Follow along with some of my personal reflections on life. Listen to them as many times as you like. You are also welcome to join me for a lesson if you want to elaborate on one of the topics.

Rocksaina's overdenkingen - Rocksaina's Reflections

On this channel you can tune in to listen to famous fairy tales read to you in Dutch. Feel free to tag along.

Sprookjes in het Nederlands voorgelezen

Рубрика, где я рассказываю о темах со своих уроков 

Темы для обсуждения 

Юля - девочка, которая смогла 

Here I am gonna be talking about the basic features about Turkish, you can skip this episode, if you already know, otherwise, enjoy!

5 minutes Turkish everyday

Everyday Turkish episode 1

¿Sabías que la ciudad de Buenos Aires es famosa por sus actividades nocturnas? 
En este episodio te contaré brevemente sobre cómo es la noche porteña.

Porteña

Buenos aires nocturna

Hi everyone, I am Sara and this is Persian made EZ, episode 3.

“Khabar” and its plural form “khabar-(h)ā” is the news in Persian.
So we say, “che khabar?”, or “che khabar-(h)ā?” to say, “what’s the news?”, “what’s new?”, or “what’s up?”.
 
To this we often say “salāmat-i!”. 
Salāmat-i means health, and in this context we use it to say, “not much!”. 

We can also respond to “che khabar?” and “che khabar-(h)ā?” with, “hich-chi(z), salāmat-i!”, literally, “nothing, just health!”.

And then we can ask, “to che khabar?” (informal), or “shomā che khabar?” (formal/plural), and “to che khabar-hā?” (Inf.), or “Shomā che khabar-hā?” (frm./pl.).

Let’s practice!

Dialogue 1

Salām! Chetor i? Che khabar?
Salām! Khub am, merci! Salāmat-i! To che khabar?
Hich-chi(z), salāmat-i! 

Dialogue 2

Salām! Khub i? 
Salām! Bad nistam, kheili mamnun! To khub i?
Merci, che khabar-hā? 
Hich-chi(z), salāmat-i! To che khabar-hā?
Salāmat-i! 

Persian Script

چه خَبَر؟ / چه خَبَرها؟: what’s new? / what’s up?
سَلامَتی: not much!, lit. health!
هیچی، سَلامَتی: nothing, just health!
تو چه خَبَر(ها)؟ / شُما چه  چه خَبَر(ها)؟: what’s new with you? / what’s up with you?

Latin Script

Che khabar? / Che khabar-hā?: what’s new? / what’s up?
Salāmat-i!: not much!, lit. health!
Hich-chi(z), salāmat-i!: nothing, just health!
To che khabar(-hā)? / Shomā che khabar(-hā)?: what’s new with you? / what’s up with you?

Persian Made Easy 

Persian Made Easy, Episode 3

Joy to Our World

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Do you agree?

MEG: Well, hello there, Julia! Long time no see!

JULIA: Meg! Hi! What a coincidence! I haven’t seen you in ages! What are you doing here?

MEG: I just got a new job in the city, so I’m shopping for some clothes. Hey, what do you think of this shirt?

JULIA: Hmmm … well, you know how much I love blue. See? I’ve got the same shirt!

MEG: You always did have good taste! What a small world.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Coincidences 

日本で一番高い山は、富士山です。今は冬なので登れませんが、湖のあるふもとの町には、たくさんの観光客が訪れています。湖ならば、一番大きいのが、みんな大好き、京都の隣にあるじゃないか！と思うのですが、外国人はさほど来ていません。実は私もよく知らない、琵琶（びわ）湖。ハルカちゃんに聞くまで、滋賀県はほとんどびわ湖で、びわ湖しかない、と思ってたんだけど、今回話して、とっても大事な湖だというのが、わかりました。

スクリプトは⁠こちら⁠
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/19-2eebbca906f14b839cd75767d9bc62db?pvs=4
楽しみ方は⁠こちら⁠を見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/S2-1114d60c575442768615bc975767fd41?pvs=4

ちなみに　滋賀県は居酒屋なんかで見る「たぬき」の置物のふるさとでもあります。あの「たぬき」のなぞも、ついに分かる（かも www）
じゃあ、またね！

すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第19話　滋賀はびわ湖があればこそ

In this episode, we’re diving deep into the age-old debate: Does stress really help you learn better, or is it just a fast track to burnout? The answer might just change the way you approach your language journey for good. 