Hyvää joulukuun ensimmäistä päivää! Tänään voi avata joulukalenterin ensimmäisen luukun ja lähtölaskenta alkaa kohti jouluaattoa. Suomessa vietetään joulua jouluaattona eli 24.12. 

Tässä jaksossa puhun joulusta ja joulun perinteistä Suomessa sekä omista kokemuksistani. 
Kuvassa joulutorttuja.

Suomea for you

19. jakso: Joulun perinteet Suomessa 

In this episode, you will learn how to meet a new friend in a basic conversation at a natural and slow speed. Enjoy your podcast! 
<< Don't forget to solve the related quiz after listening to the podcast.

Turkish Conversations From ZERO to HERO

Episode 1: Greeting Friends - AyLin ve SerkaN Tanışıyor...

In these episodes I'm going to talk about everything that seems interesting to me. Everything that I have heard or I have read! ❤️

Shirin English Podcast

Shirin interests : introduction 

『新完全マスター語彙　日本語能力試験N2』（2011年、スリーエーネットワーク） 教科書を1課ずつ読んでいきます。 N2、N1に必要な語彙です。 今日は、第７章３課です。

N2合格

N2 語彙　第７章４課

Video related to the audio here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6H_nX7g1TI&t=57s

French Conjugation For All

Offrir

Desde que despertamos y miramos el teléfono hasta que apagamos la luz por la noche, estamos rodeados de notificaciones, publicaciones y mensajes. Pero ¿alguna vez te has preguntado hasta qué punto inciden las redes sociales en tu vida? ¿Qué tan dependiente eres de ellas? ¿Cómo te afectan realmente en el día a día? 

Español con todo 

Las redes sociales ¿Cómo inciden en nuestra vida?

NATASHA: What time is it? We’re going to be late!
TONY: It’s a quarter after seven. We’re on time. Don’t panic.
NATASHA: But I thought we had to be at the restaurant by 7:30 for 
the surprise party. We’ll never make it there with all this 
evening traffic.
TONY: Sure we will. Rush hour is almost over. Anyway, the party 
starts at 8:00. But I do need help with directions. Can you 
call the restaurant and ask them where we park our car?




LANGUAGE NOTES
• It’s a quarter after seven. This phrase is one of the most common ways of stating 
this time. It means: “It’s 15 minutes past 7:00.” Another possibility here is to simply 
say: “It’s seven fifteen.” In general you can say: “It’s a quarter past the hour.” How do 
we know the time of day? Look for context clues: “evening traffic.”
• In the dialog, Natasha and Tony are going to a surprise party. They need to be on time. 
Therefore there is an element of stress and urgency. When someone is stressed for 
time you can use expressions like: Don’t worry. / Don’t stress. / We’re fine. / We will 
be on time.
• Natasha thinks the surprise party begins at 7:30. There are two different ways to 
express this time. You may say simply “seven thirty” or “half past seven.”
• Rush hour is the time of day—usually in the morning and evening—when traffic is 
heavy because of people commuting to and from their workplace by bus, by car, by 
subway, on foot, etc.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 5: Ask about the time

Let's start from Zero

Challenge your Pinyin skills

As international traveling slowly goes back to normal, it will be a topic in people’s conversation again. In today’s episode, we talked about common questions you can ask about traveling and how to develop a small talk around them. We also took a deep dive into one grammar structure ‘过’. Let’s go!

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.