We look at the grammar of this popular, philosophical question. Grammar shows us that it CAN'T be half full or empty. These are "absolute" words.

The Social Evolutionary

A Glass Half Full... or Half Empty???

Hi there! This one is about Valentine's day! 
In this episode, I introduce some funny stories. Have fun!

I have also a Patreon page!
https://www.patreon.com/tatsukisjapanese

たつきのにほんご

Japanese Valentine's Day (Casual Native Level)

In this episode, I'll read a short story by Claudia Piñeiro, Argentinian scriptwriter and novelist. Relax and enjoy!

Your Spanish Journey

Extensive reading: Short stories to enjoy.

In this episode we learn:
Thee three personal pronouns in Swahili:
A). First person pronoun
B). Second person pronoun
C). Third person pronoun
     Each personal pronoun has a singular and a plural form.

Lets Learn Swahili

Personal pronouns(Viwakilishi- Nafsi)

要求：听第一遍不要看文本，再听第二遍，不懂的地方可以看文本，反复听。。。直到听懂为止，然后写下你的答案。

文本：
女:	还要排多久的队啊？从早上八点到现在，我们都等了一个半小时了。
男:	没办法。天热，生病的孩子多，前面那家人说他们一大早就来了，到现在也还没轮上。
女:	给孩子看个病真难，挂个专家号更难。
男:	别抱怨了，估计再等二十来分钟就轮到咱们了。

问：这段对话大概发生在什么时候？
A： 八点       
B： 九点
C： 九点半
D： 九点五十



Merry's voice (HSK五）

HSK 五   看病挂号排队

In this podcast, I am going to tell you about my best friend in Hindi. 

Daily Life Hindi Podcasts 

मेरा सबसे अच्छा दोस्त / Meraa Sabse Achhaa Dost

私は東北地方に住んでいます。東北の方言についてまだよく知らない人が多いかもしれませんが、私が紹介する東北弁をぜひ楽しんでほしいです。いつか皆さんが東北地方に来た時に、地元の人と東北弁を交えて一緒に会話をできるかもしれないです。「はい」「うん」を東北弁で紹介します。その言葉は「んだ」。ぜひ、使ってみてください！！
I'm living in Tohoku area of Japan. Here is the place to share about the Tohoku dialect. So if you can speak Japanese, but the dialect is still not so known for overseas.
I'd love to tell you about my location Tohoku area with interesting dialect.
This is absolutely amazing place to visit. You will speak the Tohoku dialect with local people future when you come to here. It would be a great experience for you!!



Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

Are you interested in the Tohoku dialect?　方言に関心はある？

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.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Leaving a Review in Italy? You May Need to Prove It's True

Video Podcast~♬
えいごの　べんきょうをしているとき、ちょっと　わからないことが　ありました。
スーザン・ブラウンさんという　おんなのこの　いえの　ことです。

みなさんは、このはなし、どうおもいますか。
おしえてください！

📖きょうの　おはなし
「どうして？スーザンは BOXROOMで・・・」
１））えいごのテキスト　　0:00
２））スーザン・ブラウン　0:24
３））BOX ROOM　　　　  1:00
４））Ripostiglio               　1:56
５））ものおき　                   2:35


🦔🍎　ちょっと　むずかしい　ことば・ぶん　🍅🦔
It is useful to copy and paste words you don't understand into the translation‼
Microsoft Translator / Google Translator: You can also check the reading of kanji‼‼

１））えいごのテキスト　0:00
・夫が中学生の時の英語のテキスト
・この本で英語を勉強するのが大好きだ
・ロールプレイ

２））スーザン・ブラウン　0:24
・例えば
・庭があります
・リビングにソファーやテレビセットがある

３））BOX ROOM　1:00
・質問が１から１２まである
・英語とイタリア語の辞書

４））Ripostiglio　1:56
・小さくてちょっと汚い窓
・青いビニール袋
・プラスチックのゴミ
・紙のゴミ
・瓶のゴミ
・モップ
・ほうき
・右側に洗濯機も見える
・本当ですか！？
・信じられない
・日本語の辞書も見てみる

５））ものおき　2:35
・日本語の辞書
・物置
・間違いない
・英語の英語の辞書

VERY VERY EASY Native JAPANESE!!