Tune in for a special episode! Here, I share my conversation with Audrey and Abigail, the hosts of the You Don't Say?! English Podcast. We talk about cultural differences, interviewing, traveling and living abroad, culture shock, and more!

Episode originally published April 22, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter
 
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Cultural Differences and Communication: You Don't Say?! Podcast

This is a short conversation between  a student and a teacher.
 The script is as follows:
M: Hello, teacher, how are you? sà-wàt-dee kráp kroo bpen yang ngai bâang kráp
T: Hello, fine and you Meng? sà-wàt-dee kâ · sà-baai dee · láew Meng lá kâ
M: Life is fine. I have been to Thailand for 2 days. (ago)
      chee-wít sà-baai · sà-baai kráp · maa bprà-têt tai sŏng wan láew 
T: Are you coming for a visit, right?  maa tîieow châi măi?
 M: Not at all. I moved to work  here. mâi châi loiie kráp  pŏm yáai maa tam ngaan têe nêe
T: Very good. Tomorrow Thailand will have an important festival.
     Dee mâak · prûng-née bprà-têt tai jà mee têt-sà-gaan săm-kan
M: What is the festival? I've never been to Thailand in this period.
      têt-sà-gaan à-rai kráp · pŏm mâi koiie maa bprà-têt tai  chûuang née
T:   Songkran, do you know ?  sŏng-graan · róo jàk măi
M:  I've never heard,  what is it?  mâi koiie dâai yin · keu à-rai kráp
T: Thai New Year's Day Tourists know that Songkran is a water play day for Thai people.
       wan bpee mài tai · nák tông tîieow róo jàk sŏng-graan keu wan lên náam kŏng kon tai
M: Very interesting, I'm glad to be able to visit Songkran Festival.
      nâa sŏn jai mâak · pŏm dee jai têe jà dâai tîieow têt-sà-gaan sŏng-graan
T: not just play with water. We have many activities such as going to the temple to make merit. release the bird, release the fish,  visit family , pay respect to parents and elders and carry sand into the temple
   mâi châi kâe lên náam · rao mee gìt-jà-gam lăai yàang · chên · bpai tam bun têe wát · bplòi nók bplòi bplaa · bpai yîiam krôp kruua · wâai pôr mâe láe pôo sŏong aa-yú láe kŏn saai kâo wát
M: Really excited! Tomorrow I will go to the city and temple to see the Songkran atmosphere.
     róo sèuk dtèun dtên jing jing · prûng-née pŏm jà bpai nai meuuang láe wát · pêuua doo ban-
     yaa-gàat
     Sorry, I have to go. I have an appointment with my boss.
     kŏr tôht kráp · pŏm dtông bpai láew · pŏm mee nát gàp jâo naai kráp

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Please let me know if you have any requests of words or phrases that you wish you’ll be able to say in casual Japanese so I’ll make an episode about it!🙌
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Here we continue the story, you will notice it becoming harder and harder language and more structures and tenses. If it becomes to hard then that's oke, you can go back to previous chapters and practice a bit more. 

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Chapter 7 Page 1 - Tandem 

First words which will help you to say hello and how you are.

A1-Niveau

first words - erste Worte

Are you worried that in the middle of the IELTS exam you'll just forget what to say next? This can often happen when you're telling a story about an event that happened in the past. In this episode, you will learn 4 great phrases to impress your examiner and fill the space while you think of what you want to say next. 
As always, if you have any questions, or would like to suggest a topic for the next podcast, just send me a message on italki 😊

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lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

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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。

さて、今回は久しぶりに関西弁の話をしようと思います。
日本語のオンラインレッスンをしている時に、関西弁に興味がある方によく会います。標準語とは違うイントネーションがあって特徴的なので、好きな人も多いみたいですね。

アニメで関西弁がよく出てくることもあるので、そういうところから関西弁を知る人も多いようです。

で、僕は大阪で生まれ、30歳ぐらいまでずっと大阪で育ったので、強い関西弁、いわゆるコテコテな関西弁ではないですが、イントネーションは強くのこっています。今こうやって話している時も、たぶん関西弁のイントネーションが出てると思いますが、自分では気づいていないことも多いです。

妻も大阪出身なので、2人でいるとさらに関西弁が強くなります。ですので、今こうやって話している時よりも、いつもはもっと関西弁で話している、という感じです。

で、関西弁あるあるの話があります。
あるあるはそういうことがよくある、ということですね。そういう傾向がある。僕たちは日本でも4つの都道府県に住んだことがあって、僕は10回以上引越したことがあります。

それぞれの場所で、その土地の方言はあります。岡山もありますし、鳥取もありましたし、北海道もあります。だけど、関西弁がぬけることがありません。少しはその土地のイントネーションはうつるんですが、反対に、その土地の人が関西弁ぽくなったり、関西弁のマネをしはじめたりします。

それこそ、今僕の妻は関西から転勤してきたこともあって、職場では、ちょっとした関西弁ブームになっています。

それぐらい、特徴的で人の耳に残りやすいイントネーションなのかもしれません。僕自身もそんな関西弁はめっちゃ好きなので、これはこれからもずっとぬける気がしません。

また関西弁の言葉もPodcastで話していきますね！

みなさんは、方言、ありますか？
それはぬけないですか？変わりましたか？

そんな話もぜひオンラインレッスンでしましょう！
ということで、今回も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！




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#205 関西弁について！

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