Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, program host Akari will talk about herself, the self-introduction episode. 

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Slow Japanese

Episode #1 - About me

Did you know that some words change meaning depending on if they are followed by a verb in the infinitive versus a gerund? It's true! In today's podcast, we review three major verbs that change meaning depending on what you say! 

* To stop to do/To stop doing  

*To remember to do/To remember doing  

*To forget to do/To forget doing 

Book a lesson with me: https://italki.com/teacher/8476284

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Do you know that "Stop doing" and "Stop to do" mean different things? Verb changes with infinitives and gerunds

En este episodio aprenderás a diferenciar cuando usar aunque con indicativo y subjuntivo

Spanish Shortcut

EP 28. ¿“AUNQUE” CON INDICATIVO O SUBJUNTIVO?

In today's episode we discuss the summer and winter vacations spent around the world and which activities people get up to.

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 19 : Summer and Winter Vacation time around the world. What are your plans? 

Il podcast di oggi ci porta nel sud Italia, nella magica regione Puglia. Oggi passeggeremo insieme nella città di Bari, tra gli edifici storici, e ne approfondiremo la cultura.

Level: Intermediate - advanced B2
Source, transcription & more: https://www.pugliain.net/120437-bari-cultura-storia-lungomare/

🗺   CITTÀ ITALIANE #QuickItalianWithMara

🌊   BARI

In this story, a piece of toast named Buttersy has an uncomfortable bus ride to work. How will she deal with the terrible smell? This is Part 3 of 5. 

The bus kept going as the morning sun rose higher and higher. The candy passengers begun to seem uncomfortable. They wiped sweat off their foreheads and fanned themselves using their wrappers. The temperature was rising. 

Buttersy had a painful look on her face as she sniffed. “What’s that smell?” 

She scanned the bus and found the offender. 

In the middle of the bus was a middle-aged piece of cheesecake. He sat at the window and almost took up two seats because of his size. He was sweating, breathing heavily and groaning. The passenger next to him left her seat and decided to stand at the front. 

“Ugh, it’s disgusting,” said Buttersy, now holding her nose, not worried about what others will think. “How can he be so inconsiderate? A thing like that shouldn’t leave the house without a wrapper!” 

Choco laughed, knowing that Buttersy wasn’t serious, but only expressing her frustration. He said, “This is public life. Just keep breathing through your mouth; we’re not far from our stop.” 

Buttersy held her nose, getting angrier and angrier. She noticed the bus was equipped with a huge air conditioning system, but it was only blowing a tiny breeze. 

“What’s going on!? Are these candies all crazy?” she said, noticing how the others just tolerated the sour smell that filled the bus. “I’d prefer to have a bird peck out my eyes than this.” 

As the journey continued, the smell only got worse and worse. 


Being a Cloud

Buttersy the Piece of Toast

Today we are talking about different personality adjectives and what some factors that affect one’s personality are as well. You will hear about these useful personality words used and mentioned repeatedly and we believe you will be able to talk about it next time on your own with ease~

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :) 

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.