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Teacher Joseph's Podcast

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In this podcast, I will talk about two most common phrases used by Afghans. At the beginning, I speak a bit English about my podcast, then I explain them in Dari and little English to make the phrases and sentences more understandable for the listeners.  

Dari and Uzbek Podcast

Dari Podcast

On this episode, we will keep learning the useful sentences for talking about weather.

今日行雷。( It will be thundering today.)
gām yaht hàahng lèuih.
gam1 jat6 haang4 leoi4.

今日有雷暴/有颱風/有颶風/有龍捲風。
gām yaht yáuh lèuih bouh/ yáuh tòih fūng/ yáuh geuih fūng/ yáuh lùhng gyún fūng. 
gam1 jat6 jau5 leoi4 bou6/ jau5 toi4 fung1/ jau5 geoi6 fung1/ jau5 lung4 gyun2 fung1.
(Today there will be a thunderstorm/ typhoon/hurricane/tornado.) 

會wúih/wui5（will/would）
聽日會落雨。（It will be raining tomorrow.）
tīng yaht wúih lohk yúh.
ting1 jat6 wui5 lok6 jyu5.

後日會有霧。(It will be foggy the day after tomorrow)
hauh yaht wúih yáuh mouh.
hau6 jat6 wui5 jau5 mou6.

今日會有雷暴。(Today there will be a thunderstorm.)
gām yaht wúih yáuh lèuih bouh.
gam1 jat6 wui5 jau5 leoi4 bou6.

Q:今日幾多度呀？(What is the temperature today?)
gām yaht géi dō douh a?
gam1 jat6 gei2 do1 dou6 aa3?

A:今日二十度。(Today is 20 degrees.)
gām yaht yih sahp douh.
gam1 jat6 ji6 sap6 dou6.

一 二   三  四  五  六  七  八  九  十 (1-10)
yāt yih sāam sei ńgh luhk chāt baat gáu sahp
jat1 ji6 saam1 sei3 ng5 luk6 cat1 baat3 gau2 sap6

十一、十二、十三、十四（11-14）
sahp yāt, sahp yih, sahp sāam, sahp sei
sap6 jat1, sap6 ji6, sap6 saam1, sap6 sei3


Daliy Conversations for Cantonese (粵語會話）

How is the weather today?（天氣狀況）part2

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A : 안녕하십니까? 저는 마이클 존슨이라고 합니다.
B : 네. 이쪽으로 앉으세요.
      존슨 씨는 어느 나라 사람입니까?
A : 저는 미국 사람입니다.
B : 전공이 무엇입니까?
A : 저는 컴퓨터 그래픽을 전공했습니다.

A : Hello. I am Michael Johnson.
B : Well, have a seat here, please. 
     Where are you from, Mr. Johnson?
A : I am from the States.
B : What is your major?
A : I majored in Computer graphics.

** Grammar points.

A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다.
In the formal situations such as interviews, news, and public announcement, the formal style of speech is used as stated below.
For the present tense, A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다 are used.
A/V-ㅂ/습니다
* verb or adjective stems ending with a vowel + -ㅂ니다 : 가다 -> 갑니다.
* verb or adjective stems ending with a consonant + -습니다 : 먹다 -> 먹습니다.
N-입니다 : 의사 + -입니다 -> 의사입니다 
For the past tense, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다 are used.
A/V-았/었습니다 : 가다 -> 갔습니다 / 먹다 -> 먹었습니다
N-였습니다/이었습니다 : 학교 -> 학교였습니다 / 월요일 -> 월요일이었습니다.


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