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New English US

Bonjour! This is the perfect podcast if you're starting to learn French from the beginning. Every podcast is designed so that you can learn by listening. Listen now!


Learn Basic French Podcast

This podcast will give you everything you need to start learning Spanish as quickly as possible! 
My method involves building a very strong foundation so that you can start communicating now!

Super Basic Spanish

Hello, everyone! This is Kate.

Welcome to my podcast. Today we are going to study one very interesting and important grammar, which is gonna help you to sound like a native speaker.

Ready?-Let’s go!


Okay, imagine that you need to go to the hairdressers. Your hair is long and obviously it’s time to do something with it. How would you tell this to your companion?  

“I’m gonna cut my hair?”, but you are not doing it yourself, so, there is a better option.

If you are getting some services, there is a construction which simplifies everything.

To have something done.

Listen to my examples:

I have my hair cut every month.
I’m having my hair cut right now.
I’ve decided. I will have my hair cut!

The verb have is used like any other verb and it follows all the rules.

Present simple: I have my windows cleaned every week. Someone cleans them for me.
Present Perfect: I have just had my dinner cooked. Someone cooked it for me.
Past Continuous: I was having my homework checked yesterday.


You see, it’s super easy and handy!


Practise yourself, here are some sentences in the description below:

I didn't cook my dinner myself. Someone prepared it for me.
I usually don't clean the windows by myself.
I have never cut my hair myself
I will not fix my car. My dad will do it for me.
I won’t check my blood pressure myself.

Excellent at English with Kate K

Have something done: WHAT IS IT?

This is a short musing over something I have thinking about for a while, about how, like bodybuilders, those who have a plan and are consistent, make gains. This applies to anything and everything in life, so why not to learning English?..

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 2: Why learning a language is like bodybuilding!...

Breve dialogo donde una persona cumple años y hablan sobre ello.

Diálogos Guiados en Español (Guided Dialogues - Spanish Practice)

Cumpleaños (A1)

حول الأزمة الفنزويلة والهجرة المعاكسة ...

Arabic (Modern Standard) Texts with Aymaro - Level A2 - C1 - *نصوص عربية مع إيمارو

Arabic for non-native speakers - level A2 هجرة عكسية من فنزويلا إلى البرتغال 

".../С тех пор как его сын поступил в школу, он с воспитателем еще не говорил и теперь, спустя месяц являясь к нему, был полон щекочущего ожидания, некоторого волнения и робости — всех тех чувств, которые он некогда испытал, когда, юношей в студенческой форме, пришел к редактору, которому недавно послал первую свою повесть. И теперь, как и тогда, вместо слов изумления, которых он смутно ожидал (как, проснувшись в чужом городе, ожидаешь, еще не раскрыв век, необыкновенного, сияющего утра), вместо всех тех слов, которые он бы с такой охотой сам подсказал, если бы не надежда, что все-таки их дождется, — он услышал пасмурные, холодноватые слова, доказывавшие, что его сына воспитатель понимает еще меньше, чем он сам. О какой-либо тайной даровитости тот и не обмолвился. Наклонив бледное, бородатое лицо с двумя розовыми выемками по бокам носа, с которого он осторожно снял цепкое пенсне, вытирая глаза ладонью, воспитатель начал говорить первым, сказал, что мальчик мог бы учиться лучше, что мальчик, кажется, не ладит с товарищами, что мальчик мало бегает на переменах… «Способности у мальчика несомненно есть, — сказал воспитатель, покончив манипуляции с глазами, — но наблюдается некоторая вялость». В это мгновение где-то внизу родился звонок, перекинулся наверх, невыносимо пронзительно прошел по всему зданию. После этого были две-три секунды полнейшей тишины, — и вдруг все ожило, зашумело, захлопали крышки парт, зал наполнился говором, топотом. «Большая перемена, — сказал воспитатель. — Если хотите, сойдемте во двор, посмотрите, как резвятся ребята».
..."

Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Владимир Набоков "Защита Лужина". Отрывок.

¿Sabes que es el desgaste laboral conocido como Burnout? ¿Alguna vez lo has padecido?

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No Manches Que Bacano

Burnout and Mental Health

Join in while I share with you some interesting ways of accessing language learning without pressure. I will also share some New Year’s rituals in our family that tie in with this same kind of physical approach to language learning that could also be seen as something of a philosophy.

Philosophical Friday

Foundations of Learning

Jorge is shopping at a clothing store.

Salesperson (Lily):
This jacket fits you really well! Would you like to size up and try a bigger size?

Customer (Jorge, confused):
Size up? You mean bigger size?

Lily (nodding):
Yes, exactly! "Size up" just means trying a larger size than the one you have.

Jorge (scratching his head):
Hmm… Size up? You mean, when I grow bigger?

Lily (laughing):
Haha, no, no! "Size up" just means trying a bigger jacket. Not growing, just a bigger size!

Jorge (still confused):
So… Size up means I wear bigger clothes, but I don’t grow taller?

Lily (smiling):
Yes! "Size up" means getting a bigger size of the same jacket. You don’t need to grow taller for that!

Jorge (nodding, still unsure):
Okay, okay, I try bigger size jacket. I think I understand!

Jorge (curious):
By the way, your English is really good. How do you speak so well?

Lily:
Well, I took speaking lessons with Teacher Smith on italki! She’s amazing for improving English.

Jorge:
Really? How I book  lesson with her?

Lily:
It’s super easy, just click on her profile on italki and book a speaking lesson!

Jorge:
Wow, easy? I book it now!