It is very important to use contractions in your speech. They are not informal, they are always required. I discuss this in today's podcast.

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Contractions

Let's learn words that start with the letter H.
Repeat after me:
hummingbird, hare, hippo, horse, hedgehog, honey, hyena, hamster, harp, hula hoop

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Letter H

To and for are some of the most common prepositions in English—you see them everywhere, in almost every sentence. That’s what makes it so frustrating to get them mixed up; after all, the for and to difference isn’t exactly easy to understand.

Word pairings that use to:
access to
addiction/addicted to
attraction/attracted to
change to
contribute to
dedicate/dedication to
new to
react/reaction to
refer/reference to
respond/response to
threat to
transition to
to some extent
to [someone’s] surprise
to [someone’s] face
to this day
Common phrasal verbs with to:

get around to
get down to
get to
look up to
see to
Word pairings that use for
advertise/advertisement for
approval for
argue/argument for
care for
cure for
hunger/hungry for
pay for
recipe for
room for
search for
study for
talent for
thirst/thirsty for
for a living
for a while
for free
for good
for now
for sale
for starters
for sure
for the best
for the record
for the time being
Common phrasal verbs with for:

go for
look for
look / watch out for

Dusty's LETS TALK!

To vs. For: What’s the Difference?

In this first episode of Spanish Unplugged, I’m here to help you master the essential Spanish for navigating airports in Latin America ✈️🌎.
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🎧 Thanks for being here! If you’ve already listened to the episode, you know how helpful our guide "Conquer the Airport Like a Local" can be for speaking Spanish with confidence on your travels. 🌍✨ If you haven’t got it yet, just drop me a message and I’ll send it right over to you! 🚀

Spanish Unplugged Podcast

EP1: Conquer the airport like a local

Ask for help & personal pronouns: du, sie, es, wir.
Paul and Meili get to know each other better. She has to find Anna Maywald's office in the university. Can Paul help her?

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4: Wie geht‘s? | How’s it going?

From this episode, you are going to learn some sentences which are useful for your very first conversation with your Chinese friends. If you like the audio, please subscribe the channel!

你好，我是李华。（Hello, I‘m Li Hua.）
nǐ hǎo , wǒ shì Lǐ Huá .
请问，你叫什么名字？(Excuse me, what is your name?)
qǐng wèn , nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ?
请问，你贵姓？(Excuse me, what is your (honorable) family name?)
qǐng wèn , nǐ guì xìng ?

我叫wǒ jiào……(I’m called ……)
我姓wǒ xìng……（My family name is……）

你是哪国人？(Where are you from?)
nǐ shì nǎ guó rén ?
我是美国人。(I’m Chinese.)
wǒ shì zhōng guó rén.

more nationalities:
美国人měi guó rén（American）
英国人yīng guó rén（British）
法国人fǎ guó rén（French）
日本人rì běn rén（Japanese）
泰国人tài guó rén（Thai）
加拿大人jiā ná dà rén（Canadian）
印度人yìn dù rén（Indian）
巴西人bā xī rén（Brazilian）
阿根廷人ā gēn tíng rén（Argentinean）
澳大利亚人ào dà lì yà rén（Australian）
俄罗斯人é luó sī rén（Russian）
西班牙人xī bān yá rén（Spanish）
南非人nán fēi rén（South Afrian）

你呢？nǐ ne ?(What about you?)

很高兴认识你！(Glad to meet you!)
hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ !

Daily Conversation（日常对话）

First meet conversation（初次见面）part1

みんなはカラオケ好き？私はすっごい好きなんだけど、コロナで友だちに会えないから、全然カラオケにいけないんだよね。でもヒトカラ（＝ひとりカラオケ）する勇気ないし…そしたら、switchの「JOYSOUND」を見つけたの！これは家でカラオケができるソフトなんだけど、ソフト自体は無料で自分が使いたい時間だけをチケットで買うっていうものなの。

Do you guys like karaoke? I like it a lot, but I can't go to karaoke at all because I can't see my friends at COVID‑19. But I don't dare to do karaoke alone... Then I found "JOYSOUND" for the Nintendo Switch! The software itself is free, and you buy a ticket for the time you want to use it.


早速使おうと思って、マイク買っちゃった！でも近所迷惑になっちゃうから、マイクにつける防音のやつも買ったよ。これをつけると、隣の部屋にも聞こえないし、大きい声も出せて本当にスッキリするよ。残念なのはカラオケに行ったらPVがあるんだけど、このswitchのほうにはPVがないことかな～。私は好きな歌手のPVを見ながら歌うのが好きだからちょっとそこが物足りないかな。でも、好きな時間に好きなだけ歌えるし、本当これはいい！

I bought a microphone to use it right away! But it would disturb the neighbors, so I also bought a soundproofing kit to attach to the microphone. With this, I can't be heard in the next room, and I can speak louder, so it's really refreshing. Unfortunately, the switch doesn't have any music videos, which is a pity because karaoke places have them. I like to sing while watching the music videos of my favorite singers, so I think that's a little lacking. But I can sing whenever I want and for as long as I want.


曲も15万曲あって、毎月新曲が追加されてるらしいから、歌いたい歌はだいたい見つかると思うよ。ちなみに、私が最近好きな歌手は「FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE(ファンタスティックス・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ)」っていうグループで、この前新曲だしたからその配信を待ってるところだよ。よかったら聞いてみてね！

There are 150,000 songs, and new songs are added every month, so I think you can find almost any song you want to sing. By the way, my new favorite singer is a group called "FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE," and I'm waiting for them to release a new song. You can listen to it if you like!

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ガチ日本語 - Everyday Japanese -

Ep.5 Nintendo Switch - JOYSOUND

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Dopo una lunga permanenza a casa dei miei genitori, sono tornata pochi giorni fa portando con me una forte nostalgia. Per questo, oggi ho deciso di parlavi della mia famiglia. 

🎧 Buon ascolto! 

⬇️ Vocabolario ⬇️

- cimentarsi - I miei parenti non si sono mai cimentati con l'inglese. 

- incurvarsi - Mio padre si è incurvato nel tempo. 

- spiritosi = divertenti 

- assomigliare a qualcuno - Fisicamente assomiglio a mia madre. 

- affidare un animale a qualcuno - Mia cognata affida il suo cane a noi quando va in vacanza. 

- accontentarsi - I miei genitori mi hanno insegnato ad accontentarmi. 


