Dear listeners, students, and friends. I am glad to introduce you to the second episode of my Lithuanian podcast for non-native speakers. 

In today's episode, you will learn more about one of my favorite Lithuanian celebrations - Užgavėnės. In 2024, Užgavėnės is going to be celebrated on the 13th of February, so I encourage you to learn a bit more about it's traditions, meaning and significance.

I suggest turning on the subtitles for a more comfortable listening experience. Install Language Reactor to translate the Lithuanian titles into your native language.

Also, if you wish to receive the full transcript of this episode, please head to my Contribee. There you will find all the podcast's transcripts, longer format Lithuanian with Paulius recordings and more.

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Lithuanian with Paulius

#2 - Užgavėnės: The Most Exciting Lithuanian Winter Festival

第 15-18题∶请选出正确答案。
我和丈夫 15 五年了，婚后的生活一直十分幸福，从来没有为什么事红过脸，去年还刚刚生了一个小宝宝。但是，昨晚我们却大 16 了一架。原因是丈夫说他要换一份工作，工资更高，不过工作地点是在外地。他说他已经决定了要去，而我并不认为这是个很好的机会。工资虽然高一点儿，但是要换一个完全陌生的环境;17 我们的孩子这么小，他走了，我一个人又要上班，又要照顾孩子，太辛苦了。现在，这个问题要18 解决，我们还没有想好。
15.A 婚姻  B 结婚  C离婚   D婚礼
16.A 说     B.喊      C.叫     D吵
17.A.不过  B 然而   C 而且  D 否则
18.A 如果  B.如何   C.比如  D.例如


杨小红的播客

完形填空练习

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの31回目です。最近はほとんど一日中クーラーをつけています。食欲も無くなってきたので、そうめんやきゅうりを食べています。今月はいろいろな用事があって忙しかったです。最近はもっと仕事や語学について勉強しようと思っていて、読みたい本がたくさんあるのですが、なかなか読む時間が取れません。最近レッスンで生徒さんに聞いた「機会費用」の話が面白かったので、ベンジャミン・フランクリンの本を読みたいです。

Hello. This my podcast episode 31. These days I have the air-conditioner on almost all day long. I've lost my appetite and I'm eating Somen noodles and cucumbers. I've been busy this month with a lot of different things. Recently I have been trying to learn more about work and languages, and there are many books I want to read, but I can't find the time to read them. I want to read a book by Benjamin Franklin because I recently heard a student talk about 'opportunity cost' in a lesson and it was interesting.

先週ウェビナーが終わりました。ライブ時はコメントや質問がほとんどなかったのですが、実はライブが終わってから数分後に、たくさんのコメントや質問が一斉に送られてきていました。日本では、質問の時間は、最初の一人が質問するまで、まったく質問がない、沈黙の時間があるのが普通です。ところが英語圏では、どんどん質問が飛び出すのが普通です。

The webinar finished last week. There were very few comments and questions during the live session, but in fact, a few minutes after the live session was over, many comments and questions were sent in all at once. In Japan, there is usually a period of silence, with no questions at all, until the first person asks a question. In English-speaking countries, however, it is normal for questions to keep popping up.

当日裏方でウェビナーの操作をしていたitalkiの方は、英語のウェビナーの雰囲気に慣れていました。沈黙が続いたとき、質問がないと思って、私に気を使ってくれて、質問コーナーを早く打ち切りました。こういうところでも文化的な理解の違いがあるんですね。この違いに気づかなかったのは、私の経験不足です。もしまたウェビナーのホストをする機会があったら、この点を改善したいと思います。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

31. ウェビナーとゲーム

In this episode, I talk about common ways to ask someone to repeat what they said. 
Make sure that you do the quiz attached to the episode and subscribe to never miss an episode. 
Enjoy! 

Summary:
Say: 
Pardon? Pardon me? (rising intonation) 
Sorry? I'm sorry? (Rising intonation; informal)
I missed what you said.
I didn't catch that. 
I didn't get that. 

Avoid: What? Huh? (Sounds rude)
Avoid: "Can you repeat?" (Wrong; "repeat" is usually transitive, and therefore needs an object) 

English with Eric

Informal English: What to say when you don't understand

Kavi moves into Amana’s home to work as a translator of rare books. Soon he hears frightening rumors about Amana. After finding a tombstone in the yard, he wonders if the rumors are true: that Amana is a vampire. Will he be the next victim?

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-scholar-and-the-vampire-chapter-1

Learn English with Stories

The Scholar and the Vampire- Chapter 1

В этом эпизоде мы повторим родительный падеж,  прошедшее время и поговорим о том, как люди жили раньше. 

Russian for daily life with Lena 📖💫

Как жили люди раньше?

Learn your 2nd and 3rd sentences in Luxembourgish and hear how amazingly close the language is to English. You can practically speak it already!

Sproochentest: Start Here

2. Next Steps

This podcast will make sure that you won't have to feel unconfident about using 'make up' in your speech ever again!

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'Make Up' Is Really Easy to Use In Your Speech!

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、敬語（けいご）を紹介します。
日本人も敬語がむずかしいです…。

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！