Shadowing and Accent Reduction (with transcript)

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Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Shadowing and Accent Reduction (with transcript)

In this audio, you'll practice your Thai listening skills with a conversation about weather preferences and differences in tastes. You'll learn how to ask questions about the weather, talk about what kind of food you like, and discover how to describe your movie preferences. This video highlights useful vocabulary related to weather, food, and expressing differences in opinions.

Thai with Nariss 

Episode 1 : Preference 

Many of us focus on only one aspect of our communication: language. We are obsessed with learning grammar and advanced vocabulary. But let me ask you, would you like to speak with someone who sounds dull, and whose tone is so flat that they make you fall asleep? No, right? In this video, I will share how you can improve the quality of your voice and sound confident while subconsciously improving your active vocabulary and grammar. 

Sensei Ann

Sound confident and learn to use new vocab and grammar naturally in a conversation

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

Not sure whether you should use "二 (èr)" or "两 (liǎng) " to mean "two"?
The episode might be helpful to you. 


Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

8.  Comparing "二 (èr)" and "两 (liǎng) "【A1】

Impariamo alcuni proverbi e modi di dire. 
Continuiamo a conoscere Simone.

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1. Proverbi e modi di dire

Here are five commonly used ways to confess your love in Chinese, along with some simple and easy-to-understand examples:
1. 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ) - This is the most common and direct way to confess your love in Chinese.
Example: 我爱你，我想和你在一起。 (I love you, I want to be with you.)
2. 我喜欢你 (wǒ xǐhuan nǐ) - This phrase means "I like you."
Example: 我喜欢你，我想了解你的生活。 (I like you, I want to know more about your life.)
3. 我对你有感觉 (wǒ duì nǐ yǒu gǎnjué) - This phrase means "I have feelings for you."
Example: 我对你有感觉，我想和你在一起。 (I have feelings for you, I want to be with you.)
4. 我深深爱着你 (wǒ shēnshēn ài zhe nǐ) - This phrase adds emphasis to the love, expressing that it is deep and strong.
Example: 我深深爱着你，我想和你结婚。 (I love you deeply, I want to marry you.)
5. 我真的很喜欢你 (wǒ zhēn de hěn xǐhuan nǐ) - This phrase means "I really like you."
Example: 我真的很喜欢你，我想和你在一起。 (I really like you, I want to be with you.)


Five Ways to Say XXX in Chinese

5 ways to confess your love in Chinese

The character "目- Mù " is a pictographic character depicting an eye.

It has multiple meanings and usages, Today we are gonna take a look at some of the main points:

Frist, As an Independent Word, It refers to 
1.眼睛- Yǎn jing - eyes, The organ of vision.

2.看 - Kàn - look, Derived from the function of the eye, it means to observe with the eyes.
Example:	
他目不转睛地看着比赛。- Tā mù bù zhuǎn jīng de kàn zhe bǐ sài 。
-He watched the game without blinking.
目睹了整个过程 - Mù dǔ le zhěng gè guò chéng 
- Witnessed the whole event 

Compound words

1.目光 - Mù guāng - Vision: A person's gaze or attention.
Example: 		
他的目光炯炯有神。- Tā de mù guāng jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén 。
- His eyes are piercing.

2.目的-Mù dì - Purpose: Goal, intention.
Example:		
他的目的是通过考试。- Tā de mù dì shì tōng guò kǎo shì 。 
- His purpose is to pass the exam.

3.题目-Tí mù - Title/ question
Example: 	
作文的题目- Zuò wén de tí mù - The essay title 

4.目录 - Table of contents
Example:	
这本书的目录- Zhè běn shū de mù lù 
-The book's table of contents

5.项目- Xiàng mù - Item/ project
Example:	
工作中的重要项目。-Gōng zuò zhōng de zhòng yào xiàng mù 。 
-Important projects at work

Idioms and Fixed Phrases

"目不暇接 - Mù bù xiá jiē" : Describes an overwhelming number of things to see.

The Chinese idiom "目不暇接- Mù bù xiá jiē" translates to "too much to see" in English. It is often used to describe a situation where there are so many things to see that one's eyes don't have enough time to rest on any single thing. 

In a more general sense, it can be used to express the idea of being overwhelmed by numerous sights or activities happening all at once. 

Another common translation is "a feast for the eyes," emphasizing the abundance and variety of visually appealing elements.


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