In this episode, I answer the question many of my students ask me, "Which English test is easier?". As you will hear, it is not quite so simple...

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 17: Which English test is best for you?

・東北地方の方言「んだ」の活用形について
・んだ⇒そう
・んだべ⇒そうでしょう？
・んだでば⇒そうだってば
・んだなや⇒そうですよねえ
・んだすべ⇒（やっぱり）そうでしょ
・んだんだ⇒そうそう
・んだから⇒そうだよね！
・んだおん⇒そうなんですよ
・んだがや？⇒そうかな？
・んだごって⇒それならば
・んだべっちゃ⇒そうですよ！
・んだげんど⇒そうだけど
・んだげっども⇒そうは言っても
・肯定の「そう」に相応する表現は相当ある
・まとめ「んだ」は東北各地で広く使われます。※地域によって多少言い方は変わるかもしれません。


Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

「んだ」⇒「そう」の活用形のご紹介　Learning Tohoku dialect 

Read and follow along:. 

The Youth in Asia
"THAT'S IT," MY MOTHER SAID AFTER HAVING SADIE PUT TO SLEEP. "MY CAT DAYS ARE OVER."

In the early sixties, during what my mother referred to as the "tail end of the Lassie years," my parents were given two collies they named Rastus and Duchess. We were living in upstate New York, out in the country, and the dogs were free to race through the forest. They napped in meadows and stood knee-deep in frigid streams, costars in their own private dog-food commercial. According to our father, anyone could tell that the two of them were in love.

Late one evening, while lying on a blanket in the garage, Duchess gave birth to a litter of slick, potato-sized puppies. When it looked as though one of them had died, our mother placed the creature in a casserole dish and popped it into the oven, like the witch in "Hänsel and Gretel."

"Oh, keep your shirts on," she said. "It's only set on 200. I'm not baking anyone; this is just to keep him warm."

The heat revived the sick puppy and left us believing our mother was capable of resurrecting the dead.

Faced with the responsibilities of fatherhood, Rastus took off. The puppies were given away, and we moved south, where the heat and humidity worked against a collie's best interests. Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Age set in and she limped about the house, clearing rooms with her suffocating farts. When finally, full of worms, she collapsed in the ravine beside our house, we reevaluated our mother's healing powers. The entire animal kingdom was beyond her scope; apparently, she could resurrect only the cute dead.

The oven trick was performed on half a dozen peakish hamsters but failed to work on my first guinea pig, who died after eating a couple of cigarettes and an entire pack of matches.


Three by Sedaris ( Adult 18+ )

The Youth in Asia

In this episode we're going to listen to a monologue about her daily routine. Let's start now.
最近特别特别忙。一般我早上七点就醒了。躺一会儿之后，大概到七点二十吧，我就得起床。起来之后第一件事情，先喂猫，然后稍微把家里打扫一下。八点之前，我肯定就吃完饭了。然后我一般会看半小时书。我很喜欢看书，中文的英文的都会看。我一般九点去上班，中午有两个小时休息时间。下午五点下班，回家之后我可能会去健身房，运动一个小时左右，然后回家休息或者放松。

Story Chinese

我的一天 my day (elementary level)

Enjoy in this short story called TRI DRUGA, or in English THREE FRIENDS, that tells what a real friendship is! After listening to this beautiful story, try to solve the quizzes.
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!


SERBIAN TO GO

Три дуга – Tri druga (A short story for B1 level)

In questo episodio parleremo dell'influenza dei dialetti sull'italiano parlato in situazioni poco formali. Per darvi un'idea cercherò di imitare solo alcuni dei vari accenti esistenti nella penisola. La percezione delle differenze fra le varie parlate è qualcosa di soggettivo ed è fortemente influenzata dai pregiudizi linguistici di ogni singola persona. Per quanto mi riguarda, amo gli accenti e i vari dialetti che rendono più colorata e vivace la situazione linguistica della Penisola. Buon ascolto 👂 

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

La lingua italiana e alcuni dei suoi accenti

In this episode we will discuss about greetings in simple Pashto with English translation.

Learn Pashto with Zahid

Greeting in Pahto 

Descubre a este divertido y carismático profesor galés y no te pierdas la historia de cómo llegó a vivir en un pueblo de Cádiz pasando por Corea del Sur. 

¡Te esperamos!

Café con acento

Café con acento - Entrevista a Mark 1 (Gales) 

En este cuento, Luna nos enseña un camino nuevo para reflexionar sobre el valor de las palabras en el día a día y como cada uno va creando el significado de las mismas. 
¡Qué interesante cuando los niños nos permiten ver cosas nuevas!