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This tense indicates frequent, regular, or habitual actions in the present.
Rule
Remove "na" from the root verb and add "ta", "te" or "ti" as per the number and gender of the subject.
Verb - khana
Ram khaTA hai राम खाता है - masculine singular
Sita khaTI hai - सीता खाती है - feminine singular
Hum khaTE hein - हम खाते हैं - masculine plural
Sita and Mina eat - सीता और मीना खाती हैं - feminine plural

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Present Habitual Tense

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Cafes are a popular meeting place — whether you're meeting a friend, meeting someone for the first time or even having an informal business meeting.

But Shojo Cafe is not the place to go if you're planning to talk to people. The new cafe in Osaka doesn't allow any sound — that means no music or talking, and orders must be made silently.

The cafe opened in April, as a space where people can go to enjoy some peace and quiet in a busy city.

It's run by AB Possible, an organization that supports people with disabilities. Many of the cafe employees are deaf or have hearing difficulties, and a space like this allows them to play an active role in society, the organization said.

Customers are asked to make their orders silently, such as by writing or pointing at the menu.

Sign language is also encouraged — and if you're interested in learning, there are informal sign language classes after the cafe closes. Classes are one hour long and cost 2,000 yen — or about $13 — which also includes a cup of matcha.

The organization said that, unlike a normal cafe where people talk to each other, the silence in Shojo Cafe will help customers focus on other things — like the color and taste of the cafe's tea and sweets. Customers can even try making the matcha themselves.

Cafe owner Haruna Matsumoto told The Asahi Shimbun the idea for the cafe came after she visited a silent cafe in Vietnam, and all she could hear was the sound of rain and people walking.

"I got to know the comfort of silence and the lively way the cafe staff worked," Matsumoto said, adding that she wanted more people to learn about both things.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

No Talking Allowed at Osaka's Silent Cafe

ROMANIAN

Grădina. Garden.

Hey this is Chadwick.

Today I am going to talk briefly about those little pop-up advertisements, also called pop-up ads, that appear on websites or videos that you are perusing on the internet.

I fully understand the necessity of the pop up ads.  I mean, while the internet appears to offer us so much information instantly, and in most cases 'free', the truth is someone somehow must pay the bills.

So, I completely appreciate the need to sell something in order to bring in some cold hard cash, or, money.

And yes, it's true, occasionally I enjoy having my attention drawn to new and exotic music equipment from my favorite shopping website, Sweetwater.

However, if I am going to be honest, most of the time pop ups annoy me.

I mean, I'm pretty intentional about how I spend my time on the internet.

And if I am looking for some specific information on a topic, or trying to listen some music on Youtube, then it can be a bit of a bother to 'X' out of an ad, or wait 15 seconds before I can watch a video.

How about you? What do you think of pop up advertisements?

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Organic English

005 Pop Up Ads on the Internet

很快我就进一步了解了这朵花儿。
I soon learned to know this flower better.
在小王子的星球上，过去一直都生长着一些只有一层花瓣的很简单的花。
On the little prince's planet the flowers had always been very simple.
这些花非常小，一点也不占地方，从来也不会去打搅任何人。
They had only one ring of petals; they took up no room at all; they were a trouble to nobody.
她们早晨在草丛中开放，晚上就凋谢了。
One morning they would appear in the grass, and by night they would have faded peacefully away.
有一天，不知从哪里来了一颗种子，忽然一天这种子发了芽。
But one day, from a seed blown from no one knew where, a new flower had come up;
小王子特别仔细地监视着这棵与众不同的小苗：
and the little prince had watched very closely over this small sprout which was not like any other small sprouts on his planet.
这玩艺说不定是一种新的猴面包树。
It might, you see, have been a new kind of baobab.
但是，这小苗不久就不再长了，而且开始孕育着一个花朵。

The shrub soon stopped growing, and began to get ready to produce a flower.
看到在这棵苗上长出了一个很大很大的花蕾，小王子感觉到从这个花苞中一定会出现一个奇迹。
The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it.
然而这朵花藏在它那绿茵茵的房间中用了很长的时间来打扮自己。
But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber.
她精心选择着她将来的颜色，慢慢腾腾地妆饰着，
She chose her colours with the greatest care. she drest her slowly.
一片片地搭配着她的花瓣，
She adjusted her petals one by one.
她不愿象虞美人那样一出世就满脸皱纹。
She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled, like the field poppies.
她要让自己带着光艳夺目的丽姿来到世间。
It was only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear.
是的，她是非常爱美的。
Oh, yes! She was a coquettish creature!
她用好些好些日子天仙般地梳妆打扮。
And her mysterious adornment lasted for days and days.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第18章：花苞中的奇迹

Spanish México

MEXICO CITY EPISODE NUMBER SEVENTEEN

EL SILVATO AZTECA.

Los fundadores de México-Tenochtitlan no dejan de sorprendernos. Es bien sabido que los aztecas tenían una rica tradición religiosa, política, cosmológica, artística y filosófica, heredada de sus constantes viajes y las conquistas sobre otras tribus mesoamericanas.

Ser el centro de una enorme civilización, también implica tener un gran saber sobre calendarios, escritura y arquitectura. Fueron estos logros, entre otros tantos, lo que destaca a los aztecas como una de las mayores culturas del mundo.

La creación de ornamentos y artilugios para fines quirúrgicos, bélicos y religiosos también es una constante de los mexicas. Uno de estos artefactos, del que poco se habla pero que infunde un gran terror es el Ehecachichtli o silbato de la muerte.

El Ehecachichtli es un instrumento único en el mundo y su sonido es tan peculiar como estremecedor. Están los pequeños que caben en el puño de la mano y los que tienen el tamaño de un cráneo normal. Sobre todo son hechos de arcilla y dan la impresión de emitir gritos aterradores.

Como todo instrumento de viento, el sonido depende del tamaño del orificio por donde entra el aire, y cuanto más grande y largo sea tubo de acceso, más se presenta el efecto gutural. Entre más pequeño y corto sea el orificio de acceso, se obtendrá un sonido agudo. Esto también depende del efecto que se le da al silbato, ya que es posible modificar el acceso del aire con las manos y modular el volumen de la caja de resonancia.

Como sea, su sonido es inquietante. La alta frecuencia del silbato estremece el cuerpo y hace que la mente recuerde el ambiente espectral de las películas de terror. Sólo piensa en cientos o quizá miles de silbatos resonando al mismo tiempo, combinado con la atmósfera que provocan los cascabeles y tambores, para tener una idea más precisa del efecto psicológico devastador que sentían las tribus rivales al enfrentarse a los mexicas.