Over that past four years I have met many wonderful people from around the world.   I have gained more from these relationships than I have given.   Thank you!   Also I will talk a bit about group classes.



Reflections

Thanks To My Students!

В този епизод ще разгледаме най-желаните професии, които младите хора в България избират за своето бъдещо развитие! А дали са същите и във вашата държава? :) 

Bulgarian Today

Кои са най-желаните професии в България?

「だいじょうぶです」は、YES のときも NO のときも つかいます。
どうして いみが かわるのでしょうか？

このエピソードでは、やさしい日本語で
「だいじょうぶです」の ほんとうのいみと、つかいかたを しょうかいします。

かいわですぐつかえる にほんごを いっしょに まなびましょう！

Easy Japanese, Hidden Meanings

When to use Daijoobu desu (だいじょうぶです)

in this story we have hens and their gossiping . 
hope you enjoy it 

English stories

the feather 

How many words do you know?  500?  1000?  10000?  Does it even matter?  You’re learning a language…you just want to be able to speak.  Well, if that’s the case, you’re going to need to know words.  And let’s be real, if you’re not having fluent conversations, it probably has nothing to do with you not understanding English grammar.  Besides, native English speakers use very simple grammar in daily conversations.  More often than not, not being fluent is caused by the lack of words in that brain of yours.  But not to worry, this problem is fixable.

Modern language learning enthusiasts…you know, these Internet Polyglots, talk a lot about word frequency and this idea of your first 1000 words.  Let’s talk a little about where that comes from.

Context Clues

Episode 001: The Road To A Thousand Words

Namasté, 
In this episode, you will learn how to pronounce the following personnel pronouns correctly. 

- म            /ma/
- तिमी        /timi/
- तपाईं       /tapaaï/
- ऊ           /u/
- उनी         /uni/
- उहाँ         /uhää/
- हामी        /haami/
- तिमीहरु   /timi-haru/
- तपाईंहरु  /tapaaï-haru/
- उनीहरु    /uni-haru/
- उहाँहरु    /uhää-haru/

Dhanyabaad ! 

Learn Nepali with Rijendra

Pronunciation of personnel pronouns

English is a broad and beautiful language which is always evolving. Over time, people assign different meanings to the same word or they create new words which can be known as slang. Slang is informal and used in speech rather than writing. Here, I have put together some words you might hear when speaking with native British English speakers.

Engine English

TOP 10 British Slang Words You Must Know! 

PATTY: I’m really excited for Aunt Mary’s surprise birthday party
this afternoon! Aren’t you?
SUSAN: Yeah! How old is she?
PATTY:  She’ll be 55 on May 14 [fourteenth].
SUSAN: Wow! I didn’t know that my mom was older — she’s going
to be 57 on September 2 [second]. Anyway, Aunt Mary’s 
going to be so surprised to see us all here!
PATTY: I know! But we still have to get all the food set up before 
she gets here … OK! We’re all ready now. Shh! She’s here!
ALL: Surprise!


LANGUAGE NOTES
• I’m really excited … Notice the emphasis on “really.” “Really” is used to emphasize the 
adjective “excited” here.
• Birthday party Notice that the normal stress for a compound noun falls on the first 
element of the compound.
• Aren’t you? This negative tag is used to show that the speaker expects a positive 
answer. Patty assumes that Susan is also looking forward to the party.
• She’ll be 55 Notice that “55” is stressed here. This detail answers the question “How 
old is she?”
• Fourteenth Notice that we use “th” for ordinal numbers, starting with 4 [but first, 
second and third]. The stress is on the second syllable [fourTEENTH]. Compare this with 
“fortieth: 40th” [FORtieth].
• She’s going to be ... Notice how this is pronounced like “gonna be.” Instead of four 
syllables “go/ing/to/be” there are three syllables “ga/na/be.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 20: Birthdays

・東北地方の方言の特徴について
・濁音がある　たとえば「お父さん」⇒「おど」「お母さん」⇒「おが」など。
・イントネーションが独特
・母音の発音の区別がぼんやり（あいまい）「すし（寿司）」⇒「すす」「えき（駅）」⇒「いき」となる。
・短い表現が多い
・これらの特徴を踏まえて練習するとうまく言える！
