Today's English tidbit from Stairway to English has to do with the verb "to suppose".  Make sure to listen to my previous episode on "supposed" as well! "Supposed" functions as an adjective, while "suppose" is a verb. Listen in to find out an advanced use of "suppose" as well!

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A quick guide to understanding the verb "to suppose"

私は東北地方に住んでいます。東北の方言についてまだよく知らない人が多いかもしれませんが、私が紹介する東北弁をぜひ楽しんでほしいです。いつか皆さんが東北地方に来た時に、地元の人と東北弁を交えて一緒に会話をできるかもしれないです。「はい」「うん」を東北弁で紹介します。その言葉は「んだ」。ぜひ、使ってみてください！！
I'm living in Tohoku area of Japan. Here is the place to share about the Tohoku dialect. So if you can speak Japanese, but the dialect is still not so known for overseas.
I'd love to tell you about my location Tohoku area with interesting dialect.
This is absolutely amazing place to visit. You will speak the Tohoku dialect with local people future when you come to here. It would be a great experience for you!!



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Are you interested in the Tohoku dialect?　方言に関心はある？

Today, ex-IELTS examiner Cambridge David shares a great idiom that you can use whenever you're talking about how expensive something is, no matter whether that's in a restaurant, on a holiday, or just talking about any object you've bought recently. Idioms are often the key to getting a great score in the 'vocabulary' criteria of IELTS Speaking. Learn this idiom, and start using it in your next IELTS exam.  

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A great idiom for talking about how expensive something is

最近、桜が咲き始めたというニュースを見るようになりました。
東京の 桜は ２８日ごろ 満開に なるそうです。
日本にいたときは桜を見て、春が来たことを感じていました。
日本で桜を見たいという生徒さんの声をよく聞きます。
この2年はコロナのせいで、外国人は日本に旅行することができませんでした。来年の春は外国人のみなさんも日本で桜を楽しむことができればいいですね。
ところで、みなさんは「花より団子（だんご）」という言葉を知っていますか？
食べられない花より、団子のほうがいいという意味のことわざです。
ちなみに私は両方楽しみたい派（は）です。桜を見て、桜餅（さくらもち）を食べることは私の春の楽しみの一つです。

花より団子 ≈ Bread is better than the songs of birds.

咲き始める：さきはじめる　start blooming
満開：まんかい　full bloom
団子：だんご sweet rice dumplings
ことわざ：proverb
意味：いみ　meaning
両方：りょうほう　both of them
〜派（は）です：I prefer to~
私（わたし）の春（はる）の楽(たの)しみの一つ：one of my pleasures of Spring

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

桜が咲き始めました!

È arrivata la primavera!
Spring is here!

Vediamo insieme le parole della primavera in italiano facile!
Let's see the words related to spring in easy Italian.

Buon ascolto.

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