Hello, dear Russian language students and teachers!

Phoebe from "Friends" once said: "Oh, I wish I could come, but I don't want to" 
Фиби из "Друзей" однажды сказала: "Ой, я бы с удовольствием пришла, но не хочу" 

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1-minute Survival Russian for Travelling (A1-A2)

Как вежливо отказываться от приглашений_How to politely decline an invitation

Nelipäiväinen työviikko puhututtaa vuodesta toiseen, mutta mistä oikein on kyse? Tarjoaako neljä päivää töitä parempia tuloksia, kuin viisi täyttä työpäivää? 

Lisää aiheesta Ylen työelämää käsittelevässä artikkelissa: Tamperelaisyrityksessä saa itse päättää, miten töissä käyttää perjantain – työntekijä: ”Heräilen, juon aamukahvia ja luen uutisia rauhassa” https://yle.fi/a/74-20019927 

Suomea for you

11. jakso: Nelipäiväinen työviikko

Students regularly ask me, "How do I know what comes after a verb?" If a verb takes another verb as a complement, it is usually either a full infinitive or a gerund (e.g., "to do" or "doing").  Bare infinitives (e.g., "do") can only be complements for a small number of verbs, but these verbs are very common.  In this article, I take a look at some verbs that take bare infinitives as complements.  

To access the full text of this podcast, please go to https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-verb-2/.

Be sure that you read the first post in this series!  You can find it at: https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-a-verb-to-do-do-or-doing-part-1/

Difficult English Explained

What comes after a verb? "To do", "do," or "doing"? (Part 2)

“Don’t worry”用中文怎么说？
Can you work out how to say “Don’t worry “ in Chinese by listening to the movie clips of this episode? 
************Script for your second time listening***************
bié 别 don't
dānxīn 担心 to worry about
Bié dānxīn! 别担心！ Don’t worry!

Bié dānxīn! Wǒ bāng nǐ ! 
别 担心！我 帮 你 ！
Take it easy! Let me help you!

片段一Clip one
A：他去哪儿了？
B:  大概找梁伯母聊天去了吧，别担心他。 
A：tā qù nǎ r le ？
B:  dà gài zhǎo liáng bó mǔ liáo tiān qù le ba ，bié dān xīn tā 。  
出自From《饮食男女》
片段二
A：May I?
B：爸，别担心。等你血压一降，就可以上飞机了。
B：bà ，bié dān xīn 。děng nǐ xuè yā yī jiàng ，jiù kě yǐ shàng fēi jī le 。
出自《喜宴》
片段三
A：你别担心，我会想办法。
A：nǐ bié dān xīn ，wǒ huì xiǎng bàn fǎ 。
出自《我是路人甲》
片段四
A: 没事儿，别担心。
A:  méi shì r ，bié dān xīn 。
出自《独自等待》
片段五
A：不过您别担心，重要的人和事儿她都会记在这小本上。
A:  bú guò nín bié dān xīn ，zhòng yào de rén hé shì ér tā dōu huì jì zài zhè xiǎo běn shàng 。
出自《非诚勿扰》


Iris' screening room

“Don’t worry”用中文怎么说？——Improve Chinese with movie clips

Neste episódio vamos ouvir sobre a história de uma rapariga feia e de uma rapariga bonita

Colecção Formiguinha - 60 Histórias

2-As Duas Caras 

Have you ever been kicked out of home to live on the streets? Our protagonist finds herself on the street in a beggarly neighbourhood. She has to make her way in life - and knows only of one way of keeping alive: prostitution. What will she do? How will she navigate her new life and go to her beloved school?
The first story of the book Pocket Rainbow is called by the same name. The first chapter is Prism. 
Note" 'pap' is corn porridge

Pocket Rainbow

Pocket Rainbow - Prism

En este episodio te explicaré cómo los paises hispano hablantes usan usan el humor y sus diferencias con otros paises

Spanish Shortcut

EP 2. EL HUMOR EN ESPAÑOL

En este episodio aprenderas los diferentes usos que tienen los verbos quedar y quedarse.

EP 31. USOS DE QUEDAR Y QUEDARSE

I read a phrase from the book of T. Harv Ecker ,"Be bigger than your problems."
This phrase inspired today's podcast and I hope that it helps anyone who listened to this and is going through a tough time right now.