今までお洒落なカフェによく行ってたけど、今は「食堂」に行くことにハマってるんだよね(^^) 食堂には、あんまり若い人は行かないかもしれない。 おじいさんや、おばあさんが料理を作ってる場合が多いかもね。

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The Little Prince (Küçük Prens) - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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World Classics (Dünya Klasikleri) 1 

Hello everyone, welcome to my podcast. I'm your favorite Chinese tutor.
Today I want to share with you one of my experience in Switzerland. What happened to us in Switzerland? 
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Episode 1: My experience in Switzerland

You will know of some Colombianadas


1. Colombiano que se respete ofrece ‘ñapa’

2. Los colombianos vemos una lora y le decimos: ¿quiere cacao?

3. Cuando compramos algo lo pedimos diciendo: ¿me regala…?

4. Nos erizamos cuando escuchamos el Himno Nacional de Colombia

5. Colombiano que vive en otro país busca una tienda en donde venden productos colombianos

6. Recordamos con cariño los productos colombianos que acompañaron nuestra infancia

7. Tenemos un dicho para cada ocasión

8. Somos ‘noveleros’ por naturaleza

9. Contamos con un repertorio de chistes colombianos

10. El 31 de diciembre le damos la vuelta a la manzana con una maleta

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Colombia

Top 10 de colombianadas

In today’s episode, I wanted to speak to your heart—and your senses.

I want to encourage you to engage all five of your senses in your language learning journey. You see, language doesn’t just live in your brain—it dances through your fingertips, your eyes, your ears, even your nose and tastebuds. That’s right. When you involve multiple senses, you’re actually building stronger, deeper neural pathways that help memory stick.

Science tells us this works. Multisensory learning, especially when involving touch and movement, boosts retention and comprehension. When you touch flashcards, hear new words aloud, write them out by hand, or associate a scent or taste with a new phrase—you’re telling your brain, “This matters.”

And it does matter. You matter. Your learning journey is sacred.

So today, I reminded you to slow down, to savor the process. Whether it’s the sound of a foreign lullaby or the warmth of a dish from another culture, let your senses be your gentle guides. Let your whole body learn. And remember—there’s no right way to do it. There’s only your way, done with intention, done with love.

Until next time, I’m here cheering for you, every step and every sense of the way. 🌿


111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 67 - How to Learn a Language with Your Whole Body and Heart

To and for are some of the most common prepositions in English—you see them everywhere, in almost every sentence. That’s what makes it so frustrating to get them mixed up; after all, the for and to difference isn’t exactly easy to understand.

Word pairings that use to:
access to
addiction/addicted to
attraction/attracted to
change to
contribute to
dedicate/dedication to
new to
react/reaction to
refer/reference to
respond/response to
threat to
transition to
to some extent
to [someone’s] surprise
to [someone’s] face
to this day
Common phrasal verbs with to:

get around to
get down to
get to
look up to
see to
Word pairings that use for
advertise/advertisement for
approval for
argue/argument for
care for
cure for
hunger/hungry for
pay for
recipe for
room for
search for
study for
talent for
thirst/thirsty for
for a living
for a while
for free
for good
for now
for sale
for starters
for sure
for the best
for the record
for the time being
Common phrasal verbs with for:

go for
look for
look / watch out for

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To vs. For: What’s the Difference?

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4 significados del verbo "liarse"

Hi, everyone! It's another podcast about the Japanese graduation ceremony! This time, I talk about how we do that at a university. It's a bit different from what I talked about in the previous episode. Have fun!

Some words to check before listening to this:
・卒業証書（そつぎょうしょうしょ）diploma
・体育館（たいいくかん）　　　　　school gym
・学部（がくぶ）　　　　　　　　　department, faculty
・教授（きょうじゅ）　　　　　　　professor 

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