When on holiday, you may wish to find out how to get to a place of interest, or to a museum, and this episode goes into some of the vocab you may need to get there. 

English in 60 Seconds

Getting to a restaurant from the hotel - asking for recommendations and directions

Hi everyone, I am Sara and this is Persian made EZ, episode 2. 

One way to say “how are you?” in Persian is to use, “chetor i?” and, “chetor in?”.

We use “chetor i”, with the “i” ending, when we’re talking to one person in an informal setting, for example when talking to a friend or family.

And we use “chetor in”, with the “in” ending, either when we’re talking to one person in a formal setting, or to more than one person in both formal and informal situations. 

It's also very common in person to ask, “khub i?” and, “khub in?” when we're greeting each other.

“Khub” means “good”, “well”, or “fine”, so “khub i?” and “khub in?” literally mean, “are you fine?” or, “are you doing well?”

You can also put “khub i?” and “khub in?” together with “chetor i?” and “chetor in?”, and greet each other like this: 

Salām! Chetor i? Khub i? (Informal, Singular)

Or

Salām! Chetor in? Khub in? (Formal / Plural)

We can answer “chetor i?” and “khub i?” with, “khub am, merci!” and, “khub am, kheili mamnun!”, or, “bad nistam, merci!” and, “bad nistam, kheili mamnun!”.

And then we can ask, “to chetor i?” and, “to khub i?” or, “shomā chetor in?” and, “shomā khub in?”.

Now let’s practice! 

Dialogue 1

Salām! Chetor i? 
Salām! Khub am, merci! To chetor i?
Khub am, kheili mamnun! 

Dialogue 2

Salām! Chetor i? Khub i?
Salām! Bad nistam, kheili mamnun! To khub i?
Khub am, merci! 

Persian Script

سَلام: hello, hi
چِطوری / چِطورین: how are you
خوبی / خوبین: are you fine, are you doing well
خوبَم: I'm fine
بَد نیستَم: I'm not bad
مِرسی: thanks
خِیلی مَمنون: thank you so much

Latin Script 

Salām: hello, hi
Chetor i? / Chetor in?: how are you?
Khub i? / Khub in?: are you fine?, are you doing well?
Khub am: I’m fine
Bad nistam: (I’m) not bad
Merci: thanks
Kheil mamnun: thank you so much

Persian Made Easy 

Persian Made Easy, Episode 2

In this episode learn how to correctly conjugate the pronoun "usted" in Spanish

Spanish with Jania

How to conjugate the pronoun "usted" in Spanish?

It is called serial-verb sentence whose predicate is made up of no less than two verbs or verb phrases initiated by the same subject without any pauses or coordinators.
（1）The latter action is the aim of the former one.
wǒ qù ɡōnɡ yuán pǎo bù 。 
我去公园跑步。                   I go to the park for running.

jīnɡ lǐ mínɡ tiān lái běi jīnɡ kāi huì 。 
经理明天来北京开会。         The manager will come to Beijing for a meeting tomorrow.

（2）The former action is the manner or instrument of the latter one.
wǒ kāi chē qù ɡōnɡ sī 。 
我开车去公司。             I drive to the office.

jīnɡ lǐ zuò fēi jī lái běi jīnɡ 。 
经理坐飞机来北京。       The manager will come to Beijing by plane.

zhōnɡ ɡuó rén yònɡ kuài zi chī fàn 。 
中国人用筷子吃饭。        Chinese people eat with chopsticks.

JOJO CHINESE

Serial-Verb Sentence

明けましておめでとうございます！Happy New Year！
Episode76 新年の抱負　New Year's resolutions
2025年にしたいこと、チャレンジしたいことについて話します。

仕事では、このpodcastの内容を充実させたいです。日本語を学習している人の役に立つ内容にしたいです。日本語を聞く力や話す力をのばせる内容にしていきたいと思っています。
プライベートでは、ドイツに旅行しようと思っています。ドイツに友だちがいて、遊びにおいでと言ってくれているので。それから、HONDAのモーターバイク、カブで遠出をすること、バイオリンをもっと練習して上手に弾けるようになること、英語力をアップすること、ドイツ旅行のためにドイツ語の勉強をしたいと思っています。
もう一つ、絶対しなければならないことがあります。それは、健康のためにやせることです。2024年は病気で入院手術をしたので、今年は歩いたり、運動したり、そして食べ過ぎないようにしたいと思っています。これが　私の2025年の抱負です。

新年の抱負（ほうふ）: New Year's resolutions
仕事面（しごとめん）: In terms of work / Work aspect
充実（じゅうじつ）させたい: Want to enrich / Want to make fulfilling
役に立つ（やくにたつ）: Useful / Helpful
バージョンアップ: Upgrade
悩（なや）みながら: While struggling / With worries
伸（の）ばす: Improve / Enhance / Develop
やり方（かた）: Method / Way of doing things / Approach
力（ちから）になる: Be helpful / Be supportive / Be beneficial
プライベート: Personal / Private life
海外旅行（かいがいりょこう）: Overseas travel / International trip
計画を立てる（けいかくを　たてる）: Make plans / Plan out
～ているところです: (Be) in the process of ～
遠出（とおで）: Going on a trip / Travelling far
小1時間（こいちじかん）: About an hour / Roughly one hour
趣味（しゅみ）: Hobby
力になる: Be helpful / Be beneficial
つづけていきたい: Want to continue
欲張り（よくばり）: Greedy / Ambitious
質問（しつもん）される: Be asked questions
別の言語（べつのげんご）: Another language / A different language
困らない程度（こまらない　ていど）: To a level where one won’t struggle / Sufficient level
絶対（ぜったい）: Absolutely / Definitely
体調（たいちょう）: Physical condition / Health
入院（にゅういん）: Hospitalization
手術（しゅじゅつ）: Surgery / Operation
やせる: Lose weight
10キロ以上（いじょう）: More than 10 kilograms
重（おも）すぎる: Too heavy
健康的（けんこうてき）な体作り（からだづくり）: Building a healthy body / Creating a healthy physique

やさしい日本語（にほんご）

Episode76新年の抱負(しんねんのほうふ）New Year's resolutions

حكيم	        Wise	
عادل	         Just	Fair
مملكة	         Kingdom
مخلصًا	          Loyal	Faithful
يُدعى	          Called	Named
يُساعد	          Helps	
سردها	         Narrated it	Told it
أرويها	         I tell it	I narrate it
بحث عن	         Searched for	Looked for
اتخاذ القرارات	Decision-making
العديد من	         Many of	A lot of, Numerous
لم يتمكن من	Was unable to
يمكنني أن	I can	I'm able to
خطرت فكرة	An idea occurred	

Singular and plural words

بلد	بلدان / بلاد	Country
قرار	قرارات	        Decision
فكرة	   أفكار	        Idea
ملك	ملوك	         King
ملكة	ملكات       	Queen
وزير	وزراء	                Minister	
زوجة	زوجات	        Wife


Learning MAS through stories.

A part of a story from One Thousand and One Nights.

Plataformas de enseñanza de idiomas, podcasts, GoogleDocs, Dropbox, Youtube, traductores o este mismo blog, todos son ventajosas herramientas pero como la Luna, tienen un lado oscuro y necesitamos tener mucha concentración para evitar distracciones.

Entonces, ¿cómo podemos sacar el máximo rendimiento a estas herramientas y servicios digitales y que la inversión de tiempo nos reporte beneficios pragmáticos? Para mí, todo aprendizaje depende de dos factores: del aprendedor y del concepto a aprender. Esto no ha cambiado ni va a cambiar nunca pero lo que sí cambia es el “cómo” hacerlo. 

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

6 Trucos para concentrarte.

My name is John - Jina langu ni Yohana
I'm 30 years old - Nina umri wa miaka thelatini
I'm from Kenya - Mimi ninatoka Kenya
One of my hobbies is reading - Moja ya kozi yangu ni kusoma
I've been learning Swahili for a year - Nimekuwa nikijifunza kiswahili kwa mwaka mmoja

Austine Sikuku

How to Introduce Yourself in Swahili

Transcripción del episodio: 
https://acortar.link/f9j4Yu

En este episodio te enteraras que hizo que Mamá Elena comenzará hablarle a Tita y quienes llegaron de sorpresa al rancho de Mamá Elena. 

Te invito a crecer como hablante de español:
https://www.italki.com/es/teacher/9508879

