I teach Children and Adults, focusing on general conversation, Business English, Listening Pronunciation and Vocabulary, and Job Interview Skills. I use AI tools and lots of visuals.

English by Eric

日本の伝統芸能（でんとう げいのう traditional performing art ) にも、いろいろありますが、その中から今回は「狂言（きょうげん）」をご紹介。短いコメディーなんですが、動きにきちんと「型（かた）」があります。空手（からて）みたいでしょ？　ワークショップに行って、「笑い（わらい larghing)」の型を覚えてきたので、忘れないうちにみなさんと一緒に復習したいと思います。結果、なんだか「ドラゴンボール」の「かめかめは」みたいになってますが、気にしないで Let's work out together!

スクリプトと文法や言葉のリストはこちら。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/14-e776c17ed481490588c596982304a669
楽しみ方はこちらを見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/116c436c16ed4055a68ddb2c4624cd96
今回はBGMに使用した「能狂言」のダイジェストYoutubeのリンクも貼っておきますので、ぜひごらんください。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU2MqSwuuaM
じゃあ、またね！

すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第14話　大声で笑え「狂言」（きょうげん）

En este episodio vas a aprender muchas curiosidades sobre las tapas

Ampa tu profe amiga.

Las tapas españolas

Grammar Point: The verb (to be) boodan
While reading the Conversation, you might have wondered why the counterpart of the English verb “is” in Farsi (ast )
had different forms in different places. For instance, when Nasrin introduced her husband to her mom, she said, In
Dānieleh (This is Daniel). In another place, Nasrin asked her mom, Farzād kojāst? (Where is
Farzad?).
Like English, Farsi also uses both full and contracted forms of the verb to be. In English, we can say, “I am happy,” “Jane is
beautiful,” and “You are smart,” or we can contract the verb and say, “I’m happy,” “Jane’s beautiful,” and “You’re smart.” In
the same way, Nasrin used contracted forms of the be-verb.
Like most Indo-European languages, Farsi verbs are conjugated. Conjugation means that speakers attach endings to verbs
that provide information about the person, number, and tense of a verb. In Farsi, very often pronouns are omitted from
sentences because the verb endings imply the pronoun.

more examples:

مُعَلِّمَم=معلمم   moallemam = moallem hastam = I'm a teacher.
دُکتُری= دکتری؟  Doctori?        = Doctor hasti?        = are you a doctor?
تاجِره= تاجره       Tajere            = Tajer hast              = he's/she's a business(wo)man.
خُوشحالیم = خوشحالیم   khosh'halim =khosh'hal hastim= we're happy.
ناراحَتین؟= ناراحتین          narahatin? = narahat hastin? = are you unhappy?
تو راهَن؟= تو راهن؟         tu rahan? = tu rah hastan? = are they on the way?


Farsi (Persian) pods

The verb (to be) boodan = بودن

Lifestyle creep, also called "lifestyle inflation," is when you find yourself with some more money — for example, after getting a new job or paying off a mortgage — but then spend more as a result.

English Vibes

Spend and Save: How to Beat 'Lifestyle Creep'

Spoiler: vale sim... e muito! Quer saber por quê? Então fique por aqui, pois no episódio de hoje eu te conto tudo!

Praia e Dolce Vita

Vale a pena aprender uma língua só por diversão?

Today’s episode is about first impressions, it’s not a how-to episode but more a discussion of how first opinions are made.
In psychology, a first impression is an event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of that person. As much as it's natural to want others to like and accept us from the start it's important to remember that first impressions are not always correct.

Matcha & Meditation

First Impressions

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word book. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script

Idiom Corner

Book

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y7df2G6Oh_d1sL2EvrbhPqmMv7O8XTBh/view?usp=drivesdk