Learn about the Christmas holiday and some adjectives and nouns with it!

English Syndicate

Learn English through Stories - A Christmas Story

This podcast you will know about some of the most common mistakes when learning Spanish. 

1. El verbo gustar. recordamos que, para conjugar este verbo es obligatorio poner los pronombres de objeto indirecto correspondientes a cada persona (me, te, le, nos, os, les).

 2. El género de los sustantivos. Seguramente, hayas aprendido que, como regla general, en español los nombres acabados en “o” son masculinos y los acabados en “a” son femeninos, ¿verdad? Pues bien, esto es así en la mayoría de los casos, pero hay excepciones y es ahí precisamente donde los estudiantes de español comenten errores.

 3. Verbos acordarse / recordar Es frecuente que los estudiantes de español confundan el verbo “acordarse” y el verbo “recordar” y mezclen sus estructuras. 

4. Los posesivos Expresiones como: “Me duele mi cabeza”; “Sergio se ha operado su nariz”; “Marta se ha roto su tobillo”, etc., no son correctas en español, ya que es impropio usar un posesivo (mi, su, etc.) con una parte del cuerpo en este tipo de producciones. En su lugar, lo adecuado es usar un artículo (la, el, etc.). 

5. “También” / “Tampoco” La diferencia entre usar uno u otro radica en que usaremos el adverbio “también” para indicar acuerdo en frases afirmativas y “tampoco” para indicar acuerdo en frases negativas. 

6. ¿Mayúsculas o minúsculas? En español, los nombres de los días de la semana, de los meses y de las estaciones del año se escriben en minúscula. Sin embargo, los estudiantes suelen escribirlos en mayúsculas debido, en la mayoría de los casos, a la interferencia de otras lenguas. Sin embargo, debes tener en cuenta que en algunos casos sí se escriben en mayúsculas. 
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 Hechos históricos Festividades. 

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おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。
12月3日は、JLPTの試験日(しけんび)ですね。

日本で受ける人もいますね。

海外で受ける人もいますね。

今日まで、一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)がんばってきたと思います。

もし緊張(きんちょう)していたら、
それは、今まで努力してきたからです。

自分を信じて、最後の1分1秒まで、
頑張って下さい。

私はみなさんと、もしかしたら遠くにいるかもしれませんが、エールを送っています。

では、気をつけていってらっしゃい！


Japaneseだんだんpodcast

Special【応援しています】Japaneseだんだんpodcast

A fun trip to Mongolia in the summer of 2020.

layover - a short stay in a place that you make while you are on a longer journey to somewhere else
reasonable - if you say that the price of something is reasonable, you mean that it is fair and not too high
to go with something -  to choose or accept something
packed - filled to capacity; full
to see smth with your own eyes - see something yourself, especially when it is something that you would not believe to exist or be true if you did not see it
to make a buck - to earn money
a nomad -  is a member of a group of people who move from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time
portable - something that is portable is light and small enough to be easily carried or moved, like a portable speaker 
exhausted - extremely tired
to scam - to trick someone into giving you money, usually in an illegal way

Enjoy :)

All-Weather English

My trip to Mongolia

In this episode we will talk about 【The conundrum of life from 5 to 90 years old】, you will learn how to say 【Beijing drifters,extend,high blood pressure】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
每个人多多少少都有一些烦恼，不同年龄的人烦恼的事情可能不太一样。这个采访是从5岁到90岁的人在聊他们人生的难题。今天我们来听听50岁到90岁的烦恼。
50岁：（回答：我什么时候可以退休啊？）那按照那个法定的年龄60岁退休嘛。女同志五十周岁（55岁：听说还要延长退休时间）。我家孩子在外面北漂好几年了，我想让她回来.
60岁：你就让孩子去发展去吧，发展得好就让他在那边混，混不好他自然就回来了。我呀，才60岁，就感觉身体啊跟不上了，以后70可咋办呢？
70岁：到70啊，你就到时候把你的孙子叫过来，这孩子也皮实了，你身体也就好了。难题就是我这个老伴儿呢，怕我这个高血压。菜的里头呢，又少油又少盐又少糖，不好吃。
80岁：难吃啊？难吃上我那吃去。我现在就血压高，就经常得上医院去跑，开药去。我就有一个老同志，我春节的时候去看他，住在医院里的，躺在床上相当可怜。八十多了，好几十（朋友）了。走到尽头了。
90岁：你现在呢就说也不要太难过，你也劝劝他到公园转一转。全是咱们老同志，一块儿聊聊大天。侃侃咱们过去，在一块，年轻的时候。在这方面自己想开点，也就舒畅了。我老伴儿三年前去世了。都这么大岁数了，总得要有一个人先走，但是我也很想念她。说到这儿吧。（5岁：老爷爷，您别难过。老奶奶只是睡着了，您以后碰见她，亲她一口她就醒了）你几岁？你的人生难题是什么呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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法定	/	fǎ dìng	/	statutory
女同志	/	nǚ tóng zhì	/	female (comrade)
周岁	/	zhōu suì	/	one full year of life
延长	/	yán cháng	/	extend
北漂	/	běi piāo	/	Beijing drifters
混	/	hùn	/	get along
咋办	/	zǎ bàn	/	how to do
皮实	/	pí shí	/	sturdy
老伴儿	/	lǎo bàn ér	/	old husband or wife
高血压	/	gāo xuè yā	/	high blood pressure
老同志	/	lǎo tóng zhì	/	old comrade
尽头	/	jìn tóu	/	the end
劝	/	quàn	/	advise,persuade
侃	/	kǎn	/	talk
想开点	/	xiǎng kāi diǎn	/	think positively
舒畅	/	shū chàng	/	free from worry,comfortable

Yuli's Chinese Channel

人生从5到90岁的难题② The conundrum of life from 5 to 90 years old （Intermediate level）

In this episode, I make some observations about different conversational styles among native and non-native English speakers. I am generalizing, of course, and these are just my thoughts, based on what I've experienced in my life. *

I'd love to hear what YOU think! What have you observed? 

Here are some questions you might want to talk to yourself or write about - as we reflect on the year that has ended. Maybe you want to create a short monologue by recording your thoughts in a voice memo on your phone. Or perhaps you could try writing down your ideas on your phone or on a piece of paper. Do it for 5 or 10 minutes, and don't worry about your grammar or vocabulary. Writing is a great PROCESS - an exercise where you can use your English - anywhere, anytime, without a teacher or a listener. So getting in the HABIT of writing or speaking to yourself is as important as the words you use. Over time, your skills will improve! 

---- QUESTIONS TO ANSWER -----

What does the word SUCCESS mean to you? 
What does SUCCESS LOOK LIKE to you? 
What is something you have SUCCEEDED AT?

Based on YOUR definition of success - what made 2023 a successful year for you?
What will make 2024 a successful year for you? 

And here's a THOUGHT EXPERIMENT and a WRITING EXERCISE.
Imagine it is December 31, 2024. Using past tenses, write about what made 2024 a successful year for you. (This may feel strange, but it’s a great exercise for your English and for your mind! It can be fun and transformative, too!)

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*Note - In this episode, I make the mistake of using the word "American" to refer to people from the US. This is a bad habit that I am (still) trying to break. The truth is that we are all Americans in the whole hemisphere - North and South. But, as they say, "old habits die hard" or existing patterns are hard to change. 

Hear and There

4. How we speak with others & why we should talk to ourselves

21.1 Це місто в Північній Америці. Воно фінансовий та культурний центр. У місті є відома фінансова вулиця Волл-стріт та чудовий театр Метрополітен Опера. Тут також є дуже довга вулиця - Бродвей. Вона має 25 кілометрів. Центр міста називається Мангеттен. Це острів. Тут є два мости: Бруклінський та Мангеттенський. У центрі Мангеттена - гарний Центральний парк. Центральна площа в Мангеттені називається Таймс-Сквер. Тут - відомі театри, ресторани, готелі та магазини. Біля міста на острові Свободи стоїть дуже відома статуя - Статуя Свободи.

Tutor Larissa UA

Listen and read 21.1

日本の食卓（しょくたく）事情（じじょう）

私にとって夕食（ゆうしょく）の献立（こんだて）を考（かんが）えるのは、苦痛（くつう）だ。日本人（にほんじん）の食卓は「一汁三菜（いちじゅう　さんさい）」が基本（きほん）だ。「一汁」は汁物（しるもの）を１品（いっぴん）、「三菜」はおかず３品（さんぴん）を意味（いみ）する。料理（りょうり）が好きじゃない私からすると「一汁」は作るが、「三菜」も要（い）らないだろうと思う。私は頑張（がんば）っても“一汁二菜（にさい）”しか作らない。献立を考えるだけでも面倒（めんどう）くさいのに、自分（じぶん）で食材（しょくざい）を買（か）って切（き）って調理（ちょうり）して…。もっと楽（らく）にご飯（はん）を食べたい！と思う私は相当（そうとう）な怠け者（なまけもの）なのか？

izm's room

日本の食卓事情１【全３話】

Common Greek expressions and phrases that do not literally translate that well into English but are extremely common in Greece, especially in Millennial/ Gen Z audiences. Slang phrases are always informal and even though they are not negative in meaning you should never use them when speaking to an elder, a person like your boss, doctor, professor etc and in general with people you do not know. 

