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Here I will share some Chinese poems, please read along to practice pronunciation.

Read poetry and practice Chinese pronunciation

Ever heard that Russians don’t smile much? Let’s uncover the truth behind this stereotype!

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Episode 4: Why Russians Don’t Smile (And What It Really Means)

聊中西文化，也聊很多东西！
第十三期，我们来谈一下焦虑。你容易感到焦虑吗？焦虑时会做些什么？

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

013. I feel anxious again 今天又焦虑了 - ttmiChinese

Grammar Point: The verb (to be) boodan
While reading the Conversation, you might have wondered why the counterpart of the English verb “is” in Farsi (ast )
had different forms in different places. For instance, when Nasrin introduced her husband to her mom, she said, In
Dānieleh (This is Daniel). In another place, Nasrin asked her mom, Farzād kojāst? (Where is
Farzad?).
Like English, Farsi also uses both full and contracted forms of the verb to be. In English, we can say, “I am happy,” “Jane is
beautiful,” and “You are smart,” or we can contract the verb and say, “I’m happy,” “Jane’s beautiful,” and “You’re smart.” In
the same way, Nasrin used contracted forms of the be-verb.
Like most Indo-European languages, Farsi verbs are conjugated. Conjugation means that speakers attach endings to verbs
that provide information about the person, number, and tense of a verb. In Farsi, very often pronouns are omitted from
sentences because the verb endings imply the pronoun.

more examples:

مُعَلِّمَم=معلمم   moallemam = moallem hastam = I'm a teacher.
دُکتُری= دکتری؟  Doctori?        = Doctor hasti?        = are you a doctor?
تاجِره= تاجره       Tajere            = Tajer hast              = he's/she's a business(wo)man.
خُوشحالیم = خوشحالیم   khosh'halim =khosh'hal hastim= we're happy.
ناراحَتین؟= ناراحتین          narahatin? = narahat hastin? = are you unhappy?
تو راهَن؟= تو راهن؟         tu rahan? = tu rah hastan? = are they on the way?


Farsi (Persian) pods

The verb (to be) boodan = بودن

 you will learn lots of vocabulary with this joke. enjoy it 

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funny chinese stories -----joke no.2  -----是我戒酒了


Wánɡ 	xiānshenɡ: 	Yǒu 	méiyǒu 	qù 	Yúnnán 	de 
王 	先生： 	有 	没有 	去 	云南 	的 
xiànlù? 
线路？ 
Dǎoyóu: 	Yǒu， 	nín 	kànkɑn 	xínɡchénɡ 	ānpái 	. 
导游： 	有， 	您 	看看 	行程 	安排。 
Wánɡ 	xiānshenɡ: 	Yúnnán 	wǒmen 	yǐqián 	qùɡuo, 
王 	先生： 	云南 	我们 	以前 	去过， 
zhè 	cì 	bù 	xīwànɡ 	xínɡchénɡ 	ānpái 	de 	tài 	jǐn. 
这 	次 	不 	希望 	行程 	安排 	得 	太 	紧 
Wǒmen 	xiǎnɡ 	qù 	fànɡsōnɡ 	fànɡsōnɡ. 
我们 	想 	去 	放松 	放松。 
Dǎoyóu: 	Méi 	wèntí! 	Nǐmen 	yídìnɡ 	bú 	huì 
导游： 	没 	问题！ 	你们 	一定 	不 	会 
shīwànɡ 	de.Nín 	dǎsuɑn 	shénme 	shíhou 	qù? 
失望 	的。您 	打算 	什么 	时候 	去？ 
Wánɡ 	xiānshenɡ: 	Wǒ 	xiànzài 	hái 	bù 	nénɡ 
王 	先生： 	我 	现在 	还 	不 	能 
juédìnɡ, 	wǒ 	huíqu 	ɡēn 	tàitɑi 	shānɡliɑnɡ 
决定， 	我 	回去 	跟 	太太 	商量 
yíxià. 
一下。 



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