Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

14"The Double Eleven " in China

Cognates are words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across two languages. This Episode includes an introduction to this podcast + a short explanation about how cognates work. By the end, there's a list of words associated with our first grammatical rule about cognates by suffix.

In this episode: Words that end with "ly" in English, while in Spanish end with the suffix "mente".

absolutely- absolutamente
additionally - adicionalmente
attentively - atentamente
completely - completamente
correctly - correctamente
directly - directamente
especially - especialmente
eventually - eventualmente
evidently - evidentemente
exactly - exactamente
finally - finalmente
fortunately - afortunadamente
horizontally - horizontalmente
immediately - inmediatamente
naturally - naturalmente
normally - normalmente
perfectly - perfectamente
really - realmente
recently - recientemente
secretly - secretamente
totally - totalmente

Spanish Hacks and Tips

1. COGNATES between English and Spanish. Part 1.

Fao nos cuenta su viaje por Java, cómo se enamora de los cantos del mono Ramayana, de la hermosura de Bali y del Gamelan. 

Ritmos del mundo

#12 Indonesia

This week we discuss the expression: 

burnt to a crisp!

Brentoni's English Podcast

030 - burnt to a crisp

An interrogative sentence with a choice-type question uses “háishi 还是”(or) to connect choice A and choice B. The responder needs to choose A or B.
For example：
nǐ shì lǎo shī hái shì xué shenɡ ？ 
你是老师还是学生？Are you a teacher or a student?

tā xué xí hàn yǔ hái shì hán yǔ ？ 
她学习汉语还是韩语？Does she study Chinese or Korean?

shū diàn zài zuǒ biɑn hái shì yòu biɑn ？ 
书店在左边还是右边？Is the bookstore on the left or the right?

xiàn zài qù chāo shì hái shì xià wǔ qù ？ 
现在去超市还是下午去？Go to the supermarket now or in the afternoon?

JOJO CHINESE

Choice-type Question

En este episodio te muestro una interacción entre dos clientes y un mesero en un restaurante, así como también un poco de vocabulario y gramática. 

Tu camino hacia el Español con Jenny

¿CÓMO ORDENAR EN UN RESTAURANTE?

¿Te gusta estar en casa? ¿O eres más aventurero y prefieres salir?

Do you like being at home? Or are you more adventurous and prefer to go out?

Você gosta de ficar em casa? Ou você é mais aventureiro e prefere sair?

Sind Sie gerne zu Hause? Oder sind Sie abenteuerlustiger und gehen lieber aus?

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

hola hola

Grounding, Cleaning, and Harmonizing experience to balance you at work and improve your soft skills—spoken English communication.

Please do not listen to the exercise while driving; this is a deep Alpha exercise. You may want to sit comfortably, turn on a candle, and/or incent sticks to help you deeeepeen the experience.

For better results, return to the practice on a daily basis. This recording isn't just for your overall English but for You As A Whole.

You are allowed to share my work with others and please share your results & discoveries in the process. 

Much love.


The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Grounding, Cleanzing, and Harmonizing exercise. To listen in a quiet, relaxed space to deepen the experience.

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