With 26 letters, (but 44 different sounds), and not many rules, English pronunciation is sometimes difficult.
Sometimes, reading a word, does not help you to say it.  Here is some help.


Pronunciation 

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Do you know the difference between these words? 
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Confusing words - intermediate 

Success at work!
Vocabulary to help your career.  
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English for Business

A2 - B1  
Conversation Class Preparation.
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Confusing words  (A2 - Elementary)

Thai Tea La Nid - EP.2 - Thai People Like to Shorten Words?! 

Hello guys! Welcome back to the episode 2 of Thai Tea La Nid Podcast.

Today, we're going to talk about how Thai people really speak in daily life. 

Well, have you ever had a problem understanding Thai people speak? 

Hmm, it just doesn't sound like what you have learned from the textbook, right? 

I think one of the reasons might be because we always shorten words and we always skip the subject. 

OK, for example, how to ask what are you doing in Thai? 

From the textbook, you might say “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”. I'll make it more natural. “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”. 

Which is too formal and kind of too long because that's like six words or eight syllables. 

Okay, so let's start by skipping the subject first. 

From “kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”, we can say “gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká”.

Ok now, let's shorten the words. You can say “tam à-rai yòo ká” or “tam rai ká”. 

That's the shortest version. 

Ok, let's practice again from like the full version to the shortest version, ok? 

“kun gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká” 

“gam-lang tam à-rai yòo ká” 

“tam à-rai yòo ká”, and 

“tam rai ká”. 

Ok, so now you can understand more Thai and I hope you enjoyed this episode of Thai Tea La Nid. 

See you again next time. Bye bye.

*Sorry for saying “ok” a lot in this episode. Thanks for listening. Let me know if this is helpful and if you like it. Don’t forget to subscribe for more. See you. :D

Thai - Tea La Nid (ไทยทีละนิด) Podcast

Thai Tea La Nid (ไทยทีละนิด) - EP.2 - Thai People Like to Shorten Words?! (with transcript for study)

A: 他（tā）是（shì）谁（shuí）？
B: 他（tā）是（shì）我（wǒ）同（tónɡ）学（xué）。
A: 她（tā）呢（ne）？她（tā）是（shì）你（nǐ）同（tónɡ）学（xué）吗（ma）？
B: 她（tā）不（bú）是（shì）我（wǒ）同（tónɡ）学（xué），她（tā）是（shì）我（wǒ）朋（pénɡ）友（you）。


Daily conversation 日常对话

看照片 Looking at the photo 

みんなの日本語　17課

日本語の勉強はどうですか。How is your Japanese language study going?
カタカナが書けますか。漢字はどうですか。Can you write katakana? How about Kanji?
わたしは、漢字をすぐに忘れます。I forget Kanji easily.
みなさんは、カタカナはどうですか。How was katakana?
カタカナが書けない。漢字が書けない。大丈夫ですか。I can't write katakana. I can't write kanji. Are you OK?
テストがあります。大変です。勉強しなければなりません。A exam is coming soon. It might be hard. You have to study.

テストってなんのテストですか。What’s kind of the test are you going to take? 
JLPTのテストです。テストを受けなければなりません。The test is JLPT which I have to take.
今年（ことし）は、N４に合格しなければなりません。This year, I have to pass N4.
来年（らいねん）は、N2に合格しなければなりません。がんばらなければなりません。Next year, I have to pass N2. I have to do my best.
でも、N1に合格しなくてもいいです。But I don't have to pass N1.

みなさんは、あさ　何時（なんじ）に起（お）きますか。What time do you get up in the morning?
わたしは、あさ5時半（じはん）に起きます。早（はや）いです。朝、早く起きなければなりません。I get up at 5:30 in the morning. That's early. I have to get up early in the morning.

お弁当（べんとう）を作らなければなりません。朝（あさ）ごはんを作（つく）らなければなりません。I have to make my lunch for my son. I have to make breakfast for my family.
日曜日（にちようび）はお弁当を作らなくてもいいです。I don't have to make lunch on Sundays.
息子（むすこ）は、学校（がっこう）へ行（い）かなければなりません。My son has to go to school.
7時（じ）に家（うち）を出（で）なければなりません。He must leave home at 7:00 a.m.
8時に学校（がっこう）に着（つ）かなければなりません。He must arrive at school at 8:00 a.m.


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みんなの日本語　Lesson 17-➀

「I'm sorry to hear that.」を言いたいときの自然な日本語表現についてお話ししました😊

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#113 「I'm sorry to hear that.」は日本語でなんと言う？

In this episode, you will listen to a dialog at the bar and learn how to use simple past tense in a basic conversation.  Enjoy your podcast! <<< Don't forget to solve the related quiz after listening to the podcast.

Turkish Conversations from Zero to Hero

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元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_62f85dffe4b045e6f6ae22ec

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:48 記事全文
3:25 SNSとメンタルヘルス

☆語彙
発信（はっしん）
距離（きょり）を置（お）く
真（ま）に受（う）ける
嫉妬（しっと）
加速（かそく）する
標準化（ひょうじゅんか）
共感（きょうかん）する
承認欲求（しょうにんよっきゅう）
共有（きょうゆう）する
普及（ふきゅう）する

☆引用記事
ハフポスト日本版編集部. “トム・ホランド、SNSから離れることを公表「刺激が強すぎて打ちのめされる」”. HUFF-POST. 2022-08-14. https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_62f85dffe4b045e6f6ae22ec

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Tom Holland Quits Social Media for His Mental Health”「トム・ホランド、SNSから離れることを公表「刺激が強すぎて打ちのめされる」」

Este episódio e uma apresentação do Português Natural Podcast. Este podcast é para pessoas que estão aprendendo o idioma português e querem melhorar a sua compreensão do português falado por nativos (Listening Practice). Em todos os podcasts falo de uma maneira mais lenta do que nativos geralmente falam, isso é para que uma pessoa que está aprendendo o idioma possa compreender melhor a pronúncia da língua.

Português Natural Podcast

Apresentação do Podcast

En español hay nombres que además de un plural, tienen un nombre colectivo que hace referencia a un conjunto o agrupación de cosas. Estos nombres colectivos hacen referencia a algo plural pero irónicamente son gramaticalmente singulares.

En el episodio de hoy te explico los nombres colectivos y hablo de algunos de ellos.

Espero que disfrutes el episodio.  Después de escucharlo no te olvides de decirme 

-si conocías los nombres colectivos que menciono en el episodio

-y, si conoces algún otro.
