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  Fluent in Azerbaijani

Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino di Carlo Collodi

Incipit

Incipit # 2 - Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino

Spanish México

LA ANTIGUA TENOCHTITLÁN 1

В этом эпизоде нашего подкаста для изучающих русский язык мы рассмотрим четыре интересных фразеологизма: «божий одуванчик», «мастер на все руки», «мухи не обидит» и «тёмная лошадка». Вы узнаете, что они означают, как правильно их использовать и какие аналоги существуют в английском языке. Эти выражения помогут вам сделать вашу речь более живой и выразительной. Присоединяйтесь к нам и обогащайте свой словарный запас!

In this episode of our podcast for Russian language learners, we explore four interesting idiomatic expressions: "божий одуванчик", "мастер на все руки", "мухи не обидит", and "тёмная лошадка". You'll learn what these phrases mean, how to use them correctly, and discover their English equivalents. These expressions will help make your Russian speech more vibrant and expressive. Join us and enrich your vocabulary!

File to download - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-3MWMXygvRn-HZnQjzsmZtiI4Y5K_qac&usp=drive_fs

Russian with Irina

Фразеологизмы русского языка. Idioms in Russian

En este episodio presentamos la pregunta de una usuaria que tiene dificultades para atreverse a hablar en los idiomas que aprende. Para responder hablaremos un poco del error y su papel en el proceso de aprendizaje de idiomas y comprenderemos que las emociones son una parte central del proceso de aprendizaje (no lo digo yo, lo dice la ciencia). ¡Comenzamos!

Preguntitas (sobre el aprendizaje de idiomas)

Ep. 1 - ¿Cómo puedo perder la pena a hablar un nuevo idioma?

课文六     《比尾巴》
        shuí de wěi ba cháng
　　谁的尾巴长？
　　shuí de wěi ba duǎn
　　谁的尾巴短？
　　shuí de wěi ba hǎo xiàng yì bǎ sǎn
　　谁的尾巴好像一把伞？
　　hóu zi de wěi ba cháng
　　猴子的尾巴长。
　　tùzidewěibaduǎn
　　兔子的尾巴短。
　　sōng shǔ de wěi ba hǎo xiàng yì bǎ sǎn
　　松鼠的尾巴好像一把伞。
　　shuídewěibawān
　　谁的尾巴弯？
　　shuí de wěi ba biǎn
　　谁的尾巴扁？
　　shuí de wěi ba zuì hǎo kàn
　　谁的尾巴看？
　　gōng jī de wěi ba wān
　　公鸡的尾巴弯。
　　yā zi de wěi ba biǎn
　　鸭子的尾巴扁。
　　kǒng què de wěi ba zuì hǎo kàn
　　孔雀的尾巴看。
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     比 bǐ  to compare  尾巴 wěi bā  tail  谁 shuí  who/whom  伞 sǎn umbrella
     长 chánɡ  long   短duǎn short  
   

Iris读课本—— Original Chinese Textbook Reading（first to third grade）

课文六：比尾巴  Compare the tails

In this episode, I will share how to express gratitude in formal and informal way. Using this expression is very useful when we have conversation with people. Make sure you use it with your Indonesian friends!

Bahasa Sehari-Hari (Daily Phrases)

Greetings - Formal vs Informal

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

きのうは、日本のトイレは無料(むりょう)の話をしました。

今日はトイレと水の話をします！

日本のトイレをつかったことがありますか？

私はもちろん、あります。

日本のトイレは、紙(かみ)をながすことができますね。

"紙(かみ)"はトイレットペーパーのことです。

ながすことができる、

べつの言い方(かた)では、

「ながせます」といいます。

日本のトイレは紙をながせます。

紙をながせない国もありますね。

ごみばこに、すてなければなりません。

紙をながすことができません。

あなたの国ではどうですか？

トイレに紙をながせますか？

紙をながすことができますか？

明日のポッドキャストでは、

日本のトイレで、なぜ紙をながせるのか、お話しします！


では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

◻︎流す(ながす)
flush

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

62. 紙(かみ)をながせます/かみをながせますか？

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."