Join us for a discussion on the importance of idiomatic language in the Business Environment

The importance of figurative language for Business Communication

The Cultural Code of Business English

Today we discuss the idioms:

• to be GREEN
• in the RED
• to BLACK out
• the BLACK sheep

The Jerome Meadows Experience

Getting in the Red and Blacking Out (Color Idioms)

Class 17, Part 1. Numbers, money, and how to buy anything in Kerala — taught slowly, in Malayalam script, Manglish and English.

This class opens at a fruit stall, with eight lines of real bargaining. By the end you can say every one of them and improvise past them.

WHAT YOU LEARN
• One to ten, cold: ഒന്ന് (onnu) one · രണ്ട് (randu) two · മൂന്ന് (moonnu) three · നാല് (naalu) four · അഞ്ച് (anchu) five · ആറ് (aaru) six · ഏഴ് (eezhu) seven · എട്ട് (ettu) eight · ഒൻപത് (onpathu) nine · പത്ത് (patthu) ten
• Eleven to twenty from ONE rule, not ten new words: pathin + the digit you already know. പതിനൊന്ന് (pathinonnu) eleven · പതിനേഴ് (pathineezhu) seventeen · ഇരുപത് (irupathu) twenty
• The hundreds and thousands: നൂറ് (nooru) 100 · ഇരുനൂറ് (irunooru) 200 · ആയിരം (aayiram) 1000
• Every ordinal in the language from one suffix -ആം: ഒന്നാം (onnaam) first · രണ്ടാം (randaam) second
• The money sentences that actually buy things: ഇത് എത്ര? (ithu ethra?) how much is this? · വില കൂടുതലാണ്. കുറയ്ക്കാമോ? (vila kooduthalaanu, kuraykkaamo?) the price is high, can you reduce it? · അത്രയേ പറ്റൂ (athraye pattoo) that is the best I can do

THE INSIGHT MOST COURSES MISS
ഒന്ന് (onnu) — "one" — is also Malayalam's politeness softener. ഒന്ന് തരുമോ? (onnu tharumo?) means "could you just give me…". The first number you learn is already the politest word you own.

WHY MALAYALAM IS EASIER THAN YOU FEAR
Malayalam numbers are transparent and decimal — eleven is visibly ten-plus-one, like Mandarin shi yi. English "eleven" and French "onze" are opaque fossils you must memorise blindly. A beginner reaches a hundred faster in Malayalam than in French.

ONE WARNING FOR HINDI SPEAKERS
Hindi ek, do, teen are Indo-European. Malayalam onnu, randu, moonnu are Dravidian and match Tamil almost exactly. A Tamil speaker gets these free; a Hindi speaker starts at zero.

Taught by Dr. Reshmi R Nair. Slow, clear, natural Malayalam for English speakers.

Malayalam Survival Kit | Food, Travel & Getting Around Kerala

#17 Malayalam Numbers and Money, Part 1 — Count to 1000 and Bargain Like a Local

Una explicación de la diferencia entre "make" y "do".
Para practicar, vete a mi perfil de profesor, donde hay más que 70 cuestionarios. Este, sobre el significado de "make up your mind": https://www.italki.com/en/quiz/quiz/353834

The Social Evolutionary

"Hacer" - what is the difference between make and do? (For Spanish students)

1. Qual è il tuo miglior ricordo di compleanno?
2. Cosa ti piace fare di solito nel giorno del tuo compleanno?
3. Se potessi trascorrere il tuo compleanno in qualsiasi posto del mondo, dove sarebbe e perché?
4. Nel giorno del tuo compleanno ti (auto)regali qualcosa?

🙋🏼‍♀️ Queste sono le domande alle quali risponderò in questo episodio.

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🎧 Buon ascolto!

Puro Parlare

26. Il mio compleanno

En este nuevo episodio de nuestro podcast hablaremos sobre los beneficios para la salud asociados a la sonrisa, aprovechando que en el mes de octubre se celebra precisamente el día internacional de la sonrisa. 

¡Hablemos de salud!

¡A sonreír, los beneficios de una sonrisa!

Did you know that some words in Spanish have no translation in English? This podcast we will talk about these words below: 

•	¡Ajo!
•	Bagre
•	Barro
•	Barras
•	Bollito
•	Cipote
•	Cógela suave
•	¡Eche!
•	Erda: 
•	Pelaos
•	Tombo
•	Vi’te

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)


Colombia

Palabras que no tiene traducción en ingles (parte 6)

🔴Sabes la diferencia entre día festivo y feriado❓
Te cuento como distinguirlo y también sobre algunas cosas de latinoamérica😯🤔
⚪¿Sabías que en Bolivia tenemos un dios llamado Ekeko? El dios de la fortuna y no! No es un duende...todo esto te lo cuento en este episodio😃
Konrad Rovira - Tutor Nativo de Español

Escucha Facil Español

¿Día festivo o Feriado?⛅🧙‍♂️🍀💰 [Capítulo 14]

This episode  is about five tips to improve your fluency
Learning English is a marathon. It's a long run.
It requires high levels of motivation that are sustained for many years.
