Skills and abilities are only useful if you are in the right place at the right time. Otherwise, they go to waste.

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The Right Place

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In this episode, we will talk about Nelson Mandela. An influential person who freed South Africans of the oppressive Apartheid government. Check out these movies about Mandela: “Invictius”, “Mandela”, “Mandela and Klerk”, “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” and “Endgame”.

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Today’s Theme is わたしのまち《My town》”.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
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Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
最近（さいきん / saikin）：recently
風邪を 引く（かぜをひく / kaze o hiku）：catch a cold
紹介する（しょうかいする / shōkaisuru）：introduce
福岡（ふくおか / Fukuoka）：Fukuoka (city)
※Fukuoka prefecture is located in the north of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands.
九州（きゅうしゅう / Kyūshu）：Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
東（ひがし / higashi）：east
祭り（まつり / matsuri）：festival
花火大会（はなびたいかい / hanabi taikai）：fireworks festival
神社（じんじゃ / jinja）：shrine
笑顔（えがお / egao）：smile
不便な（ふべんな / fuben na）：inconvenient

☆Script for this episode
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☆Quiz for this episode
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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#37 わたしの まち《My town》 // N5 Level / Japanese listening

Vol.15 関西弁2.

1.前回の修正と復習　マルコさんの感想や意見を交えながら、

アクセント　一文字から

手、目、毛、血

[関西弁]

てー、めー、けー、ちー
てえ、めえ、*けえ、ちい
LH       *LH      *HL     同音

二文字　LH

いぬ、くま、しか、いか
あし、うで、ひざ,みみ

[関西弁]
二文字　逆 HL  * いか(同音),ひざ(同音)

いぬ、くま、しか、[*いか(同音)]

あし、うで、[*ひざ(同音)],みみ

二文字　標準語　LH

みず、はな、うし、むし、行く、

[関西弁] *同音

みず、はな(鼻),うし,むし、行く、ひざ

標準語

さる、かめ、見る HL

[関西弁] LH

さる、　かめ、見る

*ねこ　同じ？　二つある？


[挨拶] 音程が複雑　

こんにちは　　　こん　にち　わー　LH LL HH
おはよう　　　　おは　よー　　L L HL
ありがとう　　　あり　が　とー　LL L HL

2.同音が難しそう 二文字以上
[関西弁]

おとうと　お　とーと　同音
いもうと　い　もーと　同音

3.[動詞,辞書形] 関西弁
行く　同音
する　同音　
見る　LH
食べる　LLH

[動詞、辞書形過去] 関西弁
行った　HL
した　　HL
見た　　HL
食べた　LHL

[疑問形]
どこ　同音
なに　LH

辞書形(辞書形過去)＋ん
短い会話　例えば、
どこ　行くん？　HH HH LH
どこ　行ったん？ HH HLH

なに　するん？　LL HH LH 
(半音くらいの音がちょうせいがある)

(ここから耳で聞いて覚える)
なにしたん？

なに見るん？
なに見たん？

なに　食べるん？
なに　食べたん？






SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送

Vol.15 We Talked about Kansai Direct 2.

In this episode, I focus on how to greet as well as how to introduce yourself in Afrikaans. 
The greeting part of the lesson focuses on how to greet throughout the duration of the day. This episode is translated in a formal manner of speaking Afrikaans. Below is the translated words and sentences. In hierdie episode fokus ek op hoe om te groet asook hoe om jouself in Afrikaans voor te stel.
Die groetgedeelte van die les fokus op hoe om deur die loop van die dag te groet. Hierdie episode word op 'n formele manier van Afrikaans vertaal. Hieronder is die vertaalde woorde en sinne. 
Good morning            Goeie more
Good afternoon         Goeie middag
Good evening             Goeie naand
Good day                      Goeie dag
My name is Marz        My naam is Marz
What is your name?   Wat is jou naam?
Pleased to meet you  Aangenaame kennis

Afrikaans jou lekker taal

Greetings and introduction

This week I will be focussing on New Year’s traditions.
By the time you listen to this podcast, the new year will be behind you. How did you celebrate the solar new year? Join me in this brief foray into the new year’s traditions we celebrate in our home.

Philosophical Friday

New Year’s episode of Philosophical Friday

Episode 3 is all about how to practice speaking when you're alone. Here I break everything down into 2 main parts. The first is how you're going to do your practice and the second is exactly what you'll be saying. So many people I work with can see the value of practicing speaking English when they're alone, but unlike reading, listening, and writing, the best way to do this doesn't always seem so clear. We'll also talk a little bit about habit building, although I have a full episode on that coming up! So subscribe, grab a coffee, and let's talk about speaking practice!

Breakout Business English

Breakout Business English - Ep.3 - How to practice speaking when you're alone.

In this Chillchat episode, Karen and 柏威 discussed cooking-related verbs as well as practiced the INFAMOUS 把(bǎ) structure in Chinese grammar. They also chatted about their go-to dishes. Surprisingly, sauerkraut fish is so easy!