В этом эпизоде мы поговорим о том, без чего не начинается и не заканчивается ни одно общение – о приветствиях и прощаниях! 

5 минут на русском языке/ 5 minutes in Russian/ 5 minuti in Russo

Приветствия в русском языке

Le Rocher de Tanios is the most known novel of Amin Maalouf, the libanese writer, now, member of the prestigious L'Académie Française; He award the famous prize of Goncourt for this novel in 1993... 

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LE ROCHER DE TANIOS. Amin Maalouf. Note au lecteur

In today's episode, I'm talking about the similarities between Sinhala grammar's 'ද' and the Chinese question particle '吗' in Chinese. Tune in to discover how these languages handle questions! 

Sinhala corner 

ද 和吗语气词一样吗？

不加动词和没加动词有什么不一样？不可以加动词，可以加是，还可以加形容词（adjective）,但是，没只有加动词和形容词两个，不可以加是，不能说没是。
我们今天只看不加动词和没加动词。不加动词是说现在和将来now and future，没加动词是说以前、过去，是past.
我们看两个句子：
1. 今年我没去旅游。
2.今年我不去旅游。
现在是十二月，今年已经过去了，我可能说“今年我没去旅游。”
现在是一月，今年才刚刚开始，我可能说“我没有钱，今年我不去旅游。”
再看两个句子：
3.我太太今天没来学校。
4.我太太今天不来学校。
你的同事看见你，问你，你太太在办公室吗？我要给她一个东西。这时候你说“我太太今天没来学校。”她没来，所以她不在学校，也不在办公室。
你的同事看见你，问你，你太太几点来学校？你说“我太太今天不来学校。”你太太今天没有课，她不来，她现在不来，十二点不来，下午也不来。
好，现在你是不是明白不加动词和没加动词有什么不一样了，我们来做一些练习试试吧。

Story Chinese

What's the difference between "不” and “没”？

In questo episodio di Italiano Chiaro, parleremo delle principali festività italiane e come vengono festeggiate. 

Italiano Chiaro - Cultura e Tradizioni 

Le Festività Italiane

In this episode, I talk about Olive Oil, its benefits, and the importance of the Olive Tree.

Food in Arabic الأَكل بِالعَرَبِيَّة

Olive Oil زَيْت الزَّيْتُون

The BBC recently exposed how TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging in refugee camps. 

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New words:
عملاق (عمالِقة): giant 
تبَرّع، يتبَرَّع: to donate
التبَرُّع (تبرُّعات): donations
مشرَّد: homeless
منصّة: platform 
طلّ، يطلّ: to visit, to put the head out, to appear
طِلَّ! Visit me
شحَد، يشحَد: to beg 
شحّاد (شحّادين) : beggar
بث، يبِـث: to broadcast
البثّ: broadcasting
طلّع، يطلّع مصاري: to make money 
مُتَبرِّع: donor 

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Intro music credits: Coma-Media

 Café Beirut - Advanced

وين راحو المصريات  | Where has the money disappeared?

In this American English language podcast episode I talk about the difference between Portland Oregon and Portland Maine. My italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com