Today’s expression: A Baptism of Fire 🔥

What happens when your very first experience turns out to be your biggest challenge?

🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn the meaning of a baptism of fire and how native speakers use it to talk about difficult beginnings that make us stronger and more confident. 💪

English with Navid

Baptism of Fire

Tonight, hundreds of thousands of snowflakes are floating above a cute village. 

Among these snowflakes there’s one the size of a small pot plant. It’s twirling and spinning like a beautiful ballet dancer. This snowflake’s name is Lola. She has just been joined by her rich green fairy friend named Fairy. 

“Lola, I’m sorry to disturb you right before sleep... But I had to come see you. The wedding date has been moved. We must have it in one week’s time. Do you think the dress will be ready?” 

“One week? Sure thing,” says Lola. “I’ll work on it during the (yawn) weekend. You have nothing to worry about.” 

“Oh Lola, you’re the best! Thank you! Here, let me take you to the ground—you’re tired—I can take you there in a few minutes.” 

Fairy takes Lola in her arms to flies towards the village. But something isn’t right. The wind is becoming stronger and colder. Fairy is trying her best to fly straight, but the wind is pushing her to the left and to the right. The little green light is struggling against the wind.  

A storm is coming. 


Being a Cloud

Lola the Snowflake 

How to place an event in time in Malayalam — days, weeks, months, years, and the small words that let you tell a story instead of listing facts.

I am Dr. Reshmi R. Nair, an applied linguist from Kerala. I have taught hundreds of learners to speak Malayalam as it is actually spoken.

THE DAYS, INCLUDING TWO ENGLISH CANNOT DO IN ONE WORD
ഇന്ന് - innu - today
ഇന്നലെ - innale - yesterday
നാളെ - naale - tomorrow
മറ്റന്നാൾ - mattannaal - the day after tomorrow
മിനിഞ്ഞാന്ന് - mininjaannu - the day before yesterday

THE LARGER UNITS
ദിവസം - divasam - day
ആഴ്ച - aazhcha - week
മാസം - maasam - month
വർഷം / കൊല്ലം - varsham / kollam - year

THE THREE MODIFIERS THAT DO MOST OF THE WORK
കഴിഞ്ഞ - kazhinja - last, past
ഈ - ee - this
അടുത്ത - adutha - next
കഴിഞ്ഞ ആഴ്ച - kazhinja aazhcha - last week
അടുത്ത വർഷം - adutha varsham - next year

BEFORE, AFTER, FROM, UNTIL — AND THEY GO AFTER THE PHRASE
മുൻപ് - munpu - before, ago
കഴിഞ്ഞ് - kazhinju - after
രണ്ട് ദിവസം മുൻപ് - randu divasam munpu - two days ago
മുതൽ - muthal - from
വരെ - vare - until
തിങ്കൾ മുതൽ വെള്ളി വരെ - thinkal muthal velli vare - Monday to Friday

FREQUENCY
ദിവസവും - divasavum - daily
ആഴ്ചയിൽ ഒരിക്കൽ - aazhchayil orikkal - once a week
എപ്പോഴും - eppozhum - always
സാധാരണ - sadharana - usually
പലപ്പോഴും - palappozhum - often
ചിലപ്പോൾ - chilappol - sometimes
ഇടയ്ക്ക് - idaykku - now and then
അപൂർവമായി - apoorvamayi - rarely

ONE THING WORTH KNOWING
The Malayalam weekday names carry the same seven planets, in the same order, as English, French and Japanese — one Hellenistic invention that travelled east and west and survives intact in daily speech.

When did you last speak Malayalam out loud? Answer using മുൻപ്.

#LearnMalayalam #Malayalam #MalayalamGrammar

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Oath :

I took an oath 
Please take an oath that you will remain loyal  to us 


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Lesson 1 Word 5 ( Oath )

今日は「にほん」と「にっぽん」の違いについて話しました。
どっちをつかっていいか、迷いますよね。
この二つの言葉にはどういう歴史、違いがあるのでしょうか。
そして日常生活でどっちを使うのでしょうか。
また、発音の違いについても話しています。ぜひ、この発音の違いを、日常生活で使う日本語でも応用してみてくださいね。
内容
・オープニング
・歴史
・日常生活でどっちを使う?
・発音の違い
・促音＆破裂音
語彙
全力疾走
即決
ぱっと見

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

にほん vs. にっぽん: なにが違う?どっちを使う?音の違い?

Learn some basic French vocabulary related to Christmas and the holidays!

Learn Basic French Podcast

Learn French: Joyeux Noël! (Merry Christmas)

Watching films can help you gain competence in a language, improve your vocabulary and learn new expressions. So, in this episode of your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about the benefits of learning with films and Sebastián (our guest today) will recommend some Spanish films you can't miss! Are you ready?

Your Spanish Journey

Watching films to learn Spanish

Spanish México

CHIHUACHUA, MÉXICO.

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。

みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もトルコからPodcastを録っています。


今日は、N3の漢字をやります！
込をやります！　

音読み　
訓読み　こーむ、こーめる　送り仮名はむ、める

意味は、あつまる、中にいれる、などがあります。

例えば、

・振込ーふりこみ　お金を口座に入れること

・申込ーもうしこみ　意志とか願いを伝えること

・吸い込むーすいこむ　液体や気体を吸って中まで入れること

・見込みーみこみ　将来そうなるという気持ち


こんな感じですね。
これを使って例文を作っていきましょう！

・月末までに家賃を振り込む必要があります。

・日本語教師の勉強のために、学校に申し込みをしました。

・大きく息を吸い込んだ。

・今年の出産数は70万人前半の見込みです。

こんな感じです。

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！
