Episode 16 | Poisson d'Avril J’aimerais te parler du 1er Avril en France, c’est le jour des blagues et des farces en tous genres. La presse s’en donne à coeur-joie et les canulars fleurissent partout sur internet ce jour-là. Et prenez garde de ne pas vous présenter à une réunion importante avec un petit poisson en papier collé dans le dos. Voici l'histoire du Poisson d'Avril qu'on a imaginé avec mon chef il y a quelques années. Et toi as-tu déjà fait une blague à quelqu'un ?

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Episode 16 : Poisson d'Avril

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"What is your greatest weakness?"

你叫什么？  我叫玉洁
nǐ jiào shén me ？ wǒ jiào yù jié 

你叫什么名字？   我叫玉洁
nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ？ wǒ jiào yù jié

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

What is your name?  你叫什么？

Tired of abandoning your language resolutions by mid-February? This episode reveals why traditional goal-setting fails for advanced learners—and introduces a game-changing monthly mission system that keeps you motivated all year long. Discover how to turn vague aspirations like "improve my English" into measurable pronunciation victories, one month at a time. Perfect for learners who know there's more progress to make but can't see the next step forward.

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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

I’ll go over some words but before that here is a practical thing you can do: Record your own pronunciation to your phone and then listen to my version and compare the two.
I found this to be of use when I got my students right in the class to record their voices and then had them listen – wow – it’s like and ‘aha moment’ for them, a moment of realization, a moment of transformation.
So, here I am – helping you to transform from A to B. Let’s be that Speaker that we dream to B.
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Itinerary
Subtle
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So, how did you do it? :) Was it of help? Send me a message with your ‘transformation’. 

To Your Success!


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STOP Pronouncing Words Like This

CHISTES MEXICANOS

¿CUÁL ES EL COLMO?

在汉语中，词序和虚词是表达语法意义的重要手段。很多时候变换词序就能改变句子原本的意思。于佑任先生是一位著名的书法家，他的墨宝千金难买。曾经有一段时间于先生住在乡下，居住环境不是很好，总是有人在他的房子附近小便，于是，他写了一句话禁止路人小便。他的秘书拿到这句话，心里冒出了一个主意……

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

汉字小故事-词序-《不可随处小便》

今天我们将探讨中文中与食物有关的一些有趣表达，这些表达不仅有趣，还揭示了中国文化中的一些有趣的思考方式：吃土、吃醋、吃软饭、吃豆腐、画饼充饥、打个巴掌给个甜枣。让我们一一来看看它们的意思吧！
