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Fordlandia

In this video, I give an example to better understand present perfect tenses. 

 If you think you understood, listen to the audio again and comment below the sentence in which I used a present perfect tense at the beginning of this episode!

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Bonus points if you can comment below another way to say the example sentence in the podcast so that it really means it has been a looooong time! 
*Advanced challenge! Good luck :)*



English in a minute!

PRESENT PERFECT tense - Is it about PAST or PRESENT? (SOLVED!)

Vamos a hablar de esta expresión exagerada pero útil ;)

Expresiones en español

Ser más largo que un día sin pan

Podcast de cuentos para niños entre los 3-8 años

Hora del cuento

1. Cuando estoy enfadado - Trace Moroney

Let's talk about our experience with kimchi.

A : 마이클 씨, 김치 먹어 봤어요? 
B : 그럼요. 먹어 봤어요.
A : 미국에서도 김치를 먹은 적이 있어요?
B : 아니요, 미국에서는 먹은 적이 없어요.
     작년에 한국에 왔을 때 처음 먹어 봤어요.

A : Michael, have you ever eaten Kimchi?
B : Sure. I have.
A : Have you eaten Kimchi in the States, too?
B : No, I haven't eaten Kimchi in the States.
      I ate Kimchi for the first time when I came to Korea last year.

Grammar

V-(으)ㄴ 적(이) 있다/없다

'-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다' is used when a person has experienced something,
and '(으)ㄴ 적이 없다' is used when a person has not experienced something.
* verb stems ending with a vowel + -ㄴ 적이 있다/없다 : 가다 -> 간 적이 있다/없다.
* verb stems ending with a consonant + -은 적이 있다/없다 : 읽다 -> 읽은 적이 있다/없다

Reading Korea.

Experience

秋です。晴れた夜には、きれいな月が楽しめるようになってきました。9月10日は「中秋（ちゅうしゅう）の名月（めいげつ）」でした。日本の「お月見」の行事を紹介（しょうかい）しましょう。ついでに、月が出てくる日本の民謡（みんよう　folk song）、炭坑節（たんこうぶし）をお聞かせしましょう。ひいているのは、日本のギター、弦（げん strings）が3本の三味線（しゃみせん）です。いきなり歌ってますが、びっくりしないでくださいね。
スクリプトと文法や言葉のリストはこちら。
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楽しみ方はこちらを見てください。
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じゃあ、またね。

すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第27話　お月見いろいろ

Le Globe 

Offrons le globe aux enfants, au moins pour une journée.
Donnons-le leur afin qu’ils en jouent comme d’un ballon multicolore
Pour qu’ils jouent en chantant parmi les étoiles.
Offrons le globe aux enfants,
Donnons-le leur comme une énorme pomme
Comme une boule de pain toute chaude,
Qu’une journée au moins ils puissent manger à leur faim.
Offrons le globe aux enfants,
Qu’une journée au moins le globe apprenne la camaraderie,
Les enfants prendront de nos mains le globe,

Ils y planteront des arbres immortels.

Learn French through literature ☕

Le Globe "The Glob" Poem of Nazim Hikmet (Turkish Poet)

大家好！我现在在云南大理。
Hello everyone, now I am in Dali, Yunnan Province. 
大理在中国的西南部，
Dali is in the southwest of China, 
离缅甸很近。
very close to Myanmar.
我在路上走的时候，
When I was walking on the road,
经常会有卖东西的人叫我金花。
I was often called "Jinhua" by people selling things. 
原来金花是白族人对女孩的称呼，
 It turns out that Jinhua is a how Bai ethnic people call a girl, 
意思是善良美丽的女孩。
 which means "kind and beautiful girl". 
白族是这里的少数民族，
 The Bai Nationality is a minority here, 
大家可以看一下这是他们的服装，
 you can see, this is their clothing, 
很有民族特色。
 which has ethnic characteristics.
我以前生活在广州。
I used to live in Guangzhou. 
在广州，我们叫陌生的女孩
 In Guangzhou, we call strange girls 
靓女或者美女，
"liàng nǚ" or "měi nǚ", 
意思是漂亮的女孩子。
which means beautiful girls.
广州话的发音是“leng3 neoi5”。
The pronunciation in Cantonese is "leng3 neoi5".
我们去饭店吃饭的时候，
When we go to a restaurant, 
也会叫服务员靓女。
we will also call the waitress "liàng nǚ".
如果是年纪大一点的，我们就叫阿姨。
If she is a little older, we call her "auntie".
我的老家在潮汕，
My hometown is in Chaoshan, 
在那里我们叫女孩子“妹”。
where we call girls "mèi",
潮汕话的发音是“muê6”。
pronounced " muê6 " in Chaoshanese.
In other parts of China,
在中国其他地方也有很多不同的叫法。
there are also many different ways to call a girl. 
 For example, in Beijing, you can call her "gūniang" or "guīnǚ".
例如：在北京可以叫“姑娘”或者“闺女”。
 In Shanghai, you can call "xiǎogūniang" or "nunu".
在上海可以叫“小姑娘”或者“囡囡”。
In Sichuan, you can call "yāomèi" or "nǚwá".
在四川，可以叫“幺妹”或者“女娃”。
你还听说过什么叫法吗？
Have you heard of any other way to call girls?
留言告诉我吧。
 Leave a comment and tell me.
下期视频见!
 See you in the next video!
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How do people call girls in China？（Intermediate level）

To know what you like is the beginning of wisdom and of old age.
In today's episode, the topic is about ,"knowing what you want."
