بَيتِي اللي عِشْت فِيه لَمَّا كُنْت صَغِير كان بِحَارَة قَرِيبَة مِن نُص البَلَد.
كُلْ شَي كَان قَرِيب مِن البَيت والحَارَة مَا كَانَت تِنَام.
البَيت كَان عِبَارَة عَن شِقَّة كَبِيرَة و وَاسِعَة بِالطَابِق الثَالِث. 
كان فِيه خَمْسَة غُرَف وثَلَاثَة حَمَّامَات وصَالَة ومَطْبَخ.
الصَالَة وغُرْفَتَين كَانُوا كْبَار حَتَّى المَطْبَخ كَمَان.
المُشْكِلَة الوَحِيدَة فِي البَيت إنو كَان قَدِيم شْوَي وكَان دَائِمًا فِيه مَشَاكِل بالسِبَاكَة.


Gulf Dialect (Level 1)

My house 🏡 / بيتي

Adventure seeker 🌏 | Explored 20+ countries | Passionate about different cultures | Wanderlust at heart | #TravelBug #GlobeTrotter #CulturalExplorer

1) #usa - United States yoo·nai·tuhd stayts -美国
2) #thailand tai·land -泰国
3)#cambodia kam·bow·dee·uh -柬埔寨
 4) #vietnam vee·uht·naam -越南
5) #laos lows -老挝
6) #indonesia in·duh·nee·zhuh  -印度尼西亚
7) #singapore sing·uh·por -新加坡
 8) #malaysia muh·lay·zhuh  -马来西亚
9) #germany jur·muh·nee -德国
10) #poland pow·luhnd -波兰
11) #czechia -  Czech Republic chek ruh·puh·bluhk -捷克共和国
12) #croatia krow·ay·shuh -克罗地亚
13) #bulgaria buhl·geh·ree·uh -保加利亚
14) #romania row·may·nee·uh -罗马尼亚
15)UK- United Kingdom  yoo·nai·tuhd king·dm -英国
16) #scotland skaat·luhnd -苏格兰
17) #ireland ai·ur·luhnd -爱尔兰
 18) #italy i·tuh·lee -意大利
19) #vatican City va·tuh·kuhn si·tee -梵蒂冈城
20) #albania al·bay·nee·uh --阿尔巴尼亚
21) North Macedonia north ma·suh·dow·nee·uh -北马其顿
22) #spain spayn -西班牙
23) Georgia jor·juh -格鲁吉亚共和国
24) #armenia aar·mee·nee·uh -亚美尼亚
25) UAE - United Arab Emirates yoo·nai·tuhd eh·ruhb eh·mr·uhts -阿拉伯联合酋长国
26) #taiwan tai·waan-台湾
 27) South Korea sowth kr·ee·uh -韩国
28) #nepal nuh·paal -尼泊尔
 29) #india in·dee·uh -印度

Digital Nomad 101

All The Countries I've visted in English+ Chinese in Description

Jag pratar om en fantastisk bok! Den handlar om Genghis Khan. 10/10.

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #18 - Wolf of the Plains (lätt)

En este 2.º episodio entrevisto a Catalina, una colombiana que llegó a Italia a los 5 años, esta casada con un italiano, tiene una hija, nos habla acerca de su experiencia como extranjera en Italia, su experiencia de vida y su sentido de pertenencia a las dos culturas. Tiempos verbales: presente, gerundio, pasado: pretèrito imperfecto, indefinido. 

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

2.º episodio Colombianos por el mundo

Hace unas semanas, en un audio-artículo de este blog escribí y hablé de la pérdida de fonemas conforme las lenguas se iban expandiendo por este planeta, obviamente al ritmo de la expansión humana. ¿Sí? Pues hoy en día, que no queda nada por ser descubierto por nuestros ojos y todo el mundo cabe en un dispositivo electrónico con conexión a Internet, el proceso de “simplificación” sigue su curso.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Comprimiéndose.

Toddlers in the UK get almost half of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), according to a new study.

Researchers also found that 7-year-olds get 59% of their calories from UPFs.

UPFs include things like ice cream and cookies, but also ham, sausages, flavored yogurts, breakfast cereals and some breads.

Eating too much of these types of food has been linked to an increased risk of a number of different health conditions, including obesity, diabetes and heart problems.

The study looked at food diaries completed by the parents of more than 2,500 children aged 21 months, and 600 children aged 7.

The most common UPFs that toddlers ate were flavored yogurts and whole-grain breakfast cereals.

Although these are seen as quite healthy choices, they are still ultra-processed. They're usually industrially produced and contain ingredients that most people wouldn't have in their kitchens, like emulsifiers.

The researchers said children who eat more UPFs as toddlers are more likely to eat a lot of them as they get older, so choosing the right foods for young children is important.

Previous research has found that teenagers in the UK may get more than 60% of their calories from UPFs.

However, the study's lead author, Rana Conway, said it's not only parents that are to blame.

She said these foods "are often cheaper than the foods parents would like to give their children, such as fresh fruit and vegetables.

"Also, despite labels suggesting they're a healthy choice, ultra-processed foods marketed for children often contain too much sugar and salt. This makes it harder for parents to make healthy choices."

Studies done in the US have found similar problems with the diets of children there.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

UK Kids Get Half Their Calories from Processed Foods

If you have a bad experience at a restaurant or hotel, what do you do? Do you tell the staff? Do you ask them to apologize — maybe even ask them to give you something for free?

Or do you maybe just say nothing, go online, and write a bad review about the place? Then others might see your review, and decide to go somewhere else.

If you're in Italy, however, soon you may not be able to leave a bad review without being able to prove that you had a bad experience.

In a new law being proposed by the country's government, review websites like TripAdvisor will need to make sure that the people leaving reviews have actually visited the places they're reviewing.

The law, which would be the first of its kind in Europe, would require reviewers to be verified with an ID, and show proof that they had been to the place not more than two weeks before their review.

It's already against the law to leave fake reviews in Italy, but it's not always easy to know which reviews are fake. This law would make sure that the reviewer has, at least, visited the place.

The law would also let businesses ask for bad reviews to be removed after two years if they can show that the problem mentioned in the review has been fixed.

The idea is to protect businesses and make sure reviews are honest — which also means people like influencers won't be able to be paid to leave positive reviews.

In fact, many people who agree with the law believe it should extend to all social media, not just review websites, because with so many influencers being paid by companies online, it's not always easy to know which reviews are honest.