Today we're talking about a piece of vocabulary that we can use to say that we haven't decided what our opinion is yet. We're still thinking about a topic and deciding what we think of it. This is the idiom "the jury is (still) out". I hope you find it useful!

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The jury's out on how good a podcaster I am.

Cuento de Rosario Ferré de título "La muñeca menor".

Cuento de nunca acabar

Episodio 5: La muñeca menor

A famous tale from Persian literature is read and explained by Ali. 

Simple Farsi with Ali

Story; Read and Explained

很抱歉，前段时间我生病了。Hěn bàoqiàn, qiánduàn shíjiān wǒ shēngbìngle.     
I'm sorry, I was sick some time ago.
不好意思，路上堵车，所以我迟到了。Bù hǎoyìsi, lùshàng dǔchē, suǒyǐ wǒ chídàole.
Sorry, there is a traffic jam on the road, so I am late.

零基础汉语---zero basic Chinese

第十五课 lesson 15

Continuando con la serie de episodios sobre la ropa en Perú, esta vez les traigo información sobre la chompa.

Transcripción y traducción disponible en: https://conpedepatria.blog/2023/03/10/la-chompa-lps/
¡Gracias por escuchar!

Learn Peruvian Spanish

17. La chompa (vocabulario de ropa)

올해 감사한 것 세 가지를 나눠보아요

마리아와 한국어 산책

올해 감사한 것 세 가지

안녕하세요. Hello~ 
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class. 
선생님 읽어요. I read it. 
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/223003104571
https://youtu.be/iqNpa8dsL84

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) - Lesson 11. Part 1 ​-을/-ㄹ 테니(까),  Part 2 -는다고/-ㄴ다고 하다, -다고 하다/ …이라고/ …라고 하다

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月27日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/16℃ 

新千歳空港/しんちとせくうこう…北海道の一番大きな空港
・来月10日から、外国人観光客の受け入れをすると発表
・新千歳空港の国際線も6月中に再開

［単語］
観光客/かんこうきゃく…景色を見たり、いろいろな食べ物を食べたりして、楽しむ人のこと。
受け入れ/うけいれ…入れること
発表/はっぴょう…みんなに知らせること
国際線/こくさいせん…国の間をとぶ飛行機の道
国内線/こくないせん…国の中をとぶ飛行機の道
再開/さいかい…止まっていたことが、また始まること

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#67〉5月27日金曜日　日本、6/10から外国人観光客の受け入れ

Man 1: Several years ago, I was in a car accident that left me with a back injury. As a computer programmer, I am still able to do my job, but I often have to take painkillers. When the pain gets particularly bad, I sometimes have to lie down on my back for a while until it goes away because sitting up really hurts. When we were in the office, I would worry that my colleagues would see me taking pills. Since we’ve been working from home, it has been much better. I can go and see my physical therapist more often too. I don’t have to worry as much and if I need to lie down for a little while to help my back, I can. When we were in the office, I’d sometimes be in a lot of pain but didn’t feel like I could say anything.

Woman: I have suffered from depression for a long time. Most of the time I manage it, but I often feel very nervous. Working in an office was really hard as I was always scared that I might panic and my colleagues would wonder why I was acting strangely. Working at home has been so much better for me as I don’t have to talk to so many people and I can have a relaxed environment and play peaceful music. Management is talking about going back to the office soon and I can already feel a lot of anxiety about it. I’m worried that I will not be able to hide that I’m depressed and people will judge me.

Man 2: I’m quite deaf in one ear. I don’t like to mention it when I’m at work because I feel as though there is often a stigma around disabilities. I worry that people will treat me differently. The problem is, sometimes I don’t hear when people are talking to me and then they think I’m ignoring them or I’m not listening. Working at home has been great for me because all of our communication has been online or video calls and I can wear headphones like everyone else. I’m not looking forward to going back to the office and I don’t see the point as I can do my job perfectly well from home.