В этом подкасте я рассказываю о результатах всероссийского опроса о распределении  обязанностей в семье.

Привет, это Наташа!

Эпизод 41. Кто главный в российской семье? Муж или жена?

dialogo informale con accento del sud e le orecchiette

la Rubrica di Simona

l'amica salentina

Which are more important to you, your friends or your family?

Listen to how I answer this particular question, and get some short English explanations about some vocabulary and expressions I use in my answer.  Try to answer the questions in the vocabulary examples using the new vocabulary and expressions.

Speak English With Muki

Episode 6: Friends or Family

JOYCE: Should we take a taxi or a bus to the mall?
BILL: Let’s take a bus. It’s impossible to get a taxi during 
rush hour.
JOYCE: Isn’t that a bus stop over there?
BILL: Yes ... Oh! There’s a bus now. We’ll have to run to 
catch it.
JOYCE: Oh, no! We just missed it.
BILL: No problem. There’ll be another one in 10 minutes.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Should we … or …? Is a way of asking “Which is better?” “Should” is used to ask 
for an opinion. Note that we do not say “Will” here.
• Take a taxi or a bus? The word “or” signals a choice here. Notice the rising 
intonation on taxi (the first choice) and falling intonation on bus (the second choice).
• Let’s (Let us) means “I think we should do this.”
• Rush hour is the time of day when most people are going to or from work. In most 
American cities, rush hour is from about 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. and from about 4:30 to 
6:30 p.m. Notice that “rush hour” is a compound noun, with the main stress on the 
first word.
• Isn’t that This is a negative question. The speaker expects an affirmative answer. It 
is used to check information.
• Bus stop is a compound noun, with the main stress on the first word.
• Oh! is an exclamation used to express alarm or surprise.
• Oh, no! is an expression used to express disappointment.
• We just missed it here means “We arrived a moment too late to get the bus.” 
Notice the emphasis on “just” to show the very recent past.
• No problem here means “It doesn’t matter.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 19: Transportation 

Ciao a tutti! In questo episodio vi racconterò come ho intenzione di svolgere le mie lezioni con gli studenti che vorranno studiare l'italiano con me in questo 2023. Buon ascolto a tutti e al prossimo episodio!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast for beginners

I miei propositi qui su Italki per questo 2023!

みなさん、こんにちは！
日本語講師のAikoです。お元気ですか？私はとっても元気です！

私は今、日本にいます。私の故郷は長野県なので、長野の実家に滞在しています。
来年の１月にまたバリ島に戻る予定です。

今日は、今、Nintendo Switch でプレイしているゲーム「ゼルダの伝説 / The Legend of Zelda」の話をしたいと思います。
前回のポッドキャストで「ゼルダの伝説 ブレス・オブ・ザ・ワイルド」をプレイしていると話しました。

「ゼルダの伝説 ブレス・オブ・ザ・ワイルド」は、タイトルが長いので、日本語では「ブレワイ(Burewai)」と呼ばれています。

私は先週「ブレワイ」をクリアしました。そして、今週から「ゼルダの伝説」の一番新しいシリーズ「ティアーズ・オブ・ザ・キングダム」を始めました。「ティアーズ・オブ・ザ・キングダム」というタイトルも長いので、日本語では「ティアキン(Tiakin)」と呼ばれています。

続きはPodcastで！

Manga, Anime, Gaming（にほんご）

#006 「ゼルダの伝説」をプレイしています / Playing “ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”

Ка́ждое у́тро в о́фисе есть совеща́ние.
Анто́н о́чень хо́чет уча́ствовать. Он мно́го говори́т.
Иногда́ мы не понима́ем, о чём он говори́т.
Иногда́ он не понима́ет, о чём мы говори́м.
Поэ́тому мы о́чень ча́сто смеёмся.
Анто́н о́чень стара́ется.
Ско́ро он бу́дет отли́чно говори́ть по-ру́сски.
Совеща́ние зака́нчивается. Пора́ рабо́тать.
Сего́дня у нас мно́го дел.

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Every morning there is a meeting in the office.
Anton really wants to participate. He talks a lot.
Sometimes we don’t understand what he’s talking about.
Sometimes he doesn’t understand what we’re talking about.
That’s why we laugh very often.
Anton tries very hard.
Soon, he’ll speak Russian perfectly well.
The meeting ends. It’s time to work.
Today we have a lot to do

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每天早上办公室都要开会。
安东很想参加。 他发言很多。
有时我们都不明白他在说什么。
有时他听不懂我们在说什么。
这就是为什么我们经常笑。
安东非常努力。
很快，他就能说一口流利的俄语。
会议结束。 工作时间到了。
今天我们有很多事情要做
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Chaque matin, il y a une réunion au bureau.
Anton veut vraiment participer. Il parle beaucoup.
Parfois, nous ne comprenons pas de quoi il parle.
Parfois, il ne comprend pas de quoi nous parlons.
C'est pourquoi nous rions très souvent.
Anton fait de gros efforts.
Bientôt, il parlera parfaitement russe.
La réunion se termine. Il est temps de travailler.
Aujourd'hui, nous avons beaucoup à faire.


Easy russian for level A1 with english. french and chinise translation. 

Cовеща́ние, La réunion,  会议 , The meeting. 

Governments across the world are busy encouraging people to buy electric vehicles (EVs) as countries try to meet climate targets.

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But drivers have been wondering whether new EVs will hold their value over time.

It's a topic that has received a lot of attention online. A number of different sites report that in many markets the prices of secondhand EVs are depreciating faster than the prices of oil-powered cars.

Depreciation is to be expected with all vehicles. As soon as a new car is driven away from the showroom, it loses some of its value.

But aging EVs are a little different to aging oil-powered cars — they come with a unique set of challenges.

In the first half of 2023, Car Dealer magazine reported that 29 of the top 30 biggest depreciating used cars were EVs.

The EV market is growing all the time, and while a few years ago there was not enough supply to meet customer demand, that's no longer the case.

Previously, customers looking for an EV might have settled for a used vehicle, but they don't have to anymore.

New models may also promise newer battery technology or longer battery life, causing people to choose a new vehicle over an older one. Perhaps they are also encouraged by those generous government incentives to buy new.

But it might not be all bad news for EV owners who are looking to sell their used vehicles. Writing for Euronews, Geraldine Herbert argues that increased public confidence in EVs will help slow depreciation rates, because people will feel more comfortable buying older vehicles.

In the next few years, the EV market will keep growing as countries end sales of new oil-powered cars, and according to Herbert this means that more EVs will keep more of their value over time.