italki online Japanese teacher, Tatsuki and I talked about Italy. He lives in Italy now, so we talked about the language, life, etc.

Tatsuki's podcast:
https://tatsukisjapanese.buzzsprout.com 

Akari Talks Japan

Talk about Italy with Tatsuki  イタリアの言語や生活についておしゃべり

Silver and Ravine continue their search for a hotel room that doesn't cause them to run away in fear.

Vocabulary:
ophidian: having to do with snakes
hammock: a swinging bed
quicksand: sand and water mixture that pull someone in
bonkers: crazy


Learn English with Stories

Story: The Honeymoon- part 3

Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about some Portuguese expressions. If you feel like, you can skip directly to the portuguese part at one minute and twenty five seconds. And you can check the podcast description by clicking on this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1984T2hQ2PI8IRhakPDWBNK0x8Pz4QPjT-LVj8YUnuNc/edit?usp=sharing
Let 's go? 

Portuguese Drops 

Portuguese expressions (2)

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

When we talk about Lionel Messi, it's easy to talk about numbers. He has been named the best men's player in the world eight times. He has won one World Cup, four European Champions League trophies and an Olympic gold medal.

He has scored more than 800 goals for his clubs and his country.

But these numbers only tell some of the story. It's also his balance, the way he moves his feet, slides the ball through another player's legs and finds space on the field.

Soccer is often called "the beautiful game," and for many people, no one has ever played it quite as beautifully as Messi.

His story began in Rosario, Argentina, where he was born in 1987. There, when he was a child, he played for a club called Newell's Old Boys.

Clubs around the world soon heard about the young star in South America, and aged 13 he moved with his family to Spain, where he joined FC Barcelona's junior team.

By the age of 16, he was already playing for the club's adult team. Goals, then trophies, came quickly, and he never looked back.

He was soon a global star, and one of the world's highest paid sportspeople.

Messi left Barcelona in 2021, having scored more goals for the club than anyone else. He joined Paris Saint-Germain, and then, two years later, Inter Miami in the US.

In 2022, he was Argentina's captain and the star player in his country's World Cup win. Messi, at just 170 centimeters tall, had become a giant of the sport.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

A Giant of the Sport: The Lionel Messi Story

In today's short episode, I will talk in slow Russian about myself, where I'm from, where do I live, my family and  my hobbies. 

In Russian From Afar

A1 - About myself - Russian for Beginners with Sergey

Two very similar verbs, but different and very common in exams. Let's figure them out. 💡

All about Russian language 🌟

Слушать / Слышать

おぼえます→おぼえない
わすれます→わすれない
なくします→なくさない
はらいます→はらわない
返します→かえさない
出かけます→出かけない
ぬぎます→ぬがない
持（も）って行きます→持って行かない
持（も）って来ます→持って来ない
しんぱいします→しんぱいしない
ざんぎょうします→ざんぎょうしない
しゅっちょうします→しゅっちょうしない
飲（の）みます→飲まない
入（はい）ります→入らない

ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

17課 ない形動詞　ないform verb conjugation  　（17かの どうし）

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今日は、最近とても寒いので、鍋について。

日本はとても寒くなってきました。
北海道の僕が住んでいるところは最低気温が-8℃ぐらいまで下がるようになりました。関西でも最低気温は0℃近くまで下がっていますね。
みなさんの住んでいるところはどうでしょうか。

さて。
日本の冬といえば、いろいろありますが、食べ物が美味しいのも、日本の冬の特徴の一つかもしれません。日本の冬の食べ物といえば、みなさんは何を思い浮かべますか？

鍋とか、カニ、とかですかね。
人によると思いますが個人的にも冬といえば、鍋！という感じがします。

海外にも鍋文化はあると思いますが、日本の鍋はいろんな種類があるので、それをいくつか紹介しますね！

すき焼き
すき焼きは、牛肉や野菜などを鉄鍋で焼いたり煮たりして作ります。調味料は醤油・砂糖・酒・みりんをいれます。野菜はネギ・ハクサイ・シュンギク・シイタケ・焼き豆腐・コンニャク・シラタキなどを使います。卵をといて、からめて食べることが多いです。


しゃぶしゃぶ
しゃぶしゃぶは、日本の鍋料理の一つです。
薄く切った食材を鍋の熱湯やスープにくぐらせて、ポン酢とゴマダレにつけて食べます。食材は、鶏肉、豚肉、魚介、豆腐、油揚げ、ハクサイ、長葱、春菊、ミズナ、などの野菜類、シイタケ、シメジ、エノキなどのキノコ類、薄く切った大根、人参などの根菜類、春雨、葛きり、マロニーなどいろいろですね。
家庭によっていろいろ違うと思います。


水炊き
基本的にはお湯のみで煮る調理法の鍋です。　
九州では鶏肉を使うようです。
関西では鶏肉以外に豚肉や牛肉なども使います。
出汁昆布とともに文字通り水から煮て、ポン酢や醤油で食べます
残ったスープにちゃんぽん麺やうどんを入れたり、ご飯を入れておじや（雑炊）にする場合がある。九州風では麺が多く、関西風では飯を入れることが多い。


最後にもつ鍋です。
これは家で1番良くする鍋ですね。
もつは牛などの小腸や大腸のことですね。
海外の人は好みがあるみたいですね。
だし、唐辛子、ニンニクを使ったスープに、キャベツ、ニラ、もつ、豆腐などを入れます。〆に麺を入れることが多いです。


他にもたくさん鍋はあると思いますが、有名な鍋を紹介しました。
地域によって入っている食材が変われば鍋の名前が変わったりしますね。
これも日本の料理の特徴ですね。

ということで、今回は鍋について話しました。
もし冬のうちに日本に来る方は、ぜひ、その地域の鍋を食べてみてくださいね！

最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！




