In this episode for intermediate and advanced English learners, I'll tell you about my cats, you'll learn some new vocabulary related to cats, and I'll discuss some idioms that include the word "cats.” (Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)

Conversations With a Friend

Let's Talk About Cats!

New Year (正月, shōgatsu) is the most important holiday in Japan. Most businesses shut down from January 1 to January 3, and families typically gather to spend the days together.

Years are traditionally viewed as completely separate, with each new year providing a fresh start. Consequently, all duties are supposed to be completed by the end of the year, while bonenkai parties ("year forgetting parties") are held with the purpose of leaving the old year's worries and troubles behind.

Homes and entrance gates are decorated with ornaments made of pine, bamboo and plum trees, and clothes and houses are cleaned.

On New Year's eve, toshikoshi soba (buckwheat noodles), symbolizing longevity, are served. A more recent custom is watching the music show "kohaku uta gassen", a highly popular television program featuring many of Japan's most famous J-pop and enka singers in spectacular performances.

Akari Talks Japan

How people in Japan prepare for the new year お正月準備

最近、桜が咲き始めたというニュースを見るようになりました。
東京の 桜は ２８日ごろ 満開に なるそうです。
日本にいたときは桜を見て、春が来たことを感じていました。
日本で桜を見たいという生徒さんの声をよく聞きます。
この2年はコロナのせいで、外国人は日本に旅行することができませんでした。来年の春は外国人のみなさんも日本で桜を楽しむことができればいいですね。
ところで、みなさんは「花より団子（だんご）」という言葉を知っていますか？
食べられない花より、団子のほうがいいという意味のことわざです。
ちなみに私は両方楽しみたい派（は）です。桜を見て、桜餅（さくらもち）を食べることは私の春の楽しみの一つです。

花より団子 ≈ Bread is better than the songs of birds.

咲き始める：さきはじめる　start blooming
満開：まんかい　full bloom
団子：だんご sweet rice dumplings
ことわざ：proverb
意味：いみ　meaning
両方：りょうほう　both of them
〜派（は）です：I prefer to~
私（わたし）の春（はる）の楽(たの)しみの一つ：one of my pleasures of Spring

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

桜が咲き始めました!

"Listening Exercises with Basak in Turkish"

Unit 1 Vocabulary

Kotimaan matkailu kesällä tarjoaa jokaiselle matkailijalle jotain uutta! Tässä jaksossa puhun Suomen kesästä ja siihen liittyvistä sanoista, kuten suvista. Päiväretkien lisäksi voi matkustaa pidemmälle Suomeen ja tutustua esimerkiksi ruukkialueisiin, kartanoihin ja huvilarakennuksiin tai mennä huvittelemaan huvipuistoon. 
Mistä sinun kesäsi koostuu? Omaani kuuluu matkustelu Suomessa, saunominen ja uiminen. Aurinkoista kesää!

Suomea for you

26. jakso: Suvi suloinen - Kesä Suomessa

Vamos a escuchar ejemplos del verbo ACOSTARSE y sus usos más importantes

Natural Spanish Fluency

11/100 ACOSTARSE🛌 Los 100 verbos más importantes en español

Artificial intelligence has taken over a Swiss radio station for a day. That's right, you heard me correctly! Can you imagine a world where robots and machines rule the airwaves?

English Vibes

Digital Takeover: An Experiment with AI on Swiss Radio

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222721232997
https://youtu.be/JtSTTcppIx0

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 5.  - Beginner 1  Part 1 하고,   Part 2 단위 명사(개, 명, 마리...)

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word beans. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.