Travel all over China: Practical Chinese for Travelers

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In this episode, I explain the difference between the verbs 'to borrow' and 'to lend', as well as talking about hiring and renting. 

English with Nici!

Lend and borrow!

All the words and sentences in this video are spoken the way we naturally speak in real life.

If you want to improve your Persian listening skills, try these steps:
1️⃣ Pause the video after each sentence and write down the words you hear.
2️⃣ Repeat this process multiple times.
3️⃣ Check the subtitles, then listen again, now recognizing the words!

Feel free to write down your transcription in the comments or message me, and I’ll be happy to help!

Persian stories in spoken form

Goldan-e khali (an empty pot)

C’était il y a trois ans. C’était un soir, dans une petite ruelle sombre près d’une des grandes gares. Elle se tenait dans l’encadrement d’une porte, sous un lampadaire qui éclairait à peine. Elle avait un visage jeune, très maquillé. C’est le maquillage qui m’a attiré, sa blancheur, comme un masque, et les lèvres rouge vif. Les femmes du Parti ne se maquillent jamais. Il n’y avait personne d’autre dans la rue, et pas de télécran. Elle a dit : deux dollars. Je. . .

Des extraits en français avec Aymaro

C'était il y a trois ans

ROMANIAN

Grădina. Garden.

Every culture has its own unique tendencies when it comes to pronouncing certain sounds in other languages. For example, where I was born, many people find it tricky to pronounce sounds like 'f' and 'p.' Even simple English words like 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 can feel like torture.

For this episode, I’d like to focus on my Japanese friends. I know there are certain English sounds that can require extra effort to pronounce. My hope is that today’s episode will give you some helpful insights and tips to make those tricky sounds easier to master.

𝟭.	𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 >< 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗚
🪄 His heart sank when he heard her sing.
🪄 He thanked her for the song she had sung.

𝟮.	𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 >< 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗞
🪄 Watch out, boy! I think your toy will sink in the water.
🪄 When the ship was sinking, he began thinking, "Is this my last day on earth?"

𝟯.	𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 >< 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗘
🪄 How dare you enter my room when I'm not there!
🪄 It's very dark over there. Do you dare to go there?

𝟰.	𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 >< 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬
🪄 These blueberries are very sweet.
🪄 Actually, I like all kinds of berries very much.

𝟱.	𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 >< 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
🪄 When it's right, the light turns green. When it's wrong, the light turns red.
🪄 Do you know what led the light on the right to turn red?

Don’t let tricky sounds stop you—practice makes progress! Book an English class with me and start improving today.✨

Midori no Heya

Tricky Pronunciation for Japanese Speakers of English

Today we're talking about "jetlag", what it means and the grammar that we use with it. I hope you find it useful. 

Don't forget that I'm a full time English coach and tutor, right here on iTalki. So if you use English as a second language at work and you'd like to improve your professional communication skills then feel free to book some of my time and let's get to work!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

This was a really tiring podcast to make

¡HOLA  A TODOS!

En el día os traigo algo muy interesante para aprender, como ya os dije, en este canal cada día vamos a aprender ALGO NUEVO Y ALGO SUPER ÚTIL PARA TU APRENDIZAJE.

Como muchos ya sabéis, soy de Panamá, pero hace muuuchos años vivo en España. Algo que sorprendió cuando me mude a España fue la cantidad de expresiones y frases que utilizaban. Estas expresiones me llamaron mucho la atención y me dije, ¡wao! Debo aprenderlas y las aprendí al poco tiempo. Así que, me gustaría compartirlas con todos vosotros. <3 

<<Las expresiones  a continuación solo son "usadas en España" os animo a que escuchéis el Podcast. >>

En la lengua española, sobre todo en el lenguaje oral informal, existen muchas expresiones populares en español que se usan en el día a día. Algunas explicaciones de estas expresiones se pueden adivinar gracias al contexto pero muchas otras son difíciles de descifrar. A continuación escucharemos  algunos de estos dichos y su significado para que podáis usarlos a partir de este momento en vuestras conversaciones de español. 

Gracias por leerme querido/a estudiante. 
¡Te veo muy pronto!


I SPEAK SPANISH WHAT'S YOUR SUPERPOWER?

Expresiones populares en español ¡Conozcamos las expresiones españolas más conocidas! 

Today is Remembrance Day across Europe.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qoN_QvSlYHcdHM-kJlsJY1O37lGOE0Al/view?usp=drivesdk