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23rd May 2025 (First Episode)

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Bienvenida

Do you want to learn Italian but are struggling with time and motivation? In this podcast episode, I will show you 5 tricks to overcome all your struggles.

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*This episode is about "Yasuj"a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. 

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شهر یاسوج

We use borrow and lend when people share objects or possessions. 

We use borrow to explain we don’t own the object. 
For example: I am borrowing a dress from my sister.
We use lend to explain that the object belongs to you, but someone is using it.
For example: I am lending my dress to my sister. 

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Borrow and Lend

En un mundo cada vez mas superpoblado resulta paradójico ver que cada vez más personas se sienten solas, por eso en este episodio te invito a conocer que impactos tiene la soledad en la salud de las personas y que estrategias podemos llevar a cabo para combatirla 

¡Hablemos de salud!

Soledad: Impacto en la salud de las personas


   a. Time flies - The perception that time passes quickly.
      Example: "It feels like yesterday when we started college; time flies."
   b. Race against time - To hurry or work quickly to meet a deadline.
      Example: "We're in a race against time to finish the project before the end of the day."
   c. Kill time - To occupy or pass the time in an enjoyable or unproductive way.
      Example: "I usually read a book to kill time during my commute."
   d. In the nick of time - Just in time, at the last possible moment.
      Example: "He arrived in the nick of time to catch his flight."
   e. Once in a blue moon - Very rarely or infrequently.
      Example: "We only see each other once in a blue moon since she moved abroad."


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Time-related idioms:

Ask for names and origin, talk about languages & indefinite article (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish).

Anna is working at her part-time job as a waitress in the university café. She sees Meili and they talk about the students in her German course. Meili gets Paul's number from Anna. What could she want from him?

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10: Türkei, Türke, Türkisch | Turkey, Turk, Turkish

Die deutschen Dialekte

(A)  Grob geschätzt gibt es in Deutschland etwa 20 Dialekte. Wenn man allerdings genau hinsieht, sind es erheblich mehr, denn die einzelnen Mundarten lassen sich kaum voneinander ABGRENZEN. 
(B)  Es ist jedoch eine Tatsache, dass der Bewohner Hamburgs im Norden den Münchner im Süden nur mit Mühe versteht und dass der Württemberger für einen Film, in dem Plattdeutsch gesprochen wird, vermutlich Untertitel braucht. 

(C)  Sprachforscher beklagen, dass die Dialekte zugunsten des Hochdeutschen mehr und mehr in Vergessenheit geraten. Das ist schade, denn ein Dialekt hat reiche Ausdrucksformen, die auch die Kultur seiner Sprecher WIDERSPIEGELN. Leider ist dieser Niedergang im Zeitalter der Medien und der großen Mobilität der Bevölkerung kaum noch aufzuhalten.

(D)  Interessanterweise stellte sich bei einer UMFRAGE heraus, dass mehr als ein Viertel der Deutschen das „Bayerische“ gerne hört, während „Sächsisch“ auf dem letzten Platz der Beliebtheitsskala der Dialekte landete.
