In this episode I talk about the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, and tell stories of people who survived it.

Real Syrian Arabic

Real Syrian Arabic Podcast Episode 3- Stories from under the rubble- Turkey and Syria Earthquake قصص من تحت الأنقاض - زلزال تركيا وسوريا

¿Cómo estás? (informal) : How are you?
¿Cómo está ? (formal): How are you?
¿Qué tal ? ( informal- just with friends or young people- its like how are you)
¿Qué más? (informal- just with friends or young people- its like how are you)
¿Qué hubo?(informal- just with friends or young people- its like how are you)
¿De dónde eres? (informal) : Where are you from ? 
¿De dónde es? (formal): Where are you from? 
¿Dónde vives ? (informal): Where are you live? 
¿Dónde vive? (formal) : Where are you live ? 

Spanish  for Beginners

Greetings and introduce yourself 

Intermediate Chinese Listening

Intermediate Chinese Listening：过小年  Minor Chinese New Year

In this podcast, we go on to talk about social media and why we use it so much. We also talk about the issues of privacy in regards to our information being given to advertisers.

The vocabulary words that were used in this video are:
sphere, advent, pros and cons, narcissism, nailed it, mimic, accustomed, breaking point, gathering, full fledged, blurred, confine, spoiled it, and fine print.

 Fluency Mastery 101 Podcast

Fluency Mastery 101 Podcast Lesson 2: Social Media

How to say what’s your name? in Thai

First of all, let’s learn some vocabulary

what = a-rai
Is  = kue
your = khong khun
name = chue

To translate directly from English to Thai, we will have the sentence like
“chue khong khun kue a-rai”
Well, this is not wrong , you will still get the answer from the listener.
But to speak in the same way as Thai native speakers, we don’t use that sentence. 
To ask for someone’s name, we will simply say

khun chue a-rai

literally means “You Name What”

The same thing goes  with “surname”.

Surname or last name , in Thai we say “naam sa gun”

Now , can you tell me how to ask “What’s your surname?”.
I give 3 seconds to think.  3 … 2 …. 1 
time’s up. Yes, you’re right. 
The answer is
khun naam sa gun a-rai

When you answer these questions, you can simply tell your name or surname straightaway.






Learn Easy Thai With Sumon

EP2 : How to say "What's your name?" in Thai

Spiritüel yolculuğunuzda sık yapılan hataları öğrenin ve ruhsal evriminizi hızlandırın! Bu podcastta, gelişiminizi engelleyen yaygın hataları ve bunlardan nasıl kaçınacağınızı keşfedeceğiz. Ruhsal yolculuğunuzda daha sağlıklı ve bilinçli adımlar atmak için dinleyin.


İlham Koçu

Spiritüel Yolculukta Sık Yapılan Hatalar Nelerdir? - Ruhsal Gelişiminizi Engellemeyin!

Nederlandse hebben net zoals in andere landen een aantal gebruiken en gewoontes die alleen de Nederlanders kennen. 

Leer snel en gemakkelijk Nederlands met Simone 

Nederlandse gebruiken en gewontes

Man 1: Several years ago, I was in a car accident that left me with a back injury. As a computer programmer, I am still able to do my job, but I often have to take painkillers. When the pain gets particularly bad, I sometimes have to lie down on my back for a while until it goes away because sitting up really hurts. When we were in the office, I would worry that my colleagues would see me taking pills. Since we’ve been working from home, it has been much better. I can go and see my physical therapist more often too. I don’t have to worry as much and if I need to lie down for a little while to help my back, I can. When we were in the office, I’d sometimes be in a lot of pain but didn’t feel like I could say anything.

Woman: I have suffered from depression for a long time. Most of the time I manage it, but I often feel very nervous. Working in an office was really hard as I was always scared that I might panic and my colleagues would wonder why I was acting strangely. Working at home has been so much better for me as I don’t have to talk to so many people and I can have a relaxed environment and play peaceful music. Management is talking about going back to the office soon and I can already feel a lot of anxiety about it. I’m worried that I will not be able to hide that I’m depressed and people will judge me.

Man 2: I’m quite deaf in one ear. I don’t like to mention it when I’m at work because I feel as though there is often a stigma around disabilities. I worry that people will treat me differently. The problem is, sometimes I don’t hear when people are talking to me and then they think I’m ignoring them or I’m not listening. Working at home has been great for me because all of our communication has been online or video calls and I can wear headphones like everyone else. I’m not looking forward to going back to the office and I don’t see the point as I can do my job perfectly well from home.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Living With Disabilities 

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#166〉2月27日月曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/-6℃ 

中標津町/なかしべつちょう
モアン山/もあんざん
・標高およそ356m
・およそ20人が冬の景色を楽しむため、スノーシューをはいて、山の頂上まで登った。
・防風林などを眺めて、写真をとって楽しんだ。




［単語］
標高/ひょうこう…高さ。どのくらい高いかを説明する時に使う。
およそ…だいたい
スノーシュー/すのーしゅー…小さいスキーみたいなもの
頂上/ちょうじょう…山の一番上
防風林/ぼうふうりん…風が強いために、家などが壊れないための木
眺める/ながめる…見る


レッスン待ってます♪

