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In this podcast, we have prepared ready-to-use dialogues and short conversations that will help you practice the language of everyday tasks, such as grocery shopping or going to the bank.

Everyday Dialogues

I made a story for Japanese language learners in Japan and abroad, a story about talking on the phone using words from the JLPT N2.

JLPT/N2 story

JLPT/N2 story in 24 words that start with "あ".

"Seek the company of those who know the heart's secrets, rest beneath the tree that bears the ripest fruit. In the market of life, choose not the idle wanderer's path but the shop filled with sweetness. Not every bubbling pot holds a feast, not every pen writes truths, not every gaze sees beyond the surface, not every ocean bed holds pearls."

Learn English and Farsi with teacher Ela

Rumi 01 - Spanish

recorded and mix at Bellevue 'studio by my own care 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰
𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩
𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚.

𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐤
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐲, 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝,
𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬,
𝐒𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐲!
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞;
𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬, 𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐰!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐲
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐧;
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬,
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.

— 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐨, 𝐂𝐀: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒)

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗦 ? 😉

🕊️𝕻𝖔𝖊𝖒 " 𝖑'𝖆𝖑𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖘" 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝕭𝖆𝖚𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖊 ( 𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖐 )🦢

I am Ann I talk about how to resolve problems at work caused due to lack of communication skills.
In this podcast, I want to talk about what to do when you don’t know the answer to a question or when you are clueless about the topic of discussion.
Usually, when people don’t know what to say they try to change the subject or dodge the question. In a more professional setting when you don’t have the answers, you say you will get back to them later. If you can get away with this, it’s great. In another video, I will share how to do so in worst-case scenarios. 
In another scenario where you don’t know what people are talking about, you end up listening and smiling pretending to be a part of the conversation. You want to be included and want to be part of the discussion but don’t know how to since that topic is unknown territory for you. So in this video, I want to share how to deal with difficult questions or speak on topics you don’t know a thing about. At the same time, this method will help you build rapport with people, keep the conversation going and come across as someone smart.
We will achieve this in three steps. First, when someone asks you a question you ask them to be more specific. In step 2 you make a personal comment and follow up with another question to dig for more information on that subject. And finally, you ask for the speaker’s opinion on the matter. 
Listen to the podcast and learn how? 

Sensei Ann

How to  answer difficult questions and keep the conversation going?

Douce France

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In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Pay the bill at restaurant】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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顾客（gùkè,customer）: 你好，买单。
nǐ hǎo ， mǎi dān 。
Hello, check please.
服务员(fú wù yuán,waiter)：您好，买单请到前台。
nín hǎo ， mǎi dān qǐng dào qián tái 。
Hello, please go to the front desk to pay the bill.
顾客: 你好，12桌买单。
nǐ hǎo ，shí èr zhuō mǎi dān 。
Hello, paying bill for table NO.12 
前台（qián tái，front desk）：一共消费288块，您看一下。
yí gòng xiāo fèi liǎng bǎi bā shí bā kuài ， nín kàn yí xià 。
The total consumption is 288 yuan, please take a look.
顾客: 没有问题。
méi yǒu wèn tí 。
No problem.
前台：您怎么支付？
nín zěn me zhī fù ？
How would you like to pay?
顾客: 有什么支付方式？
yǒu shén me zhī fù fāng shì ？
What payment methods are available?
前台：现金、微信、支付宝和信用卡都可以。
xiàn jīn 、 wēi xìn 、 zhī fù bǎo hé xìn yòng kǎ dōu kě yǐ 。
Cash, WeChat, Alipay and credit card are all OK.
顾客: 微信吧。
wēi xìn ba 。
WeChat then.
前台：好的，我扫您。
hǎo de ， wǒ sǎo nín 。
OK, I'll scan your (code).
顾客: 付了。
fù le 。
Paid already.
前台：谢谢光临。请慢走。
xiè xie guāng lín 。 qǐng màn zǒu 。
Thank you for coming. Please take care.
顾客: 再见！
zài jiàn ！
Goodbye!


Yuli's Chinese Channel

饭店买单 Pay the bill at restaurant（Beginner）

In this episode you will learn what the verbal phrases are and how to use it

Spanish with Jas

EP 38. VERBAL PHRASES

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Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hzqNDYE-Z7MPypVM93tDnTss3vMHE7XM/view?usp=drivesdk