Dear Lithuanian students! Today I have a great joy introducing you to my colleague and friend, Lithuanian teacher Dovilė.

In today’s episode, Dovilė and I have discussed the 2024 Lithuanian presidential elections and shared our opinions about the upcoming parliamentary elections. Also, we talked about her life in Estonia, Eurovision, music, Lithuanian language exams, Lithuanian citizenship and much more.

If you are eager to learn more about Lithuania, I invite you to join us in our hour-long conversation here on YouTube and continue listening to the second part of the conversation on Contribee. Also, there you will find the podcast's transcript and other learning material.

🐝 Contribee: https://contribee.com/lithuanianwithpaulius

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Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
02:22 - Gyvenimas Estijoje
11:23 - Eurovizija
18:37 - Prezidento rinkimai
28:15 - Europarlamento rinkimai
31:17 - Seimo rinkimai
35:08 - Dainų šventė ir Vokietija
40:17 - Ekonomika
42:39 - Muzika
55:30 - Dainų šventė (tęsinys)
57:17 - Kvietimas į Contribee
59:19 - Apibendrinimas

Gero klausymo! 🎓

Lithuanian with Paulius

#16 Presidential Elections, Eurovision & Proficiency Exams (Guest: Dovilė)

I'm still learning how to do this podcasting thing, but I'm trying to share my words anyway. I speak quite quickly in this episode... Sorry! I will try to speak slower next time. 

There's a question for you to answer at the end - in audio or written form - so if you have 10 minutes to listen, and then 5 minutes to answer the question that end -- why not GIVE IT A GO?! (which is another way of saying -  GO FOR IT! DO IT!) You have nothing to lose and lots to gain!

Using your words to speak about things that matter to you - that mean something to you - is a great way to create output and use your English. If you don't want to answer my question - you could try writing freely for 5 minutes. Or you could speak into your phone and talk about how you're doing/feeling today - or what's on your mind. It may feel strange, at first, and that's normal! But over time, speaking or writing - just for yourself - will start to feel good - and it's a WONDERFUL habit to start to build.

Thanks for listening, and see you next time! 

Hear and There

2. What did you (really) want to "be" (or do for work) - when you were a child/kid? 

🐷Los tres cerditos🐷

Había una vez tres cerditos que decidieron construir sus propias casas. El primero, perezoso pero rápido, hizo su casa de paja; el segundo, un poco más cuidadoso, usó madera; y el tercero, el más trabajador, construyó su casa con ladrillos. Un día, el lobo feroz llegó y sopló con fuerza la casa de paja, derribándola en segundos. El cerdito corrió a la casa de su hermano, pero el lobo también sopló y destruyó la de madera. Desesperados, los dos huyeron a la casa del tercer cerdito.

El lobo intentó soplar con todas sus fuerzas, pero la casa de ladrillos no se movió. Frustrado, intentó entrar por la chimenea, sin saber que el cerdito más astuto había encendido un caldero de agua hirviendo. Cuando el lobo cayó dentro, salió disparado y huyó, prometiendo nunca volver. Los tres cerditos celebraron su victoria y aprendieron que el esfuerzo y la dedicación siempre valen la pena.

Spanish Reading Comprehesion

The three little pigs

* In this episode, we learn that determination plays an important role in our lives.
**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts

English Psychology Podcasts

Boosting determination

한국어를 배우기 시작했어요

저는 한국어를 배우기 시작한 지 세 달이 되었습니다. 처음에는 한글을 읽는 것도 어려웠지만, 지금은 간단한 문장을 말할 수 있게 되어서 기뻐요.

제가 한국어를 배우기로 결심한 이유는 한국 드라마와 K-pop을 좋아하기 때문이에요. 드라마를 볼 때마다 자막 없이 내용을 이해하고 싶었고, K-pop 가사도 직접 읽고 싶었어요. 그래서 한국어 공부를 시작했어요.

처음에는 '안녕하세요', '감사합니다', '이거 뭐예요?' 같은 쉬운 표현부터 배웠어요. 그리고 한글을 외우면서 단어를 조금씩 익혔어요. 하지만 발음이 어려워서 가끔은 실수도 했어요. 예를 들어, ‘학교’를 ‘학요’라고 발음한 적도 있어요. 하지만 실수하면서 배우는 것도 재미있어요.

저는 매일 한국어를 공부하려고 노력하고 있어요. 온라인 수업을 듣기도 하고, 한국 드라마나 유튜브 영상을 보면서 새로운 단어를 익혀요. 그리고 한국 친구와 메시지를 주고받으며 실력을 키우고 있어요. 아직 문법이 어렵지만, 틀려도 괜찮다고 생각하며 계속 연습하고 있어요.

한국어를 배우면서 가장 기뻤던 순간은 카페에서 한국어로 주문했을 때였어요. “아메리카노 한 잔 주세요”라고 말했는데, 직원이 이해하고 주문을 받아줬어요! 그 순간 정말 뿌듯했어요.

앞으로 더 열심히 공부해서 한국어로 자연스럽게 대화하고 싶어요. 언젠가 한국에 가서 한국 친구들과 직접 이야기해 보는 것이 제 목표예요. 😊

한국의 문화

한국어를 배우기 시작했어요

In today's episode I'll talk about an article that was published in The Associated Press: "Senate ditches dress code as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes". I'm not allowed to post weblinks here so don't hesitate to google it.
Don't hesitate to give me some feedback, it's always appreciated.

If you want to book a lesson, here is my profile: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/12242555.

Useful vocabulary:
To ditch
A dress code
To cast a vote
Sportswear (sneakers, shorts and a hoodie)
A formal attire / clothing
To dress up
Salesperson / customer service representative
Bank employees / bank clerk
To feel weird
A swimsuit
Credibility






Let's check out the news

US senate ditches dress code

粤读时光，看见生命中嘅光。

最近我睇到一篇有趣嘅粤语文章，
读起身琅琅上口，
我觉得好有意思，
所以想分享俾你。

牛耕田, 马食谷, 老窦揾钱仔享福; 
象行田, 马行日, 过河卒仔无退缩; 
兵杀敌, 将闪缩, 功成身退享俸禄; 
男善变, 女易哭, 贫贱夫妻难和睦; 
流水清, 死水浊, 人望高处无满足; 
冰易化, 钱难蓄, 巧妇难煲无米粥; 
水维生, 土长木, 光合作用叶变绿;
赌易学, 书难读, 赌仔何曾买大屋?
命注定, 运难卜, 三衰六旺好难捉; 
仙洒脱, 凡人俗, 犯规和尚食狗肉; 
阳寿尽, 落阴谷, 生老病死乃定局。
趁宜家，仲能郁，快乐享受要知足，
咪再成日困在屋，儿孙自有儿孙福。

呢段话真系几有道理㗎，
呢段话我最中意嘅一句话系，
趁宜家，仲能郁，快乐享受要知足，
人应该学识及时行乐，
而且应该学识知足，
知足系一种对健康生活特别有益嘅感觉，
知足并唔系叫人放弃努力，
而且学识欣赏自己已经拥有嘅一切，
学识看见拥有嘅嘢嘅珍贵性。

粤读时光，看见生活中嘅光。