Ever wish you could connect with people better in your second language? I'm here to answer some of those questions by exploring different ways to approach asking about interests, hobbies, and more!

The Art of Asking Questions

Tra ieri ed oggi ho avuto finalmente modo di prendere due lezioni, una in Francese e una in Giapponese, vi racconto come è andata!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

La mia esperienza da studente!

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E’ rotonda, saporita e conosciuta in tutto il mondo. Già sai di cosa sto parlando? E' la pizza.
 Almeno una volta nella vita devi aver mangiato o preparato una pizza, un piatto che per la sua semplicità è arrivato in tutto il mondo. Per ascoltare un pò di storia e curiosità devi solo cliccare "ascolta". 

Il grillo parlante - podcast italiano 

La pizza 

みなさんは味覚に自信がありますか？
アヤは食べることが好きですが、残念ながらバカ舌です…
今回はアヤがアイスクリームの味について長年誤解していたことを話します。

Do you feel confident about your sense of taste?
Aya likes to eat but she has no sense of taste.
This time, Aya talks about her many years of misunderstanding about the taste of ice creams.

♤ キーワード 
・先入観（せんにゅうかん：preconception）  
・配合（はいごう：combination of ingredients）
・違和感がある（いわかんがある：feel strange） 

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1.  アヤさんが最近まで同じ味だと思っていたのは何味と何味？
2.  今回の雑談を経て、２人の宿題になったことは？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. フミさんが「土用の丑の日」にアナゴを買った理由は？ 
→ ウナギよりアナゴのほうが値段が安いから。
2. フミさんが「土用の丑の日」に矛盾を感じたのはなぜ？ 
→ 最近メディアを通して「サステナブル」が謳われているものの、スーパーではウナギが大量に仕入れられて余っているから。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 11：アイスクリームの味

**Presentazione in Italiano:**

Ciao a tutti, benvenuti al nostro  podcast"Italiano espresso"! Oggi vi parlerò di un cantautore italiano straordinario: Rino Gaetano. Nato a Crotone nel 1950 e trasferitosi a Roma da giovane, Rino è diventato famoso per la sua musica ironica, satirica e spesso provocatoria. Le sue canzoni mescolano elementi di rock, pop e folk, con testi che affrontano temi sociali e politici in modo unico e irriverente. Alcuni dei suoi brani più celebri includono "Gianna," "Ma il cielo è sempre più blu" e "Berta filava." Nonostante la sua carriera sia stata tragicamente breve, Rino Gaetano ha lasciato un'impronta indelebile nella musica italiana. Restate con noi per scoprire di più su questo artista eccezionale!



Hello everyone, welcome to our podcast "Italiano espresso"! Today, I will talk to you about an extraordinary Italian songwriter: Rino Gaetano. Born in Crotone in 1950 and moving to Rome at a young age, Rino became famous for his ironic, satirical, and often provocative music. His songs blend elements of rock, pop, and folk, with lyrics that uniquely and irreverently address social and political themes. Some of his most famous songs include "Gianna," "Ma il cielo è sempre più blu," and "Berta filava." Despite his tragically short career, Rino Gaetano left an indelible mark on Italian music. Stay with us to learn more about this exceptional artist!

Italiano espresso

Rino Gaetano: un cantautore istrionico

Alternative vocabulary for "approximately."

The English Toolbox

Ways to Say "Not Exactly"

From checking into hotels under different names to living in homes that can't be seen on Google Maps, rich people work hard to keep others from knowing where they are and where they're going.

But some new data might tell us more about where they've chosen to live and work.

An investment company called Henley & Partners has released data that gives information about the countries the world's millionaires are leaving, and where they're going.

And the company says 2024 will be a big year for millionaire moves, with economic and political uncertainty — including big elections in the UK and the US — encouraging a record 128,000 rich people to move somewhere new.

This information is important, according to the company, because it tells us about the health of a country's economy.

And if you're a millionaire, the UAE is the place to be, with a record 6,700 of them expected to move there this year.

The top destination for the last three years, the UAE is a good place for rich people to look after their wealth, experts say. There's no income tax to pay, and if you're rich, it's easy to get a "golden visa" — which lets people live there for a number of years if they invest money in the country.

After the UAE, the next most popular destination is America, followed by Singapore, Canada and Australia.

China, the world's biggest loser of millionaires, could see more than 15,000 leave the country this year — 10% more than last year — while 9,500 millionaires may leave the UK, and 4,300 are expected to leave India.

However, according to experts, China and India's losses may just be because their successful economies are seeing more and more millionaires being created there, not because of local problems.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Money on the Move: Where Are Millionaires Going?

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こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今日は日本でのコンビニでのやり取り、について話します。
今日のレッスンで、日本のコンビニでの会話の話をしました。店員さんからたくさん質問されると困りますね。

ということで、だいたいどんなことを聞かれるか、言われるかをお話します。

その後に、こんなふうに答えたらいいですよ、というのもお話しします。

買う物をレジに持って行きます。

いらっしゃいませ
　ー店員さんが商品をスキャンします
会計はいくらです
　ー会計が画面に出ます
会計は何にされますか？(お支払い方法は？)
　ー現金、クレジットカード、交通系、電子マネーなどがあります
おにぎり、お弁当あたためますか？
　ーはい、お願いします/大丈夫です。あたためなくていいです。
レジ袋入りますか？
　ーはい、ください(有料になります)/大丈夫です。いらないです。
お手拭き入りますか？
　ーはい、ください(無料です)/大丈夫です。いらないです。
ありがとうございます。またお越しくださいませ！


こんな感じですね。
行ったことがある人はそうそう！という感じですかね。
わかっていても早口で言われると少しあせりますね。

聞かれることは、さっき話したようなことぐらいですので、あせらずに、1つずつ答えると良いと思います。

日本じゃないと日本語を実際に使う時は少ないと思います。
ですので、ぜひチャレンジしてみてくださいね！

ということで、最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！

　
