという風（ふう）に使います。
ごめんなさい。はい、I wish ですね。はい。えーどうですか、わかりましたか。 
はい、今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございました。皆さん、今年も日本語の勉強がんばってください。じゃあね👋


ようへい先生　N4～N3　レベルの生徒（せいと）へ　(^^♪

＃11　みんなの日本語 35課　「おんせんもあるし」

How to remember new vocabulary? It's a tough task because we are not using them often. 

In this podcast you'll find exercise which will help you to build your own stories, practice speaking, learn to think and analyze in english and apply lots of knowledge you learned from the past.

Even though it's 10 minutes - it'll save you 5-10 years of wasting time learning new things then forgetting them.

Ring, tree, baby, rain, dream, ability, challenge, recording, hair, elephant.
1.	my father bought my mom a ring
2.	i love pine trees
3.	neighbors baby is so loud
4.	rain gives me pleasant feelings
5.	if you have a dream and turn it into a goal you’ll have a path to follow
6.	it’s a challenge to get into oxford university 
7.	i am recording my teacher’s voice when in a classroom
8.	her hair is lovely 
9.	you can ride elephants in Thailand 
my mom has a ring and on that ring there is a symbol of tree. When she was a baby her grandmother left it for her as a gift. One day it was raining an my mom stumbled upon a letter that her grandmother had left for her. How did happen? My mom saw a dream and in this dream she saw her grandmother pointing to a place where the letter was stored. Luckily my mom has as an ability to remember her dreams which many people have challenges with. My mom has a special method of doing this. She is recording her dream while sleeping ( she has a notepad next to her bad where she drops some things from her dreams). One days she saw a picture of hair and an elephant in her dream and up to now she can’t figure out what was the dream about. Even though she remembers her dreams from time to time she has challenges too. 

Listen to the podcast and follow along.

If you need help - send me a message for further guidance. 

Here to help you to up your game!

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

How to remember new vocabulary?

El cerebro no duele, entonces que pasa cuando tenemos dolor de cabeza...
En este podcast hablo un poco acerca del dolor de cabeza, acerca de los signos de alarma, las causas mas comunes y agrego un poco de terminología del lenguaje medico.
The brain itself does not feel pain....in this podcast I talk about headaches, I use a lot spanish medical terms. 

about medicine-acerca de medicina 

Dolor de cabeza. Headaches

안녕하세요! 오늘은 [더 글로리]라는 한국 드라마에서 나왔던 "이판사판"이라는 표현에 대해 이야기해 볼게요. 

먼저, "이판사판"이라는 표현이 어떤 뜻인지부터 설명해드릴게요. 
한국어에서 "이판사판이다"라고 하면 “모든 걸 걸고 끝까지 간다"라는 느낌을 줘요. 쉽게 말해, "이제 돌이킬 수 없을 만큼 모든 걸 내던진 상태"인 거죠. 영어로는 "all or nothing" 또는 "past the point of no return" 같은 표현과 비슷하다고 할 수 있어요.

[더 글로리]에서 이 표현이 등장하는 장면을 소개해볼게요. 극 중에서 이사라라는 캐릭터가, 문동은의 위협을 받고 나서 이렇게 말해요:
"뭐, 커서 만나니까 이판사판이다 이거야?"
그러자 문동은이 이렇게 받아쳐요:
"큰일나 사라야. 이판사판은 원래 불교용어야."

이 장면에서는 문동은이 "이판사판"의 불교적 기원을 말하면서 이사라에게 장난을 치는 거예요. 사실 이사라는 목사의 딸이라, 불교와는 좀 거리가 있어야 할 것 같은데 말이죠!

그렇다면 이판사판이 왜 불교용어일까요?
원래는 불교에서 판결의 두 가지 길을 가리키는 말이었어요. "이판"은 수행과 명상을 의미하고, "사판"은 절에서의 행정적인 일들을 가리켰죠. 하지만 오늘날 이 표현은 그 본래 의미보다는, 일상 속에서 "이제 모든 걸 걸고 끝장을 본다"는 뜻으로 널리 사용돼요.

이제 여기서 흥미로운 점은, 이 대사를 영어로 번역할 때 불교적 배경을 모두 설명할 수 없다는 거예요. 그래서 영어 자막에서는 이사라의 대사가 욕으로 번역되고, 문동은이 이에 대해 
"We are in the house of God"라며 응수하는 걸로 의역됐어요. 
이런 번역을 통해, 영어권 시청자들도 맥락을 놓치지 않고 즐길 수 있게 조정된 거죠.

이렇게 한국어에는 종교나 문화적 배경이 담긴 표현들이 일상에서 자주 쓰이는데, 번역 과정에서 이런 부분들을 모두 살리기는 어려운 경우가 많아요. 하지만 이런 표현들을 이해하면 한국어가 훨씬 흥미롭게 느껴질 거예요!

오늘은 여기까지입니다. "이판사판"이라는 표현과, 이 표현이 드라마에서 어떻게 번역되었는지 알아봤어요. 

다음에도 한국어와 한국 문화를 더 깊이 이해할 수 있는 재미있는 주제로 찾아뵐게요! 
감사합니다.

[ㅇㄱㄹㅇ 덕후 톡] Real Deok-hu Talk Straight from K-media

[The Glory] "Be careful, Sara. '이판사판' actually has Buddhist roots"

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Praise

Did y ou know that self-prase is linked to higher confidence?

Lets go step by step.

How do you define praise in your terms?

How often 'does' it happen in your life?

Are you a praise giver or a praise receiver?

Listen to the recording and learn how you build your confidence even more!

Let me know how I can help you gain more confidence in your life!

To your success,
Anatoly

Here are some useful idioms to praise people:

1. Sing someone’s praises: To praise someone highly.
2. To be head and shoulders above: To be significantly better than others; deserving of high praise.
3. Beyond reproach: So good that it cannot be criticized.
4. A cut above the rest: Significantly better than others.
5. The cat’s pajamas: (Similar to “the bee’s knees”) Informal and highly complimentary.


I hope it helps :)
