Master the American /r/ sound! Learn the difference between retroflex and bunched /r/, common challenges, and tips to improve your pronunciation for clearer, more natural speech.

 Pronunciation and Accent Reduction with a Focus on North American English

Key Consonants:  The American R

Today we are going to learn how to say hello in Chinese. You will definitely find this in all Chinese textbooks. Hello in Chinese is 你好 nǐ hǎo. 你 means you，好means good，so 你好together also means wish you well, which shows our sincere and best wishes to people we meet. 

In everyday life, we use this expression to greet people, but usually to someone who is not our close friend or family member. You can use 你好 nǐ hǎo to greet your co-workers, someone you have just met. 

rú ɡuǒ nǐ jiàn dào le nǐ de hǎo pénɡ you ， nǐ duì tā shuō nǐ hǎo ， tā huì jué dé yóu diǎn qí ɡuài 
如 果      你 见   到  了 你 的 好  朋   友  ，            你 对  他 说   你 好  ，   他 会  觉  得 有  点   奇 怪   。 
It would sound a bit strange if you met and greeted your close friend with "你好 nǐ hǎo". 

静听中文  jìnɡ tīnɡ zhōnɡ wén   

How to Say Hello in Chinese？  Do we really say "你好 nǐ hǎo" to everyone when we greet them ?

A：大卫今年多大？
B：二十多岁。
A：他多高？
B：一米八几。
A：你怎么知道这么多啊？
B：他是我同学。

HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 2 text 3

¿Quieres saber un poquito de Costa Rica? Ven te invito a conocer más sobre mi país. 

Chatty Spanish

Curiosidades de Costa Rica 

In this episode we`ll review simple Russian verbs with examples. Try to repeat each verb and an example after me.

Russian for daily life with Lena 📖💫

Russian simple verbs for practice 

This episode is a companion to Chapter 10 of The Little Prince. In this chapter our little prince's epic journey begins and he arrives at the first planet he visits. 🪐

Here are the vocabulary words featured from this chapter:

inhabited (v.) – to live in a place
clad (adj.) – dressed or covered in
majestic (adj.) – beautiful, powerful or causing great admiration
subject (n.) – a person who lives in or what has the right to live in a country with a king 
or queen
etiquette (n.) – a set of rules or customs that control accepted behaviour
vexed (adj.) – difficult to deal with an causing a lot of disagreement
authority (n.) – the moral or legal right or ability to control
disobedience (n.) – refusing to do what somebody in authority tells you to do
promptly (adv.) – immediately 
insubordination (n.) – refusing to obey orders from people in authority

I hope you enjoy this episode! Farewell, until we meet again for Chapter 11! 🌟

Please note: This podcast is based on the English translation by Katherine Woods. 📚 

Book Club: The Little Prince

Let's Explore The Little Prince: Chapter 10

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「〜ておく」という言葉を紹介します。

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 17. 〜ておく

Here you will learn some phrases to use for the topic "free time".

I wish you alot of fun with it :)

A1-Niveau

06_Freizeitaktivitäten

In una piccola casa di campagna, piena di topolini, arriva un gatto e inizia a mangiarseli. I topolini hanno paura e preferiscono non uscire dalla loro tana. Il gatto, allora, pensa ad uno stratagemma per attirare i topolini fuori dal loro nascondiglio...