Dear Russian language students and teachers!

Here is another 1-minute audio for your better understanding of a common situation as doing grocery shopping in a supermarket. It comes in handy when you are in a Russian supermarket where staff usually don't speak English or any other foreign language.

Good luck!

Elena.

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

Как покупать продукты в супермаркете_How to do a grocery shopping in a supermarket

「少年」と「若者」の違いは？

少年　７，８歳から１５歳くらいまでの男の子
　　　少年野球　一般的には小学生がする野球として使われている。　
少女　７，８歳から１５歳～１８歳くらいまでの女の子
若者　政府の平成２６年版「子ども・若者白書」では、若者を１５歳から３４歳までの男女としている。
青年　青春期の男女。１０代後半から２０代、３０代の男女
　　　青年団　地域に住む２０代から３０代の青年男女で組織されている団体
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The difference between Shoonen and Wakamono

Shoonen : boys around age from 7 and 8 to 15 years old
  　　　　　Shoonen Yakyu(baseball): It’s usually used for baseball played by elementary school students
Shoojo  : girls around age from 7 and 8 to 15 or 17 years old
Wakamono: according to the white paper for children and young people by Japanese　government, Wakamono is used for people aged from 15 to 34.
Seenen : people from late teens to 30’s
 　　　　Seenen-dan is a group organized in the region by the youth who live there.


ことばコトバ言葉kotoba

vol.2 少年と若者のちがいはなに？　What’s the difference between Shoonen and Wakamono?

白雪的弟弟名叫夏文中，他是2000年出生的，今年22岁。这个星期六是8月6号，是文中的生日。白雪打电话告诉妈妈她会回家。
生日那天早上，白雪爸妈很早去了超市买菜，他们知道儿子和女儿都喜欢吃羊肉和鸡蛋，还买了一个大西瓜！
吃了饭以后，他们开始送礼物了，白雪知道文中喜欢踢足球和打篮球，所以给他买了漂亮的篮球和足球。爸爸给他买了一块新的手表。妈妈送了三本书给他，希望他在大学好好儿学习。
文中的女朋友给他打电话了，文中非常开心。爸爸妈妈听到了，也非常高兴，但是，他们对白雪说：”你看看你的弟弟！你的男朋友在哪儿？你什么时候有男朋友啊？”

这些词语你听明白了吗？
打电话[dǎ diàn huà] call; give sb. a call
超市[chāo shì]supermarket
羊肉[yáng ròu] mutton
鸡蛋[jī dàn]egg
送礼物 [sòng lǐwù] to give a gift
手表[shǒu biǎo]wrist watch
希望[xī wàng]hope; wish

Bai Xue's brother is Xia Wenzhong. He was born in 2000 and is 22 years old this year. This Saturday is August 6, Wenzhong's birthday. Bai Xue called her mother and tells her that she will go home.

On the morning of Wenzhong birthday, Bai Xue's parents went to the supermarket early to buy vegetables. They knew that both her son and daughter like to eat mutton and eggs, and they also bought a big watermelon!

After dinner, they began to give Wenzhong gifts. Bai Xue knew that Wen Zhong likes playing football and basketball, so she bought him beautiful basketball and football. Father bought him a new watch. His mother gives him three books, hoping that he would study well in college.

Wenzhong's girlfriend called him, and Wenzhong was very happy. Mom and Dad were very happy to hear that, but they said to Bai Xue, "Look at your brother! Where is your boyfriend then? When will you have a boyfriend? "

HSK1&2 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

03.你的男朋友在哪儿啊？ Nǐ de nán péngyǒu zài nǎ'er a? Where is your boyfriend?

Neste episódio, falo sobre o falecimento do escritor brasileiro Luis Fernando Veríssimo, sua importância para a literatura e para o Brasil, e apresento uma recomendação de leitura fácil e divertida para quem quer começar a conhecer sua obra. 🌟

Everyday Portuguese 

Episódio 2 - Adeus, Luis Fernando Veríssimo (EM PORTUGUÊS)

In today's episode we learn an anecdote about the American tourists who once met the Queen and had no idea who she was. Here's the story. 

Key Vocabulary:
An anecdote   /ˈanɪkdəʊt/   noun  = a short, interesting story about a real incident or person.
To play a prank on someone = To carry out a trick, deception, or practical joke on someone.
To pull someone's leg  =  to deceive someone playfully; tease someone.
Cantankerous	/kanˈtaŋk(ə)rəs/ adjective   = bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
To be a fly on the wall =  you would like to hear what will be said or see what will happen while not being noticed

Former Royal Protection Officer, Richard Griffin said he and the Queen met the American hikers one day while they were walking near Balmoral Castle, her holiday home in Scotland.
"The Queen would always stop and say hello," Griffin said. "And it was clear from the moment we first stopped that they hadn't recognized the Queen."
Griffin said one of the Americans asked the Queen where she lived.
"She said, 'Well I live in London, but I've got a holiday home near here,"' Griffin recalled. 
The hiker then asked if she had ever met Queen Elizabeth.
"Well I haven't, but Richard here meets her regularly," the Queen replied.
The hiker then turned to Griffin and asked: "Oh, you've met the Queen? What's she like?"
"I decided to pull her leg, so I said, 'she can be very cantankerous at times, but she's got a lovely sense of humour".
The American then got his camera out, and gave it to the Queen, asking if she could take a picture of him with the royal protection officer. "Then we swapped places and I took a picture of them with the Queen and we waved goodbye". "The Queen said to me, 'I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he shows those photographs to their friends —  hopefully someone tells him who I am.'"

Learn English with Cambridge David

The Queen and the American tourists

 You’re talking with a friend when they say something about someone you like. You react a bit too quickly — and the mood shifts. You realize it, and you need one sentence to soften what just happened. 


Situational Chinese with Yancy Grey 

 I Shouldn’t Have Said That | Ep05 

Practica tu listening con este bonito cuento... ¡Prepárate para expandir tu mente y descubrir un nuevo mundo a través de tus auriculares!

Practice your listening with this beautiful story... Get ready to expand your mind and discover a new world through your headphones!

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

Martín y Sofia: un cuento para practicar tu listening 

Listen to this conversation about the last travel of the protagonist. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

My last trip

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今日は、N3の漢字をやります！
号をやります！　

音読み　ごう
訓読み　さけーぶ

意味は、さけぶ、大声をあげる、とかそんな感じです。

例えば、

・号令ーごうれい　大人数に命令すること

・号泣ーごうきゅう　大きな声で泣くこと

・番号ーばんごう　数字のこと

・創刊号ーそうかんごう

・タイタニック号ータイタニックごう


こんな感じですね。
これを使って例文を作っていきましょう！

・突撃の号令をかける

・彼はその話を聞いて号泣した

・最近は電話番号を覚えることがなくなった

・週間少年ジャンプの創刊号は、1968年8月1日です

・タイタニック号の悲劇は1912年に起こった


こんな感じです。

今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
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