[Conversation 1]

앤디 : 안녕하세요? 앤디예요. 이름이 뭐예요?
소라 : 소라예요.
앤디 : 소라 씨, 한국 사람이에요?
소라 : 네, 한국 사람이에요.
앤디 : 저는 미국 사람이에요.
소라 : 아, 그래요? 반갑습니다.

[Conversation 1]

Andy : Hello. I am Andy. What is your name?
Sora : I am Sora.
Andy : Sora, are you Korean?
Sora : Yes, I am.
Andy : I am American.
Sora : Oh, really? It is nice to meet you.

[Conversation 2]

앤디 : 소라 씨, 이분이 누구예요?
소라 : 미나 씨예요.
앤디 : 안녕하세요? 미나 씨. 앤디예요.
미나 : 안녕하세요? 앤디 씨.
앤디 : 회사원이에요?
미나 : 아니요, 학생이에요.

[Conversation 2]

Andy : Sora, who is this person?
Sora : This is Mina.
Andy : Hi, Mina. I am Andy.
Mina : Hi, Andy.
Andy : Are you an office worker?
Mina : No, I am a student.

[Grammar]

이다 :  attaches to the end of a noun to make it the predicate of the sentence.
이다 is used to express that the subject and predicate are the same thing.
The corresponding informal forms, 예요/이에요, are the same for both the descriptive 
and interrogative forms, with the interrogative form rising in intonation as it is pronounced:예요?이에요?
이에요/예요

[Vocabulary]

Korean : 한국 사람
American : 미국 사람
office worker : 회사원
student : 학생
name : 이름

Reading Korea.

Self-introduction

En esta clase vamos a hablar del verbo ESTAR, de sus estructuras y algunos usos especiales. El verbo ESTAR es muy importante en español y se usa bastante, así que esta clase es muy importante.

Un bocado de español

El verbo ESTAR en español: Expresiones, Estructuras y Usos Especiales

Hello everyone! Today's episode is a Japanese folktale: Momotaro. He's the most famous boy in Japan. Do you know this story? Today is the last half. Enjoy!


みなさんごきげんよう。今日のエピソードは日本の昔話、桃太郎だよ。彼は日本の中で一番有名な男の子だ。みんなはこのエピソードを知っているかな？今日は後半だよ。楽しんでね！


Moekoの日本語ベラベラtime

Epi10 : 日本昔話-桃太郎 後半【Japanese Podcast】

Die Redepartikeln in der mündlichen Kommunikation.

Deutsch unterwegs / German on the go

Redepartikeln

Información sobre las serpientes de Costa Rica:
Nivel intermedio/avanzado

Accede al texto en:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZuMwmgdaMTbSeAxg5rS94F3RBwNAZy3qGFSpSHkC3fk/edit?usp=sharing


Natural Spanish Fluency

Serpientes de Costa Rica

小明今天在家里大扫除。他先整理了客厅，把所有的杂志和书籍都摆整齐，然后打扫了厨房，洗了所有的碗盘。他还换了卧室的床单和被罩，最后清理了浴室。他觉得虽然很累，但看到干净整洁的家，非常有成就感。

问题：
1.小明今天在家里做了什么？
2.他先整理了哪个房间？
3.他在厨房里做了什么？
4.他还做了哪些家务？
5.小明对大扫除后的感受是什么？

每日汉语练习

大扫除

In Episode 2 of the Smithing Podcast, we discuss the importance of acknowledging your progress and setting achievable goals, rather than getting caught up in perfectionism. We also share some of our personal language learning successes and encourage listeners to share their own. Tune in to this episode for some inspiration and motivation to keep improving your language skills!

LEARN BY LISTENING

Episode2-Celebrating your achievements as a Language learner

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#167〉3月1日水曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/2℃ 

道央/どうおう…北海道の真ん中くらいの場所
・札幌
・北の方は雪が多い
・南の方は雪が少ない

道南/どうなん…北海道の南の場所
・函館/はこだて
・雪が少ない

道東/どうとう…北海道の東の場所
・釧路/くしろ
・冬はとても寒い
・夏も涼しい
・雪が少ない
・スケート

道北/どうほく…北海道の北の場所
・旭川/あさひかわ
・冬はとても寒い
・雪も多い
・マイナス33度

道西/どうせい…ない

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#167〉　道央と道南と道北と道東

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!